TOP 20 MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS 20. Bastian Schweinsteiger, Bayern Munich £33.9m Has been a constant presence for Bayern for the past 12 years after breaking into the first team from the youth academy and going on to be regarded as one of the best midfielders in the game. 19=. Arturo Vidal, Juventus - £34.7m The self proclaimed best box-to-box midfielder in the world may have a very good point, with the Chilean being arguably the best all-round player on the planet currently. 19=. Wayne Rooney, Manchester United - £34.7m Its a huge drop for the England international compared to when the company made the same list 12 months previously and yet the 28-year-old has been recently awarded a £300,000-a-week contract. 19=. Robert Lewandowski, Borussia Dortmund - £34.7m Bayern have made one hell of a steal by securing this Poland international on a free transfer in the summer as Dortmund lose another star to their Bundesliga rivals. 18. Marco Reus, Borussia Dortmund - £35.6m The second player from the Westfalenstadion now and someone who has shot up in value since rejoining Dortmund from Borussia Monchengladbach for £14.5m in 2012. 16=. David Silva, Manchester City - £35.7m Just slightly ahead now and its the second ace from the Premier League, with Silva having provided more assists in the English top tier since 2010 than any other player. 16=. Sergio Busquets, Barcelona - £35.7m No club seems to have a better system of poaching young talent and developing them into world-class stars than Barca and Busquets is the latest midfield ace to come through at the Nou Camp. 15. Sergio Aguero, Manchester City - £36m Joined the Citizens from Atletico Madrid in 2011 for a club record £38m and has since been prolific in England and is Citys most potent attacker. 14. Eden Hazard, Chelsea - £37.5m Billed as a future Ballon dOr winner by manager Jose Mourinho and its easy to see why as the Belgium international has been brilliant since a £32m move from Lille in 2012. 13. Andres Iniesta, Barcelona - £37.7m Despite being 29-years-old this World Cup winner still fetches a huge valuation due to the midfielders superb consistency and ability to change games through class and creativity. 11=. Thomas Muller, Bayern Munich - £38m The second from the reigning Bundesliga and Champions League winners, with Muller perhaps being underrated by many but is brilliant in attack for Bayern in a variety of positions. 11=. Hulk, Zenit St Petersburg - £38m Having been sold for some huge fees to both FC Porto and now Zenit, the Brazil international is a player that often has a reputation bigger than actual obvious talent. 10. Juan Mata, Manchester United - £38.8m It appears the Red Devils did some good business when landing the Spaniard from Stamford Bridge for £36.1m in the January transfer window - according to these results anyway. 9. Luis Suarez, Liverpool - £40.3m If the talented Uruguayan is to leave Anfield in the summer then the Reds are sure to make a huge profit on the £22.8m they paid for the forward in January 2011. 8. Mesut Ozil, Arsenal - £43.8m It looks as if the Gunners got their valuation just about spot on when they paid £42.4m for the German on transfer deadline day in the summer. 7. Radamel Falcao, AS Monaco - £46.4m As a prolific goal-scorer with both Porto and Atletico it was always likely big spenders would come in for the Colombian, although the 28-year-old is already linked with a move away from Monaco. 6. Edinson Cavani, Paris Saint-Germain - £47.4m Its the second big spending Ligue 1 club on the list now as PSG were moved to pay a whopping £54m for this Uruguay international last summer. 5. Mario Goetze, Bayern Munich - £49.6m Another Bayern star now and seemingly another bargain as the German champions paid £31.5m to bring the 21-year-old to the Allianz Arena from Dortmund less than 12 months ago. 4. Neymar, Barcelona - £55.5m The Catalans have become embroiled in a fair amount of financial trouble due to the £48.6m deal that brought the Brazilian starlet to Spain from Santos last summer, but it appears to be worth it. 3. Gareth Bale, Real Madrid - £58.7m Became the most expensive player in history when joining Los Blancos from Tottenham Hotspur on 2 September 2013 for a huge £85.3m fee. 2. Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid - £88.3m The previous holder of the worlds most expensive player title after an £80m switch from Manchester United in 2009 and Ronaldo has been utterly brilliant since. 1. Lionel Messi, Barcelona - £113.7m Yet stretching out in front by some way and its little surprise that the four-time Ballon dOr winner and perhaps one of the best players of all time is top of the pile.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 16:15:03 +0000
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