A new era of football is witnessing the dominance of youngsters and is likely to put an end to the duopoly of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. However, Ronaldo and Messi continued to be the most productive footballers on the field, they are no longer the highest-valued players in the market.
The year 2018 marked an end to the duopoly of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi over the most pivotal individual award of Ballon d’Or as it was bagged by FIFA World Cup runners up Croatia’s Luka Modric.
In 2017, Neymar Jr. was transferred to Paris Saint Germain, setting up a record 222 million Euro release clause from Barcelona. After that PSG also signed Kylian Mbappe for a whooping sum of €185.2m from AS Monaco.
According to CIES Football Observatory, Kylian Mbappe is valued at €218.5m, ahead of Tottenham Hotspur striker Kane (€200.3m) and PSG attacker Neymar (€197.1m). Following the trio are Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling (€185.8m), Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (€184.3), Juventus’ Paulo Dybala (€171.9) and Barcelona’s Messi (€171.2m), in the top 7. Juventus star player Cristiano Ronaldo is shockingly at 19th spot with £114 million.
Here are the top 10 most valued footballers (Price In GBP):
- Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – £196 million
- Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) – £180 million
- Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) – £177 million
- Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) – £167 million
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – £165 million
- Paulo Dybala (Juventus) – £154 million
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – £154 million
- Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) – £145 million
- Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) – £141 million
- Leroy Sane (Manchester City) – £140 million
