Friday is probably the best time to get news such as this. It’s contentious stuff so the sooner you can get to the pub and argue over it the better.
Is Nani really the 26th most valuable player? Is it right that he can be worth more than Xavi? Is Balotelli worth more than Suarez?
Brazilian sports business consulting firm Pluri Consultoria have put together what they believe to be the 60 most valuable players in the world in the upcoming January transfer window.
Unsurprisingly La Liga has a strong representation, with the Premier League a comfortable second with Wayne Rooney the league’s highest representative.
The full report (in Portuguese) can be seen here in pdf format.
60 most valubale players in football
1) Lionel Messi - Barcelona - €140 million
2) Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid - €96.3 million
3) Andres Iniesta - Barcelona - €68.4 million
4) Wayne Rooney - Manchester United - €60.2 million
5) Radamel Falcao – Atletico Madrid - €56.1 million
6) Neymar – Santos - €55 million
7) Sergio Aguero – Manchester City - €53.7 million
8) Cesc Fabregas – Barcelona - €51.0 million
8) David Silva – Manchester City - €51.0 million
10) Mesut Özil – Real Madrid - €44.0 million
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11) Eden Hazard - Chelsea- €43.7 million
12) Angel Di María - Real Madrid - €43.6 million
13) Karim Benzema - Real Madrid - €42.5 million
14) Thiago Silva - PSG - €40.5 million
15) Sergio Busquets - Barcelona - €40 million
16) Hulk - Zenit - €39.5 million
17) Gareth Bale - Tottenham Hotspur - €39.4 million
18) Mario Gomez – Bayern Munich - €39 million
19) Gerard Piqué - Barcelona - €39 million
20) Juan Mata – Chelsea - €38.7 million
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21) Gonzalo Higuain - Real Madrid - €38.5 million
21) Robin Van Persie – Manchester United - €38.5 million
23) Franck Ribery - Bayern Munich - €38 million
23) Luka Modric - Real Madrid - €38 million
25) Lucas Moura - Sao Paolo - €37.3 million
26) Nani - Manchester United - €35.9 million
27) Alexis Sanchez - Barcelona - €35.5 million
27) Edinson Cavani - Napoli - €35.5 million
27) Vincent Kompany - Manchester City - €35.5 million
30) Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid - €34.6 million
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31) Bastian Schweinsteiger - Bayern Munich - €34.5 million
32) Yaya Toure - Manchester City - €34 million
33) Thomas Muller - Bayern Munich - €33.8 million
34) Mario Balotelli – Manchester City - €33.5 million
35) Oscar – Chelsea - €33.1 million
36) Zlatan Ibrahimovic – PSG - €32.6 million
37) Daniele De Rossi – Roma - €32.5 million
37) Mario Gotze - Bayern Munich - €32.5 million
39) Ramires – Chelsea - €32 million
40) Edin Dzeko – Manchester City - €31.7 million
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41) Luis Suárez – Liverpool - €31.5 million
41) Marcelo - Real Madrid - €31.5 million
41) Xavi - Barcelona - €31.5 million
44) Fernando Llorente – Athletic Club de Bilbao - €31 million
45) Fernando Torres – Chelsea - €30.6 million
46) Ezequiel Lavezzi – PSG - €30.5 million
47) Javier Pastore – PSG - €30.2 million
47) Iker Casillas - Real Madrid - €30.2 million
49) Axel Witsel – Zenit - €29.5 million
50) Dani Alves – Barcelona - €29 million
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51) Arturo Vidal – Juventus - €28.5 million
52) Javi Martinez – Bayern Munich - €28.5 million
53) Pepe – Real Madrid - €28.3 million
54) Claudio Marchisio – Juventus - €28 million
54) Wesley Sneijder – Internazionale - €28 million
54) Javier Mascherano – Barcelona - €28 million
54) Marco Reus – Borussia Dortmund - €28 million
54) Pedro – Barcelona - €28 million
59) Robert Lewandowski – Borussia Dortmund - €27.5 million
60) Xabi Alonso – Real Madrid - €27.5 million
(h/t 101 great goals)
