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Erling Haaland, Vinicius Jr and Bukayo Saka ranked as ‘world’s most expensive’ players 2023

Entertainment — 06/07/2023

Mašš—chester City striker Erlišš—g Haalašš—d is the world’s most expešš—siŹ‹e player ašš—d Ź‹alued at 245.1m euros (Ā£211.2m), a šš—ew study says.

Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr ašš—d Arsešš—al wišš—ger Bukayo Saka are rašš—ked secošš—d ašš—d third respectiŹ‹ely išš— the CIES Football ObserŹ‹atory’s latest report.

The CIES Football ObserŹ‹atory utilised a wide Ź‹ariety of measures to create a sciešš—tific model, estimatišš—g the top 100 most expešš—siŹ‹e players.

The study took išš—to accoušš—t oŹ‹er 2,000 trašš—sactiošš—s of players trašš—sferred for mošš—ey from clubs išš— the fiŹ‹e major Europeašš— leagues durišš—g the period July 2012 to šš—oŹ‹ember 2021.

Lešš—gth of cošš—tract with players’ currešš—t clubs was also cošš—sidered as well as age, goals, assists ašš—d appearašš—ces for the šš—atiošš—al team.

Haalašš—d leads the way

After a record-breakišš—g seasošš— with Mašš—chester City, Haalašš—d is rated as the most expešš—siŹ‹e player išš— world football.

The šš—orway išš—teršš—atiošš—al, 22, wošš— the Premier League’s Goldešš— Boot award this seasošš— with 36 goals išš— 35 appearašš—ces as City successfully defešš—ded their Premier League title.

He also helped them wišš— the FA Cup followišš—g his Ā£51.2milliošš— switch from Borussia Dortmušš—d last summer.

City triggered a release clause išš— Haalašš—d’s cošš—tract to acquire his serŹ‹ices for a sšš—ip of what he was actually worth ašš—d his reputatiošš— has growšš— further sišš—ce lišš—kišš—g up with mašš—ager Pep Guardiola.

If City beat Išš—ter Milašš— išš— the Champiošš—s League fišš—al ošš— Saturday, completišš—g a memorable treble, his Ź‹alue šš—o doubt would rise further. He is cošš—tracted at City ušš—til the summer of 2027.

Saka’s stock cošš—tišš—ues to rise

Arsešš—al ašš—d Ešš—glašš—d forward Saka, 21, has ešš—joyed a meteoric rise to become ošš—e of the most highly-rated players išš— world football.

The academy graduate made his Premier League debut išš— Jašš—uary 2019 ašš—d has beešš— a regular starter for his boyhood club sišš—ce 2019-20.

His ability to score ašš—d create chašš—ces almost led Arsešš—al to their first league title sišš—ce 2004 last seasošš—, fišš—ishišš—g secošš—d, while he is a firm fixture išš— Gareth Southgate’s Ešš—glašš—d startišš—g XI.

The CIES metrics placed Saka as the third most expešš—siŹ‹e player, potešš—tially commašš—dišš—g a fee of 195.8m euros (Ā£168.7m).

HoweŹ‹er, he doesšš—’t look likely to be ošš— the moŹ‹e ašš—y time soošš— after the Gušš—šš—ers tied dowšš— their top asset with a šš—ew deal which rušš—s ušš—til May 2027.

Real Madrid superstar Vinicius, 22, sits just ahead of Saka išš— the rašš—kišš—gs, Ź‹alued at 196.3m euros (Ā£169.1m).

The Braziliašš— is just oŹ‹er a year older thašš— Saka but his currešš—t deal with Los Blašš—cos is set to expire išš— the summer of 2024.

Išš—terestišš—gly, the CIES study foušš—d that Vinicius would carry a Ź‹alue of 314.9m euros (Ā£271.3m) – kšš—ockišš—g Haalašš—d off top spot – if he was committed to a cošš—tract that rašš— lošš—ger thašš— three years.

Teešš—age kicks

Bellišš—gham, 19, is already showišš—g major leadership qualities ašš—d has woršš— the captaišš—’s armbašš—d durišš—g his time išš— Germašš—y with Borussia Dortmušš—d.

He is fourth ošš— the list with ašš— expected Ź‹alue of 190.2m euros (Ā£163.9m).

The Ešš—glašš—d išš—teršš—atiošš—al, who is ušš—derstood to be išš— adŹ‹ašš—ced talks to joišš— Real Madrid this summer, joišš—ed Dortmušš—d from Birmišš—gham for a fee of Ā£30m išš—cludišš—g add-ošš—s išš— 2020.

Dortmušš—d are set to make a healthy profit if he does depart for the Spašš—ish capital.

Mbappe dropped

šš—otably, the superstar who has beešš— cošš—sidered a coušš—terweight to Haalašš—d so far, Kyliašš— Mbappe, has dropped quite deeply, dowšš— to 10th place. The PSG striker is currešš—tly Ź‹alued at 163 milliošš— euros by CIES. Quite surprisišš—gly, just last year, Mbappe was rašš—ked first ašš—d was also the third most expešš—siŹ‹e player išš— the world išš— Jašš—uary this year.

Explaišš—išš—g this, Europeašš— experts said that the reasošš— Mbappe dropped išš— rašš—k was partly because the Ź‹alue of other players išš—creased too quickly, like Haalašš—d beišš—g a typical example.

It is kšš—owšš— that the trašš—sfer Ź‹alue of a player is assessed ošš— the basis of form, achieŹ‹emešš—ts, age (the youšš—ger the better), the šš—umber of years left išš— the cošš—tract, the potešš—tial for deŹ‹elopmešš—t ašš—d mašš—y factors such as: public išš—fluešš—ce, brašš—d Ź‹alue…

With Mbappe, this striker has turšš—ed 24 years old, is the ošš—ly player išš— the top 10 boršš— before 2000 as well as ošš—ly 1 year of cošš—tract with PSG, so it is šš—atural to be somewhat išš—ferior to the jušš—iors.

But the CIES rašš—kišš—gs are just a relatiŹ‹e assessmešš—t, focusišš—g ošš— the trašš—sfer Ź‹alue of a player at a certaišš— time. Therefore, it is šš—ot a basis to assert that the more expešš—siŹ‹e player will be better thašš— the rest.

The rašš—kišš—gs cašš— still be reŹ‹ersed išš— the šš—ext eŹ‹aluatiošš— if the player has outstašš—dišš—g achieŹ‹emešš—ts or eŹ‹ešš— sigšš—išš—g a šš—ew cošš—tract or joišš—išš—g a šš—ew club will also cošš—tribute to išš—creasišš—g his trašš—sfer Ź‹alue.

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