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The 554th CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the top ten players by league with the highest transfer value across 55 competitions outside Europe’s big-5. According to our proprietary statistical model, recently updated with the latest transfers and price inflation, FC Porto’s Victor Froholdt has the highest valuation (€83.7 million) Benfica’s Vangelis Pavlidis (€65.0 m) and Al-Hilal’s Gabriel Martinelli (€63.6 m) round up the podium. In other major leagues, the following players top the list: Club Brugge’s Nicolò Tresoldi in Belgium (€61.4 million), Fenerbahçe’s Mason Greenwood in Turkey (€61.0 million), Palmeiras José Manuel López in Brazil (€53.9 million), and Ajax’s Jorthy Mokio in the Netherlands (€53.4 million). Diogo Costa (FC Porto) is potentially the most expensive non-big-5 goalkeeper (€49.3 million), as are Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting CP) among centre backs (€57.0 million) and Samuel Dahl (SL Benfica) among wide backs (€52.7 million). This tool lists the top-rated player by club in 70 leagues around the world. A paid platform is also available to football professionals. >>> All the data >>> Scientific paper on the method |
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About the CIES Football Observatory The CIES Football Observatory is a research group created in 2005 within the Swiss-based Centre International d’Étude du Sport (CIES). It specialises in the statistical analysis of football, in particular in the areas of demographics, transfer values and performance (technical, tactical, physical). Click here for more information. About the CIES The International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) is an independent study centre located in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It was created in 1995 as a joint venture between the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the University of Neuchâtel, the City and State of Neuchatel. Click here for more information. CIES – Centre International d’Étude du Sport Avenue DuPeyrou 1, 2000 Neuchâtel |
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