According to the CIES Observatory Marcus Rashford is the most valuable player in world football with Erling Haaland in second place and Kylian Mbappe in fifth spot.
The CIES model takes into account a player’s age, contract duration, performance, international status and career progression, as well as the sporting and financial position of the selling club.
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Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford sits at the top of the table with a value of £150 million with Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland valued at £137.3 million and PSG’s Mbappe valued at £135 million.
.@MarcusRashford 🏴 takes the lead in the ranking of big-5⃣ league players with the highest estimated transfer value as per @CIES_Football ⚽️ algorithm 👏 With only 1⃣8⃣ months of contract remaining, former leader @KMbappe 🇫🇷back to 5th place 🔥 Top 💯 ➡️ https://t.co/oDEfg1IRgj pic.twitter.com/FMCXMeMNGy
— CIES Football Obs (@CIES_Football) January 6, 2021
Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold and Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes make up the other two spots in the Top 5 with six time ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi scraping into the Top 100 due to his contract being ready to dun out this summer.
Long time rival and five time ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo sits in 131st at a value of £42.5 million mainly due to his age and the short period left on his contract with Juventus which is due to expire in 2022.