The 10 highest transfer value players have been ranked, led by Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland.
Haaland left Borussia Dortmund for Man City last summer in a deal worth £51m. Since then, he has lit up English football with 36 goals in 35 Premier League appearances.
In all competitions, the Norwegian has scored 52 goals in 52 games.
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According to the CIES Football Observatory, Haaland is the player with the highest transfer value, with a price tag of 245.1 million euros. Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr is second with 196.3 million euros while Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka is third with 195.8 million euros.
Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo followed with 190.2 million euros and 184.5 million euros, respectively.
Barcelona duo Pedri (178 million euros) and Gavi (174.1 million euros) are sixth and seventh respectively.
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In 8th and 9th places are Jamal Musiala (170.2 million euros) and Phil Foden (166.8 million euros) but what is really surprising is that Kylian Mbappe is only 10th with a valuation of 163.2 million euros.
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However, Mbappe's contract with Paris Saint Germain only expires in 2024 will contribute to his drop in transfer value. If the list were ranked based on contracts over 3 years, Mbappe would have a transfer value of 261.8 million euros, second only to Vinicius's whopping 314.9 million euros, Haaland in third with 245 ,1 million euros.
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Haaland will have the opportunity to further enhance his transfer value as he prepares for the Champions League final this weekend.
Inter Milan were the ones to stop Man City from completing the treble after Pep Guardiola's men won the Premier League and FA Cup.
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Lionel Messi has received offers from two of Europe's top clubs in the past few hours, according to AS.
The Argentine player is the most sought-after free agent in the future in football. Current owner Paris Saint-Germain announced over the weekend that he would not continue with them after his contract expires on June 30.
By far, Messi has been most strongly linked with returning to his boyhood side FC Barcelona or trying something new at Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia or Inter Miami in the United States. Footmercato reported on Sunday that Messi had accepted a two-year offer worth 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) from Al Hilal.
However, according to GOAL, Messi then asked to postpone a potential move until 2024, raising the possibility of him returning to Barca after their viable plan outlined how they could achieve a coup. finance has received the green light from La Liga.
The same day that Gerard Romero announced that Al-Hilal had increased their offer for Messi, which would put him once again at the top of Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes, the expert his fellow transfer market, Fabrizio Romano. , tweeted that the sources were close. at the Saudi club told him that the initial offer of 500 million euros ($534 million) announced in April was unchanged.
Meanwhile, however, AS reports that the past few hours have seen two of Europe's top clubs make offers and offer Messi fourth and fifth options depending on the destination. his next.
The names of the two newly mentioned clubs are yet to be revealed, but it is believed they could be from the Premier PINC League. Manchester City have shown interest in signing Messi in 2021 as he tries to leave Barca after falling out with then-chairman Josep Bartomeu.
Recently, El Nacional reported that City rivals Manchester United want to sign the 35-year-old and PSG team-mate Neymar, who could be sold this summer.
Other English clubs likely to pay Messi include Chelsea and Saudi-backed Newcastle United, owned by the same public investment fund that has now taken over Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, Al - Ahlli and Al. -Nassr where his rival of the same generation Cristiano Ronaldo is currently trading.
Ronaldo tops Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes with $136 million in earnings after leaving Manchester United in January.
Messi comes in second with $130 million split equally on and off the pitch, but the fact that he's turning 36 means he's unlikely to earn anything close to $65 million a year in the Old Continent. . For example, Barca are said to be ready to offer him 25 million euros ($27.5 million) per term on a two-season contract with SPORT.
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