Since his contract extension with PSG, Kylian Mbappé has regularly topped the rankings of various institutes calculating the value of players. And yet, the CIES Football Observatory, which is a reference in the matter, does not place the striker of the France team at the top of its ranking. Mbappé is only third, preceded by two great hopes of English football.
As is customary, the CIES Football Observatory unveiled the list of the most expensive players on the planet. For this, the institute relies on various criteria such as the duration of the contract, age, level of performance or progress over the past few months. With this in mind, and especially since his contract extension with the PSG, Kylian Mbappé largely dominated this ranking. But the French football star is no longer the most expensive player in the world.
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Mbappé dethroned by the English cracks
In his weekly letter, devoted this week to the value of players, the CIES Football Observatory values Kylian Mbappe at €190.7 million. An amount that places the attacker of the PSG in third place on the podium. The top scorer in the World Cup is overtaken by two great hopes in English football namely Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) and Phil Foden (Manchester City) which are estimated at €208.2m and €200.5m respectively. I have to say that bellingham confirmed all his talent during the World Cup and finds himself at the heart of a huge battle for his transfer between the biggest European clubs while Foden recently signed a long-term lease with the binder to Citizens until 2027. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid, €190.5m) and Erling Haaland (Manchester City, €174.9m) complete the top 5.
Youth take over
Overall, young people dominate this ranking since from the top of the 24-year-old, Kylian Mbappe and Federico Valverde are the oldest of the Top 10 in which we find the two cracks of the FC Barcelona Pedri (€170.2m) and Gavi (€147.6 million) or even Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich, €145.1 million) and Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig, €125.8m) are among the 10 most expensive players in the world. Moreover, it is difficult not to notice the influence of the world Cup in this ranking since Julian Alvarez (Manchester City, €87.3m) appears to be in a good position whileEnzo Fernandez (Benfica, €80.3m), the tournament’s best hope, and the most expensive player not playing in the 5 major championships. It now remains to be seen whether Kylian Mbappe will regain his throne.
