Luis Suarez is now the third most valuable footballer in the world according to an authoritative new report, published today, that rates the...
Luis Suarez is now the third most valuable footballer in the world according to an authoritative new report, published today, that rates the Liverpool striker as worth £79 million - at least.
Only Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, with a ‘starting price’ of £161.5m and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, worth at least £85.2m, are valued more highly in the study, compiled by a Swiss-based expert ‘think tank’.
The CIES Football Observatory has detailed knowledge of actual prices paid in thousands of transfers to ‘Big 5’ divisions over recent years, and have now published their annual review of players - including ‘market values’.
The top 10 is completed by Paul Pogba of Juventus, Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale - rated at £47.1m at least, or considerably less than he cost last summer - then Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil, PSG’s Edinson Cavani and Bayern Munich’s Mario Gotze.
