Say What?? Barcelona Star Neymar Most Valuable Player In Europe Above Team Mate Lionel Messi (Read)

Neymar is the most valuable player in Europe –
worth about £216m – according to a new study
which values 10 players at more than 100m
euros.

The Barcelona striker is ahead of team-mate
Lionel Messi, who is valued by academics at
£149m.
The only England players in the top 10 are
Tottenham duo Harry Kane (worth £122m) and
Dele Alli (£96m).
Paul Pogba, who joined Manchester United for a
record £89m in the summer, is worth £136.4m.
The study has been carried out by a team of
academics from the CIES Football Observatory,
using a transfer value algorithm.
They have calculated the value using criteria
that includes player performance and
characteristics, such as age and length of
contract.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Ballon d’Or winner and
Fifa’s world’s best player, is seventh on the list
at £111m, with Real Madrid team-mate Gareth
Bale 14th and valued at £73.8m, less than the
£85.3m he cost the La Liga side in 2013.
Pogba is the only player in the top five not based
in Spain, with Atletico Madrid’s Antoine
Griezmann third at £132m and Barcelona’s Luis
Suarez fifth (£127m).
There are 42 Premier League players in the top
100 including Chelsea’s Eden Hazard (£89m),
Manchester United’s Anthony Martial (£81m),
Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling (£75m) and
Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy (£45m).
West Ham midfielder Michail Antonio makes the
list at 100, with a value of £31m.