According to a report from SkySports, Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi is the most valuable
player in world football and worth almost twice as much as Cristiano Ronaldo, according to a study by the CIES Football Observatory. The ninth edition of the annual football review has
estimated the Argentina international's value at £161.5million ahead of
second-placed Ronaldo on £85.2m and Liverpool's Luis Suarez, whose worth is put at £79.4m.
Chelsea's Eden Hazard
and Messi's Barcelona team-mate Neymar
complete the top five, valued at £61.2m and £50.6m respectively.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo's Real Madrid team-mate Gareth Bale comes
in at seventh, valued at £50.9m, almost £30m less than the world-record £80.6m
fee Real Madrid paid Tottenham for the Wales international's services last
year.
Colombia striker Radamel
Falcao and Argentina winger Erik
Lamela have seen their values fall by more than 50 per cent since
completing transfers 12 months ago. Falcao joined Monaco for £48.4m from Atletico Madrid last season and is now
worth £22.7m, according to the study, while Lamela, who joined Tottenham for a
fee of £28.2m from Roma, is valued at £13.6m.
The 96-page publication also found Real Madrid fielded the most expensive starting line-up ever during
their successful 2013/2014 UEFA
Champions League campaign with average transfer expenditure per player of
over £24m.
By contrast, La Liga winners and Champions League runner-ups
Atletico Madrid had average transfer
fees of just £3.2m per player.
The CIES Football
Observatory uses a database that has been developed since 2005 and will
disclose their 2014 World Cup predictions based on their formula within the
next week.
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