Big surprise: He is the world's most expensive midfielder

In more than a decade, the world has been talking about Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the planet's by far the greatest football players, but economical

Ann McDonald
Ann McDonald
14 January 2020 Tuesday 02:00
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Big surprise: He is the world's most expensive midfielder

In more than a decade, the world has been talking about Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the planet's by far the greatest football players, but economically, they are no longer the most valuable.

It shows a new inventory as the statistical research company CIES Football Observatory have made with the help of researchers and professors.

Messi is due to his 32 year low as eight, while Ronaldo just is number 49 on the list, there are peaks of Kylian Mbappé in front of Raheem Sterling, Mohammed Salah, Jadon Sancho and Sadio Mané.

Immediately it doesn't sound particularly surprising, but if you're looking for the most valuable midfielder, then the answer is somewhat shocking.

the 23-year-old James Maddison from Leicester is assessed to be the world's most valuable midfielder at the entrance to the 2020.

Maddison has contributed with six goals in Leicester's successæson, when the club surprisingly is number three. It has also been for a single test match for England, after he came to the club from Norwich in 2018 on top of the lejeophold in Aberdeen and Coventry.

On the subsequent positions of the most expensive midfielders are Manchester City's Rodri, tottenham's Share Alli, Chelsea Mason Mount, Bavaria Philippe Coutinho, Naples, Fabian Ruiz and Barcelona Frenkie de Jong.

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if you're Looking for Christian Eriksen on the list, so scout it in vain among the 50 most valuable midfielders, but it is probably due solely, that he stands in front of his contract.

Among the 50 most valuable midfielders is thus not the only one with his contract in 2020, while Paul Pogba is down at number 15 on the list, because his contract expires in 2021.

the Lists of goalkeepers, midterforsvarere and backer each other's throats all of the Liverpool players in the form of Alisson Becker, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.


839,9 James Maddison, Leicester
745,8 Rodri Hernandez, Manchester City
714,4 Parts Alli, Tottenham
703,2 Mason Mount, Chelsea
698,7 Philippe Coutinho, Bayern
683,0 Fabian Ruiz, Naples
673,3 Frenkie de Jong, Barcelona
639,7 Kai Havertz, Leverkusen
624,7 Fabinho, Liverpool
615,7 Joshua Kimmich, Bayern
*the Prices are in millions of dollars

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Updated: 14.01.2020 02:00