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Top 10 football players by current market value ▷ Kenya News

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- The report is based on stats of over 4,000 players across top divisions in 11 countries

- Mbappe remains most valuable while Sterling makes the top ten

- Cristiano is nowhere in top 10 while Jadon Sancho is the player most increased in value

As the summer transfer window activities continues to slowly gather momentum and gets increasingly busy, players values' have shifted in the last six months.

The list mainly comprises of younger and attacking players with the top ten made of three attackers, five midfielders and three defenders.

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The most significant of changes are in younger and attacking players with the top ten composed of tree attackers, five midfielders and three defenders.
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The report by Football Benchmark assessed over 4,000 players based on statistics provided by Opta.

10. Antoine Griezmann

€113.3 million

9. Kevin De Bruyne

€120 million

8. Paul Pogba

€126.7 million

7. Raheem Sterling

€130.1 million

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6. Harry Kane

€137 million

5. Mohamed Salah

€159.1 million

4. Eden Hazard

€162.8 million

3. Lionel Messi

€190 million

2. Neymar

€195 million

1. Kylian Mbappe

€225 million

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The country covered players from first divisions across 11 countries including Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Turkey.

Neymar is the only player to have lost €30 million while Romelu Lukaku and Alexis SAnchez lost over €20 million.

Kylian Mbappe remains the most valuable player in the world while Raheem sterling made the top ten coming in at 7th place with a value of €130.1 million

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Paul Pogba also features in the top 10 while Cristiano Ronaldo is not in the top 10.

Jadon Sancho had the highest increase in value with an €45 million upgrade to €95.6 million from September 2018.

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