Let's all laugh at this List.

StarLord

StarLord

New member
The Football Observatory’s top 50 most expensive players

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) £205m
2. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) £109m
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) £92m
4. Neymar (Barcelona) £72m
5. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) £63m
6. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) £60m
7. Paul Pogba (Juventus) £57m
8. Diego Costa (Chelsea) £56m
9. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) £55m
10. James Rodriguez (Real Madrid) £50m
11. Luis Suarez (Barcelona) £48.2m
12. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) £47.5
13. Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) £47m
14. Isco Alcoron (Real Madrid) £46m
15. Harry Kane (Tottenham) £43m
16. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) £41m
17. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) £40.6m
18. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) £40.5m
19. Oscar (Chelsea) £38.2m
20. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) £36m
21. Mario Gotze (Bayern Munich) £34.5
22. Koke Resurreccion (Atletico Madrid) £33.1m
23. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) £32.4m
24. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) £32m
25. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) £31.9m
26. Willian (Chelsea) £31.1m
27. Alvaro Morata (Juventus) £30.9m
28. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) £30.7m
29. David Silva (Manchester City) £30.6m
30. Edinson Cavani (Paris St Germain) £30.4m
31. Angel Di Maria (Manchester United) £29.7m
32. Kevin De Bruyne (Wolfsburg) £29.6m
33. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) £28.9m
34. Marco Verratti (Paris St Germain) £28.7m
35. Nemanja Matic (Chelsea) £28.6m
36. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) £28.5m
37. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) £28.6m
38. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich) £28.3m
39. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) £27.5m
40. Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) £27.4m
41. Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli) £27.4m
42. Ross Barkley (Everton) £27m
43. Yaya Toure (Manchester City) £26.7m
44. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) £26.6m
45. Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich) £26m
46. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal) £25.8m
47. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) £25.7m
48. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) £25.6m
49. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) £25.5m
50. Miralem Pjanic (Roma) £25.4m


So absurd, I don't know where to begin in criticizing/laughing at it. The valuations of Hazard, Sterling as well as other random EPL players smash through the "barrier of ludicrousness" and propel themselves to the "Twilight Zone"...
 
Last edited:
H

Hamzah

High Definition Member
I could kinda get why some players are priced high (their club will demand some crazy fee) but then you have sergio priced at only around 30 million. This list is all over the place.
 
StarLord

StarLord

New member
Hamzah said:
I could kinda get why some players are priced high (their club will demand some crazy fee) but then you have sergio priced at only around 30 million. This list is all over the place.
Click to expand...

It's not all over the place, it's highly biased towards a very particular direction.

Hazard more valuable than CR7 and Neymar! Sterling more valuable than Bale/James/Muller/Pogba/Suarez/Griezmann etc, Yaya Toure higher than Modric, Oscar higher than Verratti, Coutinho higher than Koke, Verratti, Modric, Rakitic. Kane higher than Benzema/Lexandowski/Cavani etc etc etc...

Beyond laughable!
 
B

BenRobbins

New member
StarLord said:
What is remarkable about the above list is not its "badness" but its the obscenity of its solipsism.
Click to expand...

I have no idea what solipsism means, sorry. However i am surprised by its kindness to england based players seeing as the company is Swiss. Would of thought they would be relatively neutral. Strange.
 
footyfan

footyfan

Calma, calma
StarLord said:
The Football Observatory’s top 50 most expensive players

So absurd, I don't know where to begin in criticizing/laughing at it. The valuations of Hazard, Sterling as well as other random EPL players smash through the "barrier of ludicrousness" and propel themselves to the "Twilight Zone"...
Click to expand...

Why is it absurd? Maybe they are just taking into account the fact that EPL players are over-priced.
 
ceefoo

ceefoo

New member
footyfan said:
Why is it absurd? Maybe they are just taking into account the fact that EPL players are over-priced.
Click to expand...
No Iniesta for a start.

How can the captain of the best team in Europe not be listed, even though is in his thirties now? And there are other players in their 30's on the list.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Home of Barca Fans

Top