By Daily Sports on June 9, 2020

Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Marcus Rashford have been named among the top five most valuable players in Europe by analysts.

The England quartet are joined on the list by Paris St-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe, who was named number one with a value of £230.5m.

The list has been compiled by the CIES Football Observatory and focuses on players in Europe's top five leagues.

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo, 35, is 70th in the list.

In February, CIES - a Switzerland-based research group that specialises in football statistical analysis - said Liverpool had the most valuable squad in Europe at £1.27bn, ahead of Manchester City in second place at £1.24bn.

Sterling, 25, has developed into one of Manchester City and England's leading players while in third place, 20-year-old Sancho has shone for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga.

Liverpool’s Alexander-Arnold, 21, was praised by Brazil legend Cafu this week while Manchester United’s Rashford scored 14 goals in 22 Premier League games this season.

CIES uses a number of variables to work out player values, including age, performance and economic factors.

Europe's 25 most valuable players

Player Club    Estimated value

1          Kylian Mbappe           Paris St-Germain         £230.5m

2          Raheem Sterling          Manchester City          £173m

3          Jadon Sancho  Borussia Dortmund     £159m

4          Trent Alexander-Arnold         Liverpool         £152m

5          Marcus Rashford        Manchester United     £136m

6          Mohamed Salah          Liverpool         £129m

7          Sadio Mane     Liverpool         £124m

8          Antoine Griezmann     Barcelona        £121m

9          Alphonso Davies         Bayern Munich           £119m

10        Harry Kane     Tottenham       £106m

11        Roberto Firmino          Liverpool         £106m

12        Bernardo Silva            Manchester City          £102m

13        Gabriel Jesus   Manchester City          £101m

14        Joao Felix        Atletico Madrid          £96m

15        Erling Haaland            Borussia Dortmund     £96m

16        Serge Gnabry  Bayern Munich           £95m

17        Bruno Fernandes         Manchester United     £93m

18        Matthijs de Ligt          Juventus          £93m

19        Mason Mount  Chelsea            £91m

20        Frenkie de Jong           Barcelona        £91m

21        Rodri   Manchester City          £90m

22        Lionel Messi    Barcelona        £89m

23        Lautaro Martinez        Inter Milan      £88m

24        Virgil van Dijk            Liverpool         £88m

25        Saul Niguez     Atletico Madrid          £87m

•Source: BBC. PHOTO: L-R; Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Marcus Rashford

Source Daily Sports

Posted June 9, 2020

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