Mercato: Bellingham the most expensive player of the moment ahead of Foden and… Mbappé

Mirror, my beautiful mirror, tell me who's expensive in the transfer market?

Well, it's Jude Bellingham, 19, the young English midfielder from Borussia Dortmund, very prominent with the Three Lions during the World Cup in Qatar.

The Football Observatory (CIES) has published the ranking of players according to their market value.

Two Englishmen, Bellingham (Dortmund) and Phil Foden (Manchester City) appear in the first two places, listed respectively at 208.2 and 200.5 million euros.

The third step of the podium goes to Kylian Mbappé, valued at 190.7 million euros.

Vinicius Junior, €190.5m, and Erling Haaland, €174.9m, follow in 4th and 5th place.

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— CIES Football Obs (@CIES_Football) January 5, 2023

If the crack of Bondy sees his ego momentarily crumpled by this classification, he will note with pleasure that his PSG team welcomes six of the first seven players playing in Ligue 1.

In the wake of the top scorer of the World Cup (8 goals), Donnarumma, Hakimi, both estimated at 71 M€, Nuno Mendes, 63.7 M€, Vitinha, 55 M€ and Neymar, 52.6 M€ achieve a nice group shot on behalf of the Parisian club, Lille's Jonathan David, €49.4 million, being the first highest ranked non-Parisian.

Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid), listed at €107.2 million, ranks 2nd in the French rankings behind Mbappé.

The midfielder of Merengue and Blues is also the only one with Mbappé to exceed the 100 million euro mark.

Not far away, Jules Koundé (FC Barcelona), €98.7m, and Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), €98.6m, are in the top 20. William Saliba (Arsenal), €80.3m, occupies the 34th rank.

Logically, the "youth" factor acts as a booster on the amounts.

The Barcelonans Pedri, 20, €170.2m, and Gavi, 18, €147.6m, are in 6th and 7th place.

The German from RB Leipzig, Jamal Musiala, 19, €145.1m, is 8th.

In addition, the first defender in the ranking, the Croatian Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), 20 years old, 125.8 M€, is 9th.

Among goalkeepers, Alisson, listed at €79.8 million, is ahead of Parisian goalkeeper Donnarumma and Ederson, €64.9 million.