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Two Leicester City stars named in top 100 most valuable footballers - but they're not who you might think

CIES Football Observatory has ranked the top 100 players in term of transfer value and a pair of Foxes make it on the list
BY DANIEL SMITH
10:31, 9 JAN 2018

The top 100 most valuable players in Europe have been revealed - and two Leicester City players have made it on the list.

CIES Football Observatory has ranked players from the continent's top five leagues - the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1 - in terms of transfer value.


Among them are two Foxes stars, but you probably wouldn't have guessed who they are.

Both Wildred Ndidi and Harry Maguire have forced themselves on the list among the likes of Neymar, Messi and Harry Kane.


The values are calculated according to the performance of both the player and club, international status, contract, age and position.

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According to CIES, midfielder Ndidi is now worth a cool €77.4m - compared to the £18m Leicester spent to being him over from Genk a year ago - and is the 51st most valuable player in Europe.

This puts him ahead of the likes of Real Madrid's Toni Kroos, Monaco's in-demand forward Thomas Lemar and Liverpool winger Sadio Mané.


Wilfred Ndidi challenges Joe Lolley (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
Wilfred Ndidi challenges Joe Lolley
Centre-half Maguire - who signed for Leicester last summer in a deal which could rise to £17m - is rated as the 96th most valuable player worth €50.8m and is just ahead Liverpool's new signing Virgil van Dijk and Juventus midfielder Lorenzo Pellegrini.

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Top of the list is Neymar, with a value of €213m, ahead of Messi (€202.2m), Harry Kane (€194.7), PSG's Kylian Mbappe (€192.5m) and Juventus forward Paulo Dybala (€174.6).

Harry Maguire in action in the Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester City
Harry Maguire in action
Other Premier League stars featured include Dele Ali (sixth, €171.3m), Kevin de Bryne (seventh, €167,8m), Romelu Lukaku (eighth, €164.8m) and Paul Pogba (tenth, €147.5m).

Former Leicester City midfielder N'Golo Kanté is in 40th spot (worth €87.4m).


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According to CIES, midfielder Ndidi is now worth a cool €77.4m - compared to the £18m Leicester spent to being him over from Genk a year ago - and is the 51st most valuable player in Europe.

My boy!!!! Kai!

By far our man of the moment. I am betting on him hitting world class by the time of Russia 2018

maceo4 wrote:

According to CIES, midfielder Ndidi is now worth a cool €77.4m - compared to the £18m Leicester spent to being him over from Genk a year ago - and is the 51st most valuable player in Europe.

My boy!!!! Kai!

If he was white his value would have double.He is worth more than 77.4million.

Ali worth more than de Brune? Based on what?

Cito wrote:Ali worth more than de Brune? Based on what?

British Pali vs Belgian Pali.

Cito wrote:Ali worth more than de Brune? Based on what?

Probably, mostly age difference. 26 vs. 21

Ayo Akinfe wrote:By far our man of the moment. I am betting on him hitting world class by the time of Russia 2018

You think he will move to a bigger club next season?

Sir V wrote:

Ayo Akinfe wrote:By far our man of the moment. I am betting on him hitting world class by the time of Russia 2018

You think he will move to a bigger club next season?

Let us hope he has a great World Cup and that Real Madrid come knocking after that.

Ayo Akinfe wrote:

Sir V wrote:

Ayo Akinfe wrote:By far our man of the moment. I am betting on him hitting world class by the time of Russia 2018

You think he will move to a bigger club next season?

Let us hope he has a great World Cup and that Real Madrid come knocking after that.

I think Liverpool will be his best bet if he wants to develop as top player. Na small small.

Sir V wrote:

Ayo Akinfe wrote:

Sir V wrote:

Ayo Akinfe wrote:By far our man of the moment. I am betting on him hitting world class by the time of Russia 2018

You think he will move to a bigger club next season?

Let us hope he has a great World Cup and that Real Madrid come knocking after that.

I think Liverpool will be his best bet if he wants to develop as top player. Na small small.

Liverpol are buying Keita though. Remember they also have Henderson and Lallana, so they are unlikely to want another central midfielder.

Keita is no joke. How a player, who in my opinion is the best CM in Europe save for 3-4 players, doesn't even make the best 100 player list is beyond reason.

Elite player. At 75 mln its a steal for Liverpool, especially given Countinho went for twice that.

Ayo Akinfe wrote:

Sir V wrote:

Ayo Akinfe wrote:

Sir V wrote:

Ayo Akinfe wrote:By far our man of the moment. I am betting on him hitting world class by the time of Russia 2018

You think he will move to a bigger club next season?

Let us hope he has a great World Cup and that Real Madrid come knocking after that.

I think Liverpool will be his best bet if he wants to develop as top player. Na small small.

Liverpol are buying Keita though. Remember they also have Henderson and Lallana, so they are unlikely to want another central midfielder.

Neither Keita nor Lallana play in the same position as Ndidi. Henderson, a bit, although I'd assume Ndidi will be the replacement for Emre Can, who is moving to Juventus.

That said, Ndidi will have suitors of a calibre, much higher than Liverpool

There is no player in Europe quite like Naby Keita.

As for Ndidi: Liverpool likes his Africans and has success working with them. I would actually love Iheanacho to work for Klopp. He could work perfectly as Firmino's understudy.

But I'm sure Ndidi will move to a top club for serious cash by this summer.

marutimon wrote:There is no player in Europe quite like Naby Keita.

As for Ndidi: Liverpool likes his Africans and has success working with them. I would actually love Iheanacho to work for Klopp. He could work perfectly as Firmino's understudy.

But I'm sure Ndidi will move to a top club for serious cash by this summer.

Honestly think the best top clubs for African attacking players are Arsenal and Liverpool. Klopp and Wenger give you time to grow, and don't seem to have these racial hang ups that others seem to sometimes.

Monaco, Porto, Borussia, Juventus are also decent near top destinations.

Definitely steer clear of serial African-hater Pep Guardiola.