Players' market value 44 years ago

 

Values estimated by weekly magazine Guerin Sportivo April 1980, in perspective of the opening of Italian borders. Spanish players, extremely reluctant to leave their country, not taken into consideration.

In Italics, players that eventually played in the Serie A.

3000 m. lire (apprx 1,5 m€):

Maradona (Argentinos Juniors)

1.000.000€:

Zico (Flamengo)

550.000-650.000€:

T. Francis (Nottingham Forest), Woodcock (Köln), Cunningham (Real Madrid)

500.000-600.000€:

Brady (Arsenal), Sócrates (Corinthians)

450.000-550.000€:

Kh Rummenigge (Bayern Munich), H. Müller (Stuttgart)

400.000-500.000€:

Birtles (Nottingham Forest), Dalglish (Liverpool), Keegan (HSV), Schachner (Austria Vienna), 

Krankl (First Vienna)

350.000-450.000€:

Stapleton (Arsenal), Ward (Brighton), Regis (West Bromwich), Coppell (Man United), K. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Kaltz (HSV), Platini (St-Etienne), Prohaska (Austria Vienna), Simonsen (Barcelona)

300.000-400.000€:

Case (Liverpool), Mariner (Ipswich), D. Müller (Köln), Breitner (Bayern Munich), Stielike (Real Madrid), 

Gomes (FC Porto)

250.000-350.000€:

R. Kennedy & Johnson (Liverpool), Thijssen (Ipswich), Wallace (Coventry), Williams (Southampton), Neumann (Köln), Kempe (Duisburg), Dell'Haye (M'gladbach), Hartwig (HSV), Abramczik (Schalke 04), Bonhof (Valencia), Carpegiani (Flamengo), Falcão (Internacional), Ischia (Vélez)

200.000-300.000€:

McDermott (Liverpool), McQueen (Man United), Ritchie (Morton), Schuster (Köln), Nickel (M'gladbach), Hrubesch (HSV), D. Hoeness (Bayern Munich), Sigurvinsson (Standard de Liège), Vandenbergh (Lierse), Van der Elst (Anderlecht), Ceulemans (Brugge), Pécout (FC Nantes), Tahamata (Ajax), Kist (AZ '67), Pétursson (Feyenoord), Morena (Rayo Vallecano), D. Bertoni (Sevilla), Dirceu (Atlético de Madrid), Reinaldo & Jordão (Benfica), Sulser (Grasshoppers), Júlio César (Flamengo), Jorge Mendonça (Vasco da Gama), Nílton Batata (Santos), Toninho Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro), Passarella & R. Díaz (River Plate)

150.000-250.000€:

Somner (St Mirren), McAdam (Partick Thistle), McCluskey (Celtic), Hannes (M'gladbach), Fischer (Schalke 04), Voordeckers (Standard de Liège), Van der Eycken (Brugge), Elkjær (Lokeren), Rep, Zimako & Rocheteau (St-Etienne), Alves (Paris SG), Krol, La Ling, Arnesen & Lerby (Ajax), R. van der Kerkhof, W. van der Kerkhof & Brandts (PSV), Zenon & Careca (Guarani), Pita (Santos), Edinho (Fluminense), Randazzo (Boca Juniors), Beto Alonso (River Plate), Bochini (Independiente), Gallego (Newell's Old Boys), Reinaldi (Talleres Córdoba),  J. Olsen (Næstved)

150.000-200.000€:

Deyna (Man City), Edström (Standard de Liège), Christophe (Monaco), Stopyra (Sochaux), Wildschut (PSV), Vermeulen (Roda), Ponte (Grasshoppers), Zé Sérgio (São Paulo), Fortunato (Estudiantes), 

Bravo (Talleres Córdoba)

100.000-150.000€:

H. Jensen (Ajax), Thychosen (M'gladbach)

The 50 most valuable national teams

€1.52bn England

€1.27bn Brazil

€1.23bn France

€1.05bn Portugal

€965.5m Spain

€831m Germany

€815m Netherlands

€805m Argentina

€705.5m Italy

€584.5m Belgium

€481.6m Norway

€480.1m Uruguay

€415.5m Denmark

€400.45m Morocco

€379m Ukraine

€345.6m USA

€327.7m Croatia

€324.1m Türkiye

€313.4m Serbia

€304.15m Sweden

€289.98m Japan

€289.25m Ivory Coast

€282.9m Colombia

€281.5m Switzerland

€252.5m Nigeria

248.8m Senegal

€237m Austria

€225.55m Ecuador

€214.55m Ghana

€210.3m Poland

€207.4m Scotland

€204.5m Mexico

€189.48m Cameroon

€187.9m Czech Republic

€184.85m Algeria

€181m Canada

€165.45m Hungary

€161.05m Georgia

€156.4m Slovakia

€142m Russia

€141.55m Slovenia

€134.9m Greece

€134.35m Paraguay

€130.05m South Korea

€122.15m Mali

€115.6m DR Congo

€112.93m Wales

€111.6m Albania

€106.5m Ireland

€102.7m Egypt

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€92.13m Romania

Source: Transfermarkt

The three most valuable players per Nation

€470m England  

Jude Bellingham (attacking midfield, Real Madrid) €180m  

Phil Foden (right winger, Man City) €150m  

Bukayo Saka (right winger, Arsenal) €140m 

€380m France 

Kylian Mbappé (centre-forward, PSG) €180m  

Aurélien Tchouaméni (defensive midfield, Real Madrid) €100m  

Eduardo Camavinga (central midfield, Real Madrid) €100m 

€375m Brazil

Vinicius Junior (left winger, Real Madrid) €180m  

Rodrygo (right winger, Real Madrid) €110m  

Bruno Guimarães (defensive midfield, Newcastle) €85m  

€320m Germany

Florian Wirtz (attacking midfield, Leverkusen) €130m  

Jamal Musiala (attacking midfield, Bayern) €120m  

Kai Havertz (attacking midfield, Arsenal) €70m 

€315m Norway

Erling Haaland (centre-forward, Man City) €180m  

Martin Ødegaard (attacking midfield, Arsenal) €110m  

Alexander Sørloth (centre-forward, Villarreal) €25m 

€300m Spain

Rodri (defensive midfield, Man City) €120m  

Gavi (central midfield, Barcelona) €90m  

Lamine Yamal (right winger, Barcelona) €90m  

€275m Argentina  

Lautaro Martínez (centre-forward, Inter) €110m  

Julián Álvarez (centre-forward, Man City) €90m  

Alexis Mac Allister (central midfield, Liverpool) €75m 

€260m  Uruguay

Federico Valverde (central midfield, Real Madrid) €120m  

Ronald Araujo (centre-back, Barcelona) €70m  

Darwin Núñez (centre-forward, Liverpool) €70m 

€240m Portugal

Rafael Leão (left winger, Milan) €90m  

Rúben Dias (centre-back, Man City) €80m  

Bruno Fernandes (attacking midfield, Man United) €70m  

€215m Holland

Xavi Simons (attacking midfield, RB Leipzig) €80m  

Frenkie de Jong (central midfield, Barcelona) €70m  

Matthijs de Ligt (centre-back, Bayern) €65m

€200m Italy

Nicolò Barella (central midfield, Inter) €80m

Alessandro Bastoni (centre-back, Inter) €70m  

Federico Dimarco (left-back, Inter) €50m

€195m Sweden

Alexander Isak (centre-forward, Newcastle) €75m  

Viktor Gyökeres (centre-forward, Sporting CP) €65m  

Dejan Kulusevski (right winger, Tottenham) €55m 

€180m Nigeria

Victor Osimhen (centre-forward, Napoli) €100m  

Ademola Lookman (second striker, Atalanta) €40m  

Victor Boniface (centre-forward, Leverkusen) €40m 

€175m Belgium

Jérémy Doku (left winger, Man City) €65m  

Loïs Openda (centre-forward, RB Leipzig) €60m  

Kevin De Bruyne (attacking midfield, Man City) €50m 

€145m Denmark

Rasmus Højlund (centre-forward, Man United) €65m  

Andreas Christensen (centre-back, Barcelona) €40m  

Morten Hjulmand (defensive midfield, Sporting CP) €40m

€135m Morocco

Achraf Hakimi (right-back, PSG) €60m  

Brahim Díaz (attacking midfield, Real Madrid) €40m  

Nayef Aguerd (centre-back, West Ham) €35m

€130m Japan

Takefusa Kubo (right winger, Real Sociedad) €50m

Kaoru Mitoma (left winger, Brighton) €45m  

Takehiro Tomiyasu (right-back, Arsenal) €35m  

€130m Croatia

Josko Gvardiol (left-back, Man City) €75m  

Mateo Kovacic (central midfield, Man City) €30m  

Josip Stanisic (centre-back, Leverkusen) €28m

€130m Georgia  

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (left winger, Napoli) €80m  

Giorgi Mamardashvili (goalkeeper, Valencia) €35m  

Georges Mikautadz (centre-forward, FC Metz) €15m 

€123m Serbia 

Dušan Vlahović (centre-forward, Juventus) €65m 

Sergej Milinković-Savić (central midfield, Al-Hilal) €30m  

Aleksandar Mitrovic (centre-forward, Al-Hilal) €28m

€115m Colombia 

Luis Díaz (left winger, Liverpool) €75m  

Jefferson Lerma (defensive midfield, Crystal Palace) €20m  

Jhon Durán (centre-forward, Aston Villa) €20m  

€115m South Korea

Heung-min Son (left winger, Tottenham) €45m  

Min-jae Kim (centre-back, Bayern) €45m  

Hee-chan Hwang (centre-forward, Wolverhampton) €25m

€111m Canada

Alphonso Davies (left-back, Bayern) €50m  

Jonathan David (centre-forward, Lille) €50m  

Stephen Eustaquio (central midfield, FC Porto) €11m  

€110m Switzerland  

Manuel Akanji (centre-back, Man City) €45m  

Gregor Kobel (goalkeeper, Bor. Dortmund) €40m  

Denis Zakaria (defensive midfield, Monaco) €25m  

€110m Hungary  

Dominik Szoboszlai (central midfield, Liverpool) €75m  

Milos Kerkez (left-back, Bournemouth) €20m  

Roland Sallai (right winger, Freiburg) €15m 

€108m Ukraine

Oleksandr Zinchenko (left-back, Arsenal) €38m  

Artem Dovbyk (centre-forward, Girona) €35m

Mykhaylo Mudryk (left winger, Chelsea) €35m 

€105m Turkey 

Hakan Çalhanoğlu (defensive midfield, Inter) €45m  

Kenan Yıldız (second striker, Juventus) €30m  

Arda Güler (attacking midfield, Madrid) €30m 

€98m USA 

Christian Pulisic (right winger, Milan) €40m  

Folarin Balogun (centre-forward, Monaco) €30m  

Weston McKennie (central midfield, Juventus) €28m 

€95m Ireland 

Evan Ferguson (centre-forward, Brighton) €50m  

Nathan Collins (centre-back, Brentford) €25m  

Caoimhín Kelleher (goalkeeper, Liverpool) €20m 

€93m Slovakia

David Hancko (centre-back, Feyenoord) €35m  

Milan Skriniar (centre-back, PSG) €30m  

Stanislav Lobotka (defensive midfield, Napoli) €28m

€92m Scotland

Scott McTominay (defensive midfield, Man United) €32m  

John McGinn (central midfield, Aston Villa) €30m  

Andrew Robertson (left-back, Liverpool) €30m 

€90m Mexico

Santiago Gimenez (centre-forward, Feyenoord) €40m  

Edson Álvarez (defensive midfield, West Ham) €35m  

Hirving Lozano (right winger, PSV) €15m 

€90m Algeria

Rayan Aït-Nouri (left-back, Wolverhampton) €35m  

Ismaël Bennacer (defensive midfield, Milan) €30m  

Amine Gouiri (left winger, Rennes) €25m 

€88m Slovenia

Benjamin Sesko (centre-forward, RB Leipzig) €50m  

Jan Oblak (goalkeeper, Atlético de Madrid) €28m  

Jaka Bijol (centre-back, Udinese) €10m 

€87m Egypt  

Mohamed Salah (right winger, Liverpool) €55m  

Omar Marmoush (centre-forward, Eintr. Frankfurt) €22m  

Mostafa Mohamed (centre-forward, FC Nantes) €10m

€83m Austria 

Konrad Laimer (central midfield, Bayern) €30m  

Xaver Schlager (central midfield, RB Leipzig) €28m  

Kevin Danso (centre-back, Lens) €25m 

€82m Wales 

Brennan Johnson (right winger, Tottenham) €48m  

Harry Wilson (right winger, Fulham) €17m  

Neco Williams (right-back, Nott'm Forest) €17m 

€80m Poland

Jakub Kiwior (left-back, Arsenal) €30m  

Matty Cash (right-back, Aston Villa) €28m  

Piotr Zieliński (central midfield, Napoli) €22m  

€68m Russia

Aleksandr Golovin (attacking midfield, Monaco) €30m  

Matvey Safonov (goalkeeper, Krasnodar) €20m  

Arsen Zakharyan (attacking midfield, Real Sociedad) €18m

€67m Greece 

Vangelis Pavlidis (centre-forward, AZ Alkmaar) €25m  

Konstantinos Tsimikas (left-back, Liverpool) €22m  

Konstantinos Mavropanos (centre-back, West Ham) €20m

€64m Czech Republic 

Tomas Soucek (defensive midfield, West Ham) €30m  

Patrik Schick (centre-forward, Leverkusen) €22m  

Adam Hlozek (second striker, Leverkusen) €12m

€53m Albania

Armando Broja (centre-forward, Chelsea) €22m  

Kristjan Asllani (defensive midfield, Inter) €18m  

Ernest Muci (attacking midfield, Besiktas) €13m 

€46m Iceland

Albert Gudmundsson (second striker, Genoa) €30m  

Hákon Arnar Haraldsson (left winger, Lille) €9m  

Kristian Hlynsson (attacking midfield, Ajax) €7m  

€41m Romania 

Radu Drăgușin (centre-back, Tottenham) €25m  

Dennis Man (right winger, Parma) €9m  

Florinel Coman (left winger, FCSB) €7m

€32m Northern Ireland 

Conor Bradley (right-back, Liverpool) €15m  

Shea Charles (defensive midfield, Southampton) €10m  

Trai Hume (right-back, Sunderland) €7m 

€25m Chile

Guillermo Maripán (centre-back, Monaco) €10m  

Ben Brereton Díaz (left winger, Sheffield United) €8m  

Diego Valdés (attacking midfield, CF América) €7m 

€22m Iran

Mehdi Taremi (centre-forward, FC Porto) €10m  

Sardar Azmoun (centre-forward, Roma) €8m  

Mehdi Ghayedi (left winger, Ittihad Kalba) €4m 

€20m Australia 

Alessandro Circati (centre-back, Parma) 8.5m  

Harry Souttar (centre-back, Leicester) €8m  

Mathew Ryan (goalkeeper, AZ Alkmaar) €3.5m 

€15.5m Finland

Glen Kamara (central midfield, Leeds) €6m  

Joel Pohjanpalo (centre-forward, Venezia) €5.5m  

Kaan Kairinen (central midfield, Sparta Prague) €4m 

€15m Bulgaria

Kiril Despodov (right winger, PAOK Thessaloniki) €7m  

Ilia Gruev (defensive midfield, Leeds) €5m  

Filip Krastev (central midfield, PEC Zwolle) €3m

€12.5m Saudi Arabia

Firas Al-Buraikan (centre-forward, Al-Ahli) €6m  

Saud Abdulhamid (right-back, Al-Hilal) €4m  

Faisal Al-Ghamdi (central midfield, Al-Ittihad) €2.50m 

 

Source: Transfermarkt

Players' market value, August 1958

According to El Gráfico.

$200.000* : Pelé (Brazil)
$180.000 : Garrincha (Brazil)
$160.000 : Vavá (Brazil), Raymond Kopa, Just Fontaine (France)
$150.000 : Didi (Brazil)
$120.000 : Nílton Santos, Bellini, Gilmar (Brazil), Kurt Hamrin (Sweden), Omar Sívori (Argentina/Italy), Alfredo Di Stéfano (Argentina/Spain)
$100.000 : Roger Piantoni (France), Branko Zebec (Yugoslavia), Břetislav Dolejší, Gustav Mráz (Czechoslovakia), Helmut Rahn (West Germany), Harry Gregg (N. Ireland)
$80.000 : Yuri Voinov (USSR), Danny Blanchflower (N. Ireland), Erich Juskowiak (West Germany), Orvar Bergmark (Sweden), Dragoslav Šekularac (Yugoslavia), Pavol Molnár (Czechoslovakia)
$70.000 : Hans Buzek (Austria), Ivor Allchurch (Wales), Jean Vincent (France)
$60.000 : Nils Liedholm (Sweden), Oreste Corbatta (Argentina), Herbert Erhardt (West Germany), Valentin Ivanov (USSR)

*) $200.000 in 1958 is worth $2.082.000 today.

 

Market value of foreign Serie A players, summer 1984

 

Source: Corriere della Sera.

6,5 million €: Maradona (Napoli)
4,0 million €: Rummenigge (Inter)
2,7 million €: Sócrates (Fiorentina)
2,5 million €: Zico (Udinese)
2,0 million €: Toninho Cerezo (Roma)
1,8 million €: Falcão (Roma)
1,7 million €: Schachner (Torino)
1,5 million €: Júnior (Torino), Wilkins (Milan)
1,3 million €: Passarella (Fiorentina)
1,2 million €: Boniek (Juventus), Briegel & Elkjær (Verona), Hateley (Milan)
1,1 million €: R. Díaz (Avellino), Souness (Sampdoria)
1 million €: Platini (Juventus), Strömberg (Atalanta); T. Francis (Sampdoria)
900.000 €: Bertoni (Napoli), Brady (Inter)
750.000 €: Batista (Lazio)
700.000 €: Corneliusson (Como)
650.000 €; Coeck (Ascoli)
600.000 €: Edinho (Udinese), H. Müller (Como)
500.000 €: Lars Larsson (Atalanta), P. Hernández (Ascoli), Barbadillo (Avellino)
250.000 €: M. Laudrup (Lazio)

Brand value of European top clubs.

659m €: Bayern Munich : rating AAA
565m: Real Madrid : AAA+
543m: Man United : AAA
457m: Barcelona : AAA+
375m: Man City : AAA-
371m: Arsenal : AAA-
369m: Chelsea : AAA-
345m: Liverpool : AAA-
240m: Dortmund : AAA-
238m: Paris-SG : AAA-
230m: Schalke 04 : AA+
183m: Tottenham : AA+
181m: Juventus : AAA
174m: Milan : AAA-
112m: Inter : AA+
110m: Ajax : AA+

Source: Brand Finance.

Market value of foreign Serie A players, summer 1984.

Source: Corriere della Sera.

6,5 million €: Maradona (Napoli)
4,0 million €: Rummenigge (Inter)
2,7 million €: Sócrates (Fiorentina)
2,5 million €: Zico (Udinese)
2,0 million €: Toninho Cerezo (Roma)
1,8 million €: Falcão (Roma)
1,7 million €: Schachner (Torino)
1,5 million €: Júnior (Torino), Wilkins (Milan)
1,3 million €: Passarella (Fiorentina)
1,2 million €: Boniek (Juventus), Briegel & Elkjær (Verona), Hateley (Milan)
1,1 million €: R. Díaz (Avellino), Souness (Sampdoria)
1 million €: Platini (Juventus), Strömberg (Atalanta); T. Francis (Sampdoria)
900.000 €: Bertoni (Napoli), Brady (Inter)
750.000 €: Batista (Lazio)
700.000 €: Corneliusson (Como)
650.000 €; Coeck (Ascoli)
600.000 €: Edinho (Udinese), H. Müller (Como)
500.000 €: Lars Larsson (Atalanta), P. Hernández (Ascoli), Barbadillo (Avellino)
250.000 €: M. Laudrup (Lazio)

Highest market value, goalkeepers.

35 million €: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, age 31)
30 m: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich, 27)
25 m: Petr Cech (Chelsea, 30)
24 m: Joe Hart (Man City, 26)
20 m: Rui Patrício (Sporting, 25)
18 m: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow, 27)
17 m: David de Gea (Man United, 25)
17 m: Samir Handanovic (Inter, 28)
17 m: Steve Mandanda (Marseille, 28)
15 m: Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal, 23)
15 m: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham, 26)
15 m: Thibaut Courtois (Atlético de  Madrid, 20)
14 m: Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain, 26)
13 m: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray, 26)
12 m: Víctor Valdés (Barcelona, 31)
10 m: Marc André ter Stegen (Mönchengladbach, 20)
10 m: Federico Marchetti (Lazio, 30)
10 m: Pepe Reina (Liverpool, 30)
10 m: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, 35)
9 m: Bernd Leno (Leverkusen, 21)
9 m: René Adler (Hamburg, 28)
8,5 m: Mattia Perin (Pescara, 20)
8,5 m: Stéphane Ruffier (Saint-Etienne, 26)
8,5 m: Tim Krul (Newcastle, 25)
8,5 m: Michel Vorm (Swansea, 29)

Per nationality
4: Spain, Germany, Italy
3: France
2: Holland

Per league
8: England
4: Germany, Italy
3: Spain, France

Source: Transfermarkt.de

Players' current market values compared to personal maximum value.

Players currently on their highest market value ever:
Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iniesta, Rooney, Falcao, Neymar, Hulk, Cavani, Busquets, Götze, Bale, Mata, Hazard, Thiago Silva, Özil, Di María, Benzema, Higuaín, T. Müller

-1% Y. Touré
-5% Van Persie
-7% Lavezzi
-10% Piqué
-12% Agüero, Schweinsteiger
-16% Ribéry, Dzeko
-17% M. Gómez
-21% De Rossi
-24% Ibrahimovic, Modric
-26% Nani
-28% Dani Alves
-29% Xabi Alonso
-32% Tévez
-33% Jesús Navas
-34% Alexis
-36% Eto'o
-43% Vidic
-44% F. Torres
-45% Robben
-49% Pato
-62% Sneijder, Anderson
-63% G. Rossi
-64% Villa, Essien, Robinho
-66% Terry
-67% Pirlo
-68% Cambiasso
-69% Xavi
-74% Buffon
-77% Kaká, Gerrard
-80% Berbatov
-83% Reyes
-84% Maicon
-87% Klose
-90% R. Ferdinand
-91% Lampard
-92% Drogba
-97% Nesta, Anelka
-98% Ronaldinho, Henry, Beckham, Totti

Source: http://www.transfermarkt.de

Players' market value 12 years ago.

Values estimated by Gazzetta dello Sport in February 2001.

70 billion lire (apprx 35 m€):
Rivaldo (Barcelona), Saviola (River Plate)

30.000.000€:
Flávio Conceição (Real Madrid), Kewell & Viduka (Leeds)

25.000.000€:
Aimar (Valencia), Denílson (Betis), Riquelme (Boca Juniors)

22.500.000€:
"Kily" González (Valencia)

20.000.000€:
Djalminha (Deportivo), Élber (Bayern Munich), Jardel (Galatasaray), Nonda (Monaco), Ronaldinho (Paris-SG)

17.500.000€:
Gallardo (Monaco), Kanu (Arsenal), Kežman (PSV)

15.000.000€:
Palermo (Boca Juniors), Rebrov (Tottenham), Salihamidžić (Bayern Munich), Alex (Palmeiras)

12.500.000€:
C. Pizarro (Werder Bremen)

11.000.000€:
Adriano (Flamengo)

10.000.000€:
Balaban (Dinamo Zagreb), M. Diarra (Vitesse), Titov (Spartak Moscow), Méndez (Vélez)

Market values today.

According to transfermarkt.de. In red, players in clubs outside the EU.

The top ten players of 2013 are in average 96 times more expensive than the top ten of 1980.

120 m€:
Messi (Barcelona)

100 m€:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

70 m€:
Iniesta (Barcelona)

65 m€:
Rooney (Man United)

60 m€:
Falcao (Atlético de Madrid)

55 m€:
Fàbregas (Barcelona)

51 m€:
Agüero (Man City)

50 m€:
Silva (Man City)

45 m€:
Hulk (Zenit), Cavani (Napoli)

43 m€:
Van Persie (Man United)

42 m€:
Ribéry & M. Gómez (Man United), Busquets (Barcelona), Götze (Dortmund)

40 m€:
Piqué (Barcelona), Bale (Tottenham), Hazard (Chelsea), Thiago Silva (Paris SG), Sergio Ramos, Özil & Benzema (Real Madrid), Neymar (Santos)

38 m€:
Higuaín (Real Madrid), Mata (Chelsea)

37 m€:
T. Müller (Bayern Munich)

36,5 m€:
Y. Touré (Man City), Nani (Man United)

35 m€:
Fernando Torres (Chelsea), Lucas & Ibrahimovic (Paris SG), Casillas & Modric (Real Madrid), Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Kompany (Man City)

32 m€:
Hamsík (Napoli), Balotelli (Man City), Oscar (Chelsea), Kroos (Bayern Munich)

31 m€:
Marchisio (Juventus)

30 m€:
De Rossi (Roma), Pepe (Real Madrid), Neuer (Bayern Munich), Ramires (Chelsea)

29 m€:
Dzeko (Man City)

28 m€:
Mascherano & Alexis Sánchez (Barcelona), Lavezzi (Paris SG)

27 m€:
Eto'o (Anzhi), Pastore (Paris SG)

26 m€:
Dani Alves (Barcelona)

25,5 m€:
Vidic (Man United)

22,5 m€:
Tévez (Man City)

22 m€:
Robben (Bayern Munich)

20 m€:
Villa (Barcelona), Jesús Navas (Sevilla)

19 m€:
Sneijder (Galatasaray)

18 m€:
Alexandre Pato (Corinthians)

17,5 m€:
Terry (Chelsea)

16 m€:
Kaká & Essien (Real Madrid)

15,5 m€:
Gerrard (Liverpool)

Players' market value 33 years ago.

Values estimated by weekly magazine Guerin Sportivo April 1980, in perspective of the opening of Italian borders. Spanish players, extremely reluctant to leave their country, not taken into consideration.

In Italics, players that eventually played in the Serie A.


3000 m. lire (apprx 1,5 m€):
Maradona (Argentinos Juniors)

1.000.000€:
Zico (Flamengo)

550.000-650.000€:
T. Francis (Nottingham Forest), Woodcock (Köln), Cunningham (Real Madrid)

500.000-600.000€:
Brady (Arsenal), Sócrates (Corinthians)

450.000-550.000€:
Kh Rummenigge (Bayern Munich), H. Müller (Stuttgart)

400.000-500.000€:
Birtles (Nottingham Forest), Dalglish (Liverpool), Keegan (HSV), Schachner (Austria Vienna), Krankl (First Vienna)

350.000-450.000€:
Stapleton (Arsenal), Ward (Brighton), Regis (West Bromwich), Coppell (Man United), K. Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Kaltz (HSV), Platini (St-Etienne), Prohaska (Austria Vienna), Simonsen (Barcelona)

300.000-400.000€:
Case (Liverpool), Mariner (Ipswich), D. Müller (Köln), Breitner (Bayern Munich), Stielike (Real Madrid), Gomes (FC Porto)

250.000-350.000€:
R. Kennedy & Johnson (Liverpool), Thijssen (Ipswich), Wallace (Coventry), Williams (Southampton), Neumann (Köln), Kempe (Duisburg), Dell'Haye (M'gladbach), Hartwig (HSV), Abramczik (Schalke 04), Bonhof (Valencia), Carpegiani (Flamengo), Falcão (Internacional), Ischia (Vélez)

200.000-300.000€:
McDermott (Liverpool), McQueen (Man United), Ritchie (Morton), Schuster (Köln), Nickel (M'gladbach), Hrubesch (HSV), D. Hoeness (Bayern Munich), Sigurvinsson (Standard de Liège), Vandenbergh (Lierse), Van der Elst (Anderlecht), Ceulemans (Brugge), Pécout (FC Nantes), Tahamata (Ajax), Kist (AZ '67), Pétursson (Feyenoord), Morena (Rayo Vallecano), D. Bertoni (Sevilla), Dirceu (Atlético de Madrid), Reinaldo & Jordão (Benfica), Sulser (Grasshoppers), Júlio César (Flamengo), Jorge Mendonça (Vasco da Gama), Nílton Batata (Santos), Toninho Cerezo (Atlético Mineiro), Passarella & R. Díaz (River Plate)

150.000-250.000€:
Somner (St Mirren), McAdam (Partick Thistle), McCluskey (Celtic), Hannes (M'gladbach), Fischer (Schalke 04), Voordeckers (Standard de Liège), Van der Eycken (Brugge), Elkjær (Lokeren), Rep, Zimako & Rocheteau (St-Etienne), Alves (Paris SG), Krol, La Ling, Arnesen & Lerby (Ajax), R. van der Kerkhof, W. van der Kerkhof & Brandts (PSV), Zenon & Careca (Guarani), Pita (Santos), Edinho (Fluminense), Randazzo (Boca Juniors), Beto Alonso (River Plate), Bochini (Independiente), Gallego (Newell's Old Boys), Reinaldi (Talleres Córdoba), J. Olsen (Næstved)

100.000-200.000€:
Deyna (Man City), Edström (Standard de Liège), Christophe (Monaco), Stopyra (Sochaux), Wildschut (PSV), Vermeulen (Roda), Ponte (Grasshoppers), Zé Sérgio (São Paulo), Fortunato (Estudiantes), Bravo (Talleres Córdoba)

100.000-150.000€:
H. Jensen (Ajax), Thychosen (M'gladbach)

Champions League quarterfinalists 2012.

Highest market values:
100 m. euro: Messi (Barcelona)
90 m: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
42 m: Ribéry & M. Gómez (Bayern)
37 m: Ibrahimovic (Milan)
35 m: Fernando Torres (Chelsea)
17 m: Rémy (Marseille)
16 m: Cardozo (Benfica)
1,6 m: Aílton (APOEL)

Highest wages:
12 m euro/year: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
11 m: Messi (Barcelona)
9,7 m: Schweinsteiger (Bayern)
9 m: Terry (Chelsea)
9 m: Ibrahimovic (Milan)
5,1 m: Saviola (Benfica)
3,8 m: Gignac (Marseille)
0,5 m: E. Solari (APOEL)