See the 20 most expensive footballers in the world – with Ronaldo at No.20

The CIES Football Observatory have been at it again, and have come up with the most expensive players playing in the biggest leagues right now.

The Summer transfer has began to take shape with Real Madrid making a statement of intent with the signing of Eden hazard which could kickstart the huge deals that the biggest clubs could pull off this summer.

But who really are the most expensive players in world football right now?

There are loads of things to take into consideration when you think of such a thing, of course, and luckily we haven’t had to do that.

Not because we don’t want to, of course. But because the CIES Football Observatory have done it for us.

Here are the top 20

20. Cristiano Ronaldo – £104.9m

19. Eden Hazard – £107.2m

18. Marcus Rashford – £109.7m

17. Neymar – £110.8m

16. Paul Pogba – £111.1m

15. Romelu Lukaku – £111.2m

14. Philippe Coutinho – £114.9m

13. Trent Alexander-Arnold –
£115.6m

12. Gabriel Jesus – £116m

11. Bernardo Silva – £116.3m

10. Leroy Sane – £121.8m

9. Antoine Griezmann – £127.7m

8. Roberto Firmino – £128.1m

7. Harry Kane – £137.8m

6. Sadio Mane – £140.1m

5. Jadon Sancho – £141.6m

4. Lionel Messi – £148.7m

3. Raheem Sterling – £184.6m

2. Mohamed Salah – £195m

1. Kylian Mbappe – £223.8m

READ: how Lionel messi convinced Antoine Greizmann in dicthing Manchester united for Barcelona