Victor Froholdt, most valuable outside Europe's top 5 leagues | OneFootball

The Football Observatory (CIES) released, this Wednesday, the conclusions of a study that place Lamine Yamal, the leading figure at Barcelona and in the Spanish national team, as the footballer with the highest market value in the world, estimated at €358.1 million.

Looking at the numbers, among the 100 players included in this survey, only three do not play in European football’s so-called ‘Big Five’ — namely the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga or Ligue 1. Interestingly, two of them play… for FC Porto, recently crowned Portuguese champions.

The highest-ranked is Victor Froholdt, who appears in 48th place, with a market valuation of €84 million. His teammate, Samu Aghehowa (who has not played since February, after being diagnosed with a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee), comes in 93rd place, with €68.3 million.

The other ‘intruder’ on this list is the player in 91st position, Mika Godts, a 20-year-old forward who has been standing out in the Eredivisie for Ajax and who, in recent months, was even mentioned as an alleged target for Sporting and Benfica in the summer transfer window.

If we look at the Portuguese footballers, the highest-ranked is João Neves (of Paris Saint-Germain), with a market value of €117.1 million. He is followed by Pedro Neto (of Chelsea, with €75.1 million), Vitinha (of PSG, with €75 million) and Francisco Conceição (of Juventus, with €71.2 million).

Further down the list are Nuno Mendes (of PSG, with €70.9 million) and, finally, Mateus Fernandes (of West Ham, with €67.1 million).

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