Yamal on top of the world, 4 PSG players top €100m | OneFootball

The CIES Football Observatory, renowned for its player performance indices, published this Wednesday a ranking of the most valuable players in the world. Lamine Yamal, the 18-year-old forward for FC Barcelona and Spain, is very comfortably at the top. Paris Saint-Germain, for its part, has 4 players valued at more than 100 million euros.

Credit: “CIES Football Observatory”

Désiré Doué (21-year-old midfielder/forward), João Neves (21-year-old midfielder), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (25-year-old forward) and Warren Zaïre-Emery (20-year-old midfielder) are no surprise in this ranking. They have had a great season and their contracts at PSG are still relatively long. Because the length of a player’s contract with his club still matters a great deal in this kind of valuation.

That makes sense, but it also “distorts” the idea of a ranking that would reflect the players’ level. That is not the comparison to make. Not to mention the gap between the valuation of forwards and defenders. So it is hard not to place Willian Pacho (PSG’s 24-year-old defender) among the world’s top players today, yet he is not included here. Unsurprisingly, the list is made up mostly of attacking players.

That makes the presence of Neves and Zaïre-Emery stand out even more, as they are particularly impressive midfielders. It is also worth noting another major strength of the Paris squad: its youth. The team is built to last for quite some time.

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