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

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

Doing the math, among the 100 players included in this survey, only three do not play in the so-called European football ‘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 euros. His teammate, Samu Aghehowa (who has not played since February, after being diagnosed with a complete rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee), comes in 93rd place, with 68.3 million euros.

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 euros. He is followed by Pedro Neto (of Chelsea, with 75.1 million euros), Vitinha (of PSG, with 75 million euros) and Francisco Conceição (of Juventus, with 71.2 million euros).

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

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