Paul Pogba named third highest valued footballer on the planet

Neymar has been ranked as the most valuable player in Europe - and he didn't even need his own Twitter emoji to achieve the feat.

The Brazilian is valued at around £216m according to a new study, which ranks ten players at over €100m. Paul Pogba, who became the most expensive player on record when he returned to Manchester United in summer, is valued at £136.4m. This places him third on the list. Neymar's Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi is in second, valued at a mere £149m. Recently-crowned Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo is now seventh on the list, with Tottenham duo Harry Kane (£122m) and Dele Alli (£96m) also making the top ten. The study was carried out by a team of academics from the CIES Football Obsersvatory. They used a specially constructed transfer value algorithm, which factors in a player's age, contract length and performance levels. The top 10 is as follows:

1. Neymar (Barcelona) £216m
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) £149m
3. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) £136.4m
4. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) £132m
5. Luis Suarez (Barcelona) £125.5m
6. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) £122m
7. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid £111.1m
8. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) £99.9m
9. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) £96m
10. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) £88.7m

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