Marcus Rasford is the most valuable football player in the world, the middle of CR7, not even the top ten.

Swiss football observatory CIES has updated today the list of the most expensive football players in the world, and this year there is no shortage of surprises, starting with the fact that stars like Lionel Messi of Cristiano Ronaldo are not only at the top but are not even part of the most expensive 10.

CIES is based on the 5 major European leagues and calculates an assessment of each player's transfer, through a algorithm that takes into consideration certain parameters, such as the type of player (the duration of contract, age, status, career and performance), whose club (a sports and economic level) and economic context.

The algorithm thus listed the British striker of Manchester United, Marcus Rasford, who is only 23 years old and the value of his cardboard affects the figure of 165.6m euros according to CIES.

Immediately after him is Dortmund Borussia's attacker, Erling Haaland, who is shining in Bundesliga and nationals, becoming a machine of goals and the value of his cardboard totals 152m euros.

With only 18 months of contracting with Paris Saint Germain, French star Kylian Mbppe ranks fifth at 149.4m euros, while it is worth noting that no Italian championship football player is part of 10th.

As for Seria A, the most expensive footballer is estimated the Inter's maroken, Acraf Hakimi, whose card totals 113.7 euros, followed by his friend Lautaro Martinez, worth 105.5m euros, and Matthijs De League, with 1047m euros.