{"id":30774,"date":"2016-12-07T05:01:42","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T10:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/music\/these-are-the-most-expensive-football-players-in-the-world-right-now\/"},"modified":"2016-12-07T05:01:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T10:01:42","slug":"these-are-the-most-expensive-football-players-in-the-world-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/music\/these-are-the-most-expensive-football-players-in-the-world-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are the Most Expensive Football Players in the World Right Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"40.144112478\">\n<p>French magazine <i>France Football<\/i> and <i>The CIES Football Observatory<\/i> have put together a list of the most expensive players in the world based on transfer value. As expected Argentina\u2019s Messi and Portugal\u2019s Ronaldo have made the list, though neither have topped it. According to <i>CIES<\/i>, the most expensive player on the planet right now is Brazil\u2019s Neymar Jr. at a transfer fee of \u20ac250 million EUR (approximately $268 million USD). Second place goes to Leo Messi at \u20ac190 million EUR (approximately $204 million USD) and third to France\u2019s Antoine Griezmann at \u20ac135 million EUR (approximately $145 million USD). France\u2019s Paul Pogba makes the list as the most expensive Premier League player, in which Manchester United paid a world record fee for. Check out the top 10 below:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<h2>Top 10 Most Expensive Players (In Terms of Transfer Fee)<\/h2>\n<p><b>1. Neymar Jr. (Barcelona)<\/b> \u2013 \u20ac250 million EUR (approximately $268 million USD)<br \/><b>2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)<\/b> \u2013 \u20ac190 million EUR (approximately $204 million USD)<br \/><b>3. Antoine Griezmann (Atl\u00e9tico Madrid)<\/b> \u2013 \u20ac135 million EUR (approximately $145 million USD)<br \/><b>4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)<\/b> \u2013 \u20ac130 million EUR (approximately $139 million USD)<br \/><b>5. Paul Pogba (Manchester United)<\/b> \u2013 \u20ac125 million EUR (approximately $134 million USD)<br \/><b>6. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)<\/b> \u2013 \u20ac110 million EUR (approximately $118 million USD)<br \/><b>7. Luis Su\u00e1rez (Barcelona)<\/b> \u2013 \u20ac95 million EUR (approximately $102 million USD)<br \/><b>8. Sergio Ag\u00fcero (Manchester City)<\/b> \u2013 \u20ac88 million EUR (approximately $94 million USD)<br \/><b>9. Gonzalo Higua\u00edn (Juventus)<\/b> \u2013 \u20ac85 million EUR (approximately $91 million USD)<br \/><b>10. Thomas M\u00fcller (Bayern Munich)<\/b> \u2013 \u20ac82 million EUR (approximately $88 million USD)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/hypebeast\/feed\/~3\/2fpW4NoqURI\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French magazine France Football and The CIES Football Observatory have put together a list of the most expensive players in the world based on transfer value. As expected Argentina\u2019s Messi and Portugal\u2019s Ronaldo have made the list, though neither have topped it. According to CIES, the most expensive player on the planet right now is Brazil\u2019s Neymar Jr. at a transfer fee of \u20ac250 million EUR (approximately $268 million USD). 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