Haaland overtakes Mbappe as world's most valuable player

July 18 - Manchester City's Erling Haaland has overtaken PSG 'eager' Kylian Mbappé as the world's most valuable player, according to the latest update from the Football Player Rating Platform Benchmark.

Haaland is valued at €194m, €12m more than Mbappé (€182m). Vinícius Jr. has the third highest value with 157 million euros.

Football Benchmark points out that all players in the top 10 are aged 24 or younger. Victor Osimhen (SSC Napoli) and Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), are the newcomers in the top 10.

There are now eight clubs topping the €1 billion mark in total squad value, Football Benchmark said, with at least one club from each of the top divisions in England, Spain, Denmark. Germany and France.

"Among the so-called 'Big Five' leagues, only Italy is missing. The most valuable team in Serie A belongs to champions Napoli (697 million euros)," Football Benchmark said.

Manchester City FC leads the table with a market value of nearly €1.4 billion, followed by Arsenal (€1.3 billion). Chelsea fell from 2nd to 8th place as the club sold several players, including Mason Mount, Kai Havertz and Kalidou Koulibaly, during the current transfer window.

A list of the top 10 transfers made so far in the current transfer window shows that eight of the buyers are Premier League clubs. The list was compiled ahead of Declan Rice's £100million sale to Arsenal from West Ham.

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