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  • Neymar knocks Messi off as the most valuable player

    Neymar knocks Messi off as the most valuable player

    .Dele Alli make top 10

    The CIES Football Observatory has published a list judging

    which player would command the highest transfer fee.They have

    judged that if a team were to make a move for Barcelona striker

    Neymar, they should pay no less than £217m – £128m more than

    the current world record, the £89m paid by Manchester United

    for Paul Pogba.
    The CIES Football Observatory research team has developed a unique approach

    to estimate on a scientific basis the transfer value of professional football players.

    The statistical model through which fair prices are calculated includes

    multiple variables on player performance (minutes, goals, etc.)

    and characteristics (age, contract, etc.), as well as data on employer clubs and potential recruiting ones.

    THE TOP 100 MOST VALUABLE FOOTBALLERS IN THE WORLD
    1. Neymar (Barcelona and Brazil) – £217m

    2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina) – £150m

    3. Paul Pogba (Manchester United and France) – £136.5m

    4. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid and France) – £132.2m

    5. Luis Suarez (Barcelona and Uruguay) – £127.7m

    6. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur and England) – £122.4m

    7. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid and Portugal) – £111.2m

    8. Paulo Dybala (Juventus and Argentina) – £100m

    9. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur and England) – £97m

    10. Eden Hazard (Chelsea and Belguim) – £89m

    11. Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus and Argentina) – £86m

    12. Anthony Martial (Manchester United and France) – £81.3m

    13. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City and England) – £75.2m

    14. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid and Wales) – £73.8m

    15. Yannick Ferreira Carrasco (Atletico Madrid and Belguim) –

    £73m

    16. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City and Argentina) – £70m

    17. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City and Algeria) – £68.7m

    18. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan and Argentina) – £68.3m

    19. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City and Belguim) – £67.5m

    20. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal and Chile) – £67.1m

    21. N’Golo Kante (Chelsea and France) – £65.5m

    22. Alvaro Morata (Real Madrid and Spain) – £64.1m

    23. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid and Germany) – £62.8m

    24. Ousmane Dembele (Borussia Dortmund and France) – £62.4m

    25. Romelu Lukaku (Everton and Belgium) – £62.3m

    26. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur and Denmark) – £62.2m

    27. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich and Poland) – £61.9m

    28. Hector Bellerin (Arsenal and Spain) – £61.8m

    29. Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur and England) – £61.1m

    30. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund and Gabon) –

    £60.5m

    31. Koke (Atletico Madrid and Spain) – £59m

    32. Diego Costa (Chelsea and Spain) – £58.3m

    33. Leroy Sane (Manchester City and Germany) – £57.4m

    34. Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid and Spain) – £57.2m

    35. Mohammed Salah (Roma and Egypt) – £57m

    36. Raphael Varane (Real Madrid and France) – £56.3m

    37. Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich and Germany) – £55.9m

    38. Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City and Argentina) – £55.5m

    39. Sadio Mane (Liverpool and Senegal) – £53.5m

    40. Shkrodan Mustafi (Arsenal and Germany) – £53.2m

    41. James Rodriguez (Real Madrid and Colombia) – £53.1m

    42. Virgil Van Dijk (Southampton and Holland) – £52.9m

    43. Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid and Slovenia) – £52.5m

    44. Andre Gomes (Barcelona and Portugal) – £52.2m

    45. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool and Brazil) – £48.6m

    46. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea and Belgium) – £48.5m

    47. Willian (Chelsea and Brazil) – £48.4m

    48. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool and Brazil) – £48.3m

    49. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool and Holland) – £47.2m

    50. Miralem Pjanic (Juventus and Bosnia-Herzegovina) – £46.2m

    51. Bernardo Silva (Monaco and Portugal) – £46.1m

    52. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City and England) – £45.9m

    53. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid and Spain) – £45.4m

    54. Radja Nainggolan (Roma and Belgium) – £44.5m

    55. David Alaba (Bayern Munich and Austria) – £44.4m

    56. Lucas Moura (PSG and Brazil) – £44.3m

    57. John Stones (Manchester City and England) – £43m

    58. David de Gea (Manchester United and Spain) – £42.9m

    59. Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid and Croatia) – £42.8m

    60. Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea and Belgium) – £42.3m

    61. Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona and France) – £41.9m

    62. Mesut Ozil (Arsenal and Germany) – £41.8m

    63. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal and Switzerland) – £40.5m

    64. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich and Germany) – £40.3m

    65. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon and France) – £40.1m

    66. Andrea Belotti (Torino and Italy) – £39.7m

    67. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich and Germany) – £39.6m

    68. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona and Croatia) – £39.5m

    69. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur and South Korea) – £39.4m

    70. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona and Spain) – £39.2m

    71. Antonio Rudiger (Roma and Germany) – £39.1m

    72. Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund and Germany) – £38.2m

    73. Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich and Germany) – £38m

    74. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus and Italy) – £37.8m

    75. Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen and Germany) – £37.7m

    76. Daniele Rugani (Juventus and Italy) – £37.5m

    77. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli and Poland) – £37.4m

    78. Nathan Redmond (Southampton and England) – £37.3m

    79. Isco (Real Madrid and Spain) – £37.2m

    80. Konstantinos Manolas (Roma and Greece) – £36.8m

    81. Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid and Argentina) – £36.5m

    82. Dimitri Payet (West Ham United and France) – £36m

    83. Fabinho (Monaco and Brazil) – £35.9m

    84. Alessio Romagnoli (AC Milan and Italy) – £35.8m

    85. Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur and Belgium) – £35.7m

    86. Alex Sandro (Juventus and Brazil) – £35.6m

    87. Denis Suarez (Barcelona and Spain) – £35.5m

    88. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea and Spain) – £35.4m

    89. Marco Verratti (PSG and Italy) – £35.3m

    90. Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City and England) – £35.2m

    91. Pedro (Chelsea and Spain) – £35m

    92. Douglas Costa (Bayern Munich and Brazil) – £34.6m

    93. Emre Can (Liverpool and Germany) – £34m

    94. Felipe Anderson (Lazio and Brazil) – £33.5m

    95. Marquinhos (PSG and Brazil) – £33m

    96. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France) – £32.9m

    97. Kevin Gameiro (PSG and France) – £32.8m

    98. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli and Senegal) – £32.6m

    99. Renato Sanches (Bayern Munich and Portugal) – £32.2m

    100. Michail Antonio (West Ham United and England) – £31.8m

  • Barcelona join race for Dele Alli

    Barcelona join race for Dele Alli

     
    This week’s Sunday papers claim that Barcelona will try to lure Dele Alli to Camp Nou next summer, and they are keen for Mauricio Pochettino to come along too.

    Tottenham’s 20-year-old hotshot and their star manager have both signed contract extensions in the past 12 months, and the club will be reluctant to let either – let alone both – leave White Hart Lane.

    The Mirror report that Barcelona are ready to rival Real Madrid for the England international, with the Liga giants regarding Alli as one of their No1 targets ahead of next summer’s transfer window, with an offer reportedly nearing the £70million mark in the offing.
    The defining games of Dele Alli’s career
    But could Mauricio Pochettino go with him? Apparently so, according to the Star on Sunday.

     

  • Dele Alli faces three-match FA ban

    Dele Alli faces three-match FA ban

    Tottenham Hotspur player Dele Alli has been charged with violent conduct following his clash with West Brom midfielder Claudio Yacob.

    The England international is now facing a three-match suspension, which would rule him out of the rest of the season.

    The news comes as a major blow to Tottenham’s already faint title hopes. Spurs’ draw against the Baggies means Leicester needs a maximum of three more points to be crowned champions.

    The incident was missed by referee Mike Jones during the first half of Monday’s 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane. But TV footage of Alli appearing to throw a punch into Yacob’s stomach has since emerged and the FA has since decided to retrospectively charge the midfielder.

  • Kane, Vardy, Mahrez in PFA Team of the Year

    Kane, Vardy, Mahrez in PFA Team of the Year

    Eight players from Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur have been included in the Professional Footballers’ Association Premier League Team of the Year.

    Jamie Vardy is one of the four players picked from league leaders Leicester, while Premier League top scorer, Harry Kane will lead three other Spurs players into the team, the BBC reports.

    Arsenal midfielder, Mesut Ozil, a PFA Player of the Year nominee, missed out of the team.

    The PFA had planned to reveal the team at its annual awards ceremony on Sunday but said it was forced to publish early because the details were leaked.

    It blamed a member of the public for choosing “to deliberately leak our representative teams from the official brochure of the awards evening.”

    The players’ representative body added: “As a matter of urgency, we are seeking a detailed explanation from the brochure printers as to how they were able to secure a copy of the publication.”

    Kane has scored 24 league goals this season for Tottenham, who lies five points behind Leicester with four games remaining.

    As well as Vardy, Wes Morgan, N’Golo Kante and Riyad Mahrez are included from Leicester, while Toby Alderweireld, Danny Rose and Dele Alli join Kane from Tottenham.

    Manchester United goalkeeper, David de Gea, Arsenal full-back Hector Bellerin and West Ham’s Dimitri Payet make up the rest of the team.

     

  • Dele Alli debuts for England

    Dele Alli debuts for England

    Nigerian-born Dele Alli debuted for England in a 2-0 home win over Estonia in a 2016 Euro qualifier at Wembley Friday night.

    The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, who has a Nigerian father and was eligible to feature for the Super Eagles, was a 88th minute substitute for Ross Barkley, whose father is also a Nigerian, africanFootball.com reports.

    It has been a fairy tale last few weeks for Alli after he made his English Premier League debut for Spurs and also scored after he completed his move from the English third-tier league with MK Dons.

    His eye-catching performance for his London club earned him an England call-up after he represented the country in various age-group teams.

    Goals by Theo Walcott in the 45th minute and Raheem Sterling five minutes from time earned England its ninth win in as many matches.

  • Kane hails Dele Alli’s England invitation

    Kane hails Dele Alli’s England invitation

    Tottenham Hotspur star, Harry Kane, has said teammate Dele Alli merited his call – up to the England national team.

    The Anglo – Nigerian midfielder will no longer be eligible to represent Nigeria if he is involved in any of the games against Estonia and Lithuania as the matches are competitive.

    “I will probably spend most of my time with him there because we are Spurs and I want to look after him, make sure he settles in all right, ” allnigeriasoccer.com quoted  Kane as saying to thefa.com.

    “I think he deserved his invitation because he has been outstanding for us this season.

    “He has come in and for such a young lad, has settled very well. I am sure he is excited and everyone here is very proud of him. I don’t think he can wait to get going.”

     

  • Dele Alli invited to England squad

    Dele Alli invited to England squad

    England has invited Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli, for Euro 2016 qualifiers against Estonia and Lithuania with manager Roy Hodgson describing the player as “a very exciting talent.”

    Alli has a Nigerian father and he is eligible to play for the Super Eagles although he has featured for various England age-group teams, africanFootball.com reports.

    He has made a successful transition from League 1 (the English third-tier league) to the English Premier League this season.

    He has scored a goal in 321 minutes of action in the EPL.

    England has already qualified for the Euros in France next year and manager Hodgson said he has high regards for the versatile Alli, who could play as defensive, creative or attacking midfielder.

    “We’ve been impressed with Dele Alli and this is a chance to get to know him. He’s a very exciting talent,” the England boss added.

    Another Nigerian-born EPL ace, Jordon Ibe, has already opted to feature for England at full international level after a meeting with Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh.

  • Dele Alli, Josh Onomah feature as Spurs lose to MLS All-Stars

    English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur lost 2 – 1 to MLS All-Stars in the AT&T MLS All-Star Game staged at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Thursday morning.

    Former Nigeria international Obafemi Martins was omitted from the match day squad after being originally named because he failed to recover from a groin injury days leading up to the clash.

    As for Tottenham Hotspur, Anglo – Nigerians Dele Alli and Josh Onomah did not start.

    Midfielder Alli was first to be introduced immediately after the interval before England youth international Onomah joined the fray in the 62nd minute.

    Kaka and David Villa were on target in the 19th and 23rd minute while Harry Kane reduced the deficit nine minutes before the interval.

    Tottenham Hotspur will face Real Madrid in their next pre – season fixture on August 4, four days before their Premier League opener against Manchester United.

    Defenders (6):  Segun Oduduwa, Obanor Erhun, Chima Akas, Sadiq Atanda, Semiu Liadi,Sincere Seth

    Midfielders (6): Stanley Amuzie, Azubuike Okechukwu, Usman Mohammed, Etebor Oghenekaro, Shehu Abdullahi, Kingsley Sokari

    Strikers (6): Godwin Saviour, Junior Ajayi, Etor Daniel, Taiwo Awoniyi, Umar Aminu, Austin Oladapo.

  • Spurs may again loan out Dele Alli

    Spurs may again loan out Dele Alli

    Nigeria-born midfielder Dele Alli may again be sent out on loan by Tottenham Hotspur when the new EPL season kicks off next month.

    The former MK Dons midfielder joined the EPL side during the January transfer window, but was loaned back to the League One side and helped secure promotion for them. He may again play elsewhere as he is yet to feature in any pre-season game for Spurs.

    Tottenham was involved in different friendly games on Saturday with the main team against Reading, a Tottenham selected face Peterborough with lots of youngsters involved, but the highly-rated 19-year-old midfielder was not involved in any and was instead in the stand to watch MK Dons play a friendly against Buckingham Athletic which Dons won 12-0.

    There was no reported issue of injury about the player recently. MK Dons and other teams have shown interest in having him on loan.

  • Alli wins English League Young Player of the Year gong

    Alli wins English League Young Player of the Year gong

    England youth – teamer, Dele Alli, has been named The Football League’s Young Player of the Year for the 2014 – 2015 season, an award which rewards the most outstanding youngster in the second – fourth level of English football.

    The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder, who is on loan at MK Dons until this summer, saw off competition from Middlesbrough’s Patrick Bamford and fellow England youth international Nathan Redmond, allnigeriasoccer.com reports.

    “It’s been a really good season so far and I wouldn’t have been able to do any of it without my team-mates.

    “I also can’t thank the gaffer enough for everything he has done – he’s always had faith in me,” allnigeriasoccer.com quoted the youngster as saying on mkdons.com.

    Alli, who has netted 16 times this season, was nominated for the Sky Bet League 1 Player of the Year award but eventually lost out to Joe Garner of Preston North End.