Discovering the next big star in world football can have a lot of benefits in terms of performances on the pitch and future transfer value. In today’s generation of footballers, there is not a shortage of prodigious talent scattered across the continent of Europe. According to data presented by Safe Betting Sites, Erling Haaland is the most valuable player born after the year 2000 with an estimated worth of €152M out of Europe’s top 5 football leagues.
Haaland Worth Over €150M in Transfer Value
To estimate a player’s transfer value, factors such as the player’s age, contract duration, performance and international status are all considered along with a few other variables. Through such analysis, it was recently found that Erling Haaland is the most valuable player in Europe’s top 5 leagues born after the year 2000 with an estimated transfer value of €152M.
Haaland is a Norwegian national player who plays his club football in Germany with Borussia Dortmund and was born on July 21, 2000. In the 2019-2020 European Football season, Haaland appeared in 40 competitive matches for Dortmund, scoring 44 goals in the process and assisting 10. As of writing, he currently has 27 goals and 7 assists from 25 appearances for the 2020-2021 season.
5 English Players In List of Top 15 Most Valuable Young Footballers
The future looks bright for the three lions, with 5 young Englishmen part of the top 15 list. The most valuable Englishman born after the year 2000 is Jadon Sancho who is also 2nd on the overall list with an estimated value of €148.3M. The next Englishman on the list is Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka whose estimated transfer value is €116.2M, good enough for fourth on the overall list.
Mason Greenwood of Manchester United (€102.3M), Phil Foden of Manchester City (€81.9M) and Jude Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund (€61.7M) are the other English players on the list, ensuring a healthy supply of talent for the English National Team.
Borussia Dortmund Most Representatives In Top 15 Most Valuable Young Footballers
Aside from the aforementioned Erling Haaland, Dortmund also have the services of 2 other stars in the top 15 list in Jadon Sancho and Jude Bellingham, giving Dortmund the most representatives in the list with 3. Three other clubs have 2 players on the list, namely; Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona.