{"id":1270,"date":"2020-08-18T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2022-03-31T08:22:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T08:22:47","slug":"market-value-of-the-worlds-five-most-expensive-football-players-slumps-by-e144-million-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.safebettingsites.com\/2020\/08\/18\/market-value-of-the-worlds-five-most-expensive-football-players-slumps-by-e144-million-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Value of the World’s Five Most Expensive Football Players Slumps by \u20ac144 Million in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

The coronavirus disruption has had an enormous impact on the entire football eco-system, facing clubs with an unprecedented crisis, cutting down their earnings, and leading to liquidity problems. Besides causing complex issues and dilemmas for the club owners, the COVID-19 pandemic also had a huge hit on football players’ market value.<\/p>\n

According to data presented by SafeBettingSites<\/a>, the combined market value of the world’s five most expensive football players stood at \u20ac676 million in April, a \u20ac144 million plunge since December 2019.<\/p>\n

Neymar’s Market Value Plunged by \u20ac32 Million<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The KPMG’s analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on football players’ market value revealed the combined value of all 4,183 players in ten European leagues would decrease by \u20ac6.6 bn, a 17.7% fall in the case season continues with games played behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

The TransferMarkt data showed that Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, the most expensive football<\/a> player globally, witnessed a \u20ac20 million plunge in his market valuation. In December 2019, the center-forward of Paris Saint-Germain was valued at \u20ac200 million. In the next four months, his market value dropped to $180 million.<\/p>\n