EPL top scorer Son Heung-min ranked 88th in ‘World Soccer Player Value’… 1st place is Mbappe

Son Heung-min, the only Asian player to include ‘Estimated transfer fee of 71 billion won’

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Song-ah = The Korean national team’s ‘Captain’ Heung-min Son (30, Tottenham), who won the English Premier League (EPL) top scorer for the 2021-2022 season, was ranked 88th in the world soccer player value ranking. .

Son Heung-min was ranked 88th among the 100 soccer players with the highest expected transfer fees in the world announced on the 6th (local time) by the International Sports Research Institute (CIES) under the International Football Federation (FIFA).

As the only Asian player to be included in the top 100, the expected transfer fee for Son Heung-min was estimated at 52.9 million euros (regarding 71 billion won).

In the EPL last season, he scored 23 goals and became joint top scorer with Muhammad Salah (Liverpool). The fact that Son Heung-min, who is considered the best in the world in his recent performances, did not make it to the top of this ranking is due to the influence of his age, etc. see.

The BBC explained, “CIES calculates the expected transfer fee considering various factors such as age, performance, economic value of the club it belongs to, and inflation.”

Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), who took first place with 260 million euros (regarding 276 billion won), was less than 24 years old, and Vinicius Junior (22, Real Madrid, 185.3 million euros) in second place ) and third place Elling Hollan (22, Manchester City, 152.6 million euros) were each born in 2000 and are in their early 20s.

4th place Pedri (Barcelona, ​​135.1 million euros) was born in 2002, and 5th place Jude Bellingham (Dortmund, 133.7 million euros) was born in 2003, and they are only teenagers.

The oldest among the top 100 players was Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City, 57.3 million euros, 76th), who will turn 31 on the 28th of this month. The youngest was Pablo Gabi (Barcelona, ​​58.5 million euros, 73rd), born in August 2004.

The 30-year-old EPL co-scorer Salah is in 81st place (55 million euros).

Lionel Messi (35, Paris Saint-Germain) and Cristiano Ronaldo (37, Manchester United), both in their mid to late 30s, did not make the top 100, although they dominated the world football world for a while and still play a leading role in their respective teams.

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