Highest transfer values

[TheHartBreakKid]

Assuming every player in the world was open to being transferred, which ten would demand the highest money...Also around how much money would they get...For example Would Messi demand a 200 million dollar transfer? Sorry If i'm way off haha I just payed 170mil for Ronaldo in Fifa so I'm just wondering how accurate is the Fifa 12 transfering

[5DOM]

My Genie scout's suggesting the value of £186M for Messi and 120M for Ronaldo. Theres no way i even spend half that amount on any single player, but if I had to, the only player I would consider is young David Beckham.

My ranking for current players would look something like
1-2: Messi, Ronaldo
3-10: Iniesta, Neymar, Rooney, Silva, Gotze, Ozil, Fabregas, Aguero (not in order)
First group should cost around 60-100M and the second 40-50M

I probably missed some very obvious candidates though.

[Slava]

I'd think Ronaldo would cost highest because of his marketing value. Apparently Real re-coped the 80 mil they spent on him with jersey sales alone within a season.

[lukekarts]

The difficulty is separating out what a player should or would cost.

For example, if Ronaldo or Messi were playing for a small team, the price point at which those teams would be unable to say no would probably be £40-50m. On the other hand, Real and Barca (particulalrly the former) are rich or net spenders anyway, and no matter what they recouped in transfer fees, they'd find those players irreplacable. Therefore turning down £100m may be a stupid business decision, but football is generally more of a passion than a business and it'd take more than that to sell.

Beyond finances, the other factors are age; potential, and perhaps more importantly, the players 'situation'. Last season, Carlos Tevez may have been the most expensive striker in the world. This season I think you'd get him for £15m.

Based on the above, and using current scenarios (rather than valuing players purely by ability), not necessarily in the right order, the most expensive players would be:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Lionel Messi
3. David Silva
4. Sergio Aguero
5. Andres Iniesta
6. Mesut Ozil
7. Cesc Fabregas
8. Wayne Rooney
9. Juan Mata
10. Luca Modric

[bryant08]

Gotze and Neymar simply have to make the list (considering situation and everything else mentioned). Don't see how Mata can make it having been bought for 23.5m pounds so recently. I'd consider adding Hulk towards the bottom of the list too, certainly someone Porto overvalues like crazy, but someone who carries plenty of value regardless.

[5DOM]

I think there's a better chance of someone triggering Lucas Moura's release clause than Hulk's. I would say Mata's worth more than Hulk too. IMO Mata having been a bargain shouldn't negatively affect his current value which is surely higher than the 23.5M figure.

I don't believe any one of the three guys I mentioned here should be in the top 10 though.

[MitchellUK]

I'd think Ronaldo would cost highest because of his marketing value. Apparently Real re-coped the 80 mil they spent on him with jersey sales alone within a season.

I think you'd see exactly the same thing with Messi if he ever actually moved teams, though - imagine if one of the big Prem teams coughed up a ridiculous amount of money and managed to land him, every single one of their fans would want a Messi jersey.

[lukekarts]

Gotze and Neymar simply have to make the list (considering situation and everything else mentioned). Don't see how Mata can make it having been bought for 23.5m pounds so recently. I'd consider adding Hulk towards the bottom of the list too, certainly someone Porto overvalues like crazy, but someone who carries plenty of value regardless.

The key reasons for me:

Goetze plays for Dortmund, who have had serious financial troubles in the last decade and although their situation is improved, I cannot see them turning down a £40m bid.

Likewise for Neymar, nobody would pay £40m+ for him, because he plays in Brazil, and that's a huge gamble for someone who hasn't proved he can adapt to the European league. Equally, Santos would find it exceptionally difficult to turn down that money, which would effectively double their turnover for a year - the gap in wealth between European clubs and Brazil makes the fee astronomical.

Finally, yes Mata was sold for ~£23m, from a club in financial plight, to a club with a billionaire owner. And he's played well. No reason to suggest Chelsea would accept anything less than twice what they paid.

Putting that relative to Modric, whom we know wouldn't get sold for anything less than £40m following last summer, and the fact he now has a longer contract.

[Elden Payton]

As a Tottenham supporter Gareth Bale would have to be our most expensive player, he is much better than Modric & Modric won't go for a penny less than 40m pounds. Bale would be worth 60+ imo considering his age & ability, he is most likely the best left sided player in the world.

Messi & Ronaldo would cost 250m pounds imo, it's a fantasy scenario & they will never be sold but they would definitely cost you an arm & a leg.

[TheHartBreakKid]

As a Tottenham supporter Gareth Bale would have to be our most expensive player, he is much better than Modric & Modric won't go for a penny less than 40m pounds. Bale would be worth 60+ imo considering his age & ability, he is most likely the best left sided player in the world.

Messi & Ronaldo would cost 250m pounds imo, it's a fantasy scenario & they will never be sold but they would definitely cost you an arm & a leg.

Isn't Ronaldo technically a left side player? or are you talk more about wingers rather than forwards?

[Elden Payton]

As a Tottenham supporter Gareth Bale would have to be our most expensive player, he is much better than Modric & Modric won't go for a penny less than 40m pounds. Bale would be worth 60+ imo considering his age & ability, he is most likely the best left sided player in the world.

Messi & Ronaldo would cost 250m pounds imo, it's a fantasy scenario & they will never be sold but they would definitely cost you an arm & a leg.

Isn't Ronaldo technically a left side player? or are you talk more about wingers rather than forwards?

Ronaldo started his career as a right winger with sporting & played there at united most of the time. He can play anywhere in the midfield though & as both a supplying & target man type of striker also he is world class everywhere in the forward half. He plays false 9 type role for Real.

Gareth Bale is the best left sided player in the world, he started his career as a left back at Southampton & is now one of the best attacking wingers in the world whilst maintaining his defensive workrate. At 22 years of age he already has 33 caps for Wales is a legend in the making, he is world class in any left sided position which is the hardest side to field world class players.

Maicon is considered the best right back in the world(Ramos is the best imo) Bale made a mockery of him twice against Inter in the Champions League including scoring a hat trick.

[5DOM]

His performances against Maicon are so overrated. Sure he was good against Maicon who at the time was considered best in the world, but Bale also got eaten alive by Paulo Ferreira last season. Would I spend 60M on the kid? No, I think he's gonna be ineffective once he loses his athleticism and tbh I don't think he's that good enough right now to begin with.

I wouldn't spend 60M on Modric either and I think Modric is the better player.

[Slava]

Modric is the better player and to be fair Bale isn't that far ahead of Walcott in terms of impact. His 2 games against Maicon (who by the way hasn't even been heard of since) are over analyzed.

Sure he has pace but he just seems so one dimensional at times that full backs have pretty much figured him out by now.

[Foye]

Personally, I wouldn't spend 30 mil. on Bale or Modric.

[BC_]

Peels bananas with his feet imo.