Football: The most expensive players in the world, Greece and Super League

Odysseas Vlachodimos, Kostas Tsimikas and Konstantinos Mavropanos are the three most expensive Greek footballers, James Rodriguez is the most expensive player in the Greek Super League and Kylian Mbappe is the one who costs more than anyone else in the world.

The 28-year-old goalkeeper of Benfica, the 26-year-old defender of Liverpool and the 24-year-old defender of Stuttgart are priced, according to the specialist website transfermarkt, which presented the 500 most valuable players in the world, at 15 million euros, but are not in the Top- 500, since the… cheapest players in this list, have an estimated value of 18 million euros.

Of the 11 most expensive Greeks, only two compete in the Greek league. These are Masouras and Bouchalakis, both at Olympiakos.

The relevant ranking is as follows:
1. Odysseas Vlachodimos, Benfica, 15 million euros
2. Kostas Tsimikas, Liverpool, 15 million euros
3. Kostas Mavropanos, Stuttgart 15 million euros
4. Giorgos Masouras, Olympiacos 10 million euros
5. Tasos Bakasetas, Trabzonspor €9,50 million
6. Christos Tzolis, Twente, 8 million euros
7. Vangelis Pavlidis, AZ Alkmaar, €7,50 million
8. Manolis Siopis, Trabzonspor 5,5 million euros
9. Andreas Bouchalakis, Olympian 5 million euros
. Dimitris Giannoulis, Norwich, €5 million
. George Kyriakopoulos, Sassuolo, 5 million euros

First up is James Rodriguez
The 31-year-old striker, international with Colombia, James Rodríguez and the 24-year-old defensive midfielder Diade Samasekou, international with Mali, both Olympiacos players, with an estimated value of 13 million euros, are the most expensive footballers playing in the Greek Super League. Pape Abou Cisse (Olympic/Senegal) and Djibril Sitibe (AEK/France) follow with 8 million euros.

Most expensive in the world is Kylian Mbappe
Paris Saint-Germain's 23-year-old French international striker Kylian Mbappe is the world's most expensive player with an estimated value of €160 million, followed by Manchester City's Norwegian international striker Erling Haaland at €150 million. The podium is "closed" by the 22-year-old international Brazilian striker of Real Madrid Brazil, Vinicius Junior with an estimated value of 120 million euros.

The most expensive goalkeeper is Thibi Courtois (Belgium / Real Madrid) with an estimated value of 60 million euros, the most expensive defender is Trent Alexander-Arnold (England / Liverpool) with 80 million euros and the most expensive midfielder is Bruno Fernandes (Portugal / Manchester City) with 85 million euros.

Source: RES-EAP