Lionel Messi Tops January Transfer Price Guide With £172m

Messi is upset he could be soled. Lionel Messi would cost a whopping £172m should any of Barcelona's rivals want to whisk him away this month, according to research into the current market values of the world's leading players. The Argentina star comfortably tops a CIES Football Observatory countdown of football's most valuable players and his said to be worth £68m more than his Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo. See top ten full list after cut...

Lionel Messi £172.6m  

Cristiano Ronaldo £104.3m  

Eden Hazard £77.6m  

Diego Costa £65.9m  

Paul Pogba £56.4m 

Sergio Aguero £51m  

Raheem Sterling £49.4m  

Cesc Fabregas £48.6m  

Alexis Sanchez £47.8m 

Gareth Bale £47m