These are the most valuable Colombian footballers on the international market

Although the present of the Colombian National Team is not the best, several of the players that make it up, and also many of those who have not yet been able to win a place, have increased their values in the international market thanks to their recent performances and the good performance they have maintained so far this season. According to the most recent update to the Transfermarkt portal, the list is led by Luis Díaz, who has been talking about in the international football press since joining Liverpool FC. Its value is around 40.00 million euros, a figure that has been increasing since the player came to European football.

In 2019, when the winger left Junior FC to join Porto FC, its value was 7.00 million euros. He came to the Portuguese team at the age of 22. Its value increased with the passing of the seasons until it reached the current figure. Today, at the age of 25, he is ranked number 9 among the most valuable players in his squad, among 49 in the Premier League and among 121 in the world. It is estimated that its value will increase to at least 60.00 million euros, a figure that James Rodríguez once had, when he joined the ranks of AS Monaco, before being chosen as the Golden Boot at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Along with Sadio Mané, his teammate in the Reds, and names like those of Neymar, Heung-min Son and Raheem Sterling, the Colombian is on the list of the 20 most valuable in his position. Number 1 is Vinicius Junior, Brazilian footballer serving Real Madrid CF.

Behind him, on the list of the best valued Colombians, are players who play in the leagues of Italy, Spain, Germany, England and Holland. The second position is occupied by Atalanta de Bergamo striker Duvan Zapata. Its value is 30.00 million euros and it is the most valuable of its staff. The 30-year-old striker is ranked among the 30 most valuable in Serie A and 200 in the world. The highest value he has achieved in his career was 45.00 million euros, in 2019, when he sounded to reinforce teams such as Juventus in Turin or Inter Milan.

The number 3 place goes to Davinson Sanchez, the defender of Tottenham Hotspur, in England. The former Ajax player, in the Netherlands, reached his highest value in 2019, at the age of 23. It was valued at 60.00 million euros. Today he is among the top 5 most valuable players in his team, the top 34 in his position and the first 87 in the Premier League. Its current value is 30.00 million euros. Signed in 2017, the Colombian has 28 games this season and 2 goals.

Between 4th and 10th place are Luis Fernando Muriel, serving Atalanta and recently included in the ideal XI of the 2020/21 season in Serie A; Wilmar Barrios, today with Russia's Zenit, Everton's Yerry Mina, Luis Sinisterra, serving Feyenoord of Holland, team with whom he has been adding minutes and very good performances. The former Once Caldas player has 24 matches, 10 goals and 5 assists so far in the current season. He is the best valued footballer in his squad and is among the 10 most valuable players in the Eredivisie.

Sinisterra is followed by John Córdoba, from Russian Krasnodar, Rafael Santos Borré, from Eintracht Frankfurt and Mateus Uribe, from Porto. With a value of 15.00 million euros, James Rodriguez is in the 11th position and the list of the top 20 is completed by Jefferson Lerma, of AFC Bournemouth, Alfredo Morelos, of Rangers FC, John Lucumí, of KRC Genk, Juan Guillermo Cuadrado, with good running with Juventus, Luis Suarez, who scored recently with Granada CF, Juan Camilo Hernández, with a great presence with Watford in the Premier League, Daniel Muñoz and Carlos Cuesta, also with Genk from Belgium, and Yairo Moreno, serving CF Pachuca from Mexico.

Several of these players have recently been called up by Reinaldo Rueda for the last date of the South American qualifiers and hope to achieve their long-awaited quota at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. If achieved, their value in the international market tokens is likely to continue to increase.

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