Why it could cost £340m to buy Barcelona's Yamal

Barcelona's teenage winger Lamine Yamal could costs astir £340m to buy, according to a Swiss investigation group which has assessed nan worth of starring players.

The CIES Football Observatory, external has calculated nan 17-year-old would bid a interest of 400m euros - adjacent to double Neymar's world-record transfer of 222m euros from Barcelona to Paris St-Germain successful 2017.

The Spain youngster became nan fifth-youngest subordinate to make his La Liga debut aged 15 years and 9 months.

He has scored 23 much goals than eight-time Ballon d'Or victor Lionel Messi had astatine nan aforesaid age.

Yamal played a cardinal domiciled successful Spain's Euro 2024 occurrence - winning young subordinate of nan tourney and extremity of nan tourney - arsenic good arsenic lifting 2 La Liga titles and a Copa del Rey pinch Barcelona.

He won past year's Golden Boy award, fixed to nan champion subordinate successful Europe aged nether 21.

The six-year woody he signed pinch nan Catalan nine past week includes a 1 cardinal euro buy-out clause.

"This bonzer fig is linked to arsenic bonzer performances achieved astatine an property - 18 successful July - erstwhile astir players, moreover nan best, are conscionable starting retired astatine master level," nan study's reports said.

Its researchers activity retired nan values of players utilizing a statistical exemplary it has created based connected thousands of transactions complete nan past decade.

Yamal's worth was accrued by having precocious signed nan caller contract.

Yamal, who turns 18 successful July, is weighted astatine £140m much than Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, 24 - who is successful 2nd spot astatine €240m (£200m)

Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham is nan astir valuable England subordinate connected nan database astatine €234m (£197m) pinch team-mate Kylian Mbappe landing a valuation of €193m (£162m).

Making up nan apical 5 is Bayern Munich and Germany guardant Jamal Musiala, pinch a worth of €155m (£130m).

The highest-value defender connected nan database is Barcelona teen Pau Cubarsi astatine €118m (£99m) while Brighton's Bart Verbruggen is listed arsenic nan goalkeeper that would bid nan highest interest - €64m (£54m).

The 10th subordinate connected nan database is Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz, who looks group to subordinate Premier League champions Liverpool for what is expected to go a caller British grounds transportation fee.

The look values him astatine €122m (£103m), which is little than nan Reds are reportedly group to salary to Bayer Leverkusen.

Alejandro Garnacho has been told he tin time off Manchester United by leader Ruben Amorim and, according to CIES Football Observatory, nan Argentina winger could bid a interest of astir €63m (£53m).

Liverpool received immoderate money, £8.4m, from Real Madrid for Trent Alexander-Arnold - but obscurity his worth of €69m (£58m) if he was not approaching nan extremity of his contract.

Manchester City person agreed a €55m (£46m) interest pinch AC Milan for Serie A midfielder of nan play Tijjani Reijnders - and nan look suggests City person sewage a bargain, pinch him weighted astatine €78m (£65m) successful nan study.

Paris St-Germain winger Desire Doue, subordinate of nan lucifer successful nan 5-0 triumph complete Inter Milan successful nan Champions League final, is weighted astatine €109m (£91m).