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William Pickworth

Liverpool's most valuable player is worth double Mohamed Salah at €110m

Liverpool forward Luis Diaz is the club's most valuable player, according to research group CIES Football Observatory.

The Colombian is valued at €110m in CIES’ latest analysis and is Liverpool's sole representative in their top 10 most valuable players in the world.

Diaz moved to Anfield for €45m in January from Porto and has since excelled, scoring six times and adding five assists in 26 appearances for the Reds.

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The CIES uses a range of variables to estimate a player’s value, including their age, performances, economic value of their club and inflation. In its published list of the top 100 most valuable players worldwide, Diaz (ninth), Trent Alexander-Arnold, Diogo Jota, Alisson Becker and Mohamed Salah feature.

Alexander-Arnold is the most expensive full-back, valued at €87.4m - more than rival Premier League rivals Reece James (€82.5m) of Chelsea and Manchester City’s Joao Cancelo (€78m). Jota is Liverpool’s next most valuable player at €85.3m, while Alisson is worth €68.4m, the second most expensive goalkeeper behind Gianluigi Donnarumma of Paris Saint-Germain.

Salah is 81st on the list, with his value most likely dampened by his contract only having a year to run. If the Reds were to cash in on their talisman this summer, with uncertainty over his future, they would be looking at receiving his value of €55m, according to CIES.

Rumoured Liverpool transfer target Jude Bellingham is the most valuable Englishman on the list at €133.7m. Benfica’s Darwin Nunez, linked to Anfield as a potential Sadio Mane replacement, has the highest valuation for players outside of Europe’s top five leagues of €70.1m.

Kylian Mbappe, who recently confirmed he did hold transfer talks with Jurgen Klopp in the past over a move to the Reds, tops the list with an estimated transfer value of €205.6m. The Champions League final match-winner Vinicius Jr is second at €185.3m, while incoming Man City striker Erling Haaland is third with a value of €152.6m.

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