The most expensive goalkeeper in the world currently comes from Brabant. To be more precise from Breda. This concerns Bart Verbruggen who has an estimated transfer value of 67.3 million euros. The 22-year-old Dutch international from Brighton & Hove Albion is at the top of the list of goalkeepers, according to the research agency CIES.
CIES published a list of a hundred football players and their current transfer values on Wednesday. It should be noted that it is what the fool gives for it. Because these are astronomical amounts that will probably not be collected by any club. Although, the most expensive transfer ever to date is in the name of Brazilian Neymar, who moved from Barcelona to PSG in Paris for 222 million euros.
More than 104 million
But now back to earth. There are eight Dutch people in the top 100 of CIES. And from them also comes the most expensive footballer from Brabant: Cody Gakpo. The 25-year-old Eindhove resident is in 24th place with a value of 104.3 million euros.
In the winter of 2022, the left winger left PSV for Liverpool. According to the BBC, Liverpool would pay between 40 and 50 million euros for the Dutch international.
Another former PSV player is also on the list. This concerns Xavi Simons, who is in 33rd place with a transfer value of 94.6 million euros. Simons moved from PSV to RB Leipzig after one season. Because PSV rented the attacking midfielder from Parisian PSG, there was never really a transfer fee in his case. However, PSV is said to have made a lot of money from Simons’ departure.
Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen, 83.6), Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur, 70.4), Joshua Zirkzee (Manchester United, 68.3) and Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan, 62.5) are also in the top 100.
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