Alphonso Davies named most valuable young football player with €180 MILLION net worth

Fresh off a treble-winning season, Bayern Munich full-back Alphonso Davies has been named most valuable football player in world born after year 2000. CIES Football Observatory has valued him at a whopping €180.4 million, making him most valuable young player in Europe's top five leagues. With his new improved valuation, Alphonso Davies is well ahead of his Bundesliga compatriots, Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland, both of whom are ranked 2nd and 4th, respectively. 

Alphonso Davies value spikes after treble-winning season

Alphonso Davies turned 20 on vember 2. Canadian roadrunner has enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence and is already considered as one of best-attacking full-backs in world football today. Having joined Bayern Munich in January 2019, Davies emerged as a regular starter for club during 2019-20 season. He made 29 league appearances last season, scoring three goals and assisting ar five. In all competitions, 20-year-old made 43 appearances, of which eight came in Champions League.

Davies became first Canadian player to win Champions League after he played a starring role in Bayern 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in 2019-20 UCL final. Already in his sixth full season as a senior footballer, player has been a part of a Bayern team that won two Bundesliga titles, two DFB Pokals, one DFL Supercup, one Champions League and one Super Cup.

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Jadon Sancho value: Dortmund star a distant second

Alphonso Davies' €180.4 million value is a distant ahead of Dortmund star Jadon Sancho, who is valued at €125.6 million. English winger has been Bundesliga's hottest young imports since moving to Germany from Man City in 2017. He has already scored 37 times for Dortmund in 107 career appearances.

All summer, Sancho was closely linked to Man United, with reports even suggesting player had agreed personal terms with English club. However, Man United failed to come close to Dortmund's €120m asking price, and move failed to really materialise. Sancho has scored twice in eight matches this season.

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Barcelona starlet Ansu Fati breaks Bundesliga dominance, cracking top three with a €122.7 million valuation. youngest goalscorer in UEFA Champions League history continues with his rapid rise this season and has already found net five times in just eight appearances this season. Fati is also youngest player in top 10, having turned 18 only last week.

Despite early dominance of Bundesliga players in list, it is, in fact, Premier League who has most players in top 10 of CIES' recently released list (four). Mason Greenwood (€120.3m), Ferran Torres (€106m), Bukayo Saka (€95.8m) and Phil Foden (€70.3m), all crack top 10 with three of four youngsters playing for Manchester clubs. Elsewhere, among top 100 young players, Jude Bellingham (Dortmund) and Florian Wirtz (Leverkusen) are only players born in 2003; Bellingham is youngest of two. 

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(Im Credits: Alphonso Davies, Jadon Sancho, Ansu Fati Instagram)