Anthony Gordon [10]

Last April, Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon was subbed as a sub. He came on at half-time against Brentford, only to be withdrawn in the latter stages for Matt Ritchie. Gordon made his feelings known as he shrugged off manager Eddie Howe, and had to be calmed down by coach Graeme Jones, but ultimately he could have little complaints after an underwhelming first few months at St James Park, where he scored just one and assisted zero in 16 Premier League appearances, following his €45.6 million January move from Everton. 

Transfermarkt’s recent market value updates across Europe's top leagues has seen some major changes in the top 100 most valuable players in the world list. Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon and Inter Milan’s Marcus Thuram have entered the top 100, while Barcelona protege Lamine Yamal continues his impressive rise with a €10 million increase in the La Liga update. Jude Bellingham, however, was the biggest winner as his market value soared by €30m to become the joint most valuable player in the world alongside Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe. Bellingham ranks higher than the Manchester City and PSG stars on our lists as the Englishman is younger than his compatriots. Declan Rice was a new addition to the top 10 with his market value moving to €110m. Below, we’ve analysed the top five most valuable players on the planet.  

This time last year records were broken. We saw Premier League spending in the January transfer window hit new heights, as clubs in the division forked out €842.5 million on new stars, with Chelsea alone contributing a whopping €329m of that total. The previous record for a winter window stood at €568.4m, set back in the 2017/18 season. The January window had become slightly synonymous with the phrase ‘panic buy’ with clubs often opting to get the bulk of their arrivals in across the summer window, in-between seasons. However, last year caution was thrown to the wind - clubs went crazy like never before, as they scrapped to get deals done in an attempt to preserve their ambitions for the second half of the campaign.