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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Lionel Messi would cost a whopping £172m should any of Barcelona's rivals want to whisk him away this month, according to research into the current market values of the world's leading players.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Argentine star comfortably tops a CIES Football Observatory countdown of football's most valuable players and is worth £68m more than his Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The totals serve as a 'guide price' for the January transfer window, using a calculation that takes into account player performance, age, contract and the results of their team.</span></div>
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Barcelona star Lionel Messi is valued at a mammoth £172m in a January transfer 'price guide'</div>
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Real Madrid hero Cristiano Ronaldo is priced at £104.3m in the CIES Football Observatory rankings</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">THE TOP 10 </span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">1.</span> Lionel Messi £172.6m</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">2.</span> Cristiano Ronaldo £104.3m</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">3. </span>Eden Hazard £77.6m</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">4.</span> Diego Costa £65.9m</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">5.</span> Paul Pogba £56.4m</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">6. </span>Sergio Aguero £51m</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">7.</span> Raheem Sterling £49.4m</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">8.</span> Cesc Fabregas £48.6m</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">9. </span>Alexis Sanchez £47.8m</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;"><span class="mol-style-bold">10. </span>Gareth Bale £47m</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The top 10 features six Premier League players - Eden Hazard, Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas of Chelsea, Sergio Aguero of Manchester City, Raheem Sterling of Liverpool and Alexis Sanchez of Arsenal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But it finds Messi far and away the most expensive player in Europe at the moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Ronaldo, the favourite to win the Ballon d'Or for the world's best player this month, is valued at £104.3m should someone try to prise him away from European champions Real.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Chelsea's Eden Hazard comes in at a cool £77.6m, followed by his team-mate, the free-scoring Diego Costa at £65.9m.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Paul Pogba, of Juventus and France, is fifth on the list at £56.4m while Manchester City's prolific Argentine Sergio Aguero is just above the £50m mark.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;"><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2898556/Lionel-Messi-cost-staggering-172m-Barcelona-sold-month.html#ixzz3OAnl0gSh" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2898556/Lionel-Messi-cost-staggering-172m-Barcelona-sold-</a></span>

Lionel Messi would cost a staggering £172m if Barcelona sold him this month... but Cristiano Ronaldo is valued at £104m

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