9-0-0*MANCITY

What was he worth?

The price list behind 9-0-0: every player's market value at the time, season by season from 2009-10 to 2017-18, across the Big Five leagues, the Eredivisie and the Primeira Liga — plus what that fee looks like in today's transfer money. Ratings stay redacted until you play.

The most valuable, by position

Ranked by peak market value at the time.

Forwards

  1. 1Lionel Messi’17£105.2M
  2. 2Cristiano Ronaldo’16£90.2M
  3. 3Neymar’17£87.7M
  4. 4Luis Suárez’17£78.9M
  5. 5Gareth Bale’16£73.8M
  6. 6Robert Lewandowski’17£70.1M
  7. 7Antoine Griezmann’17£70.1M
  8. 8Eden Hazard’17£65.8M
  9. 9Gonzalo Higuaín’17£65.8M
  10. 10Thomas Müller’16£61.5M
  11. 11Sergio Agüero’17£57.0M
  12. 12Alexis Sánchez’17£57.0M
  13. 13Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’17£57.0M
  14. 14Wayne Rooney’12£52.7M
  15. 15Harry Kane’17£52.6M
  16. 16Karim Benzema’17£52.6M
  17. 17Romelu Lukaku’17£52.6M
  18. 18Radamel Falcao’13£51.0M
  19. 19Edinson Cavani’13£51.0M
  20. 20Ángel Di María’16£49.2M
  21. 21Diego Costa’17£43.8M
  22. 22Mauro Icardi’17£43.8M
  23. 23Alexandre Lacazette’17£43.8M
  24. 24Álvaro Morata’17£43.8M
  25. 25David Villa’10£42.9M
  26. 26Fernando Torres’10£42.9M
  27. 27Marco Reus’14£40.3M
  28. 28Zlatan Ibrahimović’09£40.1M
  29. 29Philippe Coutinho’17£39.5M
  30. 30Raheem Sterling’17£39.5M
  31. 31Franck Ribéry’10£38.6M
  32. 32Robin van Persie’12£38.5M
  33. 33Sadio Mané’17£35.1M
  34. 34Bernardo Silva’17£35.1M
  35. 35Arjen Robben’11£34.7M
  36. 36Carlos Tevez’11£34.7M
  37. 37Mario Gómez’12£34.1M
  38. 38Roberto Firmino’17£33.3M
  39. 39Lucas Moura’17£33.3M
  40. 40Samuel Eto'o’10£32.2M
  41. 41Didier Drogba’09£31.2M
  42. 42Robinho’09£31.2M
  43. 43Mohamed Salah’17£30.7M
  44. 44Leroy Sané’17£30.7M
  45. 45Lorenzo Insigne’17£30.7M
  46. 46Kylian Mbappé’17£30.7M
  47. 47Julian Draxler’17£30.7M
  48. 48Alexandre Pato’10£30.0M
  49. 49Nani’12£29.6M
  50. 50Dimitar Berbatov’09£29.4M

Midfielders

  1. 1Paul Pogba’17£65.8M
  2. 2Toni Kroos’17£61.4M
  3. 3James Rodríguez’15£58.1M
  4. 4Kevin De Bruyne’17£57.0M
  5. 5Paulo Dybala’17£57.0M
  6. 6Andrés Iniesta’12£56.8M
  7. 7Kaká’09£53.5M
  8. 8Sergio Busquets’17£52.6M
  9. 9Koke’17£52.6M
  10. 10Cesc Fàbregas’10£47.2M
  11. 11Xavi’09£44.5M
  12. 12Luka Modrić’14£44.3M
  13. 13N'Golo Kanté’17£43.8M
  14. 14Mesut Özil’17£43.8M
  15. 15Ivan Rakitic’16£41.0M
  16. 16David Silva’12£40.5M
  17. 17Marco Verratti’17£39.5M
  18. 18Dele Alli’17£39.5M
  19. 19Mario Götze’14£38.7M
  20. 20Wesley Sneijder’10£38.6M
  21. 21Juan Mata’13£38.2M
  22. 22Arturo Vidal’14£36.3M
  23. 23Steven Gerrard’10£36.0M
  24. 24Isco’17£35.1M
  25. 25Marek Hamsik’17£35.1M
  26. 26Radja Nainggolan’17£35.1M
  27. 27Christian Eriksen’17£35.1M
  28. 28Miralem Pjanić’17£35.1M
  29. 29Thiago Alcántara’17£35.1M
  30. 30Saúl Ñíguez’17£35.1M
  31. 31Yannick Carrasco’17£35.1M
  32. 32Daniele De Rossi’09£33.9M
  33. 33Michael Essien’10£32.6M
  34. 34Aaron Ramsey’17£30.7M
  35. 35Henrikh Mkhitaryan’17£30.7M
  36. 36Nemanja Matić’17£30.7M
  37. 37Granit Xhaka’17£30.7M
  38. 38Bastian Schweinsteiger’11£30.4M
  39. 39Xabi Alonso’11£30.4M
  40. 40Yaya Touré’12£29.6M
  41. 41Oscar’14£29.0M
  42. 42Sami Khedira’14£28.2M
  43. 43Jack Wilshere’13£28.0M
  44. 44Fernandinho’13£27.2M
  45. 45Ronaldinho’09£26.7M
  46. 46Esteban Cambiasso’10£26.6M
  47. 47Casemiro’17£26.3M
  48. 48Javi Martínez’17£26.3M
  49. 49Claudio Marchisio’13£26.3M
  50. 50Blaise Matuidi’17£26.3M

Defenders

  1. 1Leonardo Bonucci’17£39.5M
  2. 2Jérôme Boateng’16£36.9M
  3. 3David Alaba’16£36.9M
  4. 4Sergio Ramos’14£36.3M
  5. 5Gerard Piqué’17£35.1M
  6. 6Mats Hummels’17£35.1M
  7. 7Thiago Silva’13£34.0M
  8. 8Marcelo’17£33.3M
  9. 9Diego Godín’17£33.3M
  10. 10Nemanja Vidic’11£32.1M
  11. 11Rio Ferdinand’09£31.2M
  12. 12Toby Alderweireld’17£30.7M
  13. 13Raphaël Varane’17£30.7M
  14. 14Alex Sandro’17£30.7M
  15. 15Marquinhos’17£30.7M
  16. 16John Stones’17£30.7M
  17. 17Dani Alves’11£30.4M
  18. 18John Terry’10£30.0M
  19. 19Vincent Kompany’13£29.7M
  20. 20Jordi Alba’16£28.7M
  21. 21Daniel Carvajal’17£28.1M
  22. 22Maicon’10£27.4M
  23. 23Kalidou Koulibaly’17£26.3M
  24. 24Virgil van Dijk’17£26.3M
  25. 25David Luiz’17£26.3M
  26. 26César Azpilicueta’17£26.3M
  27. 27Kyle Walker’17£26.3M
  28. 28Samuel Umtiti’17£26.3M
  29. 29Nicolás Otamendi’17£26.3M
  30. 30Konstantinos Manolas’17£26.3M
  31. 31Shkodran Mustafi’17£26.3M
  32. 32Stefan Savic’17£26.3M
  33. 33Eric Bailly’17£26.3M
  34. 34Benjamin Mendy’17£26.3M
  35. 35Héctor Bellerín’17£26.3M
  36. 36Carles Puyol’09£24.9M
  37. 37Jan Vertonghen’17£24.6M
  38. 38Sokratis Papastathopoulos’17£24.6M
  39. 39José María Giménez’16£24.6M
  40. 40Danny Rose’17£24.6M
  41. 41Philipp Lahm’11£24.3M
  42. 42Pepe’11£24.3M
  43. 43Javier Mascherano’12£24.3M
  44. 44Giorgio Chiellini’13£24.2M
  45. 45Stefan de Vrij’17£23.7M
  46. 46Ashley Cole’10£23.2M
  47. 47Patrice Evra’10£23.2M
  48. 48Medhi Benatia’14£22.6M
  49. 49Ricardo Rodríguez’14£22.6M
  50. 50Eliaquim Mangala’14£22.6M

Goalkeepers

  1. 1Manuel Neuer’16£36.9M
  2. 2David de Gea’17£35.1M
  3. 3Thibaut Courtois’17£35.1M
  4. 4Jan Oblak’17£35.1M
  5. 5Gianluigi Buffon’09£27.2M
  6. 6Petr Cech’09£24.5M
  7. 7Marc-André ter Stegen’17£21.9M
  8. 8Gianluigi Donnarumma’17£21.9M
  9. 9Júlio César’10£21.4M
  10. 10Hugo Lloris’17£21.0M
  11. 11Samir Handanovic’13£20.4M
  12. 12Joe Hart’13£20.4M
  13. 13Ederson’17£19.3M
  14. 14Pepe Reina’11£19.1M
  15. 15Sergio Rico’17£17.5M
  16. 16Víctor Valdés’11£17.4M
  17. 17Salvatore Sirigu’14£17.3M
  18. 18Rui Patrício’13£17.0M
  19. 19Keylor Navas’16£16.4M
  20. 20Wojciech Szczesny’17£14.9M
  21. 21Bernd Leno’14£14.5M
  22. 22Steve Mandanda’13£14.4M
  23. 23Mattia Perin’16£14.3M
  24. 24Diego López’09£14.2M
  25. 25René Adler’10£13.7M
  26. 26Sébastien Frey’10£13.7M
  27. 27Jordan Pickford’17£13.2M
  28. 28Fraser Forster’17£13.2M
  29. 29Jack Butland’17£13.2M
  30. 30Claudio Bravo’16£12.3M
  31. 31Anthony Lopes’17£12.3M
  32. 32Gerónimo Rulli’17£12.3M
  33. 33Simon Mignolet’14£11.3M
  34. 34Federico Marchetti’13£11.0M
  35. 35Timo Horn’17£10.5M
  36. 36Emiliano Viviano’11£10.4M
  37. 37Diego Benaglio’10£9.9M
  38. 38Jasper Cillessen’16£9.8M
  39. 39Kevin Trapp’16£9.8M
  40. 40Asmir Begovic’14£9.7M
  41. 41Maarten Stekelenburg’11£9.6M
  42. 42Kasper Schmeichel’17£8.8M
  43. 43Alphonse Areola’17£8.8M
  44. 44Yann Sommer’15£8.7M
  45. 45Tim Howard’11£8.7M
  46. 46Cédric Carrasso’11£8.7M
  47. 47Shay Given’10£8.6M
  48. 48Diego Alves’10£8.6M
  49. 49Tim Wiese’10£8.6M
  50. 50Heurelho Gomes’10£8.6M

The most expensive squads on file

  1. 01Real Madrid ’17£653M
  2. 02FC Barcelona ’16£633M
  3. 03Real Madrid ’16£632M
  4. 04FC Barcelona ’17£619M
  5. 05Real Madrid ’15£546M
  6. 06Real Madrid ’14£544M
  7. 07FC Barcelona ’12£523M
  8. 08Manchester City ’17£521M
  9. 09Atlético de Madrid ’17£516M
  10. 10Bayern Munich ’17£509M
  11. 11Chelsea FC ’17£498M
  12. 12FC Barcelona ’13£497M
£900m. Nine champions.

Sign eleven players from 2009–2018 at what they cost then — in today's money — and take on the nine Premier League champions of those seasons.

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