KPMG Football Benchmark have released their third annual report on the champions of the top eight leagues across Europe, including a starting lineup of the most valuable players from these teams.
The professional services and auditors describe the document as a "business intelligence tool enabling relevant comparisons with competitors" encompassing the facets of club business and operations, social media analytics and player evaluation.
In regards to the latter, they boast a "propreitary algorithm, which calculates the market value of 4,700 football players from nine European and two South American leagues".
Basing their data as of January 1st 2019, they claim that: "Manchester City FC possess the most valuable team (at €1,182m), while at the players' level, Neymar is the most valuable footballer (€229m), followed by Kylian Mbappe (€215m) and Lionel Messi (€203m).