Mbappe tops list of estimated transfer values at 265m euros-study

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Paris St Germain v Amiens SC - Parc des Princes, Paris, France - December 21, 2019 Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe reacts REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

(Reuters) - Teams interested in signing Kylian Mbappe must be prepared to splash the cash for the prodigious Frenchman, with an algorithm https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2019/wp279/en estimating that the 21-year-old would cost a staggering 265 million euros (225.05 million pounds).

Paris St Germain's Neymar holds the record after his 2017 move from Barcelona for 222 million euros, considerably more than the 180 million euros the Ligue 1 champions paid Monaco after completing a permanent deal for Mbappe the next year.