Luiz Suarez Is Now The World's Third Most Expensive Footballer

Luis Suarez is now the third most valuable footballer in the world according to an authoritative new report, published today, that rates the Liverpool striker as worth �79million - at least. Only Barcelona�s Lionel Messi, with a �starting price� of �161.5m and Real Madrid�s Cristiano Ronaldo, worth at least �85.2m, are valued more highly in the study, compiled by a Swiss-based expert research centre. The CIES Football Observatory has detailed knowledge of actual prices paid in thousands of transfers to �Big Five� divisions over recent years, and have now published their annual review of players - including �market values�.