Jun
14
2009

20 Most Expensive Players in the U21 Euro 2009

Written by Soccerlens

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The 2009 Under-21 European Championship will showcase the best and brightest of young football talent from around Europe. With Spain, Germany, England, Italy and Serbia all having qualified for the Euro 2009, the tournament will be closely followed by football scouts across Europe’s top clubs.

Not all of these players are ‘unknown quantities’ though – some of them are already ’stars’ and come with hefty price tags. Here’s a look at the 20 most expensive – and possibly the most talented – young players playing in the 2009 U21 Euros:

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The most expensive players in the U21 European Championship

Player Team Market Value (€)
Mario Balotelli Italy Inter Milan Italy 25M
Javi Martinez Spain Athletic Bilbao Spain 18M
Theo Walcott England Arsenal FC England 18M
Miralem Sulejmani Serbia Ajax Amsterdam Netherlands 17M
Bojan Krkic Spain FC Barcelona Spain 17M
Raul Garcia Spain Atletico Madrid Spain 15M
Sebastian Giovinco Italy Juventus FC Torino Italy 15M
Gabriel Agbonlahor England Aston Villa FC England 14M
Diego Capel Spain Sevilla FC Spain 12M
Marcus Berg Sweden FC Groningen Netherlands 12M
Mesut Ozil Germany Werder Bremen Germany 11M
Ola Toivonen Sweden PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 10M
Manuel Neuer Germany FC Schalke 04 Germany 10M
Robert Acquafresca Italy Cagliari Calcio Italy 10M
Luca Cigarini Italy Atalanta Bergamo Italy 10M
Marco Motta Italy AS Roma Italy 10M
Zoran Tosic Serbia Manchester United England 9M
James Milner England Aston Villa FC England 9M
Micah Richards England Manchester City England 8M
Sami Khedira Germany VfB Stuttgart Germany 8M

Source: IMScouting.com – the premier online resource for scouting football players around the world.

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Discussion - 4 Responses

  1. Nice.really!i believe this to be accurate enough

  2. Apparently Chelsea are going to swap Didier Drogba for Pato and £5m

  3. I’d have to disagree with your evaluations if they are in Euros, Walcott for example, especially being English, would have a minimum £18m price tag, thats about €24/25m. Same for Agbonlahor, if you could get him at £9/10m that’s a bargain.

  4. 19/06/2009 GiordanoBruno

    How can this list be accurate if schalke 04 had just turned down an 18 mio euro offer for manuel neuer?

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