Quiz! Can you name the 40 most valuable players in the world aged 23 and under?

Kylian Mbappe

First up, let’s note that each of these transfer fees is an approximation based on each player being available. We all know in today’s modern market that if you phoned and asked to buy one of these players, the club chairman would cackle and tell you to stick an extra £100m on the fee (£200m if it’s Daniel Levy).

But while you can dispute the fees, the list is pretty accurate. It’s the most highly touted youngsters in football, from La Liga to the Bundesliga, via Ligue 1 and even Serie A (which we always thought didn’t allow players under 30 into first teams).

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Alex Reid

Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.