Neymar is already worth 70 mln

"The transfer of Santos Barca player was crucial in this assessment because, with only 21, Neymar is transformed from Brazilian soccer star international star," says the consulting firm specializing in the football market to justify the increase in the value of Player market.

According to Pluri, regardless of the cost of his transfer, the value of benefits from the fact Neymar "divide their performance from one of the best clubs in the world (Barcelona) and a main teams on the planet" (Brazil), sport.es reported.

The assessment, as calculated by the consultant, makes the third player Neymar higher value market in the world, after the Argentine Leo Messi (Barcelona, 140 million euros) and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 96, 3 million euros).

With his move to Barcelona, the Brazilian went on to exceed market value Spanish players like Andres Iniesta (Barcelona, 65.6 million euros) and Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, 62.9 million euros).

Neymar, who on Monday signed a contract to play for the next five seasons with Barcelona, Spanish accounted for the whole outlay of 57 million euros, according to estimates released by the club sports vice president, Josep Maria Bartomeu.