One Scottish footballer makes it into the list of the 100 most valuable players in the world

A new football study that ranks the world’s most valuable players has been released – and there’s even room for a Scot.

According to the analysis carried out by CIES, Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe would go for the highest transfer fee – a whopping €205.6million or more than £175m.

No surprise there, then.

Real Madrid’s Brazil icon Vinicius Junior is second on the list with an estimated value of €183m.

But there among the global superstars there’s a place for one of Steve Clarke’s players.

Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay lies just outside the top 50 in the world.

But there is no spot for McTominay’s Scotland team-mates and English Premier League rivals Andy Robertson and John McGinn.

Old Trafford star McTominay is rated at €67.5m euros in the study - above the likes of Jack Grealish who moved to Manchester City in a British record £100m transfer fee last summer.

Grealish’s superstar Etihad team-mates Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem Sterling are also listed below McTominay.

McTominay, came through the ranks at Old Trafford and has been capped 31 times for Scotland.

The 25-year-old is under contract at Manchester United until 2026 which will be a key factor.

That is also the case with Mbappe who recently signed a mega-bucks extension at the Parc des Princes.

They said: “Thanks to his fresh three-year contract extension with Paris St-Germain, Kylian Mbappé (€206) is back at the top of the list.

“The French world champion outranks the previous leader and recent Champions League winner Vinícius Júnior (€185M), as well as the new Manchester City striker Erling Haaland (€153M).”

Explaining their criteria for the list, boffins at CIES Football Observatory said: “This paper presents an econometric