Mbappe, Hazard, Salah and Sterling: World's best players plummet in value amid coronavirus - in pictures

Transfer experts assess market impact and the results will worry club owners

Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappe's value has dropped from £200m to £180m. AFP

Raheem Sterling of Manchester City has dropped in value from £160m to £128m. Reuters

Paris St Germain's Neymar, once valued at £180m, is now £128m. Reuters

Sadio Mane of Liverpool. His value has fallen from £150m to £120m. Getty

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has dropped in value from £150m to £120m according to transfermarkt. EPA

Harry Kane of Tottenham was valued at £150m at the peak of prices, and is now £120m. PA

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne is another player whose value has fallen from £150m to £120m. Reuters

Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund could be on the move this summer. He is now worth £117m, while at the peak of the market was £130m. Getty

Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi is valued at £112m, from a high of £180m. AFP

Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool, now £99m from £110m. Getty

Barcelona's French forward Antoine Griezmann, £96m from a high of £150m. AFP

Joao Felix of Atletico Madrid has dropped to a value of £81m from a high of £100m. EPA

Midfielder Kai Havertz of Bayer Leverkusen, £81m from £90m. Getty

Manchester City's Bernardo Silva, £80m from a high of £100m. AFP

Chelsea midfield star N' Golo Kante, now worth £80m from a high of £100m. EPA

Manchester City's Leroy Sane is another player to drop in value from £100m to £80m. Reuters

Virgil van Dijk, the Liverpool defender, now valued at £80m from a peak of £100m. Getty

Paul Pogba of Manchester United, £80m from a high of £100m. Getty

Jan Oblak, the Atletico Madrid goalkeeper, £80m from £100m. EPA

Real Madrid's Belgian forward Eden Hazard has dropped a huge amount in value, from £150m to £80m. AFP

Erling Haaland of Borussia Dortmund has fallen from £80m to £72m. Getty

Frenkie de Jong of Barcelona has dropped from a value of £90m down to £72. Getty

Juventus' Argentine forward Paulo Dybala, down to £72m from £110m. AFP

Bayern Munich winger Serge Gnabry, £72m from £90m. AFP

Atletico Madrid's Saul Niguez, £90m down to £72m. Reuters

The world's best footballers have plummeted in value amid the coronavirus crisis, according to a football statistics website.

Global superstars like Kylian Mbappe, Harry Kane, Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah have all had millions slashed off their estimated worth.

The site, transfermarkt, assesses the value of players using a variety of statistics, including remaining time on contracts, age, and any previous transfer fees. The figures are analysed by members before coming up with an estimated value.

The results will concern club owners hoping to use the summer transfer window to cash in on the value of players to make up for the shortfall in revenue brought about by the pandemic.

“The stock market prices collapsed, many clubs could be threatened by insolvency and transfer plans came to a standstill for most clubs because of the many uncertainties," said Transfermarkt founder Matthias Seidel.

"At the moment, it is difficult to imagine that transfer fees will continue to rise as they have in previous years in the foreseeable future."

With the coronavirus crisis causing a temporary income drop - and uncertainty when it will recover - there is growing concern in football that sky-high fees will be subdued for many years.

Transfermarkt cuts 20 per cent off the value of players born before 1998, with those born after 1998 seeing their value cut by 10 per cent as part of the calculations, with younger players' values remaining more stable.

In another survey conducted by Transfermarkt – with more than 300 people form the football industry from over 50 countries – over 70 per cent expected a significant impact on the transfer business.

Seidel added: “The current global cut (in transfer fees) is a reaction to the extraordinary general situation, in light of which it can’t be ruled out that a further cut has to be made in a few weeks.

“At the moment, it is difficult to imagine that transfer fees will continue to rise as they have in previous years in the foreseeable future.”

Such stats could be welcomed by Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who admitted the Premier League club would be ready to exploit the post-coronavirus transfer market if, as expected, player values drop and clubs look to offload stars to balance the books.