IN THIS ISSUE

Find out who are the most expensive players in the world 

Discover more about "football friendlies" in the last CIES publicated book 

Do you know which clubs are most likely going to win the big-5 leagues?

Applications for the 20th Edition of the FIFA Master are officially closed

Where are they now? - Tanya Heimlich-Ng Yuen, alumni of the 9th Edition of the FIFA Master

OTHER NEWS

Le CIES annonce la publication d'un nouvel ouvrage, intitulé Le loisir sportif en Afrique et ses implications politiques et sociales (in French only)

New Video Series: Find Out Why You Should Choose the FIFA Master

AND MORE

Interviews - Where are they now? Meet some of our alumni and discover their career path after graduation 

Videos - Learn more about CIES by subscribing to our YouTube channel

CIES Highlights No 69, December 2018

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The first Weekly Post of the year presents the 100 big-5 league players with the highest transfer value according to the exclusive CIES Football Observatory algorithm. The 20-year-old French prodigy Kylian Mbappé (€218.5 million) tops the list ahead of Harry Kane (€200.3m) and Neymar (€197.1m).

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The International Centre for Sport Studies (CIES) is pleased to announce the publication of the Steve Menary’s book “A friendly business? A critical evaluation of the globalisation and commercialisaton of the preseason friendly”, a unique and thorough investigation on the origins, stakeholders and current issues related to football friendlies.

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Issue number 246 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post analyses the pitch production of big-5 league clubs during the first part of the current season to highlight if they have over- or under-performed in terms of points achieved. The findings suggest that Manchester City will finally beat Liverpool in the English Premier League title race.

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All candidates having created an account on the programme’s application portal, whether they have submitted or not their form, will no longer be able to access it.
Applications for the 20th Edition of the FIFA Master will no longer be accepted under any circumstances.

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Picture (from left to right): Philip Lahm, 2014 FIFA World Cup winner, former Captain of the German National Team and FC Bayern Munich, Tanya Heimlich-Ng Yuen and Célia Sasic, 2013 UEFA Women's Euro winner and former German national Team player

Current Position: Director & Partner at Burson-Cohen-Wolfe Sport

Year of graduation: 2009 (9th Edition)

Nationality: Canadian/Swiss

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