Report Rates Market Value Of German Football Players Who Play Outside Bundesliga

Many German football players "earn their money in Europe's top leagues, and Real Madrid's Mesut Özil leads this list of players with a market value of €40M ($49.3M)," according to Rafael Corradino of GOAL.com. The Bundesliga "consistently gains popularity, the performances of the German national team at int'l tournaments has been convincing and young German players have become a sought-after commodity across the continent." Goal.com took a look at the market value of German football players who earn their living in Europe's top leagues outside of the Bundesliga (GOAL.com, 8/19). 

Name	Club / League	Market Value
Mesut Özil	Real Madrid / La Liga	€40M ($49.3M)
Sami Khedira	Real Madrid / La Liga	€25M ($31.7M)
Lukas Podolski	Arsenal / Premier League	€20M ($24.7M)
Per Mertesacker	Arsenal / Premier League	€14M ($17.3M)
Marko Marin	Chelsea / Premier Legue	€13M ($16M)
Robert Huth	Stoke City / Premier League	€9M ($11.1M)
Miroslav Klose	Lazio / Serie A	€6M ($7.4M)
Alexander Merkel	Genoa / Serie A	€5M ($6,2M)
Piotr Trochowski	Sevilla / La Liga	€4.5M ($5.6M)
Sascha Riether	Fulham / Premier League	€2.5M ($3.1M)