Phil Foden, Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford are the three most expensive players in the WORLD as CIES rank Englishmen ahead of Erling Haaland and Bruno Fernandes in latest valuation - while PSG star Kylian Mbappe is only worth £9m more than Timo Werne

Three young English talents have been valued as the most expensive footballers in the world in CIES' end-of-season report.

Phil Foden, Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford are No 1, 2 and 3 respectively, with their figures beating the likes of Erling Haaland and Bruno Fernandes.

Manchester City and England star Foden comes out on top at £163million, while United pair Greenwood and Rashford are valued at £153m and £137m respectively.

Man City's Phil Foden has been ranked as the most valuable player in world football by CIES

United pair Mason Greenwood (right) and Marcus Rashford are No 2 and 3 on the CIES list

There are a massive seven England players on the top 20 list of the highest valued players

The news will come as a huge boost to Ed Woodward and United, with two of the hottest properties in world football on their books heading into the summer window.