Manchester City’s Ayyoub Bouaddi valued at €128.3 million at just 19
At 19, Ayyoub Bouaddi has become the most valuable Moroccan footballer. Valued at €128.3 million after an 82.5% increase in one month, the Manchester City midfielder has overtaken Achraf Hakimi and climbed to sixth in the world, ahead of Kylian Mbappé.
Ayyoub Bouaddi is now among the six most valuable players in the world, according to FootballTransfers’ November ranking. Valued at €128.3 million, the young Moroccan international is ahead of Kylian Mbappé, whose value is estimated at €120.7 million. Only Lamine Yamal, Michael Olise, Pau Cubarsí, Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham occupy the top five places. Among players under 20, Bouaddi ranks third, behind Yamal and Cubarsí.
The rise has happened in a month. In October, Achraf Hakimi still topped the Moroccan ranking, with an estimated value of €82.8 million, compared with Bouaddi’s €70.3 million. Since then, the Manchester City midfielder’s estimated value has risen by €58 million, or 82.5%, while that of the Paris Saint-Germain defender has fallen by €4.2 million, to €78.6 million. The two players are now nearly €50 million apart.
These figures come from FootballTransfers’ Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) model, which takes into account factors including age, performance, potential and contract length. In its update published on 10 November, the site put Bouaddi’s value in a range of €115.5 million to €141.1 million.
A meteoric rise since joining Manchester City
The player’s rise to a new level comes less than three months after his move to England. Recruited from LOSC Lille in late August for €95 million, with a further €5 million in potential bonuses, Bouaddi signed with Manchester City through June 2031. Since joining, he has begun to rack up appearances in the Premier League and Champions League. His age and potential for development contribute to the particularly high valuation set by FootballTransfers.
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Behind Bouaddi and Hakimi, Ismaël Saibari completes the Moroccan top three with an estimated value of €59.8 million. The Bayern Munich midfielder also recorded a significant increase in November: an additional €15.3 million, following a decline the previous month. Having joined the German club this summer from PSV Eindhoven, he was still valued at an estimated €44.5 million in October.
Bilal El Khannouss, who plays for Stuttgart, ranks fourth at €42.3 million. He narrowly leads Abde Ezzalzouli, the Betis Sevilla winger, valued at €41.5 million. Neil El Aynaoui, at RB Leipzig, follows at €31.9 million, ahead of Samir El Mourabet and Gessime Yassine, both at Strasbourg, valued at €25 million and €24.8 million, respectively.
