Experts have taken a strong view on Leeds United’s most valuable player.
Leeds United are heading back to the Premier League as Championship champions – and experts have taken on a strong view on their most valuable player.
Daniel Farke’s Whites edged out Burnley on goal difference to be crowned Championship champions as the Whites and Clarets both finished on a brilliant 100 points.
Leeds and Burnley finished ten points clear in the automatic promotion places ahead of third-placed Sheffield United who now face fourth-placed finishers Sunderland in the play-off final.
Sunderland themselves finished a huge 13 points clear of fifth-placed Coventry City as part of what looked like from being some way out as being a breakaway top four.
But is that reflected in the division’s most valuable player charts and who is seen as United’s most valuable player.
Here, via CIES Football Observatory, is a full rundown of their idea of each club’s most valuable player from bottom to top based on an estimated transfer value fair price.
1. 24th: Freddie Potts (Portsmouth – on loan from West Ham).
Fair price: £2.6m-£3.2m.
2. 23rd: Tyler Goodrham (Oxford United)
Fair price: £2.7m-£3.3m.
3. 22nd: Michael Baidoo (Plymouth Argyle)
Fair price: £2.7m-£3.3m.
4. 21st: Milutin Osmajic (Preston North End)
Fair price: £2.9m-£3.6m.
5. 20th: Sondre Langas (Derby County)
Fair price: £3.8m-£4.8m.
6. 19th: Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers)
Fair price: £4.2m-£5.3m.
7. 18th: Thelo Aasgaard (Luton Town)
Fair price: £4.3m-£5.4m.
8. 17th: Yousef Salech (Cardiff City)
Fair price: £4.5m-£5.7m.
9. 16th: Gustavo Puerta (Hull City – on loan from Bayer Leverkusen)
Fair price: £4.9m-£6.4m.
10. 15th: Yang Min-Hyeok (Queens Park Rangers – on loan from Tottenham).
Fair price: £6.7m-£8.8m.
11. 14th: Zan Vipotnik (Swansea City)
Fair price: £6.7m-£8.8m.
12. 13th: Shea Charles (Sheffield Wednesday – on loan from Southampton).
Fair price: £6.7m-£9.2m.
13. 12th: Oliver Dovin (Coventry City)
Fair price: £7m-£9.6m.
14. 11th: Jason Knight (Bristol City)
Fair price: £8m-£10m.
15. 10th: Giorgi Chakvetadze (Watford)
Fair price: £8m-£11m.
16. 9th: Lewis Koumas (Stoke City – on loan from Liverpool).
Fair price: £9m-£13m.
17. 8th: Ante Crnac (Norwich City)
Fair price: £11m-£15m.
18. 7th: Thomas Cannon (Sheffield United)
Fair price: £13m-£18m.
19. 6th: Mihailo Ivanovic (Millwall)
Fair price: £13m-£18m.
20. 5th: Maxime Esteve (Burnley)
Fair price: £13m-£19m.
21. 4th: Isaac Price (West Brom)
Fair price: £14m-£19m.
22. 3rd: Jobe Bellingham (Sunderland)
Fair price: £17m-£23m.
23. 2nd: Ben Doak (Middlesbrough – on loan from Liverpool)
Fair price: £17m-£24m.
24. 1st: Willy Gnonto (Leeds United)
Fair price: £19m-£26m.
