Neymar, Dele Alli and Harry Kane are the three most valuable players in world football at present… worth even more than Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

TOTTENHAM are fortunate enough to have TWO of the world’s three most expensive footballers on the planet in their squad at present.

Dele Alli and Harry Kane are behind only Barcelona star Neymar in the list of the most valuable stars in world football.

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The Barca ace is valued at an incredible £185million by the CIES Football Observatory, based on key criteria including age and contract length.

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Other factors include their current club, international status and position.

With that in mind, Alli and Kane came in second and third, valued at £137m and £135m respectively.

It speaks volumes for what Mauricio Pochettino has achieved with his young Spurs stars that they both feature above Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the standings.

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Messi comes in at No4 on £134m, while Ron is only good enough for 11th - valued at £99m.

Antoine Griezmann (£132m), Luis Suarez (£124m), and Paul Pogba (£119m) are all in the top ten, along with Gonzalo Higuain (£106m), Eden Hazard (£104m) and Paulo Dybala (£102m).

The current hottest prospect in world football, Kylian Mbappe, is set to be the first player to be sold for over £100m.

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Clubs including Arsenal and Real Madrid have all submitted bids around the £120m mark, but the CIES Football Observatory only value him at £82m - good for 18th on the list.

Other Premier League stars in the top 20 include Kevin De Bruyne (£98m), Romelu Lukaku (£93m) Raheem Sterling (£87m), Alexis Sanchez (£85m) and Roberto Firmino (£75m).

Notable other names in the top 110 players list include Eric Dier, Diego Costa and N'Golo Kante.