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Matthijs de Ligt joined Juventus FC for a fee of 85.5 million euros and is therefore the most expensive Dutch player ever in terms of transfer fees. Virgil van Dijk, who joined Liverpool in season 2017/18, had a transfer of roughly 85 million euros, whereas Barcelona had to pay Ajax 75 million euros to buy Frenkie de Jong. The all-time highest fee ever paid for a football player is the transfer of Neymar from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). In August 2017, the French club from Paris paid a staggering 222 million euros to get the Brazilian winger.

André Onana and David Neres: the most valuable Dutch Eredivisie players

Cameroon international André Onana had the highest transfer value in the Dutch Eredivisie as of April 2020. The transfer value of the 24-year-old Ajax goalkeeper was 36 million euros. Brazilian international David Neres was also valued at 36 million euros, while Nicolás Tagliafico's transfer value was 28 million euros. in 2020  market values have dropped substantially as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the suspension of competitions. Nevertheless, Ajax dominates the top three and is well represented with 12 players in the top 25, representing approximately 242 million euros of the total of 283.25 million euros market value of Ajax Amsterdam.

The Dutch are climbing up the FIFA World Ranking again

Since its fifth place on the World FIFA Ranking in 2014, the Dutch national football team dropped to the 22nd place in 2016 after failing to qualify for the European Championships. However, from 2016 onwards the Dutch fought their way up again, even though they did not qualify for the World Championship 2018 in Russia. As of 2020, the Dutch national men’s football team was positioned 14th on the FIFA World Ranking. This is an increase compared to the previous year, when the national team was ranked 12th.