Payet joins Europe's elite

  • by Staff Writer
  • Tuesday, 31st May 2016

West Ham's Dimitri Payet is currently ranked as the fourth best player in Europe, according to UEFA's 'Player Barometer'.

United's 29-year-old French star, who scored an injury-time winner for his country in a friendly with Cameroon last night ranks below just three players across the entire continent at present.

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo - who scored the winning penalty in the Champions League Final at the weekend, free agent Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Atletico striker Antoine Griezmann are the only players to rank higher than West Ham's talisman.

The UEFA chart is decided by comparing what UEFA describe as "official player statistics [run] through a specially designed algorithm to create rankings based on player performances."

Performance data for both club and country since 1 January is considered to rate each individual player, although the table is weighted in favour of more recent data.




KUMB readers looking for something to fill their time during the off-season may find websites similar to Sun Bingo at this resource. The full top ten is as follows:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (ex-PSG)
3. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
4. Dimitri Payet (West Ham United)
5. James Milner (Liverpool)
6. Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid)
7. Koke (Atletico Madrid)
8. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
9. Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)
10. Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer Leverkusen)

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