The authoritative portal Tranfermarkt published a ranking of the most expensive football players from the post-Soviet countries.
In the top ten of the ranking, there are seven representatives from Ukraine. The highest position among them is held by defender Ilya Zabarnyi from the English "Bournemouth", who placed third (38 million euros). Above him are the Georgians Giorgi Mardashvili (40 million euros) and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (85 million euros).
TOP-10 most expensive players from the post-Soviet space
1. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ("Napoli"), Georgia — 85 million euros
2. Giorgi Mardashvili ("Valencia"), Georgia — 40
3. Ilya Zabarnyi ("Bournemouth"), Ukraine — 38
4. Georgiy Sudakov ("Shakhtar"), Ukraine — 32
5. Mykhailo Mudryk ("Chelsea"), Ukraine — 30
6. Artem Dovbyk ("Roma"), Ukraine — 30
7. Oleksandr Zinchenko ("Arsenal"), Ukraine — 30
8. Aleksandr Golovin ("Monaco"), Russia — 30
9. Vitaliy Mykolenko ("Everton"), Ukraine — 28
10. Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica"), Ukraine — 25.