We're now at the business end of Euro 2024, with just 16 teams left in the running. The odds in the Euro 2024 Player of the Tournament market have shifted accordingly, and here are the outright favourites ahead of the knockout stages.
Euro 2024 Player of the Tournament – Outright favourites
Jamal Musiala currently leads the Euro 2024 Player of the Tournament market, commanding a market average of 6/1, with teammate Toni Kroos close behind at 7/1. Mbappe, meanwhile, is now just a fifth-favourite, but may well retake top spot in the long list if he can work his famous magic to help France overcome Belgium.
Kylian Mbappé
The Real Madrid-bound forward has already made an indelible mark on the World Cup, having starred in France’s 2018 win, and scored a hat-trick in the 2022 final.
He suffered Euros heartbreak in 2021, when he missed a penalty in his nation’s shootout defeat to Switzerland. But he exorcised that demon with a coolly taken penalty against Poland in the group stage.
France have not really got going yet, but if Les Bleus do wake up from their slumber in their quarter-final clash with Portugal, it will be their superstar forward who helps them do it.
Toni Kroos
Now 34 years old, Toni Kroos shocked the footballing world by announcing that Euro 2024 would be the final football of his illustrious career.
Kroos went out on top at club level, winning the Champions League. The way he is playing at Euro 2024, he may well do the same at international level, a decade on from winning the World Cup.
The German playmaker has carved out a bespoke role in Julian Nagelsmann's German system, dropping very deep alongside the centre-backs and spraying his signature sweeping passes across the pitch.
The European Championships trophy is the only major cup missing from Kroos' cabinet, and he will be keen to write a fairytale ending to his career.
Jude Bellingham
At the other end of their Euros career is Jude Bellingham. The 20-year-old was a part of England's Euro 2020 squad, but made just a few cameos.
Three years on, Bellingham kicked off England's campaign by scoring the crucial winner against Serbia, sealing England's only win in the group stage.
Bellingham struggled against Denmark and Slovenia, but scored a stunning, last-gasp overhead kick to keep England in the tournament against Slovakia.
The former Birmingham City man clearly has a penchant for stepping up in the biggest moments, as illustrated by his two Clasico winners. And the moments will only get bigger from here.
For anyone who wants to take a chance on a player currently aged under 22, these three are a tempting proposition…
Jamal Musiala
Another leading German light, Jamal Musiala has delivered on home soil, is the bookmakers' favourite, and already features in our predicted 3.
Musiala has always dazzled with his feet, but he has added end product to his game at the Euros.
He has scored three times this tournament: a thunderous finish against Scotland being followed up by the only goal of the game against Hungary and a crucial last 16 goal against Denmark.
A big performance against high-flying Spain could see his odds shorten even further.
Lamine Yamal
Barcelona may be in a constant state of financial chaos these days, but they can always bank on La Masia to produce homegrown gems.
Lamine Yamal is the latest. He was Spain’s youngest ever international going into the tournament, and at just 16, is now the youngest Euros player ever.
Yamal possesses a wand of a left foot, used to great effect to set up Fabian Ruiz' goals against Croatia and Georgia. His speed and dribbling has given the Spanish a new dimension.
The teenager will face hosts Germany next, where he could truly announce himself as a superstar.
Nico Williams
On the left of Spain's attack is Yamal's partner in crime, Nico Williams.
Williams had a superb season for Athletic Club in Spain, helping them to a first trophy in decades.
His blistering speed, two-footedness and ability to slalom past his full-back with ease, and he has given seasoned right-backs like Giovanni di Lorenzo nightmares this tournament.
He was electric in the last 16 clash with Georgia, scoring and assisting.
Along with Yamal, the pair are the best wide pairing at the tournament, and we think they could fire Spain on to win the whole thing.
Granit Xhaka
Key to Bayer Leverkusen’s stellar season just gone, Swiss captain Granit Xhaka has taken his superb form to the Euros.
Xhaka always turns up for his nation, and has made more appearances for the Rossocrociati than anyone else.
He was awarded man-of-the-match for his dominant performance against France, as Switzerland eliminated the favourites at Euro 2020.
In the group stage, the 31-year-old led by example, blending his stellar range of passing with crunching challenges… and he hasn't even scored his trademark thunderbolt from range yet…
Xhaka was man of the match against Italy in the last 16, and he will get the chance to slay another giant in the quarter-finals, as his nation takes on stuttering England.
N'Golo Kanté
A few years ago, it would have been ludicrous to consider the great N'Golo Kanté an outsider.
But after a few injury-ravaged seasons and a move out of the European spotlight to the Saudi Pro League, there were doubts raised as to whether the diminutive yet combative midfielder would start this tournament.
The 33-year-old has put those doubts to rest, being quite comfortably France's best player so far.
Playing in a higher role, Kanté ran the show against both Austria and the Netherlands, and was one of the better French players in the last 16 matchup with neighbours Belgium.
