Raúl Alonso Jiménez will play for the Atlético de Madrid as the third most expensive Mexican player in history. 

According to reports in the Spanish press, the Spanish team paid 14 million dollars for Jiménez, which place him under Carlos Vela, for whom the Real Sociedad de San Sebastián paid 14.7 million dollars. 

The most expensive Mexican player is Nery Castillo, who was sold to Ukraine's Donest Shaktar for 20 million dollars. 

Roger Roa, sports marketing expert and CEO of DreaMatch Solutions, believes that the price paid for Jiménez may be the excuse "Mexicans need to sell themselves better in the European market. Everything will depend on his performance. Europe does not quite believe in Mexican players; for many years we were isolated, but if he has a good performance, he will open borders for others. He has this responsibility on his back." 

The top ten is completed by Héctor Herrera (Porto); Javier Hernández (Manchester United); Diego Reyes (Porto); Andrés Guardado (Deportivo La Coruña); Giovani Dos Santos (Tottenham); Rafael Márquez (Barcelona) ​​and Pablo Barrera (West Ham United). 

According to the father of Jiménez, who acts as his representative, the signing has not been made official yet, "due to a few details that we need to analyze." 

In recent months the América has cashed in 23 million dollars with the sales of Diego Reyes to the Porto (9.6 million dollars), and now Raúl.