Mbappé number one
Five days before the start of the 2022 World Cup, the squads of all 32 participants and thus also the most valuable eleven of the upcoming finals in Qatar have been determined. With Jamal Musiala, a German national player also makes it into the selection after the 19-year-old recorded the biggest plus of 20 million euros in the latest Bundesliga update and is now one of the elite club of footballers with a market value of 100 million euros or more. The youngster was also the first professional to break this mark in the FC Bayern jersey and only the second German after Leroy Sané (26).
In addition, three other well-known faces from the Bundesliga can be found in the team, which means that the German upper house has the largest block. Musiala’s Munich team-mates Matthijs de Ligt (23; Netherlands) and Alphonso Davies (22; Canada) occupy two of the four spots in defense, while Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham (19) plays in midfield. The Englishman, who, like Musiala, is now valued at €100m, is the only legionnaire in national coach Gareth Southgate’s squad.
The most valuable player in the World Cup is striker Kylian Mbappé (23) from defending champion France with 160 million euros. In total, seven of the eight professionals, who are worth at least €100m, will feature in Qatar – Erling Haaland (22) failed to qualify with Norway. But Brazil’s Vinicius Junior (22), England’s Phil Foden (22) and Spain’s Pedri (19) are all in the top XI. Uruguay’s Federico Valverde (24) is the only one missing from this group, as there is an oversupply in central midfield.
With Musiala, Neymar & Co.: The most valuable players of the 2022 World Cup
In fact, there are only two non-European players in the team, Vinicius Junior and Davies. There are a total of nine nations, with England with Bellingham and Foden and Portugal with Rúben Dias (25) and João Cancelo (28) each reserving two players.
Completing the eleven, which has a total value of €1.03bn, is Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois (30), the world’s most valuable goalkeeper and the only over-30 player in the squad. Among the 38 World Cup participants valued at €70m or more, there are generally only three players who are at least 30 years old: Heung-min Son (30; South Korea), Neymar (30, Brazil) and Kevin De Bruyne (31; Belgium).
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Most valuable World Cup squad: Three teams break the billion mark
The “Three Lions” hold the most valuable squad of the tournament. The 26 men from Southgate around Captain Harry Kane (29) come to 1.26 billion euros. Two other teams also break the billion mark: World Cup record champions Brazil with 1.14 billion euros and the title holder from 2018, the “Équipe Tricolore”, with 1.08 billion euros.
World Cup 2022: The participants sorted by squad values
Hansi Flick’s ensemble, which is worth a total of €885.5m, meanwhile, ranks sixth between group opponents Spain (€902m) and Argentina (€633.2m) around leader Lionel Messi, who despite his 35 years is still one of the top 3 most valuable in his country.
Germany’s other opponents in Group E, Japan and Costa Rica, are among the ten teams with the lowest squad values. While the Japanese around Frankfurt’s Daichi Kamada (26) still exceed 100 million with 154 million euros, “Los Ticos”, who the DFB team last met at the 2006 home World Cup, only managed 18.75 million. Euro and thus the penultimate place. Only host Qatar is below that (14.9 million euros).
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