{"id":16972,"date":"2018-06-21T05:30:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T05:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/?p=16972"},"modified":"2018-06-25T15:12:51","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T15:12:51","slug":"the-world-cups-most-valuable-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/opinion\/the-world-cups-most-valuable-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Cup’s Most Valuable Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

France and England boast the most expensive squads to grace soccer<\/em><\/strong>‘<\/em><\/strong>s marquee tournament. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If soccer excellence was represented by financial value alone, France and England would be contesting the World Cup Final in Moscow on July 15.<\/p>\n

Crammed with stars such as Antoine Griezmann of Atletico Madrid, Paul Pogba of Manchester United, and Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain, Les Bleus – <\/em>as the French squad are nicknamed – edge England atop the chart by US$27.6m, with both squads valued in excess of $1.7bn, according to a new Football Observatory report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brazil, which boasts world-class attacking talent like Neymar of Paris Saint-Germain and Philippe Coutinho of Barcelona; 2010 World champions, Spain; 2014 winners Germany, and Argentina were the only other nations to smash the $1bn threshold.<\/p>\n

International soccer has traditionally been dominated by Europe and Latin America – indeed, no country from outside these regions has ever won the World Cup – with the big money transfers predominantly taking place in Europe where top stars like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> earn in the region of $100 million per year taking into account both salary and endorsements.<\/p>\n

Yet the World Cup squad values are based on potential transfer value, or the price tag placed on any given player by his club team. In 2017, Qatari-owned French powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain (aka PSG) broke the all-time world transfer record when they paid Barcelona $263m for skilful Brazilian attacker Neymar<\/a>, smashing the previous record set by England’s Manchester United when they paid $118m for French star Paul Pogba.<\/p>\n

English striker Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> is currently considered the most valuable player in the world with a price tag of $233m, ahead of Neymar ($227m), French teenager Kylian Mbappe ($217m), Argentine wizard Lionel Messi ($213m), and Egyptian superstar Mohamed Salah ($198m).<\/p>\n

In terms of the groups currently being played out in the tournament, Group G featuring England, Belgium, Panama and Tunisia is the most expensive with an estimated value of $2.6bn, with English and Belgian players comprising a staggering 97 per cent of that total.<\/p>\n

Overall, the 32 squads competing for the trophy are estimated to be worth $14.8bn – which means England represent more than 10 percent of that total.<\/p>\n

See more details on the value of each country’s World Cup squad here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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