Published 16:46 IST, November 17th 2020
England, France top most valuable teams at next year's Euro 2020: Report
World champions France were left trailing in the wake of England who toppled them as the most expensive squad assembled among Euro 2020 teams.
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World champions France are well kwn for ir unrealistic squ depth, with many established stars failing to make a cut in national team squ. Manr Didier Deschamps has a host of options to choose from with many more youngsters making a mark in club football, kcking on doors for international selection. However, if squ values are to be considered, Les Blues are second behind England in most expensive squs assembled for Euro 2020 according to transfermarkt.
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Euro 2020 qualifiers: England, France top most valuable international squs list
According to transfermrkt, England have most expensive squ in terms of market value, with Gareth Southgate's Three Lions squ worth a staggering £1.26 billion. England's market value is boosted by presence of Man City's Raheem Sterling, Borussia Dortmund star Jon Sancho and Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arld with three young internationals combining for over £320 million in market value. aver of Three Lions squ is just 24.8, making m youngest, in top 10 valuable squs in Europe.
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World champions France are at second with squ worth £931.95 million, largely due to presence of Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe, Barcelona's Antoine Griezmann and Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba. 2012 European champions Spain are at third, with transfermrkt reporting ir squ value at a £758.25 million. Man City's defensive midfielder Rodri is La Roja's most valuable player at £57.60 million, closely followed by Atleti stalwart Koke and Socied sensation Mikel Oyarzabal (£54m each).
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Defending champions Portugal (£686.25m) are fourth, with Germany (£663.75m) a close fifth, while Belgium (£634.41m) take sixth spot. Bru Fernandes, Joao Felix and Bernardo Silva (£72m each) were Portugal's most valuable players ahe of captain and leing goal-scorer Cristia Ronaldo (£54m), while Bayern Munich star Serge Gnabry (£81m) was by far Germany's most valuable player. Belgium's charge was led by Man City superstar Kevin De Bruyne, who has a staggering market value of £108m.
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Fallen giants Italy (£590.85m), Nerlands (£421.65m) were seventh and eighth, followed by World Cup finalists Croatia (£318.24m) and Serbia (£294.93m). AC Milan shot-stopper Gianluigi Donnarumma (£54m) led list for Italy, while Frenkie De Jong (£63m) dominated proceeding for Nerlands. Chelsea's Mateo Kovacic (£40m) was Croatia's most valuable player, with Lazio superstar Sergej Milinkovic-Savi leing charts for Serbia.
(Im Courtesy: England, France Instagram)
16:46 IST, November 17th 2020