ENGLAND may not have qualified for the Nations League finals next year – but they will go into Euro 2020 boasting the most-valuable squad.
The Three Lions are worth a combined £1.26BILLION – with none of the other 23 nations even coming close.
England boast the most-valuable squad of all Euro 2020 nations
England have the most-valuable squad in Europe worth over £1bn, with Sterling and Sancho both worth more over £100m eachCredit: Getty Images – Getty
France rank second on £932million – a full £328m less valuable than Gareth Southgate’s group, according to Transfermarkt.
England rank top of the 24-nation list thanks in no small part to a their star power across the board.
The 2018 World Cup semi-finalists have THREE players worth £100m or more in the squad.
Raheem Sterling (£115m), Harry Kane (£108m) and Jadon Sancho (£105m) lead the way, with Trent Alexander-Arnold narrowly behind, worth £99m.
No other nation has more than ONE player valued at £100m+.
France’s value is buoyed by Kylian Mbappe – the most-valuable player in the world at present, worth £162m.
However, the French are incredibly deep – with EIGHT players worth £50m or more.
England have just six in that band, with Germany also ahead in this category with seven £50m+ stars, led by Serge Gnabry at £81m.
France – the 2018 World Cup winners – sit second worth over £900m, led by £162m-rated MbappeCredit: Reuters
Spain sit third, led by most-valuable asset Ansu FatiCredit: AP:Associated Press
Spain – led by newest star Ansu Fati (£72m) – sit third, valued at £758m.
Portugal (£686m) – led by Joao Felix and NOT Cristiano Ronaldo – and Germany (£664m) complete the top five.
Star-studded Belgium are good only for sixth on the list, despite £108m Kevin De Bruyne on the books.
Italy are narrowly in seventh on £591m, led by Gianluigi Donnarumma and Marco Verratti (both £54m).
From there, there’s a huge drop-off to eighth, with Holland – boasting £72m Virgil van Dijk – valued at just £422m.
Mateo Kovacic’s Croatia (£318m) and Christian Eriksen’s Denmark (£263m) complete the top ten.
At the bottom of the standings sit Finland, valued at just £32m in total – one of just four teams worth less than £100m.
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