{"id":40906,"date":"2026-06-11T09:45:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/financial-madness-at-the-2026-world-cup-the-teams-costing-billions-and-the-poor-who-are-worth-as-much-as-one-player\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:45:43","slug":"financial-madness-at-the-2026-world-cup-the-teams-costing-billions-and-the-poor-who-are-worth-as-much-as-one-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/financial-madness-at-the-2026-world-cup-the-teams-costing-billions-and-the-poor-who-are-worth-as-much-as-one-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial madness at the 2026 World Cup: The teams costing billions and the “poor” who are worth as much as one player"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 2026 World Cup will not only be an arena for the clash of talents, but also a stage where the huge financial gap between different national teams will be reflected.<\/p>\n

The latest data from Transfermarkt and TransferRoom (updated in June 2026) clearly show that the elite of world football are worth billions, while some of the debutant or modest teams have ridiculous values when compared to giants.<\/p>\n

At the top of the list of the most expensive teams is France, led by the star Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 (who alone is estimated at 180 million euros).<\/p>\n

The Roosters are worth a staggering 1.56 billion euros, closely followed by Spain of the phenomenon Lamine Yamal and England of Bellingham and Saka.<\/p>\n

Below is the table with the 10 national teams that have the highest market value for this World Cup:<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the new format of the World Cup has given the opportunity to small teams to live the big dream. However, their confrontation with the “monsters” of Europe and South America will be like David’s clash with Goliath. Teams like Jordan or Cape Verde have minimal market values, with Jordan worth around 20 million euros \u2013 that is, the whole team costs many times less than the legs of a single player from France or England!<\/p>\n

In the second table we have highlighted some of the cheapest teams of the tournament, which include historic debutants, as well as the three host countries of this World Cup (Mexico, Canada and the USA), reports tch, which are located somewhere in among the general classification:<\/p>\n

Will the billions triumph on the green field, or will the passion of small teams give us some unforgettable miracle?<\/p>\n

Only the field will tell, but one thing is certain: the financial war already has a clear winner!<\/p>\n

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Source: prizrenpost<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2026 World Cup will not only be an arena for the clash of talents, but also a stage where the huge financial gap between different national teams will be reflected. The latest data from Transfermarkt and TransferRoom (updated in June 2026) clearly show that the elite of world football are worth billions, while some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"views":6,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40908,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40906\/revisions\/40908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prizrenpost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}