A new season of sports
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it has come to February 2024, and the competition in most leagues in football has entered the white heat. Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal in the Premier League, Real Madrid and Girona in La Liga, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Inter Milan and Juventus in Serie A, are all doing their best to win the league title.
The top teams have a number of players who have performed well this season, and their value has risen due to their outstanding performances, so let's take a look at the most expensive squad in football.
Article data is based on the German transfer market.
Goalkeeper: Diogo Costa (Portugal, Switzerland, currently playing for FC Porto, worth 45 million euros).
A large part of the 24-year-old's most expensive goalkeeper is due to his age and potential, and he has been on the radar of many big clubs early on in Europe. He has a good ability to play the ball, and his height of 192cm also gives him good goal-line ability. He has now become a regular in the Portuguese national team, but in the 2022 World Cup, his performance was not satisfactory and there were some low-level mistakes. However, he has shown his talent in the Portuguese Super League, with eight clean sheets this season, and it is believed that with good ball and goal-line skills, he will definitely join the big five leagues in the next two years, and he still needs to prove that his value matches his ability.
Left-back: Alphonso Davies (Canada, USA, currently playing for Bayern Munich, worth 70 million euros).
Alphonso Davies' impressive performances in the 2019-2020 season have already made it clear that the Canadian teenager is only 23 years old, although he has not been particularly consistent on the defensive end in recent years. But he still maintains a world-class level, especially in attack, where his incredible pace has made him a threat on the flanks, and he remains one of the best left-backs for the next five years. Now that his contract expires next year, negotiations with Bayern Munich have reached an impasse, and he could join Real Madrid in the summer window.
Centre-back: Gvardiol (Croatia, currently playing for Manchester City FC for €80 million).
Gvardiol, who joined Champions League winners Manchester City in the summer of 2023 for a fee of €90 million, is currently 22 years old and still very young at centre-back, having impressed for RB Leipzig and Croatia before joining Manchester City. He has all the makings of a high-potential centre-back, with excellent ball ability, excellent sprinting speed, good sense of tackling and a left-footed foot that is in demand in football. Pep Guardiola has tried to transform him into a left-back this season, but to no avail, and he has made some unnecessary mistakes this season. But he is still worth looking forward to when he is young.
Ruben Dias (Portugal, currently playing for Manchester City FC and worth €80 million).
Ruben Dias joined Manchester City in the summer of 2020 and has since become an absolute mainstay of the team, winning three Premier League titles and one Champions League title at Manchester City. Ruben Dias had a lackluster first half last season, including with the Portuguese national team, where he made some low-level mistakes from time to time, but in the second half Ruben Dias was very good and became the anchor of the team's Champions League and league centre-back. In the first half of the season, his form has been up and down again, and I wonder if Ruben Dias will find his best again with Manchester City's strength in the second half. Overall, he remains a very good centre-back.
Right-back: Trent Alexander-Arnold (England, currently playing for Liverpool FC and worth €70 million).
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool's "Prince", has always been the best right-back in the world for passing and organising attacks, but he is also a "double-edged sword". Defensively, he has been trained by opposition wingers and his footwork and long-range shots are Liverpool's scoring tools, but due to his inconsistent defensive ability, Liverpool have put him more in a wing-back position this season, with Konate on the right centre-back more to support Alexander-Arnold. Alexander-Arnold has been solid defensively this season, and Liverpool have also led Manchester City with a game in hand. At international level, as Walker and Kieran Trippier get older, Alexander-Arnold needs to work harder to hone his defensive skills and become a well-rounded right-back.
Defender: Rodri (Spain, currently playing for Manchester City FC, valued at 1100 million euros).
Rodri has been impeccable in the last two years and is a veritable world number one midfielder. He excels in all his stats such as defensive coverage, defensive picking, ball play, and long-range shots, and currently has the highest average rating among any player in the Premier League. In last season's Champions League final, Manchester City won the first Champions League title in the team's history thanks to Rodri's heavy artillery goal. Manchester City with or without Rodri this season are completely on the beaten side, and if Rodri stays fit, he will undoubtedly become a legendary midfielder.
Declan Rice (England Ireland, currently plays for Arsenal FC and is worth 1100 million euros).
In the summer of 2023, Rice will start with 1With a whopping €16.6 billion transfer fee from West Ham United to Arsenal, fans initially questioned whether he was worth the fee. He has excellent anticipation and aerial rivalry, and he also plays when the team needs him forward. His ability to play as a midfielder, versatile midfielder and even centre-back, his calm defence and great coverage have made him an essential part of Arsenal, and he is doing his best to help them break through in the Premier League and Champions League.
Forward: Jude Bellingham (England Ireland, currently playing for Real Madrid, worth 1800 million euros).
Bellingham finished last summer with a 10.3 billion euros to join Real Madrid, the 20-year-old talented England midfielder has become Real Madrid's best player this season, and whenever someone needs to step up, he can give a stunner to lead the team to all three points, which has skyrocketed his season to 1800 million euros).He leads the La Liga average rating and is also the top scorer in La Liga. He has 18 goals and eight assists this season and is confident that he will become a superstar in the future of football.
Left winger: Kylian Mbappe (France, Cameroon, currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain, valued at 1800 million euros).
Mbappe has long since become one of the best strikers in the world. Apart from the Champions League, he has already won all the team honours he can get, and he scored a hat-trick in the final of the 2022 World Cup, and although he lost on penalties, he is already an absolute superstar. He has 30 goals and seven assists in all competitions this season, and he has made his defenders miserable. With his contract expiring this season, he doesn't know whether to stay in Paris or move to Real Madrid in search of a bigger breakthrough.
Right winger: Bukayo Saka (England, Nigeria, currently playing for Arsenal FC, valued at 1200 million euros).
As a talented teenager tapped by Arsenal's own academy, Saka has gradually grown into the strongest right winger in the Premier League other than Salah. His pace, dribbling and shooting are all very strong, and he has also established himself as a regular in the England national team. He has contributed 11 goals and 12 assists this season, and his impressive performances are helping Arsenal to the Premier League title.
Erling Haaland (Norway, currently playing for Manchester City FC and worth 1800 million euros).
Haaland is undoubtedly football's number one centre-forward, having joined Manchester City last summer and started his own madness. He scored 52 goals and provided nine assists for City last season and lifted the Champions League trophy in his first season. He also broke the Premier League's single-season scoring record with 36 goals, but he surprisingly finished second in the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year. Although he has been affected by some injuries this season, the current comeback of the demon Buu will definitely give a greater shock on the court!
Of all the players on the list, England players have four spots, which shows the strength of the Premier League and the achievements of England's youth training in recent years. It's European Championship year again, and I wonder if England will be able to bring football home?
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