World Cup fever, especially for our national team, is in full swing. That's why we asked ourselves: How much will the Mexican National Team's payroll cost? And here is the answer.
Mexico's squad for the Qatar 2022 World Cup includes several players from the Liga MX and some who play in international soccer, so the value of the roster is very varied.
Transfermarkt, an international soccer market value portal, revealed which are the most valuable teams in the Qatar World Cup and this is how Mexico is positioned.
The Mexican National Team has a market value of 176.1 million euros.
Midfielder Edson Álvarez leads the highest value and payroll with 35 million euros. Hirving Lozano, player of Napoli of Italy, in second place with 28 million euros, and Wolverhampton striker Raúl Jiménez in third place with 12 million euros.
All of them are European-based players.
Alexis Vega is the highest-priced player in the Mexican league, with a value and payroll of eight million euros.
Now, going into the details of each player we find the following:
Value of Goalkeepers in Qatar 2022
- Guillermo Ochoa (America; 1.20 million euros)
- Rodolfo Cota (Leon; 1.20 million euros)
- Alfredo Talavera (FC Juárez; 800 thousand euros)
Defenders in Qatar 2022
- Kevin Álvarez (Pachuca; 6 million euros)
- Néstor Araujo (América; 3 million euros)
- Gerardo Arteaga (KRC Genk; 4 million euros)
- Jesus Gallardo (Monterrey; 3 million euros)
- Héctor Moreno (Monterrey; 1.5 million euros)
- César Montes (Monterrey; 7 million euros)
- Jorge Sanchez (Ajax; 5 million euros)
- Johan Vasquez (Unione Sportiva Cremonese; 4 million euros)
Midfielders in Qatar 2022
- Edson Álvarez (Ajax; 35 million euros)
- Roberto Alvarado (Chivas; 5 million euros)
- Uriel Antuna (Cruz Azul; 4 million euros)
- Luis Chávez (Pachuca; 6.5 million euros)
- Andres Guardado (Real Betis; 1.5 million euros)
- Erick Gutiérrez (PSV Eindhoven; 7 million euros)
- Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo; 3 million euros)
- Orbelín Pineda (AEK Athens; 4 million euros)
- Carlos Rodríguez (Cruz Azul; 8 million euros)
- Luis Romo (Monterrey; 6.5 million euros)
Strikers in Qatar 2022
- Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey; 3.5 million euros)
- Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton; 12 million euros)
- Hirving Lozano (SSC Napoli; 28 million euros)
- Henry Martin (America; 6 million euros)
- Alexis Vega (Chivas; 8 million euros)
What do you think of these figures?
It might be too much, however, Mexico is not among the 20 most "expensive" teams in Qatar 2022.
The list is topped byEngland with 1.26 billion euros, Brazil with 1.14 billion euros, and even our eternal rivals, the United States, have a payroll and squad value of 277.4 million euros.
In the meantime, we say goodbye wishing the best to our Mexican National Team in their next matches. Let's go Mexico!
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