The players who carry the most weight at the World Cup

The CIES Football Observatory tracks the transfer value of football players. The value of some players has skyrocketed in recent years, with Mohamed Salah of Egypt and Liverpool being one of the most obvious examples. After a phenomenal season in England his transfer value has risen to 171 million euros, a sum far higher than that of his international team-mates. In fact, Salah's transfer value represents 74 per cent of Egypt's entire squad value.
In view of this, Salah will be World Championship certainly have a big burden on their shoulders, which this time has nothing to do with Sergio Ramos. Another player who accounts for a large part of his national team's value is South Korea's Heung Min Son. The Tottenham Hotspur striker is worth just over €90 million, which equates to 73 per cent of the South Korean team's total value.
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