England's top squad value and the World Cup's highest-valued player is Jude Bellingham

Jude Bellingham surpasses Vinicius Junior, Kylian Mbappe, and Pedri to become Qatar's most valuable player, outpacing Argentina, Wales, and Costa Rica by a factor of 2.5, 8, and 65 times, respectively, in Gareth Southgate's team.
Brazil ($1.27 billion), France ($1.17 billion), and Spain ($1.05 billion) are the favorites, but England's predicted total costs come in ahead of them.
Aside from Argentina (£516.7m), which Sky Bet has pegged as the second favorite to win the trophy, other European powerhouses Portugal (£1.01bn), Germany (£893.2m), and the Netherlands (£662m) also have values that exceed Argentina's.
Despite Inter attacker Lautaro Martinez being valued at a cool £86.7m, the stats suggest Southgate's 26-man roster is more valuable collectively than Lionel Scaloni's team by more than two and a half times.
With a value of just £158 million, Wales' team is ranked 23rd out of 32 teams and is less than eight times as expensive as their British counterparts. Nottingham Forest forward Brennan Johnson is the team's highest-valued player at £22.8 million.
The complete 26-man Costa Rican team, on the other hand, would only cost £20.1 million, which is equivalent to 65 times the worth of the England team.