{"id":54663,"date":"2022-11-23T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T08:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-my-161844363.ap-southeast-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/articles\/?p=54663"},"modified":"2022-11-24T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T08:35:09","slug":"top-8-most-expensive-world-cup-squads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/top-8-most-expensive-world-cup-squads","title":{"rendered":"Top 8 Most Expensive World Cup Squads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 22nd FIFA World Cup is underway for the first time in the Arab world, with this year\u2019s iteration hosted by Qatar from the 20 November to 18 December 2022. At 28 days, it will be the shortest tournament of its kind ever held.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As everyone knows, the quality of a football team is intrinsically linked to the value of the players (at least that\u2019s what professional leagues want us to believe). So based on this metric, who stands the best chance of coming out on top? Let\u2019s find out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a clarification, we will be looking at the transfer market value and determining the value of the squad as a whole. Another clarification that has to be made is that at the time of writing, almost every team participating in the World Cup hasn\u2019t announced their squads yet, we\u2019re going to be looking at the last squad they used ins<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want a quick check on who are the most valuable players? 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