AFCON 2021: Eagles squad more valuable than Egypt but Salah more expensive that 8 Nigerian strikers combined

By Ogundele Olanrewaju

Transfermarkt has published the market values of the twenty four teams competing in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria the third most valuable squad at €246million (approximately N114.19 billion).

Four squads are valued in excess of €200million with Senegal the most valuable squad at €342.9m followed by Ivory Coast (€306.1m) then Morocco are fourth at €214.7m and completing the top five most valuable nations is Algeria (€187.3m).

Egypt have a squad value of €161.25m, €84.75 less than their first opponents in Group D Nigeria, while Guinea-Bissau and Sudan are rated at €19.55m and €2.9m respectively.

Liverpool sensation Mohamed Salah is the most valuable player at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with a price tag of €100million.

The Egypt international is more expensive than eight Nigerian strikers combined – Moses Simon (€9m), Henry Onyekuru (€7m), Peter Olayinka (€7m), Ahmed Musa (€4.5), Kelechi Iheanacho (€20m), Sadiq Umar (€18m), Taiwo Awoniyi (€15m) and Alex Iwobi (€18m).

Super Eagles star Wilfred Ndidi is the most expensive midfielder at the tournament at sixty million euros.