The Copa America 2024 will have several teams in a great moment. Brazil, although with low expectations, arrives at the tournament with one of the four most valuable players in the world, and its squad surpasses the rest. That is why his favoritism remains intact.
Argentina will want to win the two-time championship with the help of Lionel Messi and Colombia will try to extend its undefeated record of 23 games to break a drought of more than two decades without being able to be first.
Brazil is the only team present that is close to US$1,100 in market values, today with an advantage of almost US$430 million against the champion Argentina and nearly US$860 million against Uruguay, the third most valuable and most times champion of the America Cup.
In market values, the Brazil It has no competition, much more so with the presence of Vinicius Jr, who was valued up to $194 million with Real Madrid. The Brazilian attacker established himself as the most valuable South American of all time and his almost two-hundredth birthday makes the Brazilian team look at the rest of the teams far below.
At 23 years old, Vinicius played 30 games for Brazil and has a record of three goals and five assists, numbers that he must improve as a reference in South American football and the greatest exponent in the national team of Dorival Junior, champion for the last time in the Copa América 2019.
The most powerful team in South America has other star players like Rodrygo, who jumped to US$118 million after winning his second Champions League with Madrid.
Bruno Guimarães is the third highest priced of the entire team, highlighting Endrick as one of the new figures with a value of US$65 million. The 17-year-old youth will leave for Spain after the national team championship, today with a balance of three goals in just six games for his country, which demonstrates his great projection as a world figure.
Argentina is the second most valuable team in the Copa América with a global valuation of US$865 million. In its ranks it has Lautaro Martínez as the best rated with US$118 million and other names of capital importance such as Julián Álvarez with US$97 million.
Lionel Messi maintains a good personal valuation despite his 36 years and today has a figure of US$32 million. This value keeps him among the 10 most valuable players of the albiceleste, a ranking that also puts players like Alexis Mac Allister and Enzo Fernándezboth with US$81 million.
USA, host of this Copa América 2024. It has the fourth highest valuation in the championship and its global figure reaches US$371 million, still below the US$516 million of Uruguay, but above Colombia (US$303 million) and Ecuador (US$242 million).
The United States has several figures from the European elite on its roster and Christian Pulisic commands with US$43 million, followed by Folarin Balogun with US$32 million and Weston McKennie with $31 million.
Among its 10 most valuable players, eight play in major leagues and only two in minor leagues in Europe.
The United States is enough to surpass two teams that have Luis Díaz and Moisés Caicedo on their squads with US$81 million each.
The superiority of the host is much more noticeable compared to other countries in the same confederation and Mexico and Canada are left behind. The team Mexican arrives at the contest with US$219 million and Santiago Gimenez as their most valuable player with US$43 million. For its part, the canadian team enter the scene with US$194.5 million and Alphonso Davies It is the most valued with US$54 million.
Jamaica It closes the top 10 with US$110 million above Chile with just US$89 million.
The thing about the Jamaican team is very interesting and surprising for many. The truth is that several of his most valuable players are active in the Premier League and Leon Bailey is the king of the table with $45 million, Aston Villa winger. Ethan Pinnock He is second in the rankings with $13 million and is present in Brentford, in addition to Michail Antonio with $4.5 million for West Ham.
Jamaica is not ruled out as one of the surprise teams of the Copa Américaemphasizing that several of its exponents are in the best local league on the European scene.
They close the list
11) Chile with US$89 million;
12) Venezuela, US$72.6 million;
13) Peru, US$36 million;
14) Panama, US$26 million;
15) Costa Rica, US$23.5 million and
16) Bolivia, US$15.6 million.
Source: Ambito
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