The UEFA Champions League is full of masters, but some of the most expensive players will miss the 2022 World Cup. There is still one month left. The 2022 Qatar World Cup will officially kick off. The highest level of football competition will become stars. On the stage where they gather, almost all world-class stars will appear in the World Cup. But as the saying goes, some people are happy and some are worried, and there are some world-class stars who are in their prime and cannot enter the World Cup finals because of the gap in the comprehensive strength of their national teams. Today we will talk about the 5 most expensive players who missed the World Cup.
5th place: Osmeen
Osmeen from Nigeria is worth 65 million euros. Osmeen made his career at Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga. In September 2020, he joined Naples at a high price of 75 million euros, and broke the highest transfer expenditure in Naples team history in one fell swoop. Osmeen has good physicality, strength and speed, combined with all-round skills, allowing him to create opportunities in the frontcourt alone.
Osmeen is also known by some Nigerian fans as Nigeria Cristiano Ronaldo. The Nigerian striker is currently Napoli’s top striker, scoring 18 goals in all competitions last season and helping the team secure a Champions League spot . However, in the national team, Osmeen failed to carry the team’s offensive banner. In the African play-offs of the World Qualifiers, Nigeria was eliminated at home by Ghana, and the furious home fans were still chasing the players after the game. This African powerhouse missed the World Cup for the first time in 16 years. In the Nigerian team, in addition to Osmeen in the striker, there are also many powerful players in the midfield and backfield, and most of them play in the Premier League, Leicester City’s Ndidi and Ishinacho, Everton’s Ishina Warby, Avoniyi of Nottingham Forest, etc. Judging from Nigeria’s strength in the face of it, it is definitely a small probability event to miss the World Cup. I believe that in the 2026 World Cup, we can still see the African eagle.
4th place: Barrera
Barrera from Italy is worth 70 million euros. Currently playing for Inter Milan, Barrera is a versatile midfielder whose idol is the legendary Inter Milan midfielder Stankovic. Barrera has been outstanding in the past two seasons and has been hailed by Capello as one of the best midfielders in Europe. The 25-year-old Barrera now has a place in Inter’s starting lineup. Compared with Pirlo’s elegant and pounding style of play, Barrera gave that impression more of a sense of tenacity and unyielding. Extraordinary will and tireless running are Barrera’s unique labels.
At Euro 2021, Barrera performed well under Mancini and won the Euro 2021 with the team. European Cup champion Italy’s performance in the World Cup European qualifiers is unbearable. The latest world ranking of the Italian national team ranks sixth, and the total worth of the German turn is as high as nearly 650 million euros. It is nearly 400 million euros higher than the total price increase of the Swiss team that qualified first in the same group. Italy is also the only team in the world’s top 10 that has not entered the World Cup in Qatar.
It is undoubtedly cruel for Italian veterans like Bonucci, Chiellini, Immobile, Florenci to miss the World Cup this time, and it is very difficult for these veterans to have a chance again Appeared in the World Cup arena. The 25-year-old Barrera has the opportunity to compete in the World Cup again.
3rd place: Dias
Dias, from Colombia, is worth 75 million euros. Dias made his career famous with the Porto team. During his two and a half years in Porto, he played 125 times for the team, scoring 41 goals and contributing 18 assists. five championship trophies. Dias joined Liverpool in the winter window last season for 47 million euros. After half a season of excellent performance, his worth has risen to 75 million euros. He is an attacker that Klopp has relied on very much after Mane left the team. In terms of the national team, Dias helped Colombia win the third place in the Copa America in 2021 and was the top scorer personally. But in this World Cup South American qualifier, Dias, who only scored three goals, did not help the team break through successfully. With 5 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, Colombia accumulated 23 points, one point behind Peru and missed the play-offs. However, Dias is only 25 years old. He has been in Japan for a long time and will have many opportunities to participate in the World Cup in the future.
2nd place: Salah
Salah from Egypt is worth 90 million euros. Salah, 30, made 51 appearances for the Reds last season, scoring 31 goals and providing 16 assists as they won the FA Cup and League Cup. Personally won the Premier League Golden Boot and assists king. During his five years in the Red Army, Salanhe played 264 times for the team, contributing 160 goals and 67 goals, helping the team win 7 championship trophies including a Champions League title and a Premier League title match. He also won three Premier League Golden Boots, one Premier League Player of the Year and one Puskas Award.
Salah is one of the biggest contributors to Liverpool’s revival and one of the hottest right-wingers in world football right now. It is a pity that Salah’s Egyptian national team failed to break through in the African Regional Qualifiers for the World Cup. Egypt, ranked 32nd in the world, drew 2-2 in two rounds in the play-off match with Senegal led by Mane. Egypt lost to the opponent in a penalty shootout and missed the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Salah was in the penalty shootout. The penalty was missed, and the tears spilled into the arena was moving.
1st place: Haaland
Haaland from Norway is worth 150 million euros. Haaland, who is only 22 years old, is currently ranked second in the world in terms of wealth, second only to Mbappe. He just joined Manchester City from Dortmund this summer. He made his debut in the Premier League and has scored 17 goals in 11 games. He scored more than half of Manchester City’s goals and completed an unprecedented three consecutive home hat-tricks.
Although Haaland’s current performance at the club is very strong, it is a huge regret that Haaland is not able to participate in the World Cup at the end of the year due to the overall strength of the Norwegian national team. In the European qualifiers for the World Cup, Norway scored 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses in the group stage with 18 points, behind the Netherlands and Turkey, ranked third in the group and missed the play-offs.
Although Haaland scored five goals in qualifying, he was unable to lead his team to the World Cup. Judging from the total worth of the Norwegian national team alone, the future is worth looking forward to. Although Haaland alone accounts for half of his worth, there are ultimately no shortage of new stars such as Erdgo, Berg, and El Yunussi, who are worth over 10 million. Moreover, Haaland is only 22 years old. In the future, he still has time to lead many rising stars in Norway to the main competition of many World Cups. In addition, the 2026 World Cup will expand to 48 teams. In the future, Haaland may be seen in the world arena. It is not difficult.
