With Euro 2024 getting underway this weekend, Safebettingsites has ranked every competing nation by their total squad value in the current transfer market.
By taking the current transfer value of all 26 players in each squad, this study has provided both the total squad values for each team, and the average individual player value for each nation.
It found that not only did England have the most expensive squad competing in this year’s tournament, but also the joint most expensive player in Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham, currently valued at £153million.
Gareth Southgate’s 26-man squad is worth a staggering five times as much as that of Serbia, who they face in their opening Group C fixture on Sunday.
Key Data Points:
- England have the most expensive squad in the competition – valued at almost £1.3bn
- Jude Bellingham is worth more than the entire squads of SIX different countries
- England squad is worth FIVE times as much as opening opponents Serbia’s (£266m)
- Romania have the least valuable squad at Euro 2024 – worth just £78m
Euro 2024 Nations Ranked By Total Squad Value
| Nation | Least Valuable Player | Most Valuable Player | Average Value (£M) | Total Squad Value |
| England | Kieran Trippier – £8.5m | Jude Bellingham – £153m | 50 | £1,287,750,000 |
| France | Olivier Giroud – £2.5m | Kylian Mbappé – £153m | 42 | £1,048,900,000 |
| Portugal | Pepe – £425k | Rafael Leão – £77m | 34 | £896,330,000 |
| Spain | Jesús Navas – £2.1m | Rodri – £102m | 32 | £820,680,000 |
| Germany | Oliver Baumann – £2.5m | Florin Wirtz – £111m | 28 | £723,350,000 |
| Netherlands | Daley Blind – £2.5m | Xavi Simons – £68m | 28 | £719,950,000 |
| Italy | Matteo Darmian – £3.4m | Nicolò Barella – £68m | 23 | £599,680,000 |
| Belgium | Jan Vertonghen – £1.3m | Jérémy Doku – £55m | 19 | £515,530,000 |
| Denmark | Zanka – £850k | Rasmus Højlund – £55m | 14 | £369,330,000 |
| Ukraine | Andriy Yarmolenko – £1.7m | Oleksandr Zinchenko – £32m | 12 | £316,630,000 |
| Croatia | Domagoj Vida – £1m | Josko Gvardiol – £64m | 11 | £278,550,000 |
| Turkey | Mert Günok – £1m | Hakan Çalhanoğlu – £38m | 11 | £275,490,000 |
| Serbia | Filip Mladenovic – £765k | Dušan Vlahović – £55m | 10 | £266,390,000 |
| Switzerland | Renato Steffen – £850m | Manuel Akanji – £38m | 9 | £239,280,000 |
| Austria | Heinz Lindner – £255k | Konrad Laimer – £25m | 8 | £201,450,000 |
| Poland | Kamil Grosicki – £425k | Jakub Kiwior – £25m | 7 | £178,760,000 |
| Scotland | Zander Clark – £595k | Scott McTominay – £27m | 7 | £177,140,000 |
| Czech Republic | Lukas Cerv – £1.3m | Tomas Soucek £25m | 6 | £164,820,000 |
| Hungary | Attila Fiola – £340k | Dominik Szoboszlai – £64m | 5 | £139,780,000 |
| Georgia | Giorgi Loria – £42k | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – £68m | 5 | £136,130,000 |
| Slovakia | Peter Pekarik – £255k | David Hancko – £30m | 5 | £132,940,000 |
| Slovenia | Josip Ilicic – £255k | Benjamin Sesko – £43m | 5 | £122,830,000 |
| Albania | Simon Simoni – £170k | Armando Broja – £19m | 4 | £95,460,000 |
| Romania | Florin Niță – £195k | Radu Drăgușin – £21m | 3 | £78,310,000 |
Transfer value data from Transfermarkt.com
Gareth Southgate’s Billion-Pound England Squad
Coming in at a whopping value of £1.3bn, this England squad is the most expensive of any nation in this year’s tournament.
Southgate’s squad is worth around five times as much as opening opponents Serbia’s (£266m).
You could buy the entire Romania squad (£78m) more than 16 times over for the same price as the England 26-man group.
Despite beating England in the final of Euro 2020, Italy’s current squad is worth less than half that of England’s at just £600m.
Jude Bellingham Alone Worth More Than Six Different Squads
Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham has already won La Liga and the UEFA Champions League this season, at just 20 years old.
The La Liga player of the season is valued at £153m, more than the total squad values of Romania (£78m), Albania (£95m), Slovenia (£123m), Slovakia (£133m), Georgia (£136m) and Hungary (£140m).
The young superstar is the joint most-expensive player at the tournament, alongside new club teammate Kylian Mbappe of France.
France The Only Other Nation With A Total Squad Value Over £1 Billion
Second only to England, France’s squad is worth a total of just over £1bn.
Fifteen percent of that transfer value belongs to Kylian Mbappe alone, with his £153m value the same as Jude Bellingham’s as the joint most-expensive players at the tournament.
Now 37 years old, veteran striker Olivier Giroud is the lowest value player in the French squad, at just £2.5m.
Scotland Up Against It To Compete With The Big Boys
While Scotland have done brilliantly to qualify for Euro 2024, their slim chance of success is laid bare when comparing their squad value to some of the tournament’s favourites.
Steve Clarke’s 26 players have a total value of £177m, the eighth-lowest at the tournament and seven times lower than England’s.
Each of the top nine most valuable squads are worth more than double that of Scotland’s, showing just how much of a mountain they must overcome to make it deep into the tournament this year.
Romania’s Bargain Boys Could Cause An Upset
Despite having the lowest total value of any nation, Romania’s £78m squad is by no means the worst-rated side at this year’s Euro’s.
With most bookmakers giving odds of 200/1 on the Tricolorii winning the tournament, they have been given a better chance than the likes of Albania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Georgia.
While still unlikely, if they do manage to navigate their way past a group containing Belgium, Slovakia and Ukraine, Romania will have achieved far more than many expect of their low-cost squad.
