Up to 15 of the 20 most expensive players in the world would be dropped from Qatar in 2022, if FIFA and UEFA sanction them for participating in the European Super League
One of the threats against the teams who wanted to join the European Super League, by FIFA and UEFA, was to penalize all players who entered for not being eligible for the next World Cup., automatically leaving 15 of the 20 most expensive players in the world without the possibility of being in Qatar by 2022.
Lionel Messi, star of Argentina, is the twentieth most expensive player in the world, with a token worth 80 million euros. Because of the Super League, which Barcelona is in, it would come from the next World Cup, in the event that FIFA and UEFA enforce the measures they have taken against the teams competing in the emerging European tournament.
Barcelona’s decision would also affect Ansu Fati, the Catalan team’s youth who is considered the seventeenth most valuable player in the world., and could not play the next World Cup. Also one of the 20 most expensive players is Frankie de Jong, from the Netherlands and who would be sanctioned.
The list of the most expensive players in the world is headed by Kylian Mbappé, from Paris Saint-Germain, and their presence would not be in jeopardy, as the team from the capital of France does not appear among those involved in the Super League, but could be affected in the event that they are taken on by Real Madrid or Barcelona.
Erling Haaland, the third most expensive, would not come out of the World Cup either, because the Borussia Dortmund He has said repeatedly that he is not interested in participating in the upcoming tournament.
Oorbe’s second most expensive player is Tottenham’s Harrey Kane and in fourth place is Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, worth € 110 million, would both also be left outside of Qatar by 2022.
Among the names that stand out is the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne from Manchester City, another of the founding teams of the Super League, and Romelu Lukaku, which plays in the Inter de Milan, another club that also supports the initiative.