Most expensive XIs ever for ten of the top nations

Matt Stead

Argentina

GK: Willy Caballero (Malaga to Manchester City, £6m)

RB: Pablo Zabaleta (Espanyol to Manchester City, £6.4m)

CB: Nicolas Otamendi (Valencia to Manchester City, £32m)

CB: Ezequiel Garay (Zenit to Valencia, £17m)

LB: Marcos Rojo (Sporting to Manchester United, £16m)

RW: Angel di Maria (Real Madrid to Manchester United, £59.7m)

CM: Juan Sebastian Veron (Lazio to Manchester United, £28.1m)

CM: Javier Pastore (Palermo to Paris Saint-Germain, £37m)

LW: Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli to PSG, £21.2m)

ST: Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli to Juventus, £75.3m)

ST: Hernan Crespo (Parma to Lazio, £36m)

TOTAL: £334.7m

 

Belgium

GK: Simon Mignolet (Sunderland to Liverpool, £9m)

RB: Anthony Vanden Borre (Anderlecht to Fiorentina, £2.6m)

CB: Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal to Barcelona, £15m)

CB: Toby Alderweireld (Atletico Madrid to Tottenham, £11.4m)

LB: Jordan Lukaku (Oostende to Lazio, £3.3m)

RW: Kevin Mirallas (Olympiakos to Everton, £6m)

CM: Kevin De Bruyne (Wolfsburg to Manchester City, £55m)

CM: Axel Witsel (Benfica to Zenit St Petersburg, £32m)

LW: Eden Hazard (Lille to Chelsea, £32m)

ST: Christian Benteke (Aston Villa to Liverpool, £32.5m)

ST: Michy Batshuayi (Marseille to Chelsea, £33m)

TOTAL: £231.8m

 

Brazil

GK: Heurelho Gomes (PSV to Tottenham, £7.8m)

RB: Dani Alves (Sevilla to Barcelona, £23.5m)

CB: David Luiz (Chelsea to PSG, £50m)

CB: Thiago Silva (AC Milan to PSG, £33.2m)

LB: Alex Sandro (Porto to Juventus, £19.1m)

RW: Hulk (Zenit to Shanghai SIPG, £46.1m)

CM: Oscar (Chelsea to Shanghai SIPG, £60m)

CM: Kaka (Milan to Real Madrid, £56m)

LW: Neymar (Santos to Barcelona, £71.5m)

ST: Ronaldo (Inter to Real Madrid, £28.5m)

ST: Robinho (Real Madrid to Manchester City, £32.5m)

TOTAL: £427.2m

 

England

GK: Fraser Forster (Celtic to Southampton, £10m)

RB: Glen Johnson (Portsmouth to Liverpool, £17m)

CB: John Stones (Everton to Manchester City, £47.5m)

CB: Rio Ferdinand (Leeds to Manchester United, £30m)

LB: Luke Shaw (Southampton to Manchester United, £27m)

RW: David Beckham (Manchester United to Real Madrid, £24.5m)

CM: James Milner (Aston Villa to Manchester City, £26m)

CM: Adam Lallana (Southampton to Liverpool, £25m)

LW: Raheem Sterling (Liverpool to Manchester City, £44m)

ST: Andy Carroll (Newcastle to Liverpool, £35m)

ST: Wayne Rooney (Everton to Manchester United, £27m)

TOTAL: £313m

 

France

GK: Sebastien Frey (Inter Milan to Parma, £12.4m)

RB: Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle to Arsenal, £12m)

CB: Lilian Thuram (Parma to Juventus, £22m)

CB: Eliaquim Mangala (Porto to Manchester City, £42m)

LB: Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco to PSG, £16.9m)

RM: Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle to Tottenham, £30m)

CM: Paul Pogba (Juventus to Manchester United, £89.3m)

CM: Zinedine Zidane (Juventus to Real Madrid, £48m)

LM: Dimitri Payet (West Ham to Marseille, £25m)

ST: Anthony Martial (Monaco to Manchester United, £36.7m)

ST: Karim Benzema (Lyon to Real Madrid, £35.8m)

TOTAL: £370.1m

 

Germany

GK: Manuel Neuer (Schalke to Bayern Munich, £19m)

RB: Christian Trasch (Stuttgart to Wolfsburg, £8.8m)

CB: Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia to Arsenal, £35m)

CB: Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich, £31.5m)

LB: Marcell Jansen (Borussia Monchengladbach to Bayern Munich, £6.7m)

RW: Savio Nsereko (Brescia to West Ham, £9m)

CM: Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid to Arsenal, £42.4m)

CM: Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich, £31.5m)

LW: Leroy Sane (Schalke to Manchester City, £37m)

ST: Mario Gomez (Stuttgart to Bayern Munich, £26.5m)

ST: Kevin Volland (Hoffenheim to Bayer Leverkusen, £13.6m)

TOTAL: £261m

 

Italy

GK: Gianluigi Buffon (Parma to Juventus, £33m)

RB: Matteo Darmian (Torino to Manchester United, £12.6m)

CB: Alessandro Nesta (Lazio to Milan, £21m)

CB: Alessio Romagnoli (Roma to Milan, £21.2m)

LB: Domenico Criscito (Genoa to Zenit St Petersburg, £9.7m)

RW: Antonio Candreva (Lazio to Inter Milan, £18.7m)

CM: Stefano Fiore (Udinese to Lazio, £21.2m)

CM: Alberto Aquilani (Roma to Liverpool, £20m)

LW: Stephan El Shaarawy (Genoa to Milan, £17.6m)

ST: Christian Vieri (Lazio to Inter Milan, £32m)

ST: Mario Balotelli (Inter Milan to Manchester City, £24m)

TOTAL: £231m

 

Netherlands

GK: Jasper Cillessen (Ajax to Barcelona, £11m)

RB: Daryl Janmaat (Newcastle to Watford, £7.5m)

CB: Jaap Stam (Manchester United to Lazio, £16.4m)

CB: Virgil van Dijk (Celtic to Southampton, £13m)

LB: Daley Blind (Ajax to Manchester United, £13.8m)

RW: Arjen Robben (Chelsea to Real Madrid, £23.6m)

CM: Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle to Liverpool, £25m)

CM: Sneijder (Ajax to Real Madrid, £18.2m)

LW: Marc Overmars (Arsenal to Barcelona, £25m)

ST: Robin van Persie (Arsenal to Manchester United, £24m)

ST: Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV to Manchester United, £19m)

TOTAL: £196.5m

 

Portugal

GK: Vitor Baia (Porto to Barcelona, £5.5m)

RB: Jose Bosingwa (Porto to Chelsea, £16.2m)

CB: Ricardo Carvalho (Porto to Chelsea, £19.85m)

CB: Pepe (Porto to Real Madrid, £20.3m)

LB: Fabio Coentrao (Benfica to Real Madrid, £26.9m)

RW: Bernardo Silva (Monaco to Manchester City, £43m)

CM: Manuel Rui Costa (Fiorentina to Milan, £30m)

CM: Joao Mario (Sporting to Inter Milan, £38.4m)

LW: Nani (Sporting Lisbon to Manchester United, £17m)

ST: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United to Real Madrid, £80m)

ST: Nuno Gomes (Benfica to Fiorentina, £10.5m)

TOTAL: £307.65m

 

Spain

GK: David de Gea (Atletico Madrid to Manchester United, £18.9m)

RB: Aleix Vidal (Sevilla to Barcelona, £16m)

CB: Javi Martinez (Athletic Bilbao to Bayern Munich, £31.6m)

CB: Sergio Ramos (Sevilla to Real Madrid, £17.8m)

LB: Marcos Alonso (Fiorentina to Chelsea, £24m)

RW: Gaizka Mendieta (Valencia to Lazio, £29m)

CM: Juan Mata (Chelsea to Manchester United, £37.1m)

CM: Xabi Alonso (Liverpool to Real Madrid, £30m)

LW: David Silva (Valencia to Manchester City, £24m)

ST: Fernando Torres (Liverpool to Chelsea, £50m)

ST: David Villa (Valencia to Barcelona, £34.2m)

TOTAL: £312.6m