World Cup Group C Analysis of Squad Transfer Market Valuations

Key Soccerlytics Insights:

• Arguably the most balanced of all groups in the World Cup, Group C has an Average Player Value (APV) of 5.32M Euros. Colombia has the highest valuation in the group with a total Transfer Market Value (TMV) of 190.2M and an APV of 8.27
• Colombia's APV is about 55% higher than that of the group
• In the absence of Radamel Falcao (60M Euros, Monaco), James Rodriguez (35M Euros, Monaco), Jackson Martinez (30M Euros, Porto) and Juan Cuadrado (24M Euros, Fiorentina) have the highest TMVs in the squad
• Only 3 out of Colombia's 23 play their football domestically
• Camilo Vargas (25 year old Santa Fe goal keeper valued at 0.9M Euros
• Alexander Mejia (25 year old Atletico Nacional central midfielder valued at 0.85M Euros
• Faryd Mondragon (42 year old Deportivo Cali goal keeper valued at 0.25M Euros
• Ivory Coast has the the second highest total TMV of 121.7M Euros and an APV of 5.29 Euros
• Ivory Coast's APV is approximately equal to that of group C
• Yaya Toure (30M Euros, Man City), Gervinho (16M Euros, Roma) and Wilfried Bony (15M Euros, Swansea) have the highest TMVs in the squad
• Only Sylvain Gbohouo (25 year old San Pedro goal keeper) still plays his football domestically
• Japan has the third highest total TMV in the group at 98M Euros and an APV of 4.26M Euros
• Japan's APV is about 20% below that of the group
• Honda (17M Euros, Milan), Kagawa (17M Euros, Manchester United) and Nagatomo (14M Euros, Inter) have the highest TMVs in the squad
• With 12 players in the J-League, Japan have a good blend of players plying their trade domestically and abroad
• Greece has the lowest total TMV in the group at 79.9M Euros and an APV of 3.47M Euros
• Greece's 3.47M APV is about 35% lower than the 5.32M APV of the group
• Sokratis (15M Euros, Borussia Dortmund), Mitroglu (12M Euros, Fulham), and Manolas (6M Euros, Olympiacos) have the highest TMV in the squad
• 9 of Greece's player still play domestically

Transfer Market Value Index relative to Group C Average Player Value (Market Value data from Transfermarkt.com):