World Cup Group E Analysis of Squad Transfer Market Valuations

Key Soccerlytics Insights:

• In Group E, France has the highest total transfer market value (TMV) of 411.75M Euros and an average player value (APV) of 17.9M Euros
• France's APV is about 144.5% higher than the 7.32M Euro APV of the group
• In the absence of Ribery (42M Euros, Bayern Munich), Pogba (45M Euros, Juventus), Benzema (34M Euros, Real Madrid) and Griezmann (25M Euros, Real Sociedad) have the highest TMVs in the squad
• 8 out of France's 23 still ply their trade in Ligue 1
• Yohan Cabaye (22M Euros, PSG)
• Blaise Matuidi (20M Euros, PSG)
• Mathieu Valbuena (14M Euros, Marseille)
• Remy Cabella (10M Euros, Montpellier)
• Lucas Digne (10M Euros, PSG)
• Stephane Rouffier (9M Euros, Saint Etienne)
• Rio Mavuba (7.5M Euros, Lille)
• Mickael Landreau (1.75M Euros, Bastia)
• Switzerland, seeded top of Group E, has the second highest TMV at 178M Euros and an APV of 7.74M Euros
• Switzerland's APV is about 6% higher than that of the group
• Ricardo Rodriguez (20M Euros, Wolfsburg), Xherdan Shaqiri (20M Euros, Bayern Munich) and Stephan Lichtsteiner (17M Euros, Juventus) have the highest TMVs in the squad
• 7 out of France's 23 still ply their trade domestically
• Yann Sommer (8M Euros, Basel)
• Fabian Schar (8M Euros, Basel)
• Valentin Stocker (7M Euros, Basel)
• Roman Burki (2.5M Euros, Grasshopper Zurich)
• Steve Von Berger (1.5M Euros, Young Boys)
• Michael Lang (1.5M Euros, Grasshopper Zurich)
• Mario Gavranovic (1.5M Euros, FC Zurich)
• Ecuador has the third highest total TMV of 62.85M Euros and an APV of 2.73M Euros
• Ecuador's APV is 63% lower than that of the group
• Antonio Valencia  (16M Euros, Manchester United), Christian Noboa (9M Euros, Dinamo Moscow) and Felipe Caicedo (5M Euros, Al-Jazira) have the highest TMVs in the squad
• 8 out of the Ecuador's 23 still ply their trade domestically
• Alexander Dominguez (1.6M Euros, LDU Quito)
• Gabriel Achilier (1.6M Euros, CS Emelec)
• Maximo Banguera (1.4M Euros, Barcelona Guayaquil)
• Juan Carlos Paredes (1.4M Euros, Barcelona Guayaquil)
• Luis Saritama (1M Euros, Barcelona Guayaquil)
• Jorge Guagua (1M Euros, CS Emelec)
• Adrian Bone (1M Euros, El Nacional)
• Oscar Bagui (1M Euros, CS Emelec)
• Honduras has the lowest total TMV in the group at 21.15M Euros and an APV of 0.92M Euros
• Greece's APV is about 87% below that of the group
• Emilio Izaguirre (4.25M Euros, Celtic FC), Maynor Figueroa (4M Euros, Hull City) and Andy Najar (2M Euros, Anderlecht) have the highest TMVs in the squad
• 11 out of Honduras' 23 still play their football domestically

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