Bosnia and Italy squad comparison shows 6x difference in team value
Italy boast, by far, the more valuable set of players compared to Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead of Tuesday night’s World Cup play-off final, and studies show that Gennaro Gattuso’s squad is worth 6.5x as much as the players available to Sergej Barbarez.
Italy will travel to Zenica this evening ahead of Tuesday’s World Cup play-off decider against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Azzurri are ranked 12th in the world and are the highest-rated nation not to have a spot at the World Cup wrapped up. They beat Northern Ireland 2-0 in Bergamo thanks to goals from Sandro Tonali and Moise Kean in order to qualify for Tuesday’s play-off final, while Bosnia took Wales to penalties and came through victorious after the shoot-out in Cardiff on Thursday evening.
As was the case against Northern Ireland, Italy have the most valuable squad of the two sides competing in this play-off tie. The 28-man Azzurri squad is worth a combined €833.5m according to the latest information from transfermarkt.com, while Bosnia’s roster of 24 players comes out to €127.1m.
The average market value of the Italy players in Gattuso’s squad is just shy of €30m, €29.77m to be precise, while Bosnia’s average equals €5.3m.
Tonali is currently the most valuable player in the Italy camp, valued at €80m, followed by Alessandro Bastoni at €70m and then Riccardo Calafiori, Nicolo Barella and Federico Dimarco all at €50m.
According to transfermarkt, VfB Stuttgart centre-forward Ermedin Demirovic is the most valuable player in the Bosnia side with a market value of €22m, closely followed by Sassuolo’s Tariq Muharemovic at €20m, and then teenage talent Kerim Alajbegovic and Benfica full-back Amar Dedic, both at €15m.
Top 10 most valuable Italy squad members
1. Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) – €80m
2. Alessandro Bastoni (Inter) – €70m
3. Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal) – €50m
3. Nicolo Barella (Inter) – €50m
3. Federico Dimarco (Inter) – €50m
6. Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter) – €45m
6. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City) – €45m
8. Moise Kean (Fiorentina) – €40m
9. Mateo Retegui (Al-Qadsiah) – €35m
9. Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli) – €35m
Top 10 most valuable Bosnia squad members
1. Ermedin Demirovic (VfB Stuttgart) – €22m
2. Tariq Muharemovic (Sassuolo) – €20m
3. Kerim Alajbegovic (RB Salzburg) – €15m
3. Amar Dedic (Benfica) – €15m
5. Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta) – €6m
6. Esmir Bajraktarevic (PSV Eindhoven) – €5m
7. Nikola Vasilj (St. Pauli) – €4.5m
7. Benjamin Tahirovic (Brondby) – €4.5m
7. Amar Memic (Viktoria Plzen) – €4.5m
10. Amir Hadziahmetovic (Hull City) – €4.2m