19 Expensive And Famous Players Who Didn't Participate In The 2022 World Cup In Qatar

The Italian national team goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma, is absent from the 2022 World Cup. (Photo: Instagram @azzurri)

JAKARTA - A total of 27 countries have confirmed themselves to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals. Several large countries have certainly not taken part because they were eliminated in the qualifying round.

Call it the Italian national team, Egypt, Sweden, Ivory Coast, Turkey and several other countries.

With the absence of a number of these big countries, of course there are many top world players who also cannot take part in enlivening the 2022 World Cup. In fact, some of them have selling prices that are in the expensive category.

In Italy, there are the names of Gianluigi Donnarumma, Federico Chiesa, Nicolo Barella, Marco Verratti and Jorginho. Their transfer value, according to Transfermarkt, reached more than 40 million euros (approximately IDR 639 billion).

In addition to the four names above, there are several other names. Who are they?

The following is a list of expensive and famous players who did not take part in the Qatar 2022 World Cup finals:

1. Erling Haaland (Norway, Borussia Dortmund, 150 million euros)
2. Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool, 100 million euros)
3. Federico Chiesa (Italy, Juventus, 70 million euros)
4. Nicolo Barella (Italy, Inter Milan, 70 million euros)
5. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy, Paris Saint-Germain, 65 million euros)
6. Milan Skriniar (Slovakia, Inter Milan, 65 million euros)
7. Victor Osimhen (Nigeria, Napoli, 60 million euros)
8. Alessandro Bastoni (Italy, Inter Milan, 60 million euros)
9. Jan Oblak (Slovenia, Atletico Madrid, 60 million euros)
10. Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria, Leicester City, 60 million euros)
11. Marco Verratti (Italy, Paris Saint-Germain, 55 million euros)
12. David Alaba (Austria, Real Madrid, 55 million euros)
13. Luis Diaz (Colombia, Liverpool, 45 million euros)
14. Caglar Soyunku (Turkey, Leicester City, 45 million euros)
15. Franck Kessie (Ivory Coast, AC Milan, 45 million euros)
16. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Italy, AS Roma, 45 million euros)
17. Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic, West Ham United, 45 million euros)
18. Jorginho (Italy, Chelsea, 45 million euros)
19. Martin Odegaard (Norway, Arsenal, 40 million euros)

*Based on transfer value via Transfermarkt