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Raúl Jiménez, Christian Pulisic, Alphonso Davies: Mexico, USA and Canada battle to have CONCACAF’s most expensive player

By Mauricio Saenz

The three largest nations in the continent field most of the North American most expensive players, who play in the biggest leagues in the world.
 

The three largest nations in the continent field most of the North American most expensive players, who play in the biggest leagues in the world.  

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Raúl Jiménez, Christian Pulisic and Alphonso Davies may possibly be the most reknown players in the North American football Confederation, CONCACAF. Jiménez from Mexico, Pulisic from United States and Davies from Canada are the most valuated players in 2021 football market, with some sky-high pricing.

After joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2018-2019 season, Mexico’s Raúl Jiménez has enjoyed a very successful spell in the club.  He scored 13 goals in 38 games in his first year, followed by 17 more in 2019-2020 campaign. After even netting 10 times for UEFA Europa League, he suffered an injury that put him aside for some weeks. He’s valued in 40 million euros.

The newest and rising generation of the United States national team is led by Chelsea playmaker Christian Pulisic. The 22-year-old joined from Borussia Dortmund in January 2019, quickly establishing himself as a reliable backup. His current market value is estimated in 60 million euros. He’s targeting his first World Cup in Qatar 2022.

One of the biggest rising stars in world football in 2020 was Alphonso Davies, who had a brilliant final games in the UEFA Champions League. One of CONCACAF’s youngest goal scorers ever also has the dream to make it to Qatar 2022 with the Canadian national team ahead of 2026 World Cup in home soil. The Bayern Munchen left back has a market price of 80 million euros, highest figure by far in all the confederation.

Other players to watch

Apart from these three big names, United States has lots of hopes placed in Gio Reyna. The 18-year-old was contacted by Argentina, nation of his father Claudio, in order to bring him onboard for the national team. But after he refused and selected USA, he’s ready to conquer North America. He’s valued in 30 million euros, five more than countrymen Winston McKennie from Juventus and Sergiño Dest from FC Barcelona.

 


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