It is well known that football fans from Mexico and Argentina They are the most passionate. They are the two Latin American countries that bought the most tickets for the Qatar 2022 World Cup: according to FIFA data, Mexican fans bought a total of 91,173 tickets, while Argentines bought a total of 61,083 tickets, thus occupying 5th and 7th places. (respectively) among the 10 countries in the world that bought the most tickets to attend Qatar 2022.
In addition, they are from the countries in the world that make the most searches about soccer and the World Cup. Qatar 2022according to data from Google.
With this background, we are going to know which of the two countries has the most expensive soccer league.
Argentina beats us: it has the most expensive league
As might be expected, the Argentine soccer league is more expensive than the Mexican one, with a difference of almost 34 million euros. While the Liga MX teams have a current total value of 810.6 million euros, the teams that are part of the Argentine Professional League report a current total value of 844.43 million euros, according to data from the transfermarkt.mx portal.
In addition, the Argentine league has a total of 28 teams while the Mexican league only has a total of 18 teams in the first division.
Teams of the Argentine Professional League | Current Market Value estimated in millions of euros |
CA River Plate | 90.33 |
CA Boca Juniors | 80.63 |
CA Velez Sarsfield | 62.63 |
racing club | 53.40 |
Club Atlético Workshops | 46.70 |
Source: transfermarkt.mx
The team CA River Plate is the team with higher market value of all the Argentine Professional League: worth 90.33 million euros, represents 11% of the total value of the entire league. It is the only team in the league with a value of more than 90 million euros and is slightly more than 13 million euros higher than Montereythe most expensive equipment in the MX Leaguewhich with its value of €76.9 millionrepresents only 9% of the total value of the league.
The popular Boca Juniors is the second most valuable team in the Argentine Professional League, with a market value of 80.63 million euros, becoming the only team in the league that earns more than 80 million euros and surpassing by almost 20 million euros to the rest of the teams in the league, since the third Argentine team with the highest market value is the Vélez Sarsfield club, with a current value estimated at 62.63 million euros.
For its part, America is the second most valuable team in the MX League with a price of 71 million euros. Only Monterrey and América exceed the market value of 70 million euros, the rest of the teams in the league cost 65 million euros and less.
Liga MX teams | Current Market Value estimated in millions of euros |
Monterey | 76.90 |
America | 71 |
UANL Tigers | 65.60 |
Saints Lagoon | 63.90 |
CD Guadalajara | 60.20 |
Source: transfermarkt.mx
The teams with the lowest market value of the soccer leagues of Argentina and Mexico
The equipment with the lowest market value of the Argentine Professional League They are Club Atlético Aldosivi, which is valued at 8.43 million euros, and Barracas Central, valued at 9.65 million euros, which makes them the only teams in the league that do not exceed 10 million euros in market value.
For its part, Querétaro FC is the team with the lowest market value in the MX League, valued at 20.7 million euros. Two other teams in the league that do not reach a market value of more than 30 million euros are Mazatlán, valued at 23.5 million euros, and Club Tijuana with a market value of 29.3 million euros.
Mexico VS Argentina: who has more players in the ranking of the most valuable soccer players in the world?
In this aspect, Argentina completely beats Mexico: in the ranking of the 100 most valuable players in the world, carried out by the Football Observatory, CIES, appear:
- Lautaro Martinezwith a value of 106.7 million euros, is the eleventh most valuable player in the world.
- Christian Romerovalued at 68.3 million euros, ranks 51 among the most valuable footballers in the world.
- Rodrigo dePaulwith a value of 61.1 million euros, is the 64th player in the ranking of the most valuable in the world
- Julian Alvarezvalued at 51.5 million euros, ranks 93rd among the most valuable soccer players in the world.
Argentina, after Brazil, is the second country in Latin America with the most soccer players in the ranking of the most valuable in the world. For now, this ranking does not include Mexican soccer players.
The second highest paid soccer player in the world, after the Portuguese Crisitano Ronaldo, is the Argentine Leonel Messi, with a monthly salary of 7.83 million euros, according to Statista data. Likewise, after Cristiano Ronaldo, he is the second highest paid celebrity in the world on Instagram and the highest paid in Latin America on that platform with a profit of 72 million dollars.
Mexico VS Argentina: who has participated in more World Cups?
This is another aspect of soccer in which Argentina surpasses Mexico: of the 19 world cups that have been held, Argentina has attended 17 and won twice: in Argentina 1978 and in Mexico 1986. For its part, Mexico has attended to 15 world cups and so far he has not managed to win the championship in any.
What do you think of these data? Who do you think will win in the Mexico VS Argentina in the morning?
Rocio Reyes Communicologist specialized in science journalism and digital marketing. Curiosity leads this being with a cat personality to find links where apparently there are none. Whenever I can, I like to contribute even a bit of what I’ve learned. Fan of the world of entrepreneurship and MMA.