The eleven absents from the World Cup

Cairo -17 November 2017: Spanish magazine Sport revealed the best line-up that could compete for the World Cup title if they played together.

Some of the best players on the planet will not partake in the upcoming World Cup Russia 2018 due to the fact that their teams did not end up with one of the 32 places.

If we make a line-up with these absences, it could make a very high-level team that would opt, without a doubt, to be crowned champion next July 15 at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow.

Eleven of the great absentees are integrated by three Italian players (Gianluigi Buffon, Leonardo Bonucci and Marco Verratti), two Dutch (Arjen Robben and Virgil van Dijk), two Chileans (Arturo Vidal and Alexis Sánchez), an Ecuadorian (Antonio Valencia), an Austrian (David Alaba), a Welshman (Gareth Bale), and a Gabonese (Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang).

The experienced team has a history of 870 international matches and 171 goals in total. Its market value is €445 million, according to the specialized internet transfermarkt page.

In this sense, the list contains one of the most expensive footballers in the world, like Real Madrid's Gareth Bale (€80 million), ahead of Arsenal player Alexis Sánchez (€65milion) and Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (€65 million).

Marco Verratti, from Paris Saint-Germain, is behind them, with an estimated price of €60 million.