$1 Billion Attack? France Boasts Scoring Depth Other World Cup Teams Only Dream Of

France volition person affluent extent successful onslaught astatine the World Cup.

About a cardinal dollars' worth.

That's the estimated full worth of the attacking players France is expected to bring to the tournament, from two-time World Cup last scoring sensation Kylian Mbappé to rising prima Désiré Doué.

For manager Didier Deschamps the headache is not astir who to choose, but who to permission retired of his starting lineup for France's World Cup opener against Senegal connected June 16.

He has a immense magnitude of endowment to complement the prolific scoring of Mbappé, who is enjoying different prolific play with Real Madrid and needs 1 much extremity to necktie Olivier Giroud arsenic France's all-time starring scorer with 57 goals.

There's the velocity and finishing of Ballon d'Or victor Ousmane Dembélé; the objective scoring and exquisite passing of Michael Olise; the maverick accomplishment of the technically talented Rayan Cherki; oregon the fleet-footed runs of chap newcomer Maghnes Akliouche.

According to estimates from shot website transfermarkt and the CIES Football Observatory, which instrumentality into relationship the remaining clip connected a players' contract, France's 10 attacking players are worthy 855 cardinal euros, which is simply a fraction implicit $1 billion.

Here's a look astatine the apical players.

Mbappé Tops The List

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Unsurprisingly, the 27-year-old Real Madrid superstar leads the mode astatine 200 cardinal euros ($236 million).

Mbappé is followed by the Bayern Munich prima Olise astatine 140 cardinal euros. The London-born Olise's signifier has been scintillating for Bundesliga champion Bayern with 18 goals and 25 assists successful 44 games.

The 20-year-old Doué has 3 years near connected his PSG declaration and is valued astatine astir 115 cardinal compared to 100 cardinal euros for Dembélé, who has 2 years near to tally astatine PSG and is 8 years older.

Their goal-scoring PSG teammate Bradley Barcola — who starred against Chelsea successful the Champions League — comes successful adjacent astatine 70 cardinal euros, followed by Cherki astatine 65 million.

Cherki's Value Could Rise

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Cherki archetypal caught the oculus six years agone erstwhile helium was 16, scoring doubly successful a French Cup crippled for Lyon. He has entered a caller magnitude since joining Manchester City successful the offseason for what is present looking similar a bargain interest of 36 cardinal euros. He scored a good solo extremity against Arsenal successful their Premier League table-topping clash connected Sunday.

His quality to make goals with his intuitive passing person amazed adjacent City manager Pep Guardiola — who worked alongside 2 of the world's finest passers successful Lionel Messi and Iniesta astatine Barcelona — and Cherki's worth could rocket if helium does good astatine the World Cup.

Akliouche scored successful some legs for Monaco against PSG successful a closely-contested Champions League playoff and his galloping runs from heavy marque him hard to track. He is besides susceptible of superb idiosyncratic goals, scoring a superb overhead footwear for Monaco past season.

He is valued astatine 50 cardinal euros on with Inter Milan guardant Marcus Thuram, who has deed signifier successful caller weeks arsenic Inter closes successful connected the Serie A title.

Thuram adds to France's attacking options acknowledgment to his heading ability, a beardown constituent shared by Jean-Philippe Mateta.

The imposing striker is simply a accordant scorer for Premier League broadside Crystal Palace and has netted 2 goals successful 3 appearances for Les Bleus.

Mateta is expected to articulation a bigger nine adjacent play and is valued astatine 35 cardinal euros, up of erstwhile PSG guardant Randal Kolo Muani. He is connected indebtedness astatine Tottenham and, though helium has mislaid form, helium would apt fetch 30 cardinal if PSG sold him.

Kolo Muani astir wrote his sanction into World Cup past successful 2022, but missed a accidental close astatine the extremity of other clip successful the final, which France mislaid connected penalties to Argentina contempt a hat-trick from Mbappé.

Reporting by The Associated Press.