According to Transfermarkt, Real has two players valued at $158 million, and owns a squad worth about $177 million more than Barca.
Real's entire squad is valued at $1.09 billion, with Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior being the highest at $158 million each. They are also the most expensive players in the world, behind only Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe at $190 million each.
Following are the duo Rodrygo and Federico Valverde with 105.6 million each, while the two French midfielders Eduardo Camavinga and Auralien Tchouameni are valued at 95 million.
The two most expensive players in Real's defense are center-back Eder Militao with 74 million and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois with 47.5 million. But this duo will be absent from El Clasico tomorrow, due to long-term injuries and will have to miss the rest of the 2023-2024 season.
The lowest valued Real players are Nacho Fernández, Andriy Lunin (5.3 million) and Joselu, Lucas Vazquez (6.35 million).
De Jong (left) and Rodrygo are two of the most highly valued players of Barca and Real before the El Clasico match tomorrow, October 28. Photo: AFP
Meanwhile, Transfermarkt values Barca's entire squad at $910 million, $177 million lower than Real.
Barca's most expensive player is Pedri, valued at 105.6 million. Following are Frenkie de Jong, Gavi (95 million), Ronald Araujo (74 million), Raphinha, Jules Kounde (63.4 million).
But Barca is rated higher than Real in youth training. After Lamine Yamal (16 years old) and Fermin Lopez (20), 17-year-old striker Marc Guiu is the next talent from La Masia to make a splash in the first team when he scored the only goal to help Barca beat Bilbao 1-0 in round 10 of La Liga on October 22. Before that, Pedri (20 years old), Gavi (19) and Alejandro Balde (20) had already established their positions in the first team.
The first El Clasico of the season will take place on October 28 at Montjuic, Barca's home ground while the Camp Nou undergoes renovations. Historically, there has only been one El Clasico on October 28, in the 2018-2019 season.
At Camp Nou that day, despite the absence of Lionel Messi due to a right-hand injury, Barca still won 5-1 thanks to Philippe Coutinho, Arturo Vidal and a hat-trick from Luis Suarez. The only goal scorer for Real was defender Marcelo.
This is also the first time Barca has beaten Real 5-1 since February 2, 1954, when the team under the late coach Ferdinand Daucik defeated their opponents thanks to a double from Tejada and goals from Cesar, Moreno and Manchon.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen is the only Barca player left from El Clasico five years ago, while Real still have Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Nacho, Federico Valverde, Dani Ceballos, Courtois and Vazquez.
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