Why is the entire Vietnam team only valued at 225,000 Euros?

Besides calling up goalkeeper Neil Etheridge (Cardiff City) who is valued at 3.5 million pounds, the Philippines team also owns many players who have played in Europe, which has pushed up the price of their squad.

Go to the "player market"

First of all, the entire Vietnamese national team does not have a transfer value of only 225,000 euros as many newspapers reported. Because they do not participate in international transfers, despite efforts, Transfermarkt only valued 4 players: Nguyen Trong Hoang at 100,000 euros, Luong Xuan Truong at 50,000 euros, Nguyen Anh Duc at 50,000 euros, and finally Nguyen Cong Phuong at 25,000 euros.

Goalkeeper Neil Etheridge (Philippines) is valued at 3.5 million pounds, the highest in AFF Cup 2018. Photo: Internet

In total, the entire Vietnam national team is only worth 225,000 euros. Even this valuation has quite a few errors when the two wingers Nurul Sriyankem and M.Tossrakrai of the Thai national team in the match against East Timor were not too different but were also valued at 180,000 euros.

The list of Vietnam national team participating in AFF Cup has 23 players, including many prominent names such as Dang Van Lam, Nguyen Van Quyet, Nguyen Quang Hai who are being interested by Japanese and Thai clubs.

Not participating in the international transfer market means that the top 10 most expensive players in Southeast Asia do not have any Vietnamese players. The Philippines and Thailand have the most with 4 players, Malaysia and Indonesia each have 1 player. At the bottom is Stefano Lilipaly of Indonesia, who is also worth 405,000 pounds, 4 times more than Trong Hoang.

First of all, the fact that Vietnam national team has to join the group of Laos, Cambodia or East Timor teams - teams that are not valued by Transfermarkt is a sad thing for the country's football. It is not surprising that the Philippines national team with a squad value of 7.93 million pounds is the most expensive team at the AFF Cup.

Besides owning goalkeeper Neil Etheridge (Cardiff City) who is valued at 3.5 million pounds, worth half of the team. Center back Alvaro Silva who used to play for Hanoi is the second most valuable Filipino player at 720,000 pounds.

The Thai national team is valued at around £4.93 million. However, their current AFF Cup squad does not include four stars who play in Japan and Belgium, including Teerasil Dangda (£585,000), Chanathip Songkrasin (£630,000), Theerathon Bunmathan (£495,000), and goalkeeper Kawin Thamsatchanan (£360,000). The most expensive Thai player in the AFF Cup is Thitipan Puangchan (£400,000).

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According to the valuation of the transfer website Transfermarkt, goalkeeper Neil Etheridge is the most expensive player of the AFF Cup 2018. Among them, there are no Vietnamese stars on this list.

Kraisorn is growing rapidly.

With 6 goals against East Timor, 27-year-old striker Adisak Kraisorn, who is currently valued at £360,000, took just 57 minutes to accomplish the feat and bring his total goals for The War Elephants to 20. Immediately, regional player hunters are inflating his price by 1.5 times, approximately equal to Dangda, who is playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Japan.

Even if Viettel wins the AFF Cup this time, it will be difficult for them to pay defender Ngoc Hai less than 2 billion VND/year. Photo: Duc Anh

In the 2018 AFF Cup, the Vietnamese team had the third youngest average age of the tournament, behind Timor Leste and Laos. Even if they win the AFF Cup this time, Viettel will still find it difficult to pay defender Ngoc Hai less than 2 billion VND/year.

Goalkeeper Van Lam is also a name that many Thai clubs are eyeing because in addition to his professional advantage, the player from Hai Phong is considered an ASEAN player. Of course, Hai Phong will earn more money than the SLNA midfielder.

According to experts, if he were to join an international transfer, Quang Hai would not be the player most highly valued by clubs. His modern playing style, able to play in many positions in the tactical scheme, is the advantage of the young player of the capital team.