Injuries and technical decisions by coaches have removed dozens of players, with a market value of hundreds of millions of dollars, from the field, and they now sit on the bench more often than participate in matches.
Among those who are injured or who do not get many playing minutes are big stars whose teams depend on them and upcoming talents who were not given the sufficient opportunity they deserve.
Here is the list of the 10 most expensive injured players:
- Spaniard Rodri (130 million euros): He played 156 minutes this season with Manchester City.
- Frenchman Eduardo Camavinga (100 million euros): He played 138 minutes this season with Real Madrid.
- Danish Rasmus Hoylund (65 million euros): 174 minutes played this season with Man United.
- Dutchman Frankie de Jong (60 million euros): 24 minutes played this season with Barcelona.
- Spaniard Dani Olmo (60 million euros): He played 189 minutes this season with Barcelona.
- Spaniard Mikel Merino (50 million euros): 55 minutes played this season with Arsenal.
- Spanish Fermin Lopez (50 million euros): 57 minutes played this season with Barcelona.
- Portuguese Gonzalo Ramos (50 million euros): 20 minutes played this season with Paris Saint-Germain.
- Argentine Esquiel Palacios (45 million euros): He played 99 minutes this season with Bayer Leverkusen.
- Englishman Jarrad Branthwaite (42 million euros): He played 90 minutes this season with Bayer Leverkusen.
This is a list of the most expensive players who do not participate much with their teams:
- Brazilian Indrik (60 million euros): 107 minutes played with Real Madrid.
- German Leroy Sane (60 million euros): 78 minutes played with Real Madrid.
- Brazilian Gabriel Jesus (55 million euros): 243 minutes played with Arsenal.
- Brazilian Douglas Luiz (55 million euros): 222 minutes played with Juventus.
- Portuguese Joao Baleña (50 million euros): 154 minutes played with Bayern Munich
- Irishman Evan Ferguson (45 million euros): 85 minutes played with Brighton.
- Portuguese Mateus Nunez (45 million euros): 228 minutes played with Manchester City.
- Frenchman Matthias Till (40 million euros): 158 minutes played with Bayern Munich.
- Dutchman Ian Maatsen (40 million euros): 241 minutes played with Aston Villa.
- Frenchman Desiree Doue (40 million euros): 236 minutes played with Saint-Germain.
