The African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup will begin today, Wednesday, two months after the start of the African Cup of Nations, which is being held in Ivory Coast, and the stars and awaited talents are supposed to participate in the qualifiers and the African Nations.
Among these stars are those whose market value exceeded 100 million euros, those who declined due to a decline in their level, and those who dropped out of the list of the most expensive African players after they left Europe and the spotlight dimmed on them.
Arab players are strongly present in the most expensive squad, with 6 players out of 11.
The players are:
- Watchman: Cameroonian Andre Onana (Manchester United, 40 million euros)
- Defense line: Moroccan Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain, 45 million euros), Moroccan Naif Akrad (West Ham United, 35 million euros), Burkinabe Edmond Tapsouba (Bayer Leverkusen, 40 million euros), and Algerian Rayan Ait Nouri (Wolverhampton, 40 million euros).
- Midline: Algerian Ismail Bennacer (Milan, 38 million euros), Cameroonian Andre Anguissa (Napoli, 40 million euros), Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, 65 million euros), and Algerian Amine Guiri (Lance, 35 million euros).
- Offensive line: Nigerian Victor Osimhen (Napoli, 120 million euros) and Guinean Serho Geraci (Stuttgart, 40 million euros).