[USA-BELGIUM] A survey of national teams last year ranked Belgium’s national team lineup as the third most expensive in the world at $231 million, behind onlyBrazil and Portugal, and that was before Russian club Zenit St. Petersburg paid the ridiculous sum of $56 million to Benfica for midfielder Axel Witsel. Noplayer has seen his stock rise higher this year than forward Christian Benteke, who is expected to lead the Red Devils attack against the USA on Wednesday.

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