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BERGAMO, ITALY – MARCH 26: Players of Italy pose for a team photograph prior to the FIFA World Cup 2026 European Qualifiers KO play-offs match between Italy and Northern Ireland at Stadio di Bergamo on March 26, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)
Italy boast, by far, the more valuable set of players compared to Bosnia and Herzegovina ahead of Tuesday night’s World Cup play-off final, and studies show that Gennaro Gattuso’s squad is worth 6.5x as much as the players available to Sergej Barbarez.
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Italy will travel to Zenica this evening ahead of Tuesday’s World Cup play-off decider against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Azzurri are ranked 12th in the world and are the highest-rated nation not to have a spot at the World Cup wrapped up. They beat Northern Ireland 2-0 in Bergamo thanks to goals from Sandro Tonali and Moise Kean in order to qualify for Tuesday’s play-off final, while Bosnia took Wales to penalties and came through victorious after the shoot-out in Cardiff on Thursday evening.
As was the case against Northern Ireland, Italy have the most valuable squad of the two sides competing in this play-off tie. The 28-man Azzurri squad is worth a combined €833.5m according to the latest information from transfermarkt.com, while Bosnia’s roster of 24 players comes out to €127.1m.
The average market value of the Italy players in Gattuso’s squad is just shy of €30m, €29.77m to be precise, while Bosnia’s average equals €5.3m.
Tonali is currently the most valuable player in the Italy camp, valued at €80m, followed by Alessandro Bastoni at €70m and then Riccardo Calafiori, Nicolo Barella and Federico Dimarco all at €50m.
According to transfermarkt, VfB Stuttgart centre-forward Ermedin Demirovic is the most valuable player in the Bosnia side with a market value of €22m, closely followed by Sassuolo’s Tariq Muharemovic at €20m, and then teenage talent Kerim Alajbegovic and Benfica full-back Amar Dedic, both at €15m.
Top 10 most valuable Italy squad members
1. Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) – €80m
2. Alessandro Bastoni (Inter) – €70m
3. Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal) – €50m
3. Nicolo Barella (Inter) – €50m
3. Federico Dimarco (Inter) – €50m
6. Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter) – €45m
6. Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City) – €45m
8. Moise Kean (Fiorentina) – €40m
9. Mateo Retegui (Al-Qadsiah) – €35m
9. Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli) – €35m
Top 10 most valuable Bosnia squad members
1. Ermedin Demirovic (VfB Stuttgart) – €22m
2. Tariq Muharemovic (Sassuolo) – €20m
3. Kerim Alajbegovic (RB Salzburg) – €15m
3. Amar Dedic (Benfica) – €15m
5. Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta) – €6m
6. Esmir Bajraktarevic (PSV Eindhoven) – €5m
7. Nikola Vasilj (St. Pauli) – €4.5m
7. Benjamin Tahirovic (Brondby) – €4.5m
7. Amar Memic (Viktoria Plzen) – €4.5m
10. Amir Hadziahmetovic (Hull City) – €4.2m
ByPeter Young
Peter Young is a Senior Reporter with Football Italia.
