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Fascinating World Cup facts and figures

Updated: 2014-06-13 11:18 (chinadaily.com.cn)
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Value of players (top three): 

Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Neymar (Brazil)

Fascinating World Cup facts and figures

Argentina's Lionel Messi is easily the most expensive player in the tournament with a transfer market value of 139 million Euros ($192.9 million),  nearly six times that of Costa Rica's entire squad. Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is second worth 104 million Euros ($144.3 million) and hosts Brazil's forward Neymar comes third worth 67.4 million Euros ($93.5 million). [Photo/Agencies]

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