The Mexican national football team will face Honduras at the General Francisco Morazán Stadium in San Pedro Sula on November 15 in the first leg of the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinals. Despite their defeat in their last visit with a score of 2-0, the Mexican team is obliged to secure a significant advantage, especially since the total value of their roster for this qualifying round is ten times greater than that of their opponent, even with the absence of Santiago Giménez due to injury.
According to Transfermarkt data, the Mexican team is valued at 166.60 million euros, while Honduras has a value of only 16.65 million euros. Edson Álvarez is the most valuable Mexican player with a market value of 35 million euros, more than double that of the entire Honduran team. Although Raúl Jiménez, who is likely to be the starting forward, is not among Mexico's most valuable with a value of 5 million euros, he surpasses the value of Luis Palma, Honduras' highest-valued player, at 4 million euros.
The abysmal difference in market values of the players has led the Mexican team to seek to assert its superiority over Honduras. Mexico has seven players playing in the old continent, while Honduras has only three, none of whom play in prominent leagues.
Among the most valuable players of Mexico are Edson Álvarez (West Ham United) with 35 million euros, Julián Quiñones (Al Qadisiyah) with 10 million euros, Luis Chávez (Dynamo Moscow) with 9 million euros, Orbelín Pineda (AEK Athens) with 7 million euros, and Luis Ángel Malagón (América) also with 7 million euros.
On the other hand, the most valuable players of Honduras are Luis Palma (Celtic) with 4 million euros, David Ruiz (Inter Miami) with 2.5 million euros, Kevin Arriaga (FC Partizan Belgrade) with 1.5 million euros, Joseph Rosales (Minnesota United) also with 1.5 million euros, and Choco Lozano (Santos Laguna) with 1.20 million euros.
