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FIFA World Cup 2014: 10 facts you must know about

New Delhi: The biggest soccer extravaganza is just two days away and whole world is already suffering from to what we call “Football Fever” as 32 nations will be competing against each other for one



9) Most expensive player: Lionel Messi

In its annual report on the player market, the Swiss-based CIES Football Observatory put Messi's value at 216 million euros ($294 million). Even though Messi's lower performance levels slashed 19 million euros from his market value, he was still worth almost twice as much as arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo, second in the ranking on 114 million euros.