The World Cup of Wages - Who would lift the trophy?

Thank you for watching. Have a nice day! Don't Forget To Subcribe My Channel: ****** ABOUT: Money talks in football and teams with the biggest wages — who tend to have the best players — usually win.If the World Cup follows this pattern then we should expect Brazil to leave with the trophy. This is according to an exclusive Sportsmail analysis of salaries of the players involved in the tournament.We have calculated the average annual earnings of the 32 squads and d then 'played out' the event. MONEY-MAN MESSI - Lionel Messi's annual salary at Barcelona, making him the best-paid player at the World Cup Our simulation assumes the best-paid teams win each match to determine the finishing order in the groups and then the best-paid team win each knockout game.Brazil's super-rich group, fronted by Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar, earn about £5.8million each on average at their clubs, with Spain's players collectively next best paid on £5.47m per year.The richest eight teams also include Belgium, France, Argentina, Germany, England (on £4.19m per man at their clubs, basic) and Portugal. And according to the way our 'Wages World Cup' plays out, those eight would reach the quarter-finals if money alone talks.As our graphic shows, France would beat Portugal in the last eight, Brazil would beat Belgium, Spain would see off Argentina and England would exit at the hands of Germany. Brazil would beat France in the semis to meet and beat Spain in the final after Spain have progressed past Germany.Will things pan out like this? Almost certainly not. Because money does not always talk and surprises happen.Not only that, some of the groups comprised multiple 'genuine contenders' for progress using merely our financial measurements. Serbia and Switzerland should vie for second place in Group E behind Brazil; Sweden and Mexico might well tussle for advancement in Group F; while in Group H Colombia, Poland and Senegal are all equipped with similar resources and Japan are not so far behind them.And all that is without factoring in that some nations have experience of punching above their weight at major events, such as Iceland and Costa Rica.Most neutrals will probably expect most of the richest eight teams to get to the last eight. And few would bet their bottom dollar against Brazil and or Spain reaching the final. But then we've heard that before, in 2014, and look what happened then… ...