England v Scotland: Cost of squads compared

By Beya Kabelu

Image: Raheem Sterling and Matt Ritchie will go head-to-head on Friday

England are big favourites to beat Scotland on Friday when the rivals meet at Wembley - and the transfer fees the respective squads have attracted reflects that standing.

England's 25-man group cost their clubs £251.75m to assemble, while Scotland's squad cost £66.4m.

Five of Gareth Southgate's side came through their respective club's youth ranks before establishing themselves in the first team but Raheem Sterling and John Stones were signed by Manchester City for a combined fee of £99m - over £30m more than Scotland's entire squad.

England squad - Transfer fee paid by player's current club

Player Transfer fee
Joe Hart £1.5m
Tom Heaton £0
Jordan Pickford £0
Ryan Bertrand £10m
Gary Cahill £7m
Nathaniel Clyne £12.5m
Phil Jagielka £4m
Michael Keane £0
Danny Rose £0
John Stones £50m
Kyle Walker £3m
Aaron Cresswell £3.75m
Eric Dier £4m
Jordan Henderson £20m
Jack Wilshere £0
Adam Lallana £25m
Jesse Lingard £0
Wayne Rooney £27m
Raheem Sterling £49m
Andros Townsend £13m
Theo Walcott £9m
Harry Kane £0
Marcus Rashford £0
Daniel Sturridge £12m
Jamie Vardy £1m

Remarkably, 14 of Gordon Strachan's 25-man Scotland squad cost their current club nothing at all, including Darren Fletcher, Craig Gordon and Steven Fletcher, who formerly held the 'most expensive Scotsman' tag.

That now belongs to 19-year-old Oliver Burke, who joined RB Leipzig for £13m from Nottingham Forest in the summer. Matt Ritchie, who made the switch from Bournemouth to Newcastle in the last window, was purchased for £12m.

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Of course, odds and transfer fees will count for little on Friday night, when Scotland will be going all out to earn crucial qualification points against their old rivals.

Scotland squad - Transfer fee paid by player's current club

Player Transfer fee
Craig Gordon £0
Jack Hamilton £0
David Marshall £0
Christophe Berra £0
Gordon Greer £0
Grant Hanley £5.5m
Stephen Kingsley £0
Russell Martin £0
Callum Paterson £0
Lee Wallace £1.5m
Ikechi Anya £3.5m
Barry Bannan £0
Scott Brown £4.4m
Oliver Burke £13m
Darren Fletcher £0
James Forrest £0
James McArthur £7m
John McGinn £0
James Morrison £1.5m
Matt Ritchie £12m
Robert Snodgrass £7m
Steven Fletcher £0
Leigh Griffiths £1m
Chris Martin £0
Steven Naismith £8m
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