England can boast of having the third most valuable squad at the 2014 World Cup, according to a report.
Lloyds and the Centre for Economics and Business Research estimates that they have an insurable value of £550m, which puts them behind only Germany and Spain.
These findings suggest that the Three Lions squad is three times more valuable than Italy, whom they play in Manaus on Saturday in their opening game of the 2014 tournament.
The figures are reached by taking into account club earnings and endorsement incomes of the 23-man World Cup squads, with hosts Brazil the fourth most valuable and Costa Rica, who are also in England's group, the least.
Marco Castro from Lloyd's Brazil told reporters: "It is incredible to see how much some of the teams playing in Rio are worth.
"The top three - Germany, Spain and England - are worth more than £1.7bn collectively. This is more than the bottom 20 teams combined."
In this research, the average value of one England player is found to be more than the whole Costa Rica team.
Joe Fish
