The World Cup in Brazil is expected to be the most exciting sporting event in recent memory. However, serious injuries at warm-up friendlies or club matches have prevented some of the world’s best players from playing on the top stage this summer.

Colombian striker Radamel Falcao leads the most expensive line-up, worth 296 million euros in total, which is going to miss the World Cup due to injuries. Among them, five play in Bundesliga, German's top football league, including French player Franck Ribéry.

Here is the full list (based on statistics from http://www.transfermarkt.de/)

Goalkeeper:

Steve Mandanda (15 million euros, France/Marseille)

Defenders:

Kyle Walker (19 million euros, England/Tottenham Hotspur)

Kyriakos Papadopoulos (12 million euros, Greece/Schalke 04)

Silvio (5 million euros, Portugal/Benfica)

Midfielders:

Frank Ribéry (42 million euros, France/Bayern Munich)

Marco Reus (40 million euros, Germany/Brussia Dortmund)

Thiago Alcântara (30 million euros, Spain/Bayern Munich)

Theo Walcott (28 million euros, England/Arsenal)

Ilkay Gündoğan (27 million euros, Germany/Brussia Dortmund)

Forwards:

Falcao (60 million euros, Colombia/AS Monaco)

Christian Benteke (18 million euros, Belgium/Aston Villa)

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