France, Morocco Among Top 9 Teams With the Best Golden Generation in Football

France, Morocco Among Top 9 Teams With the Best Golden Generation in Football

Chukwu Ikechukwu
March 22, 2024 at 8:26 AM
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  • Senegal and Morocco have been listed among the teams with the best talents
  • Both African nations qualified for the knockout round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup
  • France and England are the two leading nations with the best talents

France leads the way as the national team with the best talents in the world at the moment in a list dominated by European teams with just two African countries making the top nine.

Les Bleus have appeared in back-to-back FIFA World Cup finals, winning the 2018 tournament with then wonderkid Kylian Mbappe before narrowly losing to Argentina via penalties in 2022.

France, Les Bleus, Morocco, England, Norway, USA.
France is regarded as the number one national team in football with the best talents in the world. Photo by Franco Arland.
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According to Transfer Markt, France’s national team which boasts of superstars like Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, Marcus Thuram, and Antoine Griezmann is worth a whopping €1.22 billion.

Senegal and Morocco are the only African teams to be listed among the top national teams with the best golden generations following the array of talents possessed by both teams.

Sports Brief along with Planet Football, lists the top national teams in the world with the best talents.

Top 9 golden generations in football

1. France

2. England

3. Portugal

4. Norway

5. United States of America (USA)

6. Ecuador

7. Morocco

8. Japan

9. Senegal

Diaz happy to represent Morocco

Meanwhile, Real Madrid’s Brahim Diaz has expressed his pride in donning the jersey of the Moroccan national football team, the Atlas Lions after switching his eligibility from Spain, Morocco World News reports.

The 24-year-old winger, who is eligible to represent Morocco through his mother, is presently in the Atlas Lions camp for their March friendly game against Angola this weekend.

Diaz’s inclusion in the squad marks the end of months of speculation surrounding his decision to represent Morocco over Spain.

Morocco squad gets heroic welcome

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Morocco's national football team returned home from the 2022 World Cup to a hero's welcome.

The North Africans had a great campaign in the global football extravaganza, becoming the continent's first team ever to reach the semi-finals.

Morocco made it to the semis after facing off against some of the best teams in the world, including Belgium, Croatia, and Portugal.

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Chukwu Ikechukwu Godwin is a journalist with over 9 years of experience in the Nigerian media industry. He has worked both in Radio (Today FM, Rhythm FM, Wish FM) and Television (Silverbird TV) as a Sports Analyst..