Monaco XI of former stars would be Champions League force after selling £442.5m of talent in last eight years

MONACO would surely be a Champions League force if they had managed to keep this XI together.

The Ligue 1 outfit have sold a whopping £442.44MILLION worth of talent in the last eight years.

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And that includes several star names among the frontrunners to lift this season’s European crown.

French sensation Kylian Mbappe is the most expensive player Monaco have offloaded since 2014.

The World Cup winner headed to Paris Saint-Germain for an eye-watering £130.50m after making a loan move permanent in 2018.

He scored the winner in PSG’s victory over Real Madrid in their last-16 first-leg on Tuesday.

Reports have since emerged that Mbappe is considering a sensational switch to LIVERPOOL following the win.

There he would find former team-mate Fabinho, who left Monaco for Anfield in a £40.5m deal back in 2018 too.

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The versatile Brazilian triumphed in the Champions League in his first season on Merseyside.

Manchester City are this season’s red hot favourites for European glory, spearheaded by the in-form Bernardo Silva.

The Portugal talent was part of a fearsome Monaco line-up with the likes of Mbappe and Fabinho before heading to the Etihad for £45m in 2017.

The first players to leave Stade Louis II in SunSport’s Monaco list were James Rodriguez and Radamel Falcao back in 2014.

Rodriguez landed a dream £67.5m move to Real Madrid after his star turn at the Brazil World Cup that year.

Falcao’s transfer situation meanwhile was a little less straightforward.

His £13.14m fee is made up of loan payments made by both Manchester United and Chelsea as they took him on separate temporary deals in consecutive seasons between 2014 and 2016.

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