During the international match days in September, the World Cup qualifiers are in full swing. Earlier, I wrote aboutthe most unbalanced national team with a heavy head and light feet—Egypt’s latest qualifier squad had a starting value of 140 million euros, with Premier League duo Salah and Elmohamady making up 125 million euros. Now I am writing aboutthe most unbalanced national team with a light head and heavy feet—can you imagine? Even a strong team like the Netherlands has Depay as their leading striker, a forward who does not play in Europe.

In the latest World Cup qualifier, the Netherlands drew 1-1 at home against Poland. In this match, Depay assisted Dumfries’ goal. This brought Depay’s total contributions for the Dutch national team to103 matches, 50 goals, and 33 assists. His 50 goals tie him with van Persie as the Netherlands’ all-time top scorer, and his 33 assists tie him with Sneijder as the team’s all-time assist leader.

Depay is currently 31 years old, 1.78 meters tall, a right-footed striker, valued at 9 million euros by Transfermarkt, and plays for Corinthians in Brazil’s Serie A. The Dutch national team is truly star-studded, with defenders like van Dijk, van de Ven, and Dumfries all key players in top five European leagues, and midfielders such as Gravenberch, de Jong, Reijnders, and Simons also starring in major leagues. Yet their leading striker remains Depay, a player outside Europe’s main leagues. This makes the Netherlands possibly the most severely unbalanced national team in terms of having a light head and heavy feet among well-known national teams, forming a sharp contrast with Egypt.