Most valuable Asian XI

# Central Midfielder - Aaron Mooy (Australia) - €8.5 million

Aaron Mooy is another Australian player who appears in our hypothetical lineup.

The 30-year-old striker enjoyed a three-season stint in the Premier League, doing so with two clubs - Huddersfield Town and Brighton & Hove Albion - and netting nine times.

Now with Shanghai SIPG in the Chinese Super League, Mooy has only scored once in 17 outings in all competitions for his latest employers.

# Defensive Midfielder - Wataru Endo (Japan) - €8 million

Wataru Endo is enjoying an impressive debut Bundesliga campaign for Stuttgart. He has scored twice and assisted four times, but his club currently occupy bottom place in the competition.

Apart from his goal contributions, the 28-year-old defensive midfielder has impressed with his progressive passes and ability to keep possession.

Endo played a key role the previous season to help Stuttgart earn promotion from the second division.

If Stuttgart fail to stay up in the Bundesliga, Endo is unlikely to have any dearth of high-profile suitors.

# Attacking Midfielder - Daichi Kamada (Japan) - €18 million

Daichi Kamada has made 32 goal contributions (13 goals and 19 assists) in all competitions for Eintracht Frankfurt since arriving at the Bundesliga club in 2017.

The attacking midfielder's imperious form this campaign - three goals and 11 assists - have helped Frankfurt to a creditable fourth place in the Bundesliga table. That has earned Kamada a contract extension at the club till 2023.

The 22-year-old first made his mark in Japan's third division before rising up the ranks to land in Europe.

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