The 2026 World Cup kicked off this week, and for the next month, football will be impossible to ignore: 48 teams, 104 matches and billions of viewers.

For millions of supporters, owning a stake in their club would be the ultimate act of devotion.

For a few dozen clubs across Europe, this is actually possible, as their shares trade on public markets and anyone with a brokerage account can buy in.

The harder question is whether they should.

The Pelé Index sharply underperformed global stocks