Bayern vs Real Madrid
The two billion euro duel
April 6, 2026 – 12:57 p.mReading time: 3 minutes
Some of the most valuable stars of the Champions League will meet in the quarter-finals between Real Madrid and FC Bayern. The numbers at FC Bayern are also galactic.
On Tuesday evening (from 9 p.m. in the live ticker on t-online) Europe will turn its attention to the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. There, Real Madrid welcomes FC Bayern in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. A new edition of a prestigious international classic. Hardly any other club can match the global appeal of these two top European clubs.
The showdown between the two heavyweights of European football is eagerly awaited, and not just from a sporting perspective. Madrid’s superstars Kylian Mbappé, Vinícius Júnior and Jude Bellingham on one side, Munich’s Harry Kane, Michael Olise and Luis Díaz on the other. The illustrious names that both teams have in their ranks promise a spectacle.
As far as market value is concerned, Real Madrid has the most valuable squad in the world with its star ensemble: specifically, the value of all players is an estimated total of 1.34 billion euros, according to “transfermarkt.de”.
Bavaria is only in ninth place in the market value ranking of Europe’s top clubs. With a squad value of 965.95 million euros, the Munich team is already scratching the billion mark. If you add the squad values of the two clubs, you get 2.305 billion euros. This makes the clash between Real Madrid and FC Bayern a two-billion-euro duel.
With a market value of 200 million euros, Mbappé is by far Real’s most valuable star. His teammates Vinícius Júnior (150 million euros) and Bellingham (140 million euros) follow well behind. Real captain Federico Valverde (120 million euros) is a fourth player with a three-digit market value. Behind them are Arda Güler (90 million euros), Aurélien Tchouaméni (75 million euros), as well as Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen (65 million euros each).
There are currently two players in the FC Bayern squad with three-digit market values. Olise is the most expensive Munich resident, who also has galactic numbers to offer with a value of 140 million. Recently there were already reports that Liverpool FC was already preparing a 200 million offer for Olise to Bayern in the summer.
