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While the U21 European Championship and the club World Cup are still running, the last market value updates in Europe’s top leagues were completed. Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona recorded the biggest plus in the 2024/25 season and with Eintracht Frankfurt and Mainz 05 there are also two German clubs in the top 10. At Manchester United, the worst Premier League season is noticeable in history, because the taxation of the Red Devils decreased by a quarter.
In the first season under Hansi Flick, FC Barcelona secured the national triple of Supercup, Copa del Rey and championship and only narrowly failed to Inter Milan in the semi -finals of the Champions League. The squad value of the catalans climbed by 190 million to 1.07 billion euros, which is mainly due to the fact that young players were the team’s load -bearing pillars. Lamine Yamal has recorded an increase of 80 million euros since September 15 and is now the most valuable footballer in the world with EUR 200 million. His teammates Pedri (+60 million to 140 million) and Pau Cubarsí (+50 million to 80 million) are among the big winners of the past season.
In the ranking, the squad value winner PSG is just behind Barça, which in addition to the French championship and the cup victory also fulfilled the big dream of the title in the premier class. For the Primus of Ligue 1, it was 185 million to EUR 1.06 billion, which is due to various revaluation. Ousmane Dembélé played the best season of his career with 48 scorers in 49 games and climbed from 60 million euros from 60 million euros, for newcomer Désiré Doué there was a plus from 60 million to 90 million euros. The Portuguese midfield duo from Vitinha and João Neves will be assessed by EUR 80 million each, according to revales. However, a transfer for the Parisers also caused enormous growth, because in winter Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was hired for 70 million euros from Naples, which now has a market value of 90 million euros. Barcelona and Paris take fourth and five of the world’s most valuable clubs.
The top 3 is completed by the largest squad value winner of the 2024/25 season with the Portuguese champion Sporting CP, which recorded an increase from 128 million to 511 million euros and thus leaves Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig behind. In addition to Viktor Gyökeres, who climbed from 65 million to 75 million euros and is on the piece for all European top clubs, Geovany Quenda and Conrad Harder are the big winners. Quenda debuted at the beginning of the season and its market value rose to 45 million euros in a short time – in the summer of 2026 it will move to the Portuguese for more than 47 million euros to Chelsea. Harder came to Lisbon for 19 million euros from Nordsjaelland and was in the shadow of Gyökeres for a long time. It recorded an increase of 22 million to 24 million euros.
With Eintracht Frankfurt and Mainz 05, two Bundesliga clubs also made the leap into the top 10 of the squad value winner. The SGE qualified for the premibles for the premier class for the first time and increased by 106.8 million to 355 million euros, although in winter the most valuable player with a market value of 60 million euros was handed over in winter. The fact that it is still about this sum is due to the positive developments by Hugo Ekitiké (+55 million to 75 million), Nathaniel Brown (+19 million to 22 million) and Hugo Larsson (+12 million to 40 million).
Mainz 05 played the third best Bundesliga season of club history with 52 points and sixth place and qualified for the Conference League. These achievements of the Bo Henriksen team ensured that the squad value almost doubled – from 89.9 million it went to EUR 166 million. Jonathan Burkardt climbed from 12 million to 35 million euros and also for the shooting stars Paul Nebel (+20.5 million to 24 million) and Kaishu Sano (+18.5 million to 20 million), it went up significantly.
Clear minus: You can disappoint United and Milan
At the top of the biggest losers in terms of squad value are two clubs with Manchester United and AC Milan who have had a disappointing season. With only 42 points and 15th place, the Red Devils completed the weakest season of their Premier League history and the squad value was reduced by 214 million to 643 million-the traditional club slips from the top 10 most valuable clubs. Bruno Fernandes (-20 million to 50 million), who was still the best United professional with 19 scorers in the league, and Rasmus Højlund (-30 to 35 million) had to accept the greatest devaluations. The 20-fold master is only the most seventh-worthy team in England.
Milan landed in a disappointing eighth place in Serie A and missed international business. As a result, the squad value was evaluated by 163 million to EUR 438 million, which in particular felt service providers such as Theo Hernández and Rafael Leão. For the left -back it goes from 60 million to 35 million euros, his Portuguese teammate recorded a minus from 20 million to 70 million euros. It is important to mention that the rosoneri squad value has also dropped because Tijjani Reijnders moved to Manchester City before the club World Cup-with a market value of 60 million euros, he was one of the most valuable players in the squad.
Bayer Leverkusen also has a Bundesliga club in the top 10 the largest cader value loser. For the German champion in 2024, it went down by 60 million to 567 million euros, which was also on the change of Jonathan Tah in front of the club World Cup to Bayern. The market value of the German international is 30 million euros. But in the team there were also devaluations due to the advanced age or since they could not build on the performance of the pre-season like Jonas Hofmann (-8 million to 2 million), Granit Xhaka (-8 million to 12 million), Robert Andrich (-8 million to 9 million) or Alejandro Grimaldo (-15 million to 30 million).