€60m biggest drop
Bellingham 2nd & Saka 6th: Which players lost the most market value last season?
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The 2025/26 already seems firmly in the past with attention now laser-focused on the World Cup. International football is undoubtedly at the forefront of people’s minds but attention will switch back to the domestic game after the World Cup final on July 17th. It’s been less than three weeks since the Champions League final ended the season with PSG successfully defending their title by defeating Arsenal on penalties.
After the culmination of the top five league campaigns, Transfermarkt released their final market value updates of the season for all the major leagues around the world. Erling Haaland and Lamine Yamal remained the most valuable players in the world at €200m with Kylian Mbappé dropping to €180m. For the first time in history, PSG have the most valuable squad in the world at €1.37 billion after major upgrades in the Ligue 1 update. Now the final market values have been published, we can calculate which players have the biggest downgrade in market value across a season to forget!
The biggest downgrades in market value across 2025/26 season
No player dropped more in market value across last season than Rodri. The Manchester City midfielder’s valuation more than halved from €110m to just €50m. That was due to several factors including injury issues, lack of form and age. It was another hugely disappointing season for Real Madrid as they failed to lift any silverware and Jude Bellingham received the second biggest downgrade of €50m. The 22-year-old started the campaign with his record market value of €180m but despite dropping to €130m, Bellingham remains the most valuable Englishman in the world.
As the graphic above illustrates, Bellingham’s teammate at Madrid, Rodrygo ranks third with his valuation dropping by €45m. Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz will carry the hopes of Germany at the World Cup but they were both miles from their best form last season and dropped by €40m in valuation. Arsenal’sBukayo Saka and Madrid’s Federico Valverde were also downgraded by the same figure but Transfermarkt ranks by age, lowest higher.
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