The 2025/26 Decline: Which Premier League Stars Lost the Most Market Value?

Injuries have ravaged the valuations of numerous Premier League performers this season, though for a considerable portion of these fallers, there's precious little sympathy to spare. A toxic combination of wildly optimistic initial assessments and a thoroughly disappointing campaign has conspired to hammer their worth.

Here's the rundown of the Premier League's biggest market value casualties. Where players share identical drops, they've been ranked by percentage decrease. Transfermarkt provides our source material, meaning all figures are expressed in euros.

10. Manuel Ugarte (Manchester United): €45m to €30m (-€15m)

Michael Carrick's assessment was hardly ringing: "Since I've come in, and he's played and come on, he's been fine." The United boss's strategy of restricting the midfielder to just 160 minutes of action—presumably hoping scouts wouldn't clock his limitations—has backfired spectacularly. Interest in the signing remains decidedly thin on the ground.

A strong World Cup showing might prove the perfect tonic for the Red Devils' midfield puzzle.

9. James Maddison (Tottenham): €42m to €25m (-€17m)

The Spurs playmaker was essentially a ghost all season, materialising only for three fleeting cameos in the closing weeks. He's since turned his ire toward the Tottenham medical department.

8. Alexander Isak (Liverpool): €120m to €100m (-€20m)

He could easily have tumbled further. Isak's decision to agitate for an exit from Newcastle proved costly when injuries subsequently sidelined him for vast stretches at Liverpool. Even when available—though Arne Slot seemed to question whether he ever truly was—his contributions ranged from forgettable to frankly dreadful.

7. Phil Foden (Manchester City): €100m to €80m (-€20m)

The City winger's steady descent has been nothing short of alarming. He peaked at €150m in summer 2024, fresh from his Premier League Player of the Season gong and having fired Pep Guardiola's side to what proved his sixth and final title, with 19 goals and eight assists in his locker.

Since then? Fourteen goals and seven assists across two campaigns combined. That Palace assist was sublime, though.

6. Martin Odegaard (Arsenal): €85m to €65m (-€20m)

Arsenal claimed the Premier League crown despite their captain spending most of the season on the sidelines. Commentary has swung wildly between questioning whether the Gunners might actually function better without him, and lamenting that they could desperately use a fit Odegaard.

5. Xavi Simons (Tottenham): €70m to €50m (-€20m)

Simons appeared thoroughly out of his depth for nearly the entire campaign, struggling with the Premier League's relentless pace and physicality. Just as he seemed to be adapting, injury struck once more.

4. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool): €50m to €30m (-€20m)

An utterly forgettable final season at Anfield. The irony? His market value decrease almost precisely mirrors his annual wage packet.

3. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal): €150m to €120m (-€30m)

Saka endured a frustrating year battling persistent knocks, yet his return proved perfectly timed for Arsenal's title run-in. The winger could yet prove instrumental in the Champions League final and beyond.

2. Florian Wirtz (Liverpool): €140m to €110m (-€30m)

Plenty reckon his stratospheric valuation was never justified in the first place. Whether Liverpool could shift him for €110m now is debatable—a playmaker tasked with being the fulcrum of everything, only for football to happen around him rather than through him.

1. Rodri (Manchester City): €110m to €65m (-€45m)

Real Madrid are circling, and frankly it might suit everyone involved. At 29, the midfielder could enjoy a trophies-laden Spanish twilight. Much longer grinding away in the Premier League, meanwhile, risks reducing him to a burnt-out shell.