Premier League is worth €12.47bn, more than LaLiga and Serie A combined
The gap between English football and the rest of Europe keeps widening. In the 2025/26 season, the Premier League posted a 12% increase in the aggregate market value of its squads, reaching €12.47 billion – a figure that exceeds the sum of the next two leagues in the world ranking. It is a dominance that no longer surprises, yet still impresses with the speed at which it consolidates.
A league increasingly alone at the top
LaLiga and Serie A, the second and third most valuable championships in the world, together add up to €10.52 billion – €5.44 bn and €5.08 bn, respectively. In other words, the English championship is worth more than the two combined. And the gap is growing: while the Premier League expanded its value by 12% over the last twelve months, the Spanish advanced only 2% and the Italians 4%.
The Bundesliga did match the same percentage growth rate as the English league, but starts from a much smaller base – and even so remains far from the British championship. Numbers that make any comparison almost symbolic.
Who grew the most within the league
Since June 2025, Premier League clubs collectively injected €1.36 billion in squad value. Sunderland led this movement with an appreciation of +€214 million – a direct reflection of its signings throughout the season. Chelsea appears just behind with +€201 million, and Bournemouth surprises by registering +€156 million, consolidating the rise of a club that can no longer be treated as a newcomer to the elite.
Only four teams ended the season with a squad value lower than at the start: West Ham (-€38m), Aston Villa (-€61m), Tottenham Hotspur (-€66m) and Wolverhampton (-€131m). The Wolves case is the most serious numerically, but all four signal seasons of disinvestment or depreciation due to injuries and below-expected performance.
The French exception and the weight of PSG
Outside the truly significant growth was Ligue 1. French football added €1.15 billion to the total value of its squads, representing a 32% rise – a number that at first glance seems impressive.
But there is a detail that changes everything: €447 million of that growth came exclusively from Paris Saint-Germain, which retained the European title and saw its squad appreciate 48% in the season. In practical terms, 39% of the French league’s growth depended on a single club. Without PSG, Ligue 1 would have advanced less than 20% – still above the Spanish and Italians, but far from representing a structural trend of French football.
What the current scenario makes clear is that the Premier League not only leads. It accelerates while the others try to keep pace. And with the summer transfer market in sight, English clubs already signal that they do not intend to slow down.
