Bayern Munich’s latest Transfermarkt numbers paint a fascinating picture of where the club’s squad stands heading into the 2026/27 season. The headline is obvious: Michael Olise continues to separate himself from the pack, while Jamal Musiala has taken the biggest hit among Bayern Munich’s established stars.
Olise is now listed at €180 million, making him comfortably Bayern Munich’s most valuable player and one of the most valuable in world football. That represents another €10 million increase from
his €170 million post-World Cup valuation. His rise has been remarkable—Transfermarkt had him at €150 million as recently as May.
Olise keeps climbing
Olise isn’t the only significant riser. Ismael Saibari is now valued at €55 million, up substantially from the €40 million valuation he carried before the summer. His World Cup performance was specifically credited with helping drive that increase.
Nathaniel Brown is at €50 million—another huge number for a player who has only just become part of Bayern’s first-team picture. His value rose from €40 million following his World Cup performance. There are smaller but meaningful jumps for Tom Bischof (€45m), Josip Stanišić (€40m), Alphonso Davies (€45m), Jonas Urbig (€18m), and Bara Sapoko Ndiaye (€8m). Urbig, for example, had already climbed from €15 million to €18 million earlier this year.
Then there’s Aleksandar Pavlović at €90 million. While he is not marked as a current riser in the graphic, his overall trajectory is extraordinary. Pavlović was valued at €75 million in March and reached €90 million by the end of May.
Musiala’s €20 million drop stands out
The biggest negative movement belongs to Jamal Musiala, whose value has fallen to €80 million—a €20 million drop from the €100 million valuation listed by Transfermarkt earlier this summer.
Musiala’s decline doesn’t necessarily mean Bayern views him as a dramatically less valuable player. Market value estimates are heavily influenced by age, performance, injuries, and expected future value. His recent injury history is an obvious factor, particularly when compared to Olise’s continued availability and production.
Sacha Boey’s fall to €7 million was expected given his limited role with the team. His valuation has moved in the opposite direction of Stanišić and Davies, while Jonathan Tah (€28 million), Kim Min-jae (€20 million), and Joshua Kimmich (€35 million) illustrate how age and career trajectory affect established players’ valuations.
What does it tell us?
The biggest takeaway is that Bayern’s market value is increasingly concentrated in younger players with significant future upside.
Olise (€180 million), Musiala (€80 million), Pavlović (€90 million), Lennart Karl (€60 million), Saibari (€55 million), Brown (€50 million), and Bischof (€45 million) represent an enormous amount of potential value.
This is particularly notable because Bayern’s overall squad value has climbed from €957.65 million in June to roughly €1.04 billion now—an increase of about 8.2%. In other words, Bayern Munich is not simply getting more expensive because its established stars are aging and demanding higher values. The club is generating significant new value from its next generation.
That might be the most encouraging part of these numbers: Olise is exploding, Pavlović has become a €90 million player, Karl is already at €60 million, and Bayern has added Brown, Saibari, and Bischof to the list. The €1 billion squad isn’t just expensive—a substantial portion of that valuation is tied to players who still have years of growth ahead of them.
In the end, it is always important to remember that market values are arbitrary and not the end-all-be-all when evaluating a player’s worth to his team or in general. Over the course of a career, valuations fluctuate, and those shifts don’t always tell the full story of a player’s development.
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