Leeds United successfully navigated their first season back in the Premier League - but where do the club’s stars now feature amongst the division’s most valuable players?
Leeds are still some way off from being able to call themselves an established Premier League side - something chairman Paraag Marathe says will only be possible after surviving the first three years back.
But Daniel Farke’s Whites still managed to finish above established top flight teams Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest in securing a 14th-placed finish and ending the season eight points clear of the drop zone.
West Ham ultimately joined Burnley and Wolves in being relegated with Championship champions Coventry City, runners-up Ipswich Town and play-offs winners Hull City coming up the other way.
It means a new landscape and new competition for the 2026-27 season so where do United’s star men now feature in the league’s pecking order?
Here, in the eyes of football data website Transfermarkt, we run through each club’s most valuable players based on current ‘market value’ and where United’s stars feature in that list fresh from club captain Ethan Ampadu signing a new four-year deal.
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7. Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Sesko and Matheus Cunha (Manchester United)
Market value: €75m each. Next best: Kobbie Mainoo (€70m). | Getty Images

8. Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest)
Market value: €75m. Next best: Morgan Gibbs-White (€70m). | Getty Images

9. Eli Junior Kroupi (Bournemouth)
Market value: €70m. Next best: Rayan (€60m). | Getty Images

10. Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)
Market value: €70m. Next best: Maxence Lacroix (€50m). | Getty Images

11. Igor Thiago (Brentford)
Market value: €65m. Next best: Michael Kayode (€40m). | Getty Images

12. Carlos Baleba (Brighton)
Market value: €55m. Next best: Jan Paul van Hecke and Yankuba Minteh (both €45m). | Getty Images

