Flick's unstoppable Barca, Porto's historic title & the shocking fall of a Bundesliga star striker

The Transfermarkt podcast covering European football's biggest stories through the lens of player market values.

This week, Stefan and Manu take listeners across three leagues with three expert guests. In the Serie A forum, they discuss Lewis Ferguson's decline at Bologna, Christian Pulisic's injury-hit season at AC Milan (down from a €60M peak), and Rafael Leão's fading transfer market appeal — all three with major World Cup summers ahead.

Transfermarkt Portugal's Gonzalo Tristão Santos joins to break down Porto's historic Liga Portugal title — won with a new manager, a rebuilt squad, and 49 points from the first 51 available. The standout signing: 20-year-old Danish midfielder Victor Froholt, signed for €12M and now worth €30M with an €80M release clause attracting European interest. Teenage winger Oskar Piotrzewski and summer arrival Gabri Vega also get the spotlight.

Spanish football expert Ivan Fuente discusses Hansi Flick's Barcelona — four league titles from four attempts as a manager — and the four players who've driven this season's title run: goalkeeper Joan Garcia, the industrious Fermín López, a resurgent Pedri, and the extraordinary Lamine Yamal.

Finally, Transfermarkt Germany's Leonard Gens charts the spectacular rise and fall of Victor Boniface — from €70M Saudi transfer target and Leverkusen title hero to a player now valued at €5M, on loan at Werder Bremen and seemingly a long way from the form that once made him one of the Bundesliga's best.

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Chapters00:00 What's on episode 9 of Market Values?03:00 Three Serie A players that need new market values19:29 Porto's Title Triumph: A Long-Awaited Victory38:27 Four stars that guided Barca to LaLiga success53:40 What went wrong for Victor Boniface at Werder Bremen?