In principle, the following players can sign a contract anywhere if they want (and can), as free agents. Let’s wait and see if they still get to play this season.
David De Gea and Diego Costa are undoubtedly the best-known names. After his departure from Man United, the Spanish goalkeeper was briefly mentioned as a replacement for the injured Thibaut Courtois at Real Madrid, but in the end nothing came of it. After a spell at Atlético, Costa made unsuccessful spells at Mineiro, Wolverhampton and Botafogo.
Veterans such as Juan Mata, Phil Jones, Karim Bellarabi, Shkodran Mustafi and Nico Schulz are also on the list to be picked up. Men with a ton of football experience. Other notable names are ex-Anderlecht players Stefano Okaka and Franck Acheampong.
The list (name, age, last club, market value):
David De Gea (33) – Manchester United – 8 million
Jesse Lingard (31) – Nottingham Forest – 6 miljoen
Anwar El Ghazi (28) – Mainz 05 – 3 miles
Kostas Manolas (32) – Sharjah FC – 2.5 million
Santi Mina (28) – Celta de Vigo – 2 miljoen
Carlos Vela (34) – LAFC – 2 miljoen
Roberto Soriano (32) – Bologna – 1.8 miljoen
Diego Costa (35) – Botafogo – 1.6 miljoen
Mamadou Sakho (33) – Montpellier – 1.5 million
Frank Acheampong (30) – SZ FC – 1.5 million
Yann M’Vila (33) – Olympiakos – 1.5 million
Jean-Paul Boëtius (29) – Hertha BSC – 1.2 million
Marco Benassi (29) – Fiorentina – 1.2 miljoen
Jürgen Locadia (30) – CZ Mighty Lions – 1.2 million
Tomas Vaclik (34) – New England – 1.2 million
Aleix Vidal (34) – Spanish – 1 million
Karim Bellarabi (33) – Leverkusen – 1 million
Stefano Okaka (34) – Basaksehir – 1 million
Phil Jonas (31) – Manchester United – 1 miljoen
Juan Mata (35) – Vissel Kobe – 1 million
Matty Longstaff (23) – Newcastle – 0.9 million
Alex Teixeira (34) – Vasco da Gama – 0.9 miljoen
Jese (30) – Coritiba FC – 0.9 million
Shkodran Mustafi (31) – Levante – 0.8 million
Marvin Plattenhardt (32) – Hertha BSC – 0.8 million
Nico Schulz (30) – Dortmund – 0.8 million
Gylfi Sigurdsson (34) – Lyngby BK – 0.75 million
Luis Pedro Cavanda (33) – Neuchâtel Xamax – 0.1 miljoen
Stallone Limbombe (32) – Othellos Athien – 0.1 million