Eriksen, Suarez, Marcelo: An epic XI of players now available on a free transfer

At the stroke of midnight last night (June 30), a host of well-known players officially became free agents.

For months, we had been expecting this summer’s biggest transfer deal to involve Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe. The 23-year-old has been widely touted for a blockbuster move to Real Madrid when his contract with PSG expired in June.

However, when the French superstar made a dramatic U-turn in May, opting instead to sign a staggeringly large new deal with the Ligue 1 champions.

Other major names such as Gareth Bale and Paul Pogba have also found new homes, after running down their existing deals at Real Madrid and Manchester United respectively.

In the cases of many other free agents, though, their future is very much up in the air. Happy to take their time to consider their options in a lucrative market, some serious talent is now available without a single penny needing to be paid in transfer fees.

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To illustrate this point, we’ve put together a complete XI of players from across Europe who are now free agents – and it’s not too shabby. Packed full of international quality, we don’t expect any of this line-up to have much trouble finding a new employer come the start of the 2022/23 season.

Let’s now take a look at the XI in full.

GK: Thomas Strakosha

Albanian number one Strakosha played 31 times for Lazio last season. Having departed the Italian capital, the 27-year-old has been subject of interest from a host of Premier League clubs including Fulham, Newcastle and Chelsea.

DR: Dani Alves

Alves’s return to Barcelona last Autumn was a major surprise when it was announced. That said, it turned out to be a smart piece of business for La