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Out of contract in 2026: The best free agents available on a Bosman

Clubs across world football must navigate the 2025 summer transfer window before thinking about 2026, but several players will already be plotting a Bosman exit with their contracts due to expire next summer.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne are among the players who are set to become free agents in July 2025, however several more elite stars are expected to follow suit next year.
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Kylian Mbappe (PSG to Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (PSG to Inter Miami) and Ilkay Gundogan (Barcelona to Manchester City) have all moved clubs on a free transfer over the past few years and with some of the world’s best players available on a Bosman deal in 2026, several top European clubs will be eyeing bargain deals.
Below, FootballTransfers runs through the best players who are set to be available on a free transfer in 2026.
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Premier League expiring contracts in 2026
- Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool)
- Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford)
- Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace)
- Bernardo Silva (Man City)
- Rayan Ait-Nouri (Wolves)
- Simon Adingra (Brighton)
- Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace)
- Yoane Wissa (Brentford)
- Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham)
- John Stones (Man City)
- Leandro Trossard (Arsenal)
- Heung-min Son (Tottenham)
- Yves Bissouma (Tottenham)
- Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton)
- Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal)
- Ederson (Man City)
- Marcos Senesi (Bournemouth)
- Callum Hudson-Odoi (Nottingham Forest)
- Sean Longstaff (Newcastle)
- Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool)
- Vitaly Janelt (Brentford)
- Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal)
- Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham)
- James Garner (Everton)
- Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest)
- Andrew Robertson (Liverpool)
- Andreas Pereira (Fulham)
- James McAtee (Man City)
- Rico Henry (Brentford)
- Harry Wilson (Fulham)
- Mathias Jensen (Brentford)
- James Justin (Leicester)
- Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace)
- Harry Maguire (Man Utd)
- Boubakary Soumare (Leicester)
- Julio Enciso (Brighton)
- Tyrell Malacia (Man Utd)
- Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace)
- Nick Pope (Newcastle)
La Liga expiring contracts in 2026
- Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
- Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona)
- Raul Asencio (Real Madrid)
- Cristhian Mosquera (Valencia)
- Alberto Moleiro (Las Palmas)
- Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid)
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
- Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)
- Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
- Oscar Mingueza (Celta Vigo)
- Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal)
- Eric Garcia (Barcelona)
- Angel Correa (Atletico Madrid)
- Andreas Christensen (Barcelona)
- Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)
- Juanlu Sanchez (Sevilla)

Serie A expiring contracts in 2026
- Ademola Lookman (Atalanta)
- Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
- Theo Hernandez (AC Milan)
- Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta)
- Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
- Weston McKennie (Juventus)
- Jhon Lucumi (Bologna)
- Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma)
- Perr Schuurs (Torino)
Bundesliga expiring contracts in 2026
- Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)
- Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund)
- Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich)
- Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich)
- Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig)
- Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig)
- Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt)
- Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg)
Ligue 1 expiring contracts in 2026
- Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)
- Edon Zhegrova (Lille)
- Adrien Rabiot (Marseille)
- Marcin Bulka (Nice)
- Ismael Doukoure (Strasbourg)
- Adrien Truffert (Rennes)
- Marco Asensio (PSG)

Rest of the World expiring contracts in 2026
- Johan Bakayoko (PSV)
- Quinten Timber (Feyenoord)
- Ruben Neves (Al-Hilal)
- Francisco Trincao (Sporting CP)
- Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al-Hilal)
- Gabri Veiga (Al-Ahli)
- Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Al-Hilal)
- Quilindschy Hartman (Feyenoord)
- Otavio (Al-Nassr)
- Fabinho (Al-Ittihad)
- Aymeric Laporte (Al-Nassr)
- Franco Mastantuono (River Plate)
- Franck Kessie (Al-Ahli)
- Merih Demiral (Al-Ahli)
- Sverre Nypan (Rosenborg)
- Marcelo Brozovic (Al-Nassr)