Cristiano Ronaldo, Salah, De Bruyne... The typical free agent squad in 2025

2025-01-02 10:01:29 / SPORT ALFA PRESS

Cristiano Ronaldo, Salah, De Bruyne... The typical free agent squad in 2025

These players are out of contract on June 30 and will be able to join a new club for next season from January 1. From Manuel Neuer to Mohamed Salah, here is the typical squad of players whose contracts are about to expire.

Neuer, what plan before retirement?

Despite his advanced age, can Manuel Neuer prolong his enjoyment at Bayern? Bayern Munich goalkeeper since 2011, he will celebrate his 39th birthday next March. The eighth-most capped player in record history with 540 games, the 2014 world champion can hope to overtake Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (554 games) this season and Franz Beckenbauer (584) next season in the event of an extension …

Real Madrid smell the right defensive moves

To strengthen the backline, which is sparse and often damaged, Real Madrid have already been associated with four names of our typical squad. This is the case of Trent Alexander-Arnold (26), 331 games with Liverpool, who is seeking a pay rise to extend his contract, and his captain Virgil van Dijk (33), 290 games with the Reds since 2017.

The Merengue are also looking for the German side and in particular the left side of Bayern, Alphonso Davies (24 years old), linked for many months with the White House. Close to a move to Bayern Munich this summer and also mentioned among the Merengue is Jonathan Tah (28), Bayer Leverkusen's captain - 376 games since 2015 - could leave the Werkself for free.

Unclear situation for Salah...

In the middle, the hypothesis of a departure of Joshua Kimmich (29 years old), 410 meetings with Bayern Munich, which is not new and risks gaining more and more momentum, while there are no rumors about Kevin De Bruyne (33 years old, almost 400 match with Manchester City), except those from Saudi Arabia.

On the right wing, winger Mohamed Salah has already scored 18 goals and provided 15 assists in 24 games in all competitions this season. The 32-year-old Egyptian, the 4th top scorer in Liverpool's history (229 goals) and 7th best passer (102 goals), will also be free next June.

Like Heung-min Son, who is currently playing his tenth season with Spurs. With 427 games, the South Korean can enter the list of the club's most active players by the end of the financial year, ahead of Harry Kane (10 seasons, 435 games), Jimmy Dimmock (9, 438), Alan Gilzean (8, 439) . ), Hugo Lloris (7, 447) and Ted Ditchburn (6, 452). The former Leverkusen striker, who has 170 goals, can also join the top 4 goalscorers in Tottenham history ahead of Martin Chivers (174).

The Saudis may lose their muses…

A tie between Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo on the axis would have been a dream ten years ago. Here they are both together in our typical team. If the Brazilian, who has played just seven games since signing for Al Hilal in 2023, is out of form, his illustrious past and genius suggest he is not done for football, even at the age of 32.

At the top, the indefatigable Cristiano Ronaldo, turning 40 on February 5, amasses an astonishing total of 916 career goals. We can't imagine him bowing out before reaching the legendary 1,000 goal mark. In Saudi Arabia or elsewhere?

 

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