32 big-name players in europe in the final 12 months of their contract - planet football

THE LIKES OF BARCELONA, REAL MADRID AND BAYERN MUNICH ALL HAVE HIGH-PROFILE PLAYERS WHO’VE JUST ENTERED THE FINAL YEAR OF THEIR CONTRACTS. There is likely to be a greater focus on free

transfers over the next few months and a number of potential bargains could be on the cards in 2021. We’ve taken a look at some of the biggest names around Europe’s major leagues whose deals

expire at the end of 2020-21. Note: An * indicates that the club have an option to extend their contract for another year. LA LIGA Lionel Messi – Barcelona Luis Suarez* – Barcelona James

Rodriquez – Real Madrid Ivan Rakitic – Barcelona Lucas Vasquez – Real Madrid Sergio Ramos – Real Madrid Diego Costa – Atletico Madrid Luka Modric – Real Madrid Arturo Vidal – Barcelona It’s

not every day you get to sign one of the greatest footballers of all time on a free transfer, but Messi is yet to extend his Barcelona contract. Ramos, Modric and Suarez may all be the wrong

side of 30, but they still have plenty to offer at the top level. READ: 11 MORE INCREDIBLE RECORDS BARCELONA’S LIONEL MESSI HAS BROKEN IN 2019-20 SERIE A Gianluigi Donnarumma – AC Milan

Arkadiusz Milik – Napoli Piotr Zielinski – Napoli Gonzalo Higuain – Juventus Hakan Calhanoglu – AC Milan Elseid Hysaj – Napoli Donnarumma is regarded as one of the best young goalkeepers in

the world and we can definitely think of a couple of teams who need a new No.1… Calhanoglu is also worth a punt, even if just for those free-kicks. BUNDESLIGA David Alaba – Bayern Munich

Thiago – Bayern Munich Kevin Volland – Bayer Leverkusen Giovanni Reyna – Borussia Dortmund Javi Martínez – Bayern Munich Jerome Boateng – Bayern Munich Karim Bellarabi – Bayer Leverkusen

Lars Bender –  Bayer Leverkusen Thaigo and Alaba have been ever-presents in the Bayern Munich starting XI over the last few years and they should still have plenty of years left in the tank.

Reyna enjoyed an impressive breakthrough season at Dortmund but can’t commit to a long-term contract until he turns 18 in November 2020. READ: COMPARING THIAGO ALCANTARA’S 2019-20 STATS TO

LIVERPOOL’S CURRENT MIDFIELDERS LIGUE 1 Memphis Depay – Lyon Florian Thauvin – Marseille Angel Di Maria – PSG Julian Draxler – PSG Juan Bernat – PSG Ibrahim Sangare – Toulouse After a

difficult spell at Manchester United, Depay has rebuilt his career at Lyon and will have Europe’s biggest clubs vying for his signature. REST OF EUROPE Alex Telles – Porto Moussa Marega –

Porto Taison – Shakhtar Donetsk Telles is a perfect example of a modern-day full-back, providing 13 goals and nine assists for Porto in 2019-20. ------------------------- MORE FROM PLANET

FOOTBALL COMPARING THIAGO ALCANTARA’S 2019-20 STATS TO LIVERPOOL’S CURRENT MIDFIELDERS THE TOP GOALSCORERS IN EUROPE’S TOP FIVE LEAGUES SINCE ’10: MESSI, AGUERO, LEWY CAN YOU NAME THE 32

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