With the transfer deadline having passed, Premier League clubs could be considering which free agents they could sign if they still have any gaps in their squad.
Buying players will not be possible until January, but free agents can sign for a new team at any time, so some players who remain unattached will be looking for their routes back into competitive action.
Here, TEAMtalk provides a summary of some notable free agents. We’ve chosen five per position, but would you want to sign any of them for your club or have the best all already been taken?
Goalkeepers
- Keylor Navas remains a free agent after his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expired at the end of the 2023-24 season. Formerly with Real Madrid and Nottingham Forest, he is now 37 years old.
- Loris Karius, 31, was released by Newcastle at the end of last season. The former Liverpool goalkeeper has not endured a season with regular football since 2019-20, when he was at Besiktas.
- Kristoffer Klaesson left Leeds United at the end of last season, but his next club Rakow Czestochowa already released the 23-year-old after an agreement by mutual consent.
- Darren Randolph, 37, has not made any appearances over the last four seasons, the last two of which were with Bournemouth before they released him.
- Sergio Rico, once a loanee with Fulham, is available after his exit from PSG and is still only 30 years old.
Right-backs
- Cedric Soares is available at the age of 33 after being let go by Arsenal in the summer.
- Former Manchester United defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah, 26, was unused by Bayer Leverkusen last season and then released by the Bundesliga champions.
- 31-year-old Serge Aurier, formerly of Tottenham and Nottingham Forest, left Galatasaray a few months ago.
- Bouna Sarr encountered various injury issues during his four-year spell with Bayern Munich.
- Injuries have also overshadowed Ryan Fredericks’ career of late, leading to his Bournemouth exit in the summer.
Centre-backs
- Joel Matip is still looking for a club after Liverpool released him at the end of the Jurgen Klopp era.
- After his second spell with Sevilla ended, Spain legend Sergio Ramos remains without a club.
- Red Bull Salzburg terminated the contract of 24-year-old Oumar Solet in September.
- Simon Kjaer, famously part of Denmark’s Euro 2020 squad, left AC Milan at the age of 35 this summer.
- Former Roma and Napoli centre-back Kostas Manolas, 33, recently finished a short spell with Salernitana.
Left-backs
- Brandon Williams, once a big prospect at Manchester United, needs a new club after spending last season on loan at Ipswich Town.
- Patrick van Aanholt, who had Premier League experience with Chelsea, Wigan, Sunderland and Crystal Palace, recently left Galatasaray after a loan spell with PSV.
- Layvin Kurzawa left PSG this summer and, funnily enough, could sign for PSV.
- Former Leeds favourite Ezgjan Alioski’s spell with Al-Ahli recently came to an end.
- Ivory Coast international Ghislain Konan, 28, recently left Saudi side Al-Nassr after a loan spell at Al-Fayha.
Midfielders
- Miralem Pjanic, previously with the likes of Juventus and Barcelona, recently concluded a two-year spell with Sharjah.
- Dele Alli reached the end of his Everton contract in the summer as well after making no appearances last season, but he hasn’t given up hope of reviving his career and could yet earn a new deal at Goodison Park.
- Dennis Praet, still only 30, left Leicester after their promotion to the Premier League.
- Turkish attacking midfielder Yusuf Yazici recently completed a five-year stint with Lille.
- Former Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin has over 100 LaLiga appearances to his name between spells with Valencia and Villarreal, but the latter did not renew the 33-year-old’s contract this summer.
Wingers
- Alireza Jahanbakhsh fared better with Feyenoord than he ever did with Brighton, but the 31-year-old Iran captain is looking for a new club.
- Samu Castillejo, who has represented some fairly big clubs in Spain and Italy, was offloaded by Valencia after spending last season with Sassuolo.
- Andre Ayew spent a season at Le Havre after leaving Nottingham Forest, but may not be ready to end his career yet at the age of 34.
- Algeria international Adam Ounas, still only 27, has had spells with Bordeaux, Napoli and Lille, but now needs a new club.
- Former Real Madrid, PSG and Stoke attacker Jese has been without a club since the summer of 2023.
Strikers
- Wissam Ben Yedder may be 34 now but still managed to score 20 goals for Monaco last season before being released.
- Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting has taken in PSG and Bayern Munich since his Stoke City days, so what comes next for the 35-year-old?
- Former Real Madrid striker Mariano Diaz, 31, was let go by Sevilla after a goalless season.
- Ex-Watford striker Isaac Success is still only 28 and was released by Udinese in the summer.
- Anyone fancy a punt on Mario Balotelli? The 34-year-old firebrand recently concluded his second spell with Adana Demirspor in Turkey.
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