Fucking hell there's a fair few players who'll either be on a free or entering the last year of their contracts in the summer:
Contract expiring 2020:
www.transfermarkt.co.uk
Contract expiring 2021
www.transfermarkt.co.uk
Timothy Fosu-Mensah on a free in the summer, Sandro Tonali, Sander Berge or Boubakary Soumare on a cut price deal with one year left, the same applies to Upamecano and Ginter who I know we've been linked with in the past.
A lot of names to keep an eye on regarding contractual situs it seems.
OK, bored shitless and can't sleep so fuck it I'm going to make a starting XI of all players I think are realistic that we could sign whose contracts are expiring in 2020 and those who'll only have a year left next summer as well:
Contracts expiring 2020:
GK - Alexander Nubel
RB - Thomas Meunier
CB - Timothy Fosu-Mensah
CB - Eric Bailly
LB -Layvin Kurzawa
DM - Boubakary Soumare
DM - Nemanja Matic
CM - Ever Banega
AM - Mario Gotze
AM - Ryan Fraser
FWD - Edinson Cavani/ Dries Mertens
Contracts expiring 2021, knockdown fee time next summer:
GK - Gianluigi Donnarumma/ Jack Butland
RB - Lukas Klostermann/ Elseid Hysej
CB - Dayot Upamecano/ Malang Sarr
CB - Mathias Ginter / Benoit Badiashile
LB - Alex Telles/ Juan Bernat/ Alejandro Grimaldo
DM - Sander Berge / Sandro Tonali/ Julian Weigl/ Ibrahim Sangare
CM - Piotr Zielinski
CM - Julian Draxler
AM - Dani Olmo
AM - Carlos Soler/ Ferran Torres/ Florian Thauvin/ Memphis Depay
FWD - Arkadiuz Milik/ Kevin Volland/ Chris Wood/ Moussa Marega
Some well within our reach, some not. Some iffy characters but some absolutely add quality to our squad. I'm particularly interested to see if we make moves for any of the young CBs, especially Ginter, Badiashile and Upamecano. I definitely think we need to be all over Fosu-Mensah if he doesn't sign his new deal at Man U as well.
Any names from both groups catch anyone's eye? I've only added the ones I know of (I don't know either GK from the 2020 expiring group though, just the 2021 ones). If there's any others or ones you know a fair bit about from either group let us know and I'll keep my eye on them (obviously I haven't stuck Sczechzny in there because he's a massive cunt!)