Want to know who the best Central Midfielders in Football Manager 2023 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Central Midfielders with the highest ratings in FM23.
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These are the best Central Midfielders in Football Manager 2023 as rated by their current ability. Each Central Midfielder has a perfect mc rating meaning they are naturals at playing as a Central Midfielder. However not all of them will improve, if you want players that have the potential to improve still check out the list of wonderkid Central Midfielders below.
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Kevin De Bruyne | 31 | AM RLC | £340k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Luka Modrić | 36 | AM C | £278k | £27m | £66m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Bernardo Silva | 27 | AM RC | £180k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Federico Valverde | 23 | AM RC | £181k | £175m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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N'Golo Kanté | 31 | DM | £290k | £160m | £300m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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İlkay Gündogan | 31 | DM, AM C | £165k | £57m | £126m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Marco Verratti | 29 | DM | £238k | £173m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Toni Kroos | 32 | DM | £310k | £34m | £75m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Leon Goretzka | 27 | DM, AM C | £231k | £73m | £161m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Frenkie de Jong | 25 | D C, DM | £232k | £116m | £256m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Pedri | 19 | AM RLC | £149k | £114m | £248m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Thomas Partey | 29 | DM | £160k | £186m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sergej Milinković-Savić | 27 | AM C | £98k | £66m | £157m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Mateo Kovačić | 28 | DM, AM C | £150k | £143m | £300m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Nicolò Barella | 25 | M C | £154k | £124m | £269m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Bruno Guimarães | 24 | DM | £160k | £96m | £125m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Paul Pogba | 29 | AM LC | £170k | £25m | £53m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Aurélien Tchouameni | 22 | DM | £119k | £114m | £114m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Marcelo Brozović | 29 | DM | £184k | £118m | £254m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Enzo Fernández | 21 | DM, AM C | £180k | £96m | £207m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Koke | 30 | DM, M RLC | £264k | £129m | £276m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Sandro Tonali | 22 | DM | £77k | £137m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jorginho | 30 | DM | £110k | £149m | £300m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Jude Bellingham | 19 | DM | £49k | £93m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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André-Franck Zambo Anguissa | 26 | DM | £36k | £47m | £100m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Rodrigo Bentancur | 25 | DM | £100k | £165m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 28 | AM LC | £154k | £34m | £71m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Fabián | 26 | DM, AM C | £46k | £37m | £78m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Dani Parejo | 33 | DM, AM C | £46k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Eduardo Camavinga | 19 | DM | £128k | £68m | £220m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lorenzo Pellegrini | 26 | DM, AM C | £123k | £98m | £206m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Piotr Zieliński | 28 | AM C | £107k | £44m | £93m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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James Ward-Prowse | 27 | DM, AM C | £100k | £60m | £76m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Christian Eriksen | 30 | DM, AM C | £170k | £47m | £99m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Guido Rodríguez | 28 | DM | £42k | £44m | £56m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Naby Keïta | 27 | DM | £130k | £52m | £51m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Carlos Soler | 25 | WB R, DM, AM RC | £88k | £33m | £32m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Franck Kessié | 25 | DM | £199k | £25m | £24m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mikel Merino | 26 | DM | £41k | £39m | £88m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Rúben Neves | 25 | DM | £60k | £63m | £79m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ismaël Bennacer | 24 | DM | £122k | £43m | £106m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rodrigo De Paul | 28 | AM RC | £96k | £34m | £33m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Yves Bissouma | 25 | DM | £100k | £65m | £135m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Gavi | 17 | DM, AM C | £124k | £49m | £193m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Adrien Rabiot | 27 | DM, M LC | £149k | £27m | £26m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Marcos Llorente | 27 | WB R, DM, AM RC | £133k | £89m | £184m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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João Mário | 29 | AM RLC | £44k | £30m | £61m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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William Carvalho | 30 | DM | £38k | £30m | £37m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Fredrik Aursnes | 26 | DM | £29k | £30m | £61m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jordan Henderson | 32 | DM | £190k | £289m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Luis Alberto | 29 | AM C | £77k | £29m | £59m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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David Silva | 36 | AM RLC | £86k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Georginio Wijnaldum | 31 | DM, AM LC | £182k | £35m | £33m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Granit Xhaka | 29 | DM | £110k | £49m | £101m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Matheus Nunes | 23 | AM C | £100k | £73m | £90m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Vitinha | 22 | DM | £79k | £71m | £146m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mateus Uribe | 31 | DM | £40k | £13m | £26m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Teun Koopmeiners | 24 | DM | £32k | £23m | £28m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joelinton | 25 | AM LC, F C | £80k | £59m | £72m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Youri Tielemans | 25 | DM | £120k | £38m | £46m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Héctor Herrera | 32 | M C | £88k | £300m | 31-12-2024 | |||
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Hidemasa Morita | 27 | DM | £15k | £25m | £31m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lucas Paquetá | 24 | DM, AM RC | £130k | £51m | £62m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Konrad Laimer | 25 | D/WB R, DM | £50k | £30m | £31m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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João Moutinho | 35 | DM, AM C | £100k | £5m | £6m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Moisés Caicedo | 20 | DM | £25k | £83m | £102m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 26 | DM, AM C | £150k | £29m | £13m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | 26 | DM | £110k | £94m | £190m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Marcel Sabitzer | 28 | DM, AM RC | £141k | £21m | £20m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Marten de Roon | 31 | DM | £31k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Fernandinho | 37 | DM | £26k | £300m | 31-12-2024 | |||
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Gabi | 39 | DM, M C | £640 | |||||
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Denis Zakaria | 25 | DM | £50k | £14m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Emre Can | 28 | D RC, DM | £141k | £21m | £20m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Séko Fofana | 27 | DM | £30k | £23m | £27m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Martín Zubimendi | 23 | DM | £30k | £36m | £97m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Manuel Locatelli | 24 | DM | £92k | £32m | £38m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | 28 | AM RLC | £125k | £26m | £24m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Leandro Paredes | 28 | DM | £149k | £11m | £10m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Étienne Capoue | 34 | DM | £31k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Sami Khedira | 35 | DM, M C | £0 | 30-06-2023 | ||||
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Xavi | 42 | £0 | 30-06-2024 | |||||
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Maximilian Arnold | 28 | DM | £66k | £21m | £21m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jordan Veretout | 29 | DM | £92k | £26m | £51m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sergi Darder | 28 | DM | £31k | £16m | £19m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Saúl | 27 | DM, M RLC | £256k | £18m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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José Campaña | 29 | DM, AM C | £20k | £11m | £13m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Sergi Roberto | 30 | D/WB R, DM, M RC | £74k | £11m | £10m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Stephen Eustáquio | 25 | DM | £16k | £16m | £32m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Boubacar Kamara | 22 | DM | £100k | £55m | £66m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Eljif Elmas | 22 | AM LC | £32k | £20m | £61m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Bryan Cristante | 27 | DM | £92k | £27m | £54m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tomáš Souček | 27 | DM | £50k | £38m | £46m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Mario Pašalić | 27 | AM C | £31k | £15m | £16m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Xaver Schlager | 24 | DM | £75k | £24m | £32m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Giovani Lo Celso | 26 | DM, AM LC | £100k | £30m | £60m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Éver Banega | 34 | DM, AM C | £166k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Miralem Pjanić | 32 | DM | £48k | £300m | 31-05-2024 | |||
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Valentin Rongier | 27 | DM | £48k | £24m | £47m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Dani Ceballos | 25 | M C | £129k | £12m | £5m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Renato Sanches | 24 | DM, AM RC | £67k | £15m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Harvey Elliott | 19 | AM RLC | £45k | £57m | £173m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Conor Gallagher | 22 | AM C | £15k | £38m | £75m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Douglas Luiz | 24 | DM | £65k | £40m | £47m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Fred | 29 | DM | £130k | £29m | £27m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ivan Rakitic | 34 | DM, AM C | £108k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Blaise Matuidi | 35 | DM, M LC | £29k | |||||
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Wendel | 24 | DM, AM LC | £28k | £15m | £36m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Weston McKennie | 23 | AM RC | £53k | £18m | £29m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Matteo Guendouzi | 23 | DM, AM C | £43k | £36m | £96m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sofyan Amrabat | 25 | DM | £32k | £13m | £13m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Francis Coquelin | 31 | DM, M RC | £60k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Andreas Pereira | 26 | AM RLC | £50k | £36m | £43m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Arthur | 25 | DM | £126k | £10m | £9m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Paulinho | 33 | DM, AM C | £29k | £300m | 31-12-2023 | |||
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Dominik Szoboszlai | 21 | AM LC | £33k | £39m | £95m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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James Milner | 36 | D/WB RL, DM | £120k | £2m | £2m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Renato Augusto | 34 | DM, AM RLC | £31k | £300m | 31-12-2023 | |||
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Tanguy Ndombele | 25 | DM | £120k | £27m | £54m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Matías Vecino | 30 | DM | £58k | £11m | £22m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Tyler Adams | 23 | D/WB R, DM | £60k | £41m | £49m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Xavi Simons | 19 | AM C | £26k | £79m | £245m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Oriol Romeu | 30 | DM | £45k | £11m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ander Herrera | 32 | DM | £99k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Curtis Jones | 21 | AM LC | £65k | £56m | £130m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Joe Willock | 22 | M C | £80k | £43m | £88m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ederson | 23 | DM, AM C | £42k | £34m | £57m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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David Zurutuza | 35 | M/AM C | £0 | 30-06-2020 | ||||
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Salih Özcan | 24 | DM | £66k | £15m | £18m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kevin Kampl | 31 | AM RLC | £35k | £299m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Charles Aránguiz | 33 | DM | £83k | £5m | £9m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Óliver | 27 | AM LC | £22k | £10m | £15m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Nemanja Matić | 33 | DM | £73k | £3m | £3m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Callum McGregor | 29 | DM | £30k | £21m | £25m | 31-05-2026 | ||
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Oliver Skipp | 21 | DM | £50k | £35m | £80m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall | 23 | DM, AM C | £75k | £47m | £80m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ross Barkley | 28 | AM LC | £108k | £10m | £10m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Roberto Pereyra | 31 | WB R, AM RC | £21k | £5m | £6m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Florian Neuhaus | 25 | DM, AM C | £50k | £13m | £26m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Maximilian Eggestein | 25 | DM, AM C | £13k | £9m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Fernando Gorriarán | 27 | M RLC | £21k | £7m | £9m | 30-12-2026 | ||
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Oihan Sancet | 22 | AM C | £19k | £26m | £53m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Álvaro Fidalgo | 25 | AM LC | £4k | £409k | £206k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Manu Trigueros | 30 | M C | £20k | £9m | £13m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Hwang In-Beom | 25 | DM, AM C | £20k | £12m | £14m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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John McGinn | 27 | DM, AM C | £70k | £31m | £37m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sérgio Oliveira | 30 | DM | £57k | £7m | £8m | 31-05-2026 | ||
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Davide Frattesi | 22 | M C | £22k | £31m | £36m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tommaso Pobega | 22 | DM, AM C | £31k | £13m | £25m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Giacomo Bonaventura | 32 | AM LC | £46k | £297m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Kenneth Taylor | 20 | DM, AM C | £22k | £29m | £107m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tijjani Reijnders | 23 | DM, AM LC | £6k | £17m | £12m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Orkun Kökçü | 21 | AM C | £8k | £44m | £31m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ferdi Kadıoğlu | 22 | D/WB RL, DM | £17k | £12m | £14m | 31-05-2026 | ||
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Thomas Delaney | 30 | DM | £66k | £12m | £24m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Gérson | 25 | AM C | £21k | £41m | £80m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Fernando | 30 | DM | £29k | £1m | £122k | 31-05-2024 | ||
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Santi Cazorla | 37 | AM RLC | £57k | £1m | £1m | 31-05-2023 | ||
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Oscar Trejo | 34 | AM C | £15k | £300m | 30-06-2024 |