Want to know who the best Midfielders in Football Manager 2023 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Midfielders with the highest ratings in FM23.
All FM23 Midfielders Guides:
These are the best Midfielders in Football Manager 2023 as rated by their current ability. Each Midfielder has a perfect midfield rating meaning they are naturals at playing as a 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 Midfielders below.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Kevin De Bruyne | 31 | AM RLC | £340k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Lionel Messi | 35 | AM RC, F C | £670k | £67m | £185m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Mohamed Salah | 30 | AM RL, ST | £350k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Luka Modrić | 36 | AM C | £278k | £27m | £66m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Joshua Kimmich | 27 | D/WB R, DM | £289k | £99m | £238m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Neymar | 30 | AM LC, F C | £810k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Bernardo Silva | 27 | AM RC | £180k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Rodri | 26 | D C, DM | £160k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Vinícius Júnior | 21 | AM RL | £186k | £243m | £300m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Heung-Min Son | 30 | AM L, ST | £197k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Sadio Mané | 30 | AM RLC, F C | £298k | £87m | £199m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Federico Valverde | 23 | AM RC | £181k | £175m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Bruno Fernandes | 27 | AM C | £250k | £224m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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N'Golo Kanté | 31 | DM | £290k | £160m | £300m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Thiago | 31 | DM, AM C | £225k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Thomas Müller | 32 | AM RC, F C | £289k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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Bukayo Saka | 20 | AM RL | £50k | £287m | £300m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Martin Ødegaard | 23 | AM C | £120k | £212m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Raheem Sterling | 27 | AM RL | £350k | £200m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Leroy Sané | 26 | AM RLC | £281k | £80m | £179m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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İlkay Gündogan | 31 | DM, AM C | £165k | £57m | £126m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Antoine Griezmann | 31 | AM RLC, F C | £231k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Kai Havertz | 23 | AM/F C | £150k | £158m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Luis Díaz | 25 | AM L | £90k | £217m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marco Verratti | 29 | DM | £238k | £173m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jack Grealish | 26 | AM RLC | £270k | £130m | £288m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Casemiro | 30 | DM | £300k | £181m | £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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Rafael Leão | 23 | AM L, ST | £30k | £129m | £286m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Frenkie de Jong | 25 | D C, DM | £232k | £116m | £256m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Phil Foden | 22 | AM RLC | £120k | £234m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mason Mount | 23 | AM RLC | £77k | £82m | £182m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ousmane Dembélé | 25 | AM RL | £199k | £43m | £95m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Kingsley Coman | 26 | AM RL | £248k | £68m | £150m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Declan Rice | 23 | D C, DM | £60k | £80m | £106m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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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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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | 21 | AM L | £26k | £74m | £176m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mateo Kovačić | 28 | DM, AM C | £150k | £143m | £300m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Yannick Carrasco | 28 | WB L, AM RL | £142k | £17m | £38m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Paulo Dybala | 28 | AM RC, F C | £138k | £17m | £41m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Riyad Mahrez | 31 | AM RL | £200k | £70m | £71m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Dejan Kulusevski | 22 | AM RC | £77k | £30m | £66m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Nicolò Barella | 25 | M C | £154k | £124m | £269m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Serge Gnabry | 26 | AM RL, ST | £248k | £65m | £65m | 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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João Félix | 22 | AM RLC, F C | £155k | £103m | £300m | 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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Marco Reus | 33 | AM RLC, F C | £165k | £31m | £67m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Christopher Nkunku | 24 | AM RLC | £124k | £56m | £72m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mikel Oyarzábal | 25 | AM RLC, F C | £37k | £60m | £142m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Marcus Rashford | 24 | AM L, ST | £225k | £139m | £298m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Enzo Fernández | 21 | DM, AM C | £180k | £96m | £207m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Ángel Di María | 34 | AM RLC, F C | £128k | £16m | £35m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Sergio Canales | 31 | AM C | £27k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Koke | 30 | DM, M RLC | £264k | £129m | £276m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Diogo Jota | 25 | AM RL, ST | £140k | £76m | £75m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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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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Jamal Musiala | 19 | AM RLC | £91k | £78m | £167m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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James Maddison | 25 | AM RLC | £110k | £71m | £92m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Fabinho | 28 | D RC, DM | £180k | £76m | £75m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sergio Busquets | 33 | DM | £199k | £21m | £21m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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André-Franck Zambo Anguissa | 26 | DM | £36k | £47m | £100m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Federico Chiesa | 24 | AM RL | £154k | £73m | £183m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Gabriel Martinelli | 21 | AM RL, ST | £180k | £167m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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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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João Palhinha | 27 | DM | £60k | £60m | £76m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rafa | 29 | AM RLC | £28k | £35m | £73m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Gonçalo Guedes | 25 | AM RLC, F C | £90k | £72m | £91m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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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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Rodrygo | 21 | AM RL, ST | £133k | £50m | £124m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Raphinha | 25 | AM RL | £199k | £64m | £63m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Guido Rodríguez | 28 | DM | £42k | £44m | £56m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Dušan Tadić | 33 | AM RLC, F C | £73k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Naby Keïta | 27 | DM | £130k | £52m | £51m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Marco Asensio | 26 | AM RLC | £118k | £31m | £30m | 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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Pablo Sarabia | 30 | AM RLC | £110k | £59m | £75m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Stanislav Lobotka | 27 | DM | £42k | £41m | £86m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Pedro Gonçalves | 24 | AM RLC | £26k | £32m | £41m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Otávio | 27 | AM RLC | £33k | £26m | £54m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ángel Correa | 27 | AM RLC, F C | £83k | £38m | £79m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Franck Kessié | 25 | DM | £199k | £25m | £24m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Julian Brandt | 26 | AM RLC | £116k | £34m | £71m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ferran Torres | 22 | AM RL, ST | £60k | £62m | £130m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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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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Ricardo Horta | 27 | AM RLC, F C | £8k | £26m | £32m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ismaël Bennacer | 24 | DM | £122k | £43m | £106m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Cody Gakpo | 23 | AM RLC, F C | £110k | £56m | £96m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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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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Iker Muniain | 29 | AM RLC | £36k | £110m | £137m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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João Mário | 29 | AM RLC | £44k | £30m | £61m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Danilo Pereira | 30 | D C, DM | £74k | £81m | £78m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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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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Mattia Zaccagni | 27 | AM LC | £61k | £37m | £77m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Kalvin Phillips | 26 | DM | £160k | £42m | £40m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jordan Henderson | 32 | DM | £190k | £289m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Dani Olmo | 24 | AM RLC | £66k | £47m | £59m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Felipe Anderson | 29 | AM RL, ST | £47k | £37m | £77m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Leandro Trossard | 27 | WB L, AM LC, F C | £110k | £57m | £119m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Manuel Ugarte | 21 | DM | £17k | £44m | £55m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Luis Alberto | 29 | AM C | £77k | £29m | £59m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Arnaut Danjuma | 25 | AM RL | £47k | £40m | £83m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Wilfried Zaha | 29 | AM RL, ST | £130k | £33m | £41m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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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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Christian Pulisic | 23 | AM RLC | £150k | £62m | £105m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Allan Saint-Maximin | 25 | AM RL, ST | £90k | £62m | £76m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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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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Miguel Almirón | 28 | AM RLC | £75k | £62m | £76m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Mateus Uribe | 31 | DM | £40k | £13m | £26m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Juan Cuadrado | 34 | D/WB/AM R | £154k | £4m | £4m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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James Rodríguez | 31 | AM RLC | £51k | £14m | £17m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Filip Kostić | 29 | WB/AM L | £53k | £45m | £43m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Edson Álvarez | 24 | D C, DM | £33k | £36m | £87m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Moussa Diaby | 23 | AM RL | £50k | £52m | £144m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Teun Koopmeiners | 24 | DM | £32k | £23m | £28m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Hakim Ziyech | 29 | AM RLC | £100k | £36m | £34m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nabil Fekir | 28 | AM RLC, F C | £106k | £30m | £37m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jadon Sancho | 22 | AM RL | £275k | £141m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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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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Thomas Lemar | 26 | WB L, AM LC | £107k | £12m | £12m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Geoffrey Kondogbia | 29 | DM | £107k | £24m | £23m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ansu Fati | 19 | AM RL, ST | £199k | £50m | £156m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 33 | AM LC | £81k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Hidemasa Morita | 27 | DM | £15k | £25m | £31m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lorenzo Insigne | 31 | AM L, ST | £234k | £300m | 31-12-2026 | |||
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Steven Bergwijn | 24 | AM RLC, F C | £78k | £28m | £66m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Steven Berghuis | 30 | AM RLC, F C | £65k | £26m | £54m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ademola Lookman | 24 | AM RLC, F C | £38k | £21m | £26m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lucas Paquetá | 24 | DM, AM RC | £130k | £51m | £62m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Philippe Coutinho | 30 | AM LC | £125k | £43m | £53m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Eden Hazard | 31 | AM RLC | £384k | £14m | £13m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Konrad Laimer | 25 | D/WB R, DM | £50k | £30m | £31m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Alexis Mac Allister | 23 | DM, AM C | £60k | £51m | £62m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Mohammed Kudus | 21 | AM RC, F C | £16k | £59m | £208m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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João Moutinho | 35 | DM, AM C | £100k | £5m | £6m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Jonas Hofmann | 29 | AM RC | £66k | £22m | £44m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Moisés Caicedo | 20 | DM | £25k | £83m | £102m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Brais Méndez | 25 | AM RC | £33k | £24m | £50m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Denis Suárez | 28 | AM LC | £25k | £12m | £15m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Hirving Lozano | 26 | AM RL | £96k | £22m | £45m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Domenico Berardi | 27 | AM R | £92k | £22m | £26m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Matteo Politano | 28 | AM R | £67k | £22m | £45m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Jarrod Bowen | 25 | AM RLC | £80k | £44m | £54m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Callum Hudson-Odoi | 21 | WB R, AM RLC | £120k | £50m | £119m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Emile Smith Rowe | 21 | AM RLC | £55k | £48m | £166m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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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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Pepê | 25 | AM RL | £26k | £20m | £40m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Antony | 22 | AM RC, F C | £150k | £109m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Richarlison | 25 | AM RL, ST | £175k | £54m | £110m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marcel Sabitzer | 28 | DM, AM RC | £141k | £21m | £20m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Erik Lamela | 30 | AM RLC | £52k | £44m | £89m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Lucas Vázquez | 31 | D/WB/AM R | £106k | £13m | £12m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Martin Terrier | 25 | AM RLC, F C | £52k | £32m | £38m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nicolò Zaniolo | 23 | AM RC, F C | £57k | £26m | £31m | 31-05-2027 | ||
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Marten de Roon | 31 | DM | £31k | £300m | 30-06-2024 | |||
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David Neres | 25 | AM RL | £36k | £25m | £51m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Malcom | 25 | AM RLC | £108k | £24m | £49m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fernandinho | 37 | DM | £26k | £300m | 31-12-2024 | |||
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Pedro | 34 | AM RLC | £53k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Raúl García | 36 | AM/F C | £138k | £2m | £2m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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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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Marius Wolf | 27 | D/WB R, AM RL | £58k | £9m | £9m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Nicolas Pépé | 27 | AM RL | £105k | £32m | £65m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Séko Fofana | 27 | DM | £30k | £23m | £27m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Galeno | 24 | AM RL | £15k | £16m | £39m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ruslan Malinovskyi | 29 | AM C | £21k | £17m | £18m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Martín Zubimendi | 23 | DM | £30k | £36m | £97m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Adama Traoré | 26 | AM RL | £43k | £34m | £41m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Alexandr Golovin | 26 | AM LC | £76k | £42m | £43m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Manuel Locatelli | 24 | DM | £92k | £32m | £38m | 30-06-2023 | ||
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Mario Götze | 30 | AM C | £54k | £24m | £29m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Brahim Díaz | 22 | AM RC | £107k | £22m | £43m | 30-06-2025 |
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