Want to know who the best Central Midfielders in Football Manager 2024 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Central Midfielders with the highest ratings in FM24.
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These are the best Central Midfielders in Football Manager 2024 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.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Kevin De Bruyne | 32 | AM RLC | £340k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Bernardo Silva | 28 | AM RC | £250k | £269m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jude Bellingham | 20 | DM, AM C | £342k | £152m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Martin Ødegaard | 24 | AM C | £225k | £206m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Luka Modrić | 37 | AM C | £358k | £8m | £19m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Eduardo Camavinga | 20 | D L, DM | £136k | £138m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Federico Valverde | 24 | AM RC | £180k | £114m | £260m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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İlkay Gündoğan | 32 | DM, AM C | £150k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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N'Golo Kanté | 32 | DM, M C | £0 | 30-06-2024 | ||||
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Frenkie de Jong | 26 | DM | £231k | £108m | £241m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Bruno Guimarães | 25 | DM | £180k | £96m | £235m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Thiago | 32 | DM | £200k | £30m | £66m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Pedri | 20 | AM RLC | £148k | £79m | £174m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nicolò Barella | 26 | M C | £153k | £105m | £230m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 29 | DM, AM C | £171k | £102m | £222m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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N'Golo Kanté | 32 | DM | £423k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Sergej Milinković-Savić | 28 | AM C | £258k | £83m | £109m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marco Verratti | 30 | DM | £576k | £77m | £100m | 31-05-2026 | ||
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Enzo Fernández | 22 | DM, AM C | £180k | £174m | £300m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Leon Goretzka | 28 | DM, AM C | £230k | £53m | £114m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Koke | 31 | DM, M RLC | £263k | £66m | £142m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Aurélien Tchouameni | 23 | DM | £206k | £59m | £104m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Sandro Tonali | 23 | DM | £133k | £96m | £278m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Moisés Caicedo | 21 | DM | £140k | £109m | £300m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Adrien Rabiot | 28 | DM, M LC | £148k | £36m | £76m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Vitinha | 23 | DM | £98k | £100m | £288m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 34 | DM, AM C | £80k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Rodrigo Bentancur | 26 | DM | £100k | £60m | £138m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Toni Kroos | 33 | DM | £400k | £10m | £10m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Marcelo Brozović | 30 | DM | £591k | £64m | £81m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Guido Rodríguez | 29 | DM | £42k | £44m | £55m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Franck Kessié | 26 | DM | £362k | £72m | £91m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Gavi | 18 | AM LC | £124k | £77m | £278m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Dominik Szoboszlai | 22 | AM RLC | £120k | £130m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mikel Merino | 27 | DM | £41k | £39m | £88m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Luis Alberto | 30 | AM C | £76k | £33m | £68m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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John McGinn | 28 | AM RLC | £100k | £48m | £60m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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André-Franck Zambo Anguissa | 27 | DM | £57k | £57m | £119m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Teun Koopmeiners | 25 | DM, AM C | £32k | £31m | £38m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Joelinton | 26 | AM LC | £80k | £48m | £100m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Rodrigo De Paul | 29 | AM RC | £96k | £46m | £96m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Granit Xhaka | 30 | DM | £107k | £40m | £82m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kai Havertz | 24 | AM/F C | £220k | £106m | £260m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Marcos Llorente | 28 | WB R, DM, AM RC | £132k | £43m | £89m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ismaël Bennacer | 25 | DM | £116k | £18m | £37m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Piotr Zieliński | 29 | AM C | £107k | £22m | £45m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Mateo Kovačić | 29 | DM | £165k | £44m | £43m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fabián | 27 | DM, AM C | £46k | £28m | £26m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Stanislav Lobotka | 28 | DM | £92k | £56m | £116m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fredrik Aursnes | 27 | DM | £29k | £22m | £45m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Bryan Cristante | 28 | DM | £86k | £52m | £107m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mateus Uribe | 32 | DM | £51k | £300m | 31-05-2026 | |||
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Martín Zubimendi | 24 | DM | £36k | £44m | £107m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Dani Ceballos | 26 | M C | £171k | £11m | £11m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rúben Neves | 26 | DM | £410k | £51m | £63m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tijjani Reijnders | 24 | DM, AM C | £36k | £41m | £100m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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James Ward-Prowse | 28 | DM, AM C | £100k | £46m | £57m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 27 | DM, AM C | £85k | £41m | £85m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lucas Paquetá | 25 | DM, AM LC | £130k | £46m | £57m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fred | 30 | DM | £82k | £17m | £21m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Héctor Herrera | 33 | DM | £81k | £30m | 31-12-2024 | |||
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Matheus Nunes | 24 | AM RC | £130k | £53m | £70m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Davide Frattesi | 23 | M C | £86k | £26m | £32m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Manuel Locatelli | 25 | DM | £92k | £37m | £35m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Curtis Jones | 22 | AM LC | £65k | £109m | £223m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Conor Gallagher | 23 | DM, AM C | £15k | £60m | £166m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ederson | 24 | DM, AM C | £42k | £36m | £44m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Douglas Luiz | 25 | DM | £90k | £41m | £50m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Konrad Laimer | 26 | D/WB R, DM | £140k | £23m | £21m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Paul Pogba | 30 | M/AM LC | £197k | £9m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Warren Zaïre-Emery | 17 | DM | £103k | £91m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Fábio Vieira | 23 | AM RLC | £80k | £53m | £88m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Oihan Sancet | 23 | AM C | £33k | £69m | £121m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Carlos Soler | 26 | AM RC | £61k | £14m | £13m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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William Carvalho | 31 | M C | £32k | £16m | £12m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Matteo Guendouzi | 24 | M C | £43k | £11m | £27m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Marcel Sabitzer | 29 | DM, AM C | £123k | £59m | £120m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Exequiel Palacios | 24 | DM | £82k | £35m | £84m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Pape Matar Sarr | 20 | DM | £80k | £89m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Dani Parejo | 34 | DM, AM C | £32k | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Boubacar Kamara | 23 | DM | £100k | £51m | £62m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lorenzo Pellegrini | 27 | DM, AM C | £107k | £20m | £40m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Harvey Elliott | 20 | AM RC | £45k | £98m | £267m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Youri Tielemans | 26 | DM, AM C | £150k | £35m | £43m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Xaver Schlager | 25 | DM | £74k | £31m | £63m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Fernandinho | 38 | DM | £7k | £300m | 31-12-2024 | |||
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Gabi | 40 | DM, M C | £0 | 30-06-2024 | ||||
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Weston McKennie | 24 | WB R, M RC | £53k | £28m | £36m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Lewis Ferguson | 23 | DM, AM C | £13k | £14m | £17m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Hidemasa Morita | 28 | DM | £18k | £22m | £27m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marten de Roon | 32 | DM | £31k | £300m | ||||
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Christian Eriksen | 31 | DM, AM C | £170k | £23m | £21m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Leandro Paredes | 29 | DM | £95k | £33m | £65m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sami Khedira | 36 | DM, M C | ||||||
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Xavi | 43 | £0 | 30-06-2024 | |||||
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Sergi Darder | 29 | DM | £24k | £16m | £19m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Giacomo Bonaventura | 33 | AM C | £46k | £3m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Joe Willock | 23 | M C | £80k | £59m | £159m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jordan Henderson | 33 | DM | £66k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Miralem Pjanić | 33 | DM | £44k | £2m | £2m | 31-05-2024 | ||
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Lazar Samardžić | 21 | AM C | £8k | £40m | £48m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kevin Kampl | 32 | DM | £74k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Jordan Veretout | 30 | DM | £92k | £25m | £50m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nemanja Matić | 34 | DM | £69k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Sofyan Amrabat | 26 | DM | £32k | £14m | £15m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Arthur | 26 | DM | £84k | £12m | £11m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Claudinho | 26 | AM LC | £28k | £12m | £24m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Wendel | 25 | DM, AM C | £27k | £9m | £17m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Yangel Herrera | 25 | DM | £21k | £14m | £17m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aleix García | 26 | DM | £19k | £13m | £15m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Billy Gilmour | 22 | DM | £35k | £70m | £83m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Callum McGregor | 30 | DM | £35k | £22m | £26m | 31-05-2028 | ||
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Khephren Thuram | 22 | DM | £37k | £61m | £73m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Wataru Endo | 30 | DM | £75k | £25m | £22m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Francis Coquelin | 32 | DM, M RC | £60k | £11m | £21m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Amadou Haïdara | 25 | DM | £58k | £20m | £40m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Denis Zakaria | 26 | DM | £36k | £34m | £34m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Maximilian Arnold | 29 | DM | £66k | £17m | £20m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Benjamin Bourigeaud | 29 | AM RC | £34k | £23m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tyler Adams | 24 | D/WB R, DM | £50k | £33m | £39m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Saúl | 28 | DM, M RLC | £197k | £14m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Stephen Eustáquio | 26 | DM | £17k | £14m | £12m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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João Mário | 30 | AM RLC | £43k | £18m | £35m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Eljif Elmas | 23 | AM LC | £66k | £34m | £91m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nicolò Fagioli | 22 | DM, AM C | £31k | £41m | £80m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mathias Jensen | 27 | M C | £40k | £37m | £43m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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David Zurutuza | 36 | M/AM C | £0 | |||||
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Valentin Rongier | 28 | DM | £48k | £18m | £35m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ryan Gravenberch | 21 | DM, AM C | £160k | £69m | £158m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jacob Ramsey | 22 | AM LC | £75k | £85m | £174m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Scott McTominay | 26 | DM, AM C | £80k | £27m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Mario Pašalić | 28 | AM C | £31k | £10m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Étienne Capoue | 35 | DM | £22k | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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James Milner | 37 | D/WB RL, DM | £70k | £3m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Javi Guerra | 20 | DM, AM RC | £20k | £59m | £218m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ludovic Blas | 25 | AM RC | £19k | £16m | £16m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Séko Fofana | 28 | DM | £303k | £40m | £39m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Fernando Gorriarán | 28 | M RLC | £19k | £7m | £8m | 30-12-2026 | ||
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Matías Vecino | 31 | DM | £58k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Álvaro Fidalgo | 26 | AM LC | £6k | £753k | £379k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Santi Comesaña | 26 | DM | £20k | £9m | £17m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Manu Trigueros | 31 | M C | £20k | £6m | £9m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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José Campaña | 30 | DM, AM C | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
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Íñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | 29 | DM | £19k | £27m | £27m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ivan Ilić | 22 | DM, AM C | £25k | £38m | £45m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Renato Sanches | 25 | DM, AM C | £66k | £6m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Daichi Kamada | 26 | AM C | £63k | £9m | £18m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Edoardo Bove | 21 | DM | £26k | £19m | £62m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Andrea Colpani | 24 | AM C | £14k | £8m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Alfred Duncan | 30 | DM | £40k | £7m | £7m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Orkun Kökçü | 22 | AM C | £28k | £33m | £63m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joey Veerman | 24 | DM, AM C | £6k | £16m | £22m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Felix Nmecha | 22 | DM, AM C | £74k | £80m | £154m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tomáš Souček | 28 | DM | £90k | £31m | £37m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Giovani Lo Celso | 27 | DM, AM LC | £100k | £26m | £50m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Éver Banega | 35 | DM, AM C | £14k | £300m | 31-12-2025 | |||
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Santi Cazorla | 38 | AM RLC | £2k | £616k | £718k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ivan Rakitić | 35 | DM, AM C | £197k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Georginio Wijnaldum | 32 | DM, AM C | £221k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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João Moutinho | 36 | DM, AM C | £14k | £1m | £1m | 30-06-2024 |
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