Want to know who the best Centre Backs in Football Manager 2024/25 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Centre Backs with the highest ratings in FM24/25 Update.
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These are the best Centre Backs in Football Manager 2024/25 as rated by their current ability. Each Centre Back has a perfect dc rating meaning they are naturals at playing as a Centre Back. However not all of them will improve, if you want players that have the potential to improve still check out the list of wonderkid Centre Backs below.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Virgil van Dijk | 33 | D C | £240k | £87m | £192m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Rúben Dias | 27 | D C | £175k | £203m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ronald Araujo | 25 | D RC | £124k | £114m | £169m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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William Saliba | 23 | D C | £190k | £161m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Antonio Rüdiger | 31 | D C | £238k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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John Stones | 30 | D RC, DM | £200k | £152m | £245m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Éder Militão | 26 | D C | £153k | £95m | £163m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Bremer | 27 | D C | £153k | £101m | £182m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Marquinhos | 30 | D C, DM | £237k | £82m | £146m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jules Koundé | 25 | D RC | £157k | £88m | £215m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lucas Hernández | 28 | D LC | £263k | £66m | £160m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Cristian Romero | 26 | D C | £175k | £74m | £126m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Gabriel | 26 | D C | £100k | £106m | £189m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kim Min-Jae | 27 | D C | £197k | £116m | £204m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Matthijs de Ligt | 24 | D C | £95k | £149m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Dayot Upamecano | 25 | D C | £181k | £95m | £221m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Pau Torres | 27 | D C | £120k | £51m | £129m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alessandro Bastoni | 25 | D C | £168k | £82m | £201m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sven Botman | 24 | D LC | £90k | £94m | £232m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nathan Aké | 29 | D LC, DM | £165k | £44m | £107m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ibrahima Konaté | 25 | D C | £70k | £95m | £222m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joško Gvardiol | 22 | D LC | £200k | £98m | £242m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Thiago Silva | 39 | D C | £30k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Benjamin Pavard | 28 | D RC | £125k | £60m | £145m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Milan Škriniar | 29 | D C | £92k | £34m | £83m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Robin Le Normand | 27 | D C | £47k | £74m | £179m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Francesco Acerbi | 36 | D C | £46k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Mats Hummels | 35 | D C | £105k | £53m | £111m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Andreas Christensen | 28 | D C | £198k | £31m | £73m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Manuel Akanji | 28 | D RC | £130k | £44m | £77m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jonathan Tah | 28 | D RC | £58k | £17m | £36m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Micky van de Ven | 23 | D LC | £100k | £74m | £180m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lewis Dunk | 32 | D C | £85k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Matteo Darmian | 34 | D RLC, M R | £53k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Wesley Fofana | 23 | D C | £230k | £100m | £235m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Marc Guéhi | 23 | D C | £45k | £48m | £84m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Lisandro Martínez | 26 | D LC | £120k | £104m | £190m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Aymeric Laporte | 30 | D C | £409k | £24m | £56m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nacho | 34 | D RLC | £139k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Joe Gomez | 27 | D RLC | £95k | £34m | £65m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nicolás Otamendi | 36 | D C | £58k | £3m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Edmond Tapsoba | 25 | D C | £82k | £33m | £66m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Willi Orbán | 31 | D C | £107k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Presnel Kimpembe | 28 | D C | £164k | £20m | £48m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Federico Gatti | 26 | D C | £46k | £21m | £52m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lutsharel Geertruida | 23 | D RC, DM | £40k | £52m | £124m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kalidou Koulibaly | 33 | D C | £493k | £5m | £7m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Gianluca Mancini | 28 | D C | £107k | £43m | £105m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jan Paul van Hecke | 24 | D C | £45k | £40m | £98m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jurriën Timber | 23 | D RLC | £110k | £87m | £207m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ezri Konsa | 26 | D C | £90k | £39m | £75m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Trevoh Chalobah | 25 | D RC, DM | £80k | £36m | £71m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fabian Schär | 32 | D C | £70k | £22m | £34m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Nico Schlotterbeck | 24 | D LC | £74k | £62m | £145m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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José Giménez | 29 | D C | £82k | £41m | £80m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Dani Vivian | 25 | D C, DM | £33k | £47m | £116m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Stefan de Vrij | 32 | D C | £116k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Fikayo Tomori | 26 | D C | £74k | £48m | £88m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Harry Maguire | 31 | D C | £200k | £40m | £63m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Sergio Ramos | 38 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Kurt Zouma | 29 | D RC | £100k | £33m | £67m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Aritz Elustondo | 30 | D RC | £28k | £28m | £68m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Riccardo Calafiori | 22 | D LC | £55k | £83m | £193m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Alessandro Buongiorno | 25 | D C | £64k | £36m | £84m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joachim Andersen | 28 | D C | £74k | £41m | £95m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Diego Carlos | 31 | D C | £100k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Raúl Albiol | 38 | D C | £34k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Waldemar Anton | 27 | D C | £40k | £54m | £125m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Íñigo Martínez | 33 | D C | £148k | £6m | £11m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Mohamed Simakan | 24 | D RC | £308k | £43m | £100m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Pierre Kalulu | 24 | D RC | £42k | £26m | £60m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Axel Disasi | 26 | D C | £75k | £33m | £80m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Giorgio Scalvini | 20 | D C | £24k | £66m | £159m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Berat Djimsiti | 31 | D C | £24k | £13m | £30m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Yann Aurel Bisseck | 23 | D C | £17k | £28m | £67m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Benoît Badiashile | 23 | D C | £120k | £55m | £135m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jean-Clair Todibo | 24 | D C | £21k | £26m | £61m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Evan N'Dicka | 24 | D LC | £85k | £38m | £73m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alessio Romagnoli | 29 | D C | £92k | £13m | £31m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Joël Veltman | 32 | D RC | £55k | £16m | £34m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Tyrone Mings | 31 | D LC | £100k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Roger Ibañez | 25 | D C | £164k | £42m | £83m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Danilo | 32 | D RLC | £85k | £9m | £14m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Germán Pezzella | 33 | D C | £19k | £300m | 31-12-2026 | |||
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Amir Rrahmani | 30 | D C | £53k | £31m | £60m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sead Kolašinac | 31 | D LC | £42k | £9m | £18m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Niklas Süle | 28 | D RC | £181k | £24m | £54m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Igor Zubeldia | 27 | D C, DM | £17k | £15m | £38m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Iván Marcano | 37 | D LC | £34k | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Dávid Hancko | 26 | D LC | £15k | £24m | £56m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Strahinja Pavlović | 23 | D C | £60k | £34m | £78m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nikola Milenković | 26 | D C | £76k | £27m | £62m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Hiroki Ito | 25 | D LC | £35k | £13m | £25m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Igor | 26 | D LC | £50k | £37m | £71m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Axel Witsel | 35 | D C, DM | £103k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Jakub Kiwior | 24 | D LC, DM | £58k | £28m | £58m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Isak Hien | 25 | D C | £14k | £8m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lukas Klostermann | 28 | D RLC | £90k | £20m | £49m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Piero Hincapié | 22 | D LC | £58k | £60m | £116m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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António Silva | 20 | D C | £11k | £42m | £97m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tomás Araújo | 22 | D C | £6k | £44m | £103m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Gonçalo Inácio | 22 | D C | £23k | £40m | £94m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jhon Lucumí | 26 | D C | £16k | £11m | £18m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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David García | 30 | D C | £56k | £9m | £21m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mario Hermoso | 29 | D LC | £49k | £22m | £50m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Loïc Badé | 24 | D C | £20k | £29m | £70m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Daley Blind | 34 | D LC, DM | £13k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Chris Smalling | 34 | D C | £237k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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James Tarkowski | 31 | D C | £100k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Josip Šutalo | 24 | D C | £26k | £24m | £59m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Facundo Medina | 25 | D C | £30k | £13m | £27m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Simon Kjær | 35 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Victor Lindelöf | 29 | D C | £170k | £21m | £43m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Robin Koch | 27 | D C, DM | £28k | £13m | £29m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Matthias Ginter | 30 | D RC | £49k | £10m | £24m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Willian Pacho | 22 | D LC | £40k | £68m | £130m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Clément Lenglet | 29 | D C | £95k | £13m | £28m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jorge Cuenca | 24 | D C | £49k | £34m | £78m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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David López | 34 | D C, DM | £58k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Diego Llorente | 30 | D C | £20k | £29m | £66m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Castello Lukeba | 21 | D LC | £66k | £94m | £230m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mouctar Diakhaby | 27 | D C, DM | £13k | £12m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sam Beukema | 25 | D C | £15k | £12m | £26m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jarrad Branthwaite | 22 | D RLC | £40k | £67m | £129m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lucas Veríssimo | 29 | D C | £60k | £11m | £21m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Chancel Mbemba | 29 | D RC | £45k | £17m | £27m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Toby Alderweireld | 35 | D RC | £47k | £538k | £1m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ousmane Diomande | 20 | D C | £23k | £49m | £95m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Odilon Kossounou | 23 | D RC | £33k | £42m | £78m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Gustavo Gómez | 31 | D C | £26k | £300m | 31-12-2025 | |||
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Sebastián Coates | 33 | D C | £17k | £300m | 31-12-2024 | |||
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Nordi Mukiele | 26 | D RC | £49k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Olivier Boscagli | 26 | D LC, DM | £17k | £15m | £30m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Matteo Gabbia | 24 | D C | £24k | £18m | £42m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jerry St. Juste | 27 | D RC | £23k | £16m | £36m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Adam Webster | 29 | D C | £55k | £30m | £57m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Levi Colwill | 21 | D LC | £75k | £75m | £155m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lucas Martínez Quarta | 28 | D C | £21k | £10m | £21m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pau Cubarsí | 17 | D C | £21k | £64m | £143m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Josip Stanišić | 24 | D RLC | £41k | £8m | £19m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kevin Danso | 25 | D C | £17k | £12m | £27m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ethan Pinnock | 31 | D C | £30k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Florian Lejeune | 33 | D C | £27k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Omar Alderete | 27 | D C | £25k | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Davinson Sánchez | 28 | D C | £66k | £12m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mario Gila | 23 | D C | £11k | £21m | £49m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Alejandro Catena | 29 | D C | £15k | £8m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Patric | 31 | D C | £37k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Eric Dier | 30 | D C | £30k | £5m | £8m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Maxence Lacroix | 24 | D C | £50k | £24m | £53m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Alexander Djiku | 29 | D C | £35k | £9m | £17m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ko Itakura | 27 | D C, DM | £33k | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Danilho Doekhi | 26 | D C | £16k | £7m | £15m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Lloyd Kelly | 25 | D LC | £39k | £23m | £45m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Max Kilman | 27 | D C | £52k | £81m | £162m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Eric García | 23 | D C | £49k | £9m | £19m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Victor Nelsson | 25 | D C | £27k | £13m | £30m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nino | 27 | D C | £27k | £13m | £26m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Philipp Lienhart | 28 | D C | £42k | £11m | £25m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Gernot Trauner | 32 | D RC | £14k | £300m | 30-06-2025 |
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