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 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 | 34 | D C | £240k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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William Saliba | 24 | D C | £190k | £169m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Gabriel | 27 | D C | £100k | £168m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rúben Dias | 28 | D C | £175k | £194m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jules Koundé | 26 | D RC | £157k | £78m | £174m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Alessandro Bastoni | 26 | D C | £168k | £99m | £221m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marquinhos | 31 | D C, DM | £237k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Dayot Upamecano | 26 | D C | £181k | £123m | £273m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nico Schlotterbeck | 25 | D LC | £74k | £104m | £229m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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John Stones | 31 | D RC, DM | £200k | £147m | £151m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Antonio Rüdiger | 32 | D C | £238k | £50m | £111m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Joško Gvardiol | 23 | D LC | £200k | £145m | £262m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Bremer | 28 | D C | £153k | £76m | £166m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jonathan Tah | 29 | D RC | £51k | £61m | £61m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Willian Pacho | 23 | D LC | £93k | £115m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ibrahima Konaté | 26 | D C | £70k | £65m | £140m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Éder Militão | 27 | D C | £153k | £89m | £89m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kim Min-Jae | 28 | D C | £197k | £45m | £44m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Benjamin Pavard | 29 | D RC | £125k | £33m | £71m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Milan Škriniar | 30 | D C | £46k | £17m | £22m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Riccardo Calafiori | 23 | D LC | £83k | £105m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marc Guéhi | 24 | D C | £95k | £105m | £143m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Manuel Akanji | 29 | D RC | £130k | £37m | £37m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Eric García | 24 | D C | £49k | £47m | £65m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Lucas Hernández | 29 | D LC | £263k | £38m | £37m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Robin Le Normand | 28 | D C | £42k | £61m | £128m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Sven Botman | 25 | D LC | £90k | £76m | £161m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Cristian Romero | 27 | D C | £175k | £57m | £130m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alessandro Buongiorno | 26 | D C | £122k | £92m | £193m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Gianluca Mancini | 29 | D C | £107k | £55m | £116m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Levi Colwill | 22 | D LC | £75k | £126m | £265m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ronald Araujo | 26 | D RC | £124k | £30m | £29m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Dani Vivian | 26 | D C, DM | £41k | £65m | £82m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Loïc Badé | 25 | D C | £54k | £50m | £114m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Wesley Fofana | 24 | D C | £230k | £139m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nathan Aké | 30 | D LC, DM | £165k | £38m | £36m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joe Gomez | 28 | D RLC | £95k | £32m | £31m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Lisandro Martínez | 27 | D LC | £120k | £73m | £70m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Amir Rrahmani | 31 | D C | £53k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Micky van de Ven | 24 | D LC | £100k | £60m | £145m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Sam Beukema | 26 | D C | £72k | £32m | £66m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jurriën Timber | 24 | D RLC | £110k | £53m | £128m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Matthijs de Ligt | 25 | D C | £99k | £125m | £257m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nicolás Otamendi | 37 | D C | £58k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Murillo | 23 | D LC, DM | £30k | £54m | £66m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jhon Lucumí | 27 | D C | £16k | £10m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Íñigo Martínez | 34 | D C | £469k | £10m | £12m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Francesco Acerbi | 37 | D C | £46k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Andreas Christensen | 29 | D C | £198k | £18m | £17m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Arthur Theate | 25 | D C | £39k | £32m | £40m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Odilon Kossounou | 24 | D RC | £49k | £38m | £53m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Robin Koch | 28 | D C, DM | £39k | £35m | £43m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kevin Danso | 26 | D C | £59k | £44m | £89m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Davinson Sánchez | 29 | D C | £66k | £22m | £45m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Dávid Hancko | 27 | D LC | £37k | £43m | £41m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ousmane Diomande | 21 | D C | £23k | £41m | £50m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tomás Araújo | 23 | D C | £6k | £30m | £81m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Illia Zabarnyi | 22 | D C | £78k | £86m | £174m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Hiroki Ito | 26 | D LC | £39k | £17m | £16m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jan Paul van Hecke | 25 | D C | £45k | £54m | £66m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Trevoh Chalobah | 26 | D RC, DM | £80k | £37m | £35m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jakub Kiwior | 25 | D LC, DM | £58k | £0 | £0 | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Yann Aurel Bisseck | 24 | D C | £17k | £16m | £20m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Waldemar Anton | 28 | D C | £40k | £52m | £105m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Aymeric Laporte | 31 | D C | £34k | £24m | £24m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Florian Lejeune | 34 | D C | £27k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Gonçalo Inácio | 23 | D C | £23k | £26m | £45m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Mario Gila | 24 | D C | £11k | £18m | £42m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Pierre Kalulu | 25 | D RC | £79k | £20m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nordi Mukiele | 27 | D RC | £73k | £41m | £4m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Federico Gatti | 27 | D C | £46k | £41m | £82m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Harry Maguire | 32 | D C | £200k | £17m | £16m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Edmond Tapsoba | 26 | D C | £82k | £30m | £60m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Axel Witsel | 36 | D C, DM | £10k | £371k | £450k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Dean Huijsen | 20 | D C | £21k | £46m | £124m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Fabian Schär | 33 | D C | £70k | £10m | £20m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Sead Kolašinac | 32 | D LC | £42k | £5m | £5m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Niklas Süle | 29 | D RC | £181k | £9m | £8m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Kalidou Koulibaly | 34 | D C | £493k | £21m | £22m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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José Giménez | 30 | D C | £82k | £39m | £36m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Igoh Ogbu | 25 | D C | £21k | £9m | £11m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Castello Lukeba | 22 | D LC | £66k | £97m | £297m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alessio Romagnoli | 30 | D C | £92k | £18m | £36m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ezri Konsa | 27 | D C | £90k | £32m | £38m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lewis Dunk | 33 | D C | £85k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Berat Djimsiti | 32 | D C | £24k | £7m | £7m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Willi Orbán | 32 | D C | £107k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Piero Hincapié | 23 | D LC | £58k | £45m | £122m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Clément Lenglet | 30 | D C | £24k | £31m | £28m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Oumar Solet | 25 | D C, DM | £50k | £11m | £14m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Axel Disasi | 27 | D C | £75k | £46m | £91m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Evan N'Dicka | 25 | D LC | £85k | £79m | £157m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Danilho Doekhi | 27 | D C | £16k | £16m | £20m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Joël Veltman | 33 | D RC | £55k | £10m | £12m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Stefan de Vrij | 33 | D C | £116k | £3m | £1m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Sergio Ramos
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39 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Cristhian Mosquera | 21 | D RC | £36k | £64m | £150m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Carl Starfelt | 30 | D C | £20k | £12m | £14m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Josip Stanišić | 25 | D RLC | £41k | £17m | £16m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Antonio Raíllo | 33 | D C, DM | £12k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Jarrad Branthwaite | 23 | D RLC | £40k | £49m | £58m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Roger Ibañez | 26 | D C | £164k | £8m | £5m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Philipp Lienhart | 29 | D C | £42k | £12m | £14m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Matteo Darmian | 35 | D RLC, M R | £53k | £853k | £783k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Isak Hien | 26 | D C | £14k | £19m | £19m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Aritz Elustondo | 31 | D RC | £16k | £8m | £17m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Jaka Bijol | 26 | D C | £70k | £35m | £41m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Benoît Badiashile | 24 | D C | £120k | £60m | £138m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Maxence Lacroix | 25 | D C | £45k | £20m | £24m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Olivier Boscagli | 27 | D LC, DM | £64k | £37m | £44m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Giorgio Scalvini | 21 | D C | £24k | £53m | £128m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Devyne Rensch | 22 | D RLC | £53k | £39m | £118m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lloyd Kelly | 26 | D LC | £49k | £8m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Dan Burn | 33 | D LC | £70k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Nathan Collins | 24 | D C | £40k | £34m | £40m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fikayo Tomori | 27 | D C | £74k | £24m | £22m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joachim Andersen | 29 | D C | £77k | £42m | £50m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Léo Ortiz | 29 | D C | £18k | £15m | £30m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Leonardo Balerdi | 26 | D C | £25k | £29m | £56m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Simon Kjær
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36 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Jorrel Hato | 19 | D LC | £46k | £101m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Rafa Marín | 23 | D C | £49k | £22m | £36m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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António Silva | 21 | D C | £11k | £34m | £78m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Igor Zubeldia | 28 | D C, DM | £25k | £27m | £53m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mario Hermoso | 30 | D LC | £53k | £22m | £43m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nacho | 35 | D RLC | £123k | £3m | £256k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Diego Llorente | 31 | D C | £23k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Mouctar Diakhaby | 28 | D C, DM | £13k | £10m | £19m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Koni De Winter | 23 | D C | £37k | £6m | £9m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nayef Aguerd | 29 | D C | £30k | £52m | £103m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Toby Alderweireld
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36 | D RC | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Leny Yoro | 19 | D C | £49k | £100m | £299m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Abdukodir Khusanov | 21 | D C | £25k | £57m | £130m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Beraldo | 21 | D C, DM | £33k | £36m | £83m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Malick Thiaw | 23 | D C | £44k | £60m | £158m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Omar Alderete | 28 | D C | £53k | £48m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Juan David Cabal | 24 | D LC | £14k | £3m | £4m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aitor Paredes | 25 | D C | £23k | £31m | £31m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pau Torres | 28 | D C | £120k | £40m | £46m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marc Bartra | 34 | D C | £31k | £1m | £1m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nikola Milenković | 27 | D C | £92k | £31m | £36m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kristoffer Ajer | 27 | D C, DM | £40k | £34m | £40m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jean-Clair Todibo | 25 | D C | £62k | £34m | £40m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Matteo Gabbia | 25 | D C | £24k | £29m | £26m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Facundo Medina | 26 | D C | £38k | £0 | £0 | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Thiago Silva | 40 | D C | £36k | £1m | £1m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Kike Salas | 23 | D C | £9k | £26m | £41m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jan Bednarek | 29 | D C | £19k | £10m | £9m | 30-09-2027 | ||
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Jeff Chabot | 27 | D C | £23k | £6m | £6m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marco Friedl | 27 | D LC | £25k | £12m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Presnel Kimpembe | 29 | D C | £30k | £7m | £684k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Kurt Zouma | 30 | D RC | £25k | £59m | £6m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Chris Richards | 25 | D RLC | £50k | £18m | £21m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Mika Mármol | 24 | D LC | £7k | £5m | £6m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Martin Valjent | 29 | D RC | £13k | £6m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Daley Blind | 35 | D LC, DM | £13k | £671k | £781k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ethan Ampadu | 24 | D C, DM | £35k | £38m | £44m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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James Tarkowski | 32 | D C | £100k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Abdul Mumin | 27 | D C | £22k | £12m | £13m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Natan | 24 | D C | £19k | £12m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Fabrício Bruno | 29 | D C | £22k | £15m | £18m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Juan Jesus | 34 | D LC | £46k | £1m | £1m | 30-06-2024 |
