Want to know who the best Central Midfielders in Football Manager 2024/25 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Central Midfielders with the highest ratings in FM24 Update.
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These are the best Central Midfielders in Football Manager 2024/25 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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Vitinha | 25 | DM | £209k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Martin Ødegaard | 26 | AM C | £225k | £203m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jude Bellingham | 22 | DM, AM C | £342k | £214m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pedri | 22 | AM RLC | £148k | £106m | £251m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kevin De Bruyne | 34 | AM RLC | £175k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Eduardo Camavinga | 22 | D L, DM | £136k | £113m | £262m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Sandro Tonali | 25 | DM | £133k | £160m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Federico Valverde | 26 | AM RC | £180k | £127m | £293m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Bruno Guimarães | 27 | DM | £180k | £172m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Enzo Fernández | 24 | DM, AM C | £180k | £213m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Moisés Caicedo | 23 | DM | £140k | £135m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Frenkie de Jong | 28 | DM | £231k | £96m | £218m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Youri Tielemans | 28 | DM, AM C | £150k | £50m | £68m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Luka Modrić | 39 | AM C | £154k | £56m | £126m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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İlkay Gündoğan | 34 | DM, AM C | £48k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Bernardo Silva | 30 | AM RC | £250k | £155m | £300m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Aurélien Tchouameni | 25 | DM | £206k | £42m | £43m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 31 | DM, AM C | £171k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Martín Zubimendi | 26 | DM | £115k | £123m | £269m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Fabián | 29 | DM, AM C | £46k | £66m | £144m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ryan Gravenberch | 23 | DM, AM C | £160k | £68m | £201m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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João Neves | 20 | DM, AM C | £128k | £162m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nicolò Barella | 28 | M C | £153k | £117m | £255m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Dominik Szoboszlai | 24 | AM RLC | £120k | £68m | £173m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Granit Xhaka | 32 | DM | £64k | £32m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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André-Franck Zambo Anguissa | 29 | DM | £57k | £97m | £209m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Pablo Barrios | 22 | DM | £33k | £71m | £153m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kai Havertz | 26 | AM/F C | £220k | £38m | £80m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Adrien Rabiot | 30 | DM, M LC | £109k | £76m | £163m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Oihan Sancet | 25 | AM C | £55k | £69m | £88m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Manu Koné | 24 | DM | £96k | £66m | £167m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Scott McTominay | 28 | DM, AM C | £164k | £106m | £246m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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N'Golo Kanté | 34 | DM | £48k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Matheus Nunes | 26 | AM RC | £130k | £60m | £59m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 36 | DM, AM C | £80k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Tijjani Reijnders | 26 | DM, AM C | £103k | £50m | £49m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Exequiel Palacios | 26 | DM | £82k | £53m | £123m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Gavi | 20 | AM LC | £124k | £83m | £239m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Amadou Onana | 23 | DM | £62k | £58m | £74m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mikel Merino | 29 | DM | £72k | £39m | £83m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Boubacar Kamara | 25 | DM | £100k | £59m | £74m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Giovani Lo Celso | 29 | DM, AM LC | £39k | £37m | £47m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Rodrigo De Paul | 31 | AM RC | £1k | £300m | 31-12-2027 | |||
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Stanislav Lobotka | 30 | DM | £92k | £26m | £54m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Curtis Jones | 24 | AM LC | £65k | £46m | £90m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joelinton | 28 | AM LC | £80k | £79m | £179m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Warren Zaïre-Emery | 19 | DM | £65k | £77m | £246m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Leon Goretzka | 30 | DM, AM C | £230k | £19m | £9m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Manuel Locatelli | 27 | DM | £92k | £30m | £29m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Teun Koopmeiners | 27 | DM, AM C | £68k | £31m | £30m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mateo Kovačić | 31 | DM | £165k | £32m | £31m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Marcelo Brozović | 32 | DM | £591k | £4m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ederson | 26 | DM, AM C | £42k | £48m | £61m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Johnny | 23 | DM, AM C | £47k | £68m | £189m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tyler Adams | 26 | D/WB R, DM | £50k | £39m | £48m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nico González | 23 | DM | £52k | £46m | £78m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Xaver Schlager | 27 | DM | £74k | £24m | £49m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Konrad Laimer | 28 | D/WB R, DM | £140k | £28m | £27m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Marcos Llorente | 30 | WB R, DM, AM RC | £132k | £41m | £39m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jacob Ramsey | 24 | AM LC | £50k | £45m | £109m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Denis Zakaria | 28 | DM | £58k | £40m | £42m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nadiem Amiri | 28 | DM, AM C | £25k | £24m | £29m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sergi Darder | 31 | DM | £24k | £9m | £11m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Davide Frattesi | 25 | M C | £76k | £25m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Piotr Zieliński | 31 | AM C | £87k | £16m | £32m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Bryan Cristante | 30 | DM | £86k | £31m | £64m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Morgan Gibbs-White | 25 | AM RC | £50k | £26m | £32m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Adam Wharton | 21 | DM | £45k | £62m | £75m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Sergej Milinković-Savić | 30 | AM C | £258k | £47m | £58m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Matteo Guendouzi | 26 | M C | £48k | £19m | £23m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Wataru Endo | 32 | DM | £75k | £18m | £17m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Marten de Roon | 34 | DM | £31k | £2m | £2m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Jens Stage | 28 | DM, M RC | £16k | £8m | £8m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Rodrigo Bentancur | 28 | DM | £100k | £19m | £38m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Franck Kessié | 28 | DM | £362k | £9m | £7m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Pape Matar Sarr | 22 | DM | £80k | £74m | £230m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Héctor Herrera | 35 | DM | £81k | £30m | 31-12-2024 | |||
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Kobbie Mainoo | 20 | DM, AM C | £10k | £77m | £209m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Weston McKennie | 26 | WB R, M RC | £53k | £32m | £30m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Dani Parejo | 36 | DM, AM C | £29k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Billy Gilmour | 24 | DM | £57k | £12m | £15m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fredrik Aursnes | 29 | DM | £29k | £22m | £44m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Christian Eriksen | 33 | DM, AM C | £27k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Mario Pašalić | 30 | AM C | £31k | £15m | £16m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marcel Sabitzer | 31 | DM, AM C | £123k | £279m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Paul Pogba | 32 | AM LC | £45k | £16m | £16m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Hugo Álvarez | 22 | AM C | £17k | £12m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Javi Guerra | 22 | DM, AM RC | £20k | £54m | £165m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aleix García | 28 | DM | £31k | £14m | £28m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rolando Mandragora | 28 | DM | £49k | £14m | £14m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Quinten Timber | 24 | D C, DM, AM C | £47k | £30m | £71m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joey Veerman | 26 | DM, AM C | £6k | £16m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Conor Gallagher | 25 | DM, AM C | £51k | £47m | £94m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | 29 | DM | £43k | £28m | £55m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Gabriel Sara | 26 | DM, AM C | £35k | £16m | £32m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Leandro Paredes | 31 | DM | £20k | £300m | 31-12-2026 | |||
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Lucas Bergvall | 19 | DM, AM C | £21k | £86m | £261m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Wendel | 27 | DM, AM C | £27k | £9m | £18m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Yangel Herrera | 27 | DM | £28k | £22m | £44m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Gabri Veiga | 23 | AM C | £46k | £68m | £183m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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César Gelabert | 24 | AM RLC | £18k | £7m | £8m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Dani Ceballos | 28 | M C | £171k | £13m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Luis Milla | 30 | DM | £28k | £16m | £19m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Hwang In-Beom | 28 | DM, AM C | £14k | £20m | £24m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Eduard Spertsyan | 25 | AM C | £23k | £5m | £6m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ismaël Bennacer | 27 | DM | £116k | £16m | £15m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Samuele Ricci | 23 | DM | £76k | £34m | £92m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kenneth Taylor | 23 | DM, AM C | £48k | £25m | £66m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joe Willock | 25 | M C | £80k | £25m | £49m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Lukáš Provod | 28 | AM LC | £5k | £10m | £12m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tom Bischof | 20 | DM, AM C | £44k | £31m | £83m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ramón Terrats | 24 | DM | £15k | £10m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Remo Freuler | 33 | DM | £56k | £4m | £5m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ilaix Moriba | 22 | DM, AM C | £33k | £50m | £59m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Santi Comesaña | 28 | DM | £31k | £29m | £57m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Koke | 33 | DM, M RLC | £263k | £12m | £11m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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John McGinn | 30 | AM RLC | £100k | £38m | £45m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Maghnes Akliouche | 23 | AM RLC | £48k | £40m | £68m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Khephren Thuram | 24 | DM | £105k | £31m | £71m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Hidemasa Morita | 30 | DM | £18k | £10m | £10m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Marco Verratti | 32 | DM | £51k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Harvey Elliott | 22 | AM RC | £45k | £63m | £124m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Lewis Cook | 28 | DM | £35k | £38m | £45m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Felix Nmecha | 24 | DM, AM C | £74k | £34m | £80m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Alex Iwobi | 29 | AM RLC | £80k | £26m | £18m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jordan Henderson | 35 | DM | £58k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Douglas Luiz | 27 | DM | £57k | £44m | £40m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fred | 32 | DM | £82k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Ethan Nwaneri | 18 | AM RLC, F C | £1k | £26m | £86m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kevin Kampl
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34 | DM | £2m | £4m | ||||
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Valentin Rongier | 30 | DM | £32k | £26m | £26m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Renato Veiga | 21 | D LC, DM | £5k | £18m | £42m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Heorhii Sudakov | 22 | AM LC | £16k | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Pedro Díaz | 27 | AM C | £16k | £9m | £10m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Rúben Neves | 28 | DM | £410k | £53m | £62m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Eljif Elmas | 25 | AM LC | £66k | £11m | £21m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Orkun Kökçü | 24 | AM C | £28k | £26m | £60m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mathias Jensen | 29 | M C | £40k | £25m | £30m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Oscar | 26 | D L, M C | £3k | £10m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Lewis Hall | 20 | D LC, DM, AM C | £39k | £134m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Vitaly Janelt | 27 | DM | £35k | £36m | £42m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Yehor Yarmoliuk | 21 | AM C | £5k | £57m | £67m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Carlos Soler | 28 | AM RC | £33k | £24m | £47m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Enzo Le Fée | 25 | AM C | £55k | £33m | £3m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Claudinho | 28 | AM LC | £70k | £12m | £14m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lucas Paquetá | 27 | DM, AM LC | £20k | £106m | £206m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Gérson | 28 | AM C | £21k | £41m | £48m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Amadou Haïdara | 27 | DM | £10k | £33m | £33m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Enzo Barrenechea | 24 | DM | £48k | £23m | £31m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Karl Etta Eyong | 21 | AM/F C | £9k | £8m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Habib Diarra | 21 | M C | £33k | £36m | £3m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tanner Tessmann | 23 | DM | £21k | £8m | £12m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jens Cajuste | 25 | DM | £25k | £3m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lazar Samardžić | 23 | AM C | £38k | £22m | £37m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Maximilian Arnold | 31 | DM | £66k | £212m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Benjamin Bourigeaud | 31 | AM RC | £53k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Benjamin André | 34 | DM | £31k | £297m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Antonio Blanco | 24 | DM | £16k | £9m | £11m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Luis Alberto | 32 | AM C | £20k | £28m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Saúl | 30 | DM, M RLC | £17k | £9m | £17m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Christos Zafeiris | 22 | DM, AM C | £15k | £11m | £13m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Sander Berge | 27 | DM, AM C | £55k | £33m | £39m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Edoardo Bove | 23 | DM | £34k | £21m | £24m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Nicolò Fagioli | 24 | DM, AM C | £40k | £10m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Matt O'Riley | 24 | DM, AM C | £64k | £51m | £59m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Yunus Musah | 22 | AM RC | £42k | £37m | £71m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Angel Gomes | 24 | AM RLC | £30k | £15m | £33m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sean Longstaff | 27 | DM | £49k | £26m | £30m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Andreas Pereira | 29 | AM RLC | £22k | £19m | £36m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 29 | DM, AM C | £85k | £7m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Morten Frendrup | 24 | DM | £8k | £7m | £8m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nicolas Seiwald | 24 | DM | £66k | £16m | £37m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Hicham Boudaoui | 25 | DM, M RC | £37k | £20m | £23m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Étienne Capoue
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37 | DM | £0 | £0 |
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