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 FM24/25 Update.
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All FM24/25 Update Central Midfielders Guides:
- Wonderkid Central Midfielders in FM24/25 Update
- Cheap Central Midfielders in FM24/25 Update
- Best Central Midfielders in FM24/25 Update
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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Jude Bellingham | 21 | DM, AM C | £342k | £175m | £254m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kevin De Bruyne | 33 | AM RLC | £340k | £135m | £300m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Martin Ødegaard | 25 | AM C | £225k | £217m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Bernardo Silva | 29 | AM RC | £250k | £259m | £300m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Eduardo Camavinga | 21 | D L, DM | £136k | £155m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Federico Valverde | 25 | AM RC | £180k | £112m | £185m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Bruno Guimarães | 26 | DM | £180k | £160m | £276m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aurélien Tchouameni | 24 | DM | £206k | £64m | £163m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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İlkay Gündoğan | 33 | DM, AM C | £126k | £15m | £31m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Luka Modrić | 38 | AM C | £358k | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Pedri | 21 | AM RLC | £148k | £79m | £187m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nicolò Barella | 27 | M C | £153k | £117m | £294m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Vitinha | 24 | DM | £128k | £80m | £201m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Frenkie de Jong | 27 | DM | £231k | £93m | £221m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 30 | DM, AM C | £171k | £81m | £137m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Granit Xhaka | 31 | DM | £107k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Enzo Fernández | 23 | DM, AM C | £180k | £115m | £199m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Moisés Caicedo | 22 | DM | £140k | £127m | £235m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Kai Havertz | 25 | AM/F C | £220k | £108m | £267m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Teun Koopmeiners | 26 | DM, AM C | £113k | £67m | £161m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 35 | DM, AM C | £80k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Exequiel Palacios | 25 | DM | £82k | £60m | £110m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Gavi | 19 | AM LC | £124k | £83m | £196m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Adrien Rabiot | 29 | DM, M LC | £90k | £64m | £145m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sergej Milinković-Savić | 29 | AM C | £258k | £63m | £154m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Rodrigo De Paul | 30 | AM RC | £96k | £61m | £105m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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N'Golo Kanté | 33 | DM | £423k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Fabián | 28 | DM, AM C | £46k | £49m | £119m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marcos Llorente | 29 | WB R, DM, AM RC | £132k | £57m | £145m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sandro Tonali | 24 | DM | £133k | £115m | £278m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rodrigo Bentancur | 27 | DM | £100k | £53m | £96m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Guido Rodríguez | 30 | DM | £99k | £50m | £86m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Leon Goretzka | 29 | DM, AM C | £230k | £24m | £59m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Mikel Merino | 28 | DM | £72k | £39m | £92m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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John McGinn | 29 | AM RLC | £100k | £48m | £92m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Joelinton | 27 | AM LC | £80k | £62m | £115m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Dominik Szoboszlai | 23 | AM RLC | £120k | £67m | £162m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Oihan Sancet | 24 | AM C | £36k | £69m | £176m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Koke | 32 | DM, M RLC | £263k | £25m | £55m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Fredrik Aursnes | 28 | DM | £29k | £25m | £50m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mateo Kovačić | 30 | DM | £165k | £40m | £94m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Matheus Nunes | 25 | AM RC | £130k | £33m | £83m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Luis Alberto | 31 | AM C | £78k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Orkun Kökçü | 23 | AM C | £28k | £37m | £70m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mateus Uribe | 33 | DM | £51k | £300m | 31-05-2025 | |||
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Martín Zubimendi | 25 | DM | £35k | £42m | £104m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Rúben Neves | 27 | DM | £410k | £51m | £121m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Davide Frattesi | 24 | M C | £83k | £25m | £58m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lorenzo Pellegrini | 28 | DM, AM C | £107k | £46m | £111m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ruben Loftus-Cheek | 28 | DM, AM C | £85k | £27m | £51m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marcelo Brozović | 31 | DM | £591k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ederson | 25 | DM, AM C | £42k | £24m | £42m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Fred | 31 | DM | £82k | £300m | 30-06-2026 | |||
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Konrad Laimer | 27 | D/WB R, DM | £140k | £24m | £58m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Warren Zaïre-Emery | 18 | DM | £65k | £70m | £174m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Stanislav Lobotka | 29 | DM | £92k | £56m | £134m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Boubacar Kamara | 24 | DM | £100k | £39m | £94m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ismaël Bennacer | 26 | DM | £116k | £43m | £80m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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André-Franck Zambo Anguissa | 28 | DM | £57k | £23m | £36m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Manuel Locatelli | 26 | DM | £92k | £34m | £80m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Piotr Zieliński | 30 | AM C | £79k | £12m | £27m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tijjani Reijnders | 25 | DM, AM C | £36k | £33m | £78m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Conor Gallagher | 24 | DM, AM C | £37k | £49m | £91m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lucas Paquetá | 26 | DM, AM LC | £130k | £45m | £84m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marcel Sabitzer | 30 | DM, AM C | £123k | £34m | £79m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Franck Kessié | 27 | DM | £362k | £63m | £108m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Fábio Vieira | 24 | AM RLC | £80k | £37m | £89m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Bryan Cristante | 29 | DM | £86k | £46m | £111m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ryan Gravenberch | 22 | DM, AM C | £160k | £87m | £206m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Harvey Elliott | 21 | AM RC | £45k | £107m | £203m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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James Ward-Prowse | 29 | DM, AM C | £100k | £46m | £88m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Curtis Jones | 23 | AM LC | £65k | £80m | £131m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Douglas Luiz | 26 | DM | £72k | £88m | £166m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Xaver Schlager | 26 | DM | £74k | £35m | £82m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Kobbie Mainoo | 19 | DM, AM C | £10k | £104m | £186m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Carlos Soler | 27 | AM RC | £58k | £10m | £25m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lewis Ferguson | 24 | DM, AM C | £13k | £19m | £35m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Matteo Guendouzi | 25 | M C | £70k | £20m | £45m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Hidemasa Morita | 29 | DM | £18k | £23m | £42m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nicolò Fagioli | 23 | DM, AM C | £31k | £30m | £70m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marten de Roon | 33 | DM | £31k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Youri Tielemans | 27 | DM, AM C | £150k | £36m | £84m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Pape Matar Sarr | 21 | DM | £80k | £86m | £171m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Weston McKennie | 25 | WB R, M RC | £53k | £10m | £19m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Khephren Thuram | 23 | DM | £79k | £33m | £76m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Wataru Endo | 31 | DM | £75k | £23m | £44m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Quinten Timber | 23 | D C, DM, AM C | £9k | £43m | £97m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Fernandinho | 39 | DM | £7k | £446k | £483k | 31-12-2023 | ||
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Héctor Herrera | 34 | DM | £81k | £542k | £740k | 31-12-2023 | ||
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Sergi Darder | 30 | DM | £24k | £15m | £33m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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William Carvalho | 32 | M C | £27k | £10m | £20m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Marco Verratti | 31 | DM | £576k | £300m | 31-05-2025 | |||
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Matt O'Riley | 23 | DM, AM C | £64k | £53m | £114m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joe Willock | 24 | M C | £80k | £43m | £82m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mario Pašalić | 29 | AM C | £31k | £13m | £27m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Amadou Haïdara | 26 | DM | £58k | £25m | £46m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Leandro Paredes | 30 | DM | £95k | £26m | £41m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Pablo Barrios | 21 | DM | £23k | £55m | £133m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Denis Zakaria | 27 | DM | £45k | £29m | £57m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kevin Stöger | 30 | DM, AM C | £30k | £12m | £27m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Yangel Herrera | 26 | DM | £21k | £18m | £35m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Álvaro Fidalgo | 27 | AM LC | £6k | £753k | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Dani Ceballos | 27 | M C | £171k | £11m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Billy Gilmour | 23 | DM | £57k | £41m | £79m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joey Veerman | 25 | DM, AM C | £6k | £23m | £49m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Scott McTominay | 27 | DM, AM C | £57k | £26m | £43m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lazar Samardžić | 22 | AM C | £8k | £13m | £29m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Kevin Kampl | 33 | DM | £74k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Wendel | 26 | DM, AM C | £27k | £9m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tyler Adams | 25 | D/WB R, DM | £50k | £33m | £67m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aleix García | 27 | DM | £31k | £10m | £22m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Íñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | 30 | DM | £24k | £36m | £74m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Andrea Colpani | 25 | AM C | £14k | £10m | £22m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sofyan Amrabat | 27 | DM | £32k | £11m | £17m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Claudinho | 27 | AM LC | £28k | £12m | £21m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Remo Freuler | 32 | DM | £47k | £6m | £9m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Maximilian Arnold | 30 | DM | £66k | £13m | £31m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Benjamin Bourigeaud | 30 | AM RC | £60k | £10m | £22m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Dani Parejo | 35 | DM, AM C | £27k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Marco Brescianini | 24 | DM | £8k | £8m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mathias Jensen | 28 | M C | £40k | £37m | £84m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Pierre-Emile Højbjerg | 28 | DM | £110k | £17m | £39m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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João Neves | 19 | DM, AM C | £40k | £63m | £146m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Valentin Rongier | 29 | DM | £48k | £17m | £40m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ivan Ilić | 23 | DM, AM C | £25k | £20m | £46m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nemanja Matić | 35 | DM | £69k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Stephen Eustáquio | 27 | DM | £17k | £14m | £27m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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João Mário | 31 | AM RLC | £43k | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Kristjan Asllani | 22 | DM, AM C | £25k | £10m | £22m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Samuele Ricci | 22 | DM | £31k | £45m | £103m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jacob Ramsey | 23 | AM LC | £75k | £55m | £115m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Angel Gomes | 23 | AM RLC | £10k | £28m | £45m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Christian Eriksen | 32 | DM, AM C | £170k | £12m | £25m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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James Milner | 38 | D/WB RL, DM | £70k | £3m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ludovic Blas | 26 | AM RC | £19k | £16m | £36m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Séko Fofana | 29 | DM | £303k | £33m | £63m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jordan Veretout | 31 | DM | £27k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Nicolás de la Cruz | 27 | AM RLC | £20k | £21m | £44m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Iván Martín | 25 | AM RLC | £17k | £11m | £25m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Saúl | 29 | DM, M RLC | £197k | £10m | £22m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Erick Sánchez | 24 | M C | £20k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rolando Mandragora | 27 | DM | £49k | £10m | £23m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Morgan Gibbs-White | 24 | AM RC | £50k | £33m | £69m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lewis Cook | 27 | DM | £35k | £30m | £62m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Felix Nmecha | 23 | DM, AM C | £74k | £34m | £76m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jordan Henderson | 34 | DM | £66k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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Giovani Lo Celso | 28 | DM, AM LC | £18k | £10m | £21m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Miralem Pjanić | 34 | DM | £24k | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Georginio Wijnaldum | 33 | DM, AM C | £194k | £300m | 30-06-2025 | |||
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João Moutinho | 37 | DM, AM C | £14k | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2024 |
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