Want to know who the best Centre Backs in Football Manager 26 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Centre Backs with the highest ratings in FM26.
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These are the best Centre Backs in Football Manager 26 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 | £350k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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William Saliba | 24 | D C | £220k | £111m | £288m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Gabriel | 27 | D C | £190k | £97m | £222m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Rúben Dias | 28 | D C | £200k | £89m | £204m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Marquinhos | 31 | D C, DM | £279k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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Marc Guéhi | 25 | D C | £300k | £89m | £200m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Dayot Upamecano | 26 | D C | £331k | £56m | £126m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Willian Pacho | 23 | D LC | £75k | £140m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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John Stones | 31 | D RC, DM | £200k | £53m | £54m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Bremer | 28 | D C | £154k | £52m | £114m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Alessandro Bastoni | 26 | D C | £169k | £87m | £192m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Wesley Fofana | 24 | D C | £200k | £90m | £231m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Nico Schlotterbeck | 25 | D LC | £75k | £95m | £207m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Joško Gvardiol | 23 | D LC | £200k | £82m | £82m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Éder Militão | 27 | D C | £154k | £48m | £48m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jonathan Tah | 29 | D C | £249k | £62m | £133m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ibrahima Konaté | 26 | D C | £140k | £44m | £95m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Antonio Rüdiger | 32 | D C | £240k | £23m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jan Paul van Hecke | 25 | D C | £55k | £58m | £75m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Cristian Romero | 27 | D C | £200k | £58m | £135m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Sven Botman | 25 | D C | £125k | £58m | £135m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Micky van de Ven | 24 | D LC | £85k | £66m | £152m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Eric García | 24 | D RC, DM | £133k | £42m | £57m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Levi Colwill | 22 | D LC | £75k | £94m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Milan Škriniar | 30 | D C | £166k | £50m | £63m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Amir Rrahmani | 31 | D C | £53k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Manuel Akanji | 29 | D RC | £130k | £47m | £46m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Matthijs de Ligt | 25 | D C | £220k | £77m | £162m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Evan N'Dicka | 25 | D C | £85k | £44m | £93m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Alessandro Buongiorno | 26 | D C | £77k | £56m | £117m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Willi Orbán | 32 | D C | £99k | £229m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Kim Min-Jae | 28 | D C | £199k | £41m | £40m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lucas Hernández | 29 | D LC | £316k | £35m | £34m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nathan Aké | 30 | D LC, DM | £165k | £41m | £39m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pau Cubarsí | 18 | D C | £86k | £87m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Piero Hincapié | 23 | D LC | £83k | £52m | £146m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Robin Le Normand | 28 | D C | £0 | £53m | £51m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Andreas Christensen | 29 | D C, DM | £149k | £35m | £33m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lisandro Martínez | 27 | D LC | £120k | £66m | £136m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pierre Kalulu | 25 | D RC | £51k | £49m | £101m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Loïc Badé | 25 | D C | £99k | £57m | £118m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Gianluca Mancini | 29 | D C | £108k | £36m | £75m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jakub Kiwior | 25 | D LC, DM | £58k | £28m | £27m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Trevoh Chalobah | 26 | D RC | £100k | £54m | £110m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Davinson Sánchez | 29 | D C | £104k | £28m | £58m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Waldemar Anton | 28 | D RC, DM | £116k | £46m | £94m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Omar Alderete | 28 | D C | £75k | £54m | £67m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Dani Vivian | 26 | D C, DM | £0 | £79m | £162m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Ezri Konsa | 27 | D C | £105k | £50m | £61m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Roger Ibañez | 26 | D C | £166k | £56m | £69m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ronald Araujo | 26 | D C | £207k | £32m | £30m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Abdukodir Khusanov | 21 | D RC | £80k | £67m | £161m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kalidou Koulibaly | 34 | D C | £497k | £11m | £14m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Íñigo Martínez | 34 | D C | £232k | £8m | £10m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Murillo | 23 | D C, DM | £90k | £49m | £60m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jarrad Branthwaite | 23 | D RLC | £135k | £54m | £66m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Pau Torres | 28 | D C | £130k | £48m | £59m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Benjamin Pavard | 29 | D RC | £126k | £29m | £27m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joe Gomez | 28 | D RLC | £120k | £39m | £37m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Dávid Hancko | 27 | D LC | £0 | £35m | £33m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Francesco Acerbi | 37 | D C | £46k | £3m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Illia Zabarnyi | 22 | D C | £104k | £88m | £178m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Malick Thiaw | 23 | D C | £78k | £50m | £137m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Castello Lukeba | 22 | D LC | £99k | £69m | £147m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Alessio Romagnoli | 30 | D C | £92k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Harry Maguire | 32 | D C | £200k | £20m | £41m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Arthur Theate | 25 | D LC | £41k | £32m | £39m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Edmond Tapsoba | 26 | D C | £83k | £40m | £82m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Josip Stanišić | 25 | D RLC | £99k | £23m | £22m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ousmane Diomande | 21 | D C | £31k | £69m | £241m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Mario Gila | 24 | D C | £21k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Yann Aurel Bisseck | 24 | D C | £32k | £26m | £33m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Benoît Badiashile | 24 | D C | £105k | £49m | £63m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Matthias Ginter | 31 | D C | £50k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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José Giménez | 30 | D C | £83k | £29m | £27m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Fikayo Tomori | 27 | D C | £75k | £21m | £42m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jhon Lucumí | 27 | D C | £16k | £18m | £22m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Federico Gatti | 27 | D C | £95k | £28m | £27m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Matteo Gabbia | 25 | D C | £55k | £21m | £42m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Fabian Schär | 33 | D C | £90k | £12m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Lewis Dunk | 33 | D C | £87k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Gonçalo Inácio | 23 | D C | £31k | £52m | £141m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Sead Kolašinac | 32 | D LC | £43k | £10m | £21m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Berat Djimsiti | 32 | D C | £25k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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Emre Can | 31 | D C, DM | £133k | £9m | £18m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jan Bednarek | 29 | D C | £41k | £39m | £77m | 30-09-2029 | ||
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Joachim Andersen | 29 | D C | £140k | £44m | £53m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Nikola Milenković | 27 | D C | £70k | £39m | £47m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Maxence Lacroix | 25 | D C | £80k | £44m | £53m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Hiroki Ito | 26 | D LC | £108k | £18m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Axel Disasi | 27 | D RC | £75k | £13m | £12m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Calvin Bassey | 25 | D LC | £60k | £44m | £53m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Renato Veiga | 21 | D LC, DM | £0 | £123m | £300m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Giorgio Scalvini | 21 | D C | £46k | £61m | £209m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Sergio Ramos | 39 | D C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Rafa Marín | 23 | D C | £37k | £36m | £97m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Flavien-Enzo Boyomo | 23 | D RC | £0 | £22m | £26m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Raúl Asencio | 22 | D C | £30k | £59m | £117m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Marcos Senesi | 28 | D C | £60k | £33m | £40m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Clément Lenglet | 30 | D C | £0 | £31m | £29m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Robin Koch | 28 | D C, DM | £83k | £28m | £28m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Aitor Paredes | 25 | D C | £0 | £70m | £140m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Isak Hien | 26 | D C | £28k | £20m | £40m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kevin Danso | 26 | D C | £75k | £38m | £76m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jaka Bijol | 26 | D C | £45k | £42m | £50m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Sam Beukema | 26 | D C | £53k | £23m | £45m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Cristhian Mosquera | 21 | D RC | £60k | £50m | £117m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Thiago Silva | 40 | D C | £39k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Danilo Pereira | 33 | D C, DM | £85k | £12m | £15m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nacho | 35 | D C | £166k | £4m | £380k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Florian Lejeune | 34 | D C | £25k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Juan Jesus | 34 | D C | £31k | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Stefan de Vrij | 33 | D C | £117k | £4m | £4m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Strahinja Pavlović | 24 | D C | £52k | £17m | £22m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Odilon Kossounou | 24 | D RC | £31k | £19m | £44m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Javi Rodríguez | 22 | D RC | £0 | £45m | £33m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Carl Starfelt | 30 | D C | £20k | £33m | £24m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Victor Lindelöf | 30 | D C | £85k | £30m | £36m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aymeric Laporte | 31 | D C | £0 | £68m | £135m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mario Hermoso | 30 | D LC | £108k | £23m | £46m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Igoh Ogbu | 25 | D C | £9k | £10m | £13m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Lloyd Kelly | 26 | D LC | £74k | £21m | £19m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Olivier Boscagli | 27 | D LC, DM | £30k | £41m | £48m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Alexsandro Ribeiro | 25 | D C | £15k | £26m | £26m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nicolás Otamendi | 37 | D C | £42k | £5m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Dan Burn | 33 | D LC | £75k | £14m | £28m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marcos Alonso | 34 | D LC | £0 | £3m | £2m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sepp van den Berg | 23 | D RC | £35k | £49m | £58m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Logan Costa | 24 | D C | £0 | £24m | £55m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Nathan Collins | 24 | D C | £48k | £41m | £48m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Tomás Araújo | 23 | D RC | £27k | £37m | £60m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Tyrone Mings | 32 | D LC | £105k | £20m | £23m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Oumar Solet | 25 | D C | £22k | £19m | £23m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nordi Mukiele | 27 | D RC | £70k | £39m | £46m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Facundo Medina | 26 | D LC | £27k | £17m | £20m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Danilho Doekhi | 27 | D C | £41k | £7m | £8m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jarell Quansah | 22 | D RC | £66k | £80m | £242m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jake O'Brien | 24 | D RC | £50k | £38m | £44m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Santiago Mouriño | 23 | D RC | £0 | £50m | £134m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Lutsharel Geertruida | 24 | D RLC, DM | £99k | £21m | £29m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Igor Zubeldia | 28 | D C, DM | £0 | £43m | £85m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Niklas Süle | 29 | D RC | £199k | £8m | £7m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Diego Llorente | 31 | D C | £0 | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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Philipp Lienhart | 29 | D C | £46k | £12m | £14m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nayef Aguerd | 29 | D C | £0 | £22m | £43m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Chris Richards | 25 | D RLC | £50k | £38m | £44m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ladislav Krejčí | 26 | D C, DM | £21k | £33m | £24m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jeff Chabot | 27 | D C | £46k | £12m | £12m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Beraldo | 21 | D C | £54k | £33m | £76m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Antonio Raíllo | 33 | D C | £0 | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Leny Yoro | 19 | D C | £113k | £62m | £188m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Marc Pubill | 22 | D RC | £0 | £51m | £99m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Natan | 24 | D C | £0 | £40m | £93m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Radu Drăguşin | 23 | D RC | £48k | £47m | £125m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Ethan Ampadu | 24 | D C, DM | £35k | £36m | £42m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nino | 28 | D C | £0 | £10m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Leonardo Balerdi | 26 | D C | £66k | £20m | £38m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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António Silva | 21 | D C | £27k | £79m | £182m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jorrel Hato | 19 | D LC | £100k | £62m | £186m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Wilfried Singo | 24 | D RC | £100k | £21m | £48m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Kike Salas | 23 | D LC | £21k | £40m | £105m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Léo Ortiz | 29 | D C, DM | £0 | £20m | £38m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Presnel Kimpembe | 29 | D C | £66k | £8m | £792k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mouctar Diakhaby | 28 | D C, DM | £66k | £33m | £33m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ben Davies | 32 | D LC | £82k | £14m | £28m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Alejandro Catena | 30 | D C | £0 | £9m | £9m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Pascal Struijk | 25 | D LC | £40k | £35m | £40m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mohamed Simakan | 25 | D C | £249k | £39m | £45m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Dean Huijsen | 20 | D C | £149k | £96m | £253m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Joël Veltman | 33 | D RC | £57k | £8m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Daley Blind | 35 | D LC | £29k | £3m | £2m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marc Bartra | 34 | D C | £31k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Luka Vušković | 18 | D C | £25k | £48m | £211m | 30-06-2030 |
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