Want to know who the best Midfielders in Football Manager 26 are? We've got a shortlist of all the best Midfielders with the highest ratings in FM26.
All FM26 Midfielders Guides:
These are the best Midfielders in Football Manager 26 as rated by their current ability. Each Midfielder has a perfect midfield rating meaning they are naturals at playing as a 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 Midfielders below.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Kylian Mbappé | 26 | AM RL, ST | £497k | £175m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Declan Rice | 26 | DM | £250k | £146m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Bukayo Saka | 23 | AM RL | £300k | £247m | £300m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Mohamed Salah | 33 | AM RL, ST | £400k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Rodri | 29 | D C, DM | £165k | £146m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Joshua Kimmich | 30 | D/WB R, DM | £315k | £122m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Pedri | 22 | DM, AM C | £207k | £179m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Vitinha | 25 | DM | £108k | £202m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jude Bellingham | 22 | AM LC | £345k | £173m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Raphinha | 28 | AM RLC | £242k | £69m | £165m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Martin Ødegaard | 26 | AM C | £225k | £130m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Vinícius Júnior | 25 | AM L, ST | £345k | £92m | £218m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Michael Olise | 23 | AM RC | £224k | £190m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Guro Reiten | 31 | AM L | £3k | £694k | £2m | 01-07-2026 | ||
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Bruno Fernandes | 30 | DM, AM C | £300k | £124m | £300m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Federico Valverde | 26 | DM, AM RC | £181k | £83m | £198m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Lamine Yamal | 18 | AM R | £281k | £270m | £300m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Cole Palmer | 23 | AM RLC | £130k | £209m | £300m | 30-06-2033 | ||
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Lionel Messi | 38 | AM RC, F C | £222k | £300m | 31-12-2028 | |||
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Kevin De Bruyne | 34 | AM C | £185k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Florian Wirtz | 22 | AM RLC | £200k | £183m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Phil Foden | 25 | AM RLC | £130k | £108m | £247m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Enzo Fernández | 24 | DM, AM C | £180k | £119m | £296m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Moisés Caicedo | 23 | DM | £140k | £178m | £300m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Luis Díaz | 28 | AM RL | £232k | £107m | £243m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Bruno Guimarães | 27 | DM | £180k | £88m | £218m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Sandro Tonali | 25 | DM | £165k | £89m | £221m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | 24 | AM LC | £272k | £123m | £276m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jérémy Doku | 23 | AM RL, ST | £55k | £123m | £277m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Aurélien Tchouaméni | 25 | D C, DM | £207k | £69m | £156m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Luka Modrić | 39 | DM, AM C | £108k | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Rodrygo | 24 | AM RL, ST | £199k | £70m | £156m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jamal Musiala | 22 | AM RLC | £414k | £132m | £296m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Scott McTominay | 28 | DM, AM LC | £92k | £99m | £242m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Frenkie de Jong | 28 | DM | £207k | £80m | £180m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Eduardo Camavinga | 22 | D L, DM | £138k | £98m | £219m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Bernardo Silva | 30 | AM RC | £250k | £81m | £181m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Dejan Kulusevski | 25 | AM RC | £128k | £65m | £159m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nico Williams | 23 | AM RL | £232k | £82m | £198m | 30-06-2035 | ||
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João Neves | 20 | DM | £151k | £254m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Hakan Çalhanoğlu | 31 | DM | £185k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Nicolò Barella | 28 | M C | £200k | £85m | £187m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Martín Zubimendi | 26 | DM | £0 | £73m | £160m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Dani Olmo | 27 | AM/F C | £207k | £75m | £76m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Granit Xhaka | 32 | DM | £115k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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Fabián | 29 | DM, AM C | £151k | £55m | £121m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Christian Pulisic | 26 | AM RLC, F C | £85k | £55m | £119m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rafael Leão | 26 | AM L, ST | £107k | £55m | £119m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Rayan Cherki | 21 | AM RLC, F C | £110k | £83m | £84m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Dominik Szoboszlai | 24 | DM, AM RC | £145k | £81m | £176m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Anthony Gordon | 24 | AM RL | £130k | £79m | £186m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Fermín | 22 | AM RLC | £124k | £87m | £87m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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André-Franck Zambo Anguissa | 29 | DM | £58k | £65m | £140m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Youri Tielemans | 28 | DM, AM C | £155k | £66m | £86m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alexis Mac Allister | 26 | DM, AM C | £175k | £63m | £137m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Boubacar Kamara | 25 | DM | £150k | £66m | £86m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Désiré Doué | 20 | AM RLC | £45k | £129m | £278m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Manu Koné | 24 | DM | £86k | £59m | £126m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ryan Gravenberch | 23 | DM, AM C | £200k | £81m | £173m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Bradley Barcola | 22 | AM RL, ST | £110k | £114m | £245m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Álex Baena | 23 | AM RLC | £0 | £89m | £191m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Antoine Semenyo | 25 | AM RL, ST | £165k | £124m | £124m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Tijjani Reijnders | 26 | DM, AM C | £165k | £53m | £53m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Isco | 33 | AM RLC | £0 | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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Kenan Yıldız | 20 | AM RLC, F C | £184k | £108m | £231m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Gabriel Martinelli | 24 | AM RL, ST | £242k | £83m | £209m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Adrien Rabiot | 30 | DM, M LC | £154k | £48m | £103m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Stanislav Lobotka | 30 | DM | £60k | £22m | £46m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Serge Gnabry | 30 | AM RLC, F C | £232k | £60m | £127m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Matheus Nunes | 26 | D/WB R, AM RC | £130k | £57m | £57m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mason Greenwood | 23 | AM RLC | £76k | £71m | £165m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kaoru Mitoma | 28 | AM L | £87k | £65m | £83m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Joelinton | 28 | AM LC | £115k | £62m | £143m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Rodrigo De Paul | 31 | AM RC | £170k | £300m | 31-12-2029 | |||
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Francisco Trincão | 25 | AM RC | £70k | £52m | £110m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Oihan Sancet | 25 | AM C | £0 | £69m | £147m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Marcus Rashford | 27 | AM RL, ST | £235k | £55m | £117m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Exequiel Palacios | 26 | DM | £124k | £76m | £162m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Éderson | 26 | DM, AM C | £43k | £43m | £99m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Morgan Rogers | 22 | AM RLC, F C | £115k | £70m | £88m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Nico González | 23 | DM, AM C | £150k | £74m | £128m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kang-In Lee | 24 | AM RLC | £121k | £38m | £94m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Pablo Barrios | 22 | DM | £0 | £113m | £238m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Leandro Trossard | 30 | AM RLC, F C | £160k | £46m | £98m | 29-06-2027 | ||
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Leroy Sané | 29 | AM RLC | £249k | £42m | £90m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mikel Oyarzábal | 28 | AM RLC, F C | £37k | £65m | £137m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Sergej Milinković-Savić | 30 | DM, AM C | £239k | £72m | £91m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Marco Asensio | 29 | AM RLC | £166k | £56m | £71m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Iliman N'Diaye | 25 | AM RLC, F C | £55k | £63m | £80m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Bryan Mbeumo | 25 | AM RLC, F C | £150k | £79m | £167m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Cody Gakpo | 26 | AM RLC, F C | £165k | £52m | £51m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Ebere Eze | 27 | AM RLC | £190k | £58m | £121m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Gavi | 20 | DM, AM C | £156k | £87m | £248m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Felix Nmecha | 24 | DM, AM C | £166k | £63m | £156m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Noni Madueke | 23 | AM RLC | £100k | £78m | £222m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Mikel Merino | 29 | DM | £140k | £48m | £101m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 36 | DM | £81k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Antoine Griezmann | 34 | AM RLC, F C | £232k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Warren Zaïre-Emery | 19 | D/WB R, DM | £140k | £75m | £241m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Khéphren Thuram | 24 | DM | £61k | £55m | £135m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mohammed Kudus | 24 | AM RLC, F C | £100k | £72m | £177m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Takefusa Kubo | 24 | AM RC, F C | £36k | £59m | £145m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Curtis Jones | 24 | DM, AM LC | £110k | £68m | £92m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Konrad Laimer | 28 | D/WB R, DM | £141k | £30m | £29m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Leon Goretzka | 30 | DM, AM C | £282k | £17m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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David Neres | 28 | AM RLC | £92k | £44m | £92m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mauro Arambarri | 29 | DM | £41k | £10m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Pote | 27 | AM RLC | £63k | £62m | £129m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Christopher Nkunku | 27 | AM RLC, F C | £154k | £36m | £74m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Weston McKennie | 26 | WB R, DM, AM RC | £120k | £44m | £92m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Federico Chiesa | 27 | AM RLC, F C | £120k | £49m | £47m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mikel Jauregizar | 21 | AM C | £0 | £140m | £300m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Pascal Groß | 34 | DM, AM C | £115k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Charles De Ketelaere | 24 | AM RC, F C | £53k | £35m | £85m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Francisco Conceição | 22 | AM RC | £117k | £70m | £224m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Mattia Zaccagni | 30 | AM LC | £92k | £300m | 30-06-2029 | |||
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Matteo Politano | 31 | AM RLC | £108k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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Riccardo Orsolini | 28 | AM R | £61k | £35m | £44m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jarrod Bowen | 28 | AM RL, ST | £125k | £64m | £79m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Matheus Cunha | 26 | AM RLC, F C | £200k | £122m | £253m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Manuel Locatelli | 27 | DM | £102k | £43m | £90m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nico Paz | 20 | AM/F C | £15k | £86m | £107m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Matías Soulé | 22 | AM RC | £61k | £79m | £251m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Johnny Cardoso | 23 | DM, AM C | £0 | £50m | £84m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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James Maddison | 28 | AM RLC | £147k | £39m | £80m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mateo Kovačić | 31 | DM | £165k | £39m | £38m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tyler Adams | 26 | DM | £60k | £54m | £67m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Savinho | 21 | AM RL | £120k | £61m | £148m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Angelo Stiller | 24 | DM | £83k | £27m | £34m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Xavi Simons | 22 | AM RLC | £200k | £78m | £247m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Amadou Onana | 23 | DM | £110k | £70m | £86m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Elliot Anderson | 22 | DM, AM LC | £70k | £59m | £73m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Amad | 23 | WB R, AM RC | £100k | £63m | £175m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Karim Adeyemi | 23 | AM RLC, F C | £91k | £53m | £146m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lucas Torreira | 29 | DM | £93k | £34m | £69m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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João Palhinha | 30 | DM | £199k | £21m | £20m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Rúben Neves | 28 | DM | £414k | £59m | £72m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jack Grealish | 29 | AM RLC | £270k | £57m | £54m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Paulo Dybala | 31 | AM RC, F C | £215k | £25m | £52m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Santi Comesaña | 28 | DM | £0 | £66m | £135m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kingsley Coman | 29 | AM RL | £414k | £62m | £77m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Xaver Schlager | 27 | DM | £83k | £17m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mason Mount | 26 | AM RLC | £200k | £58m | £118m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Morten Hjulmand | 26 | DM | £33k | £65m | £132m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mattéo Guendouzi | 26 | DM | £83k | £41m | £31m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Nicolás González | 27 | AM RL, ST | £78k | £37m | £76m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Morgan Gibbs-White | 25 | AM RC | £150k | £47m | £58m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Youssouf Fofana | 26 | DM | £92k | £27m | £56m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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João Félix | 25 | AM LC, F C | £580k | £62m | £77m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Antony | 25 | AM R | £0 | £52m | £106m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Aleksandar Pavlović | 21 | DM | £116k | £64m | £154m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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N'Golo Kanté | 34 | DM | £348k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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Sergio Canales | 34 | AM C | £83k | £2m | £2m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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João Pedro | 23 | AM RLC, F C | £80k | £73m | £201m | 30-06-2033 | ||
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Solly March | 30 | WB/AM RL | £57k | £24m | £29m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nadiem Amiri | 28 | DM, AM C | £50k | £24m | £29m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nico O'Reilly | 20 | D L, AM C | £60k | £58m | £161m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Alberto Moleiro | 21 | AM LC | £0 | £86m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Marten de Roon | 34 | D C, DM | £31k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Giuliano Simeone | 22 | WB R, AM RL | £0 | £63m | £127m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Ismael Saibari | 24 | AM RLC, F C | £6k | £44m | £61m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jamie Leweling | 24 | AM RLC | £66k | £23m | £17m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Piotr Zieliński | 31 | AM C | £138k | £16m | £7m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lucas Ocampos | 31 | AM RL, ST | £0 | £14m | £17m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Luis Milla | 30 | DM | £0 | £35m | £43m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Giovani Lo Celso | 29 | AM LC | £100k | £58m | £118m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Wataru Endo | 32 | D C, DM | £95k | £21m | £20m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Bryan Cristante | 30 | DM | £86k | £29m | £58m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Julian Brandt | 29 | AM RLC | £124k | £17m | £35m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Fredrik Aursnes | 29 | AM RC | £48k | £38m | £78m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Aleix García | 28 | DM, AM C | £83k | £43m | £86m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ismaïla Sarr | 27 | AM RLC, F C | £80k | £52m | £63m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Justin Kluivert | 26 | AM RLC | £90k | £52m | £63m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Conor Gallagher | 25 | DM, AM LC | £120k | £49m | £100m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Ritsu Doan | 27 | AM RLC | £75k | £28m | £30m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Brahim Díaz | 25 | AM RLC | £121k | £33m | £31m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Christoph Baumgartner | 25 | AM RLC | £75k | £36m | £37m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Christian Eriksen | 33 | DM, AM RLC | £58k | £300m | 30-06-2027 | |||
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Yan Diomandé | 18 | AM RL | £41k | £89m | £66m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Nicolò Rovella | 23 | DM | £61k | £300m | 30-06-2028 | |||
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James Garner | 24 | DM | £145k | £48m | £58m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Denis Zakaria | 28 | DM | £65k | £35m | £71m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mario Pašalić | 30 | AM C | £61k | £22m | £44m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Brais Méndez | 28 | AM RC | £0 | £47m | £95m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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John McGinn | 30 | AM RLC | £115k | £38m | £46m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ricardo Horta | 30 | AM RLC, F C | £20k | £26m | £31m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Gonçalo Guedes | 28 | AM RLC, F C | £0 | £44m | £89m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Álex Berenguer | 30 | WB L, AM RL | £22k | £52m | £105m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rodrigo Zalazar | 25 | AM RLC | £18k | £43m | £52m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Anton Stach | 26 | D C, DM | £75k | £48m | £58m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Ibrahim Sangaré | 27 | DM | £80k | £43m | £52m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jadon Sancho | 25 | AM RLC | £275k | £36m | £73m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Pape Guèye | 26 | DM | £0 | £62m | £124m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Adam Wharton | 21 | DM | £45k | £64m | £77m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Victor Froholdt | 19 | DM, AM C | £30k | £73m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Kobbie Mainoo | 20 | DM, AM C | £10k | £65m | £248m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Quinten Timber | 24 | D C, DM, AM C | £0 | £33m | £78m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Malik Tillman | 23 | AM RLC | £99k | £53m | £144m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Emile Smith Rowe | 24 | AM RLC | £110k | £48m | £58m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Callum Hudson-Odoi | 24 | AM RLC | £130k | £44m | £53m | 30-06-2028 |
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