The traditional January sales may have taken a hit from Black Friday but the football world still loves a good bargain.
With less than six months left on their contracts when 2017 is ushered in on Sunday, almost 70 Premier League first-team squad members will be free to discuss terms with clubs from overseas under Fifa’s rules on transfers. That means the likes of Arsenal’s Santi Cazorla, Yaya Touré of Manchester City, Manchester United’s Michael Carrick and Chelsea’s John Terry could all sign pre-contract agreements if they fancy a change of scenery.
Sam Allardyce faces a busy few months, with nine of his Crystal Palace squad including the goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey only having six months left on their contracts, while Stoke have the same number, albeit with one-year options on Glen Johnson, Charlie Adam, and Daniel Bachmann. Tottenham are the only club not to have a single player with an expiring contract.
Here’s a breakdown of which players at every Premier League club will be out of contract this summer.
Arsenal (3): Santi Cazorla, Per Mertesacker, Yaya Sanogo.
Bournemouth (2): Andrew Surman, Artur Boruc.
Burnley (3): George Boyd, Michael Kightly, Paul Robinson.
Chelsea (4): Mikel John Obi, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Eduardo.
Crystal Palace (9): Joe Ledley, Wayne Hennessey, Martin Kelly, Mathieu Flamini, Fraizer Campbell, Zeki Fryers, Damien Delaney, Julian Speroni, Kwesi Appiah.
Everton (3): Arouna Koné, Tyias Browning, Conor McAleny.
Hull City (4): Shaun Maloney, Dusan Kuciak, Greg Luer, Brian Lenhihan.
Leicester (1): Marcin Wasilewski.
Liverpool (1): Alex Manninger.
Manchester City (6): Jesús Navas, Yaya Touré, Pablo Zabaleta, Gaël Clichy, Bacary Sagna, Willy Caballero
Manchester United (1): Michael Carrick.
Middlesbrough (3): Grant Leadbitter, Emilio Nsue, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos.
Southampton (3): Cuco Martina, Stuart Taylor, Lloyd Isgrove.
Stoke City (9): Glen Johnson (one-year option available), Ibrahim Afellay, Charlie Adam (one-year option available), Peter Crouch, Phil Bardsley, Stephen Ireland, Shay Given, Dionatan Teixeira, Daniel Bachmann (one-year option available).
Sunderland (5): Jan Kirchoff, Sebastian Larsson, Victor Anichebe, Steven Pienaar, John O’Shea.
Swansea (1): Gerhard Tremmel.
Tottenham (0).
West Bromwich Albion (6): Saido Berahino, Chris Brunt, Darren Fletcher (one-year option available), Jonas Olsson, Gareth McAuley, Jack Rose.
West Ham United (2):Adrián, Álvaro Arbeloa.
Watford (2): Mathias Ranagie, Rene Gilmartin.
