Every Premier League player who has become a free agent this summer; including Man Utd trio and Liverpool legend…

Wilfried Zaha, David de Gea and Jesse Lingard. TEAMtalk montage.

Free transfers are becoming more common in football and a lot of Premier League stars have run down their contracts in 2023.

While some players still have a contract offer on the table and are weighing up their options, others have been deemed surplus to requirements.

Using data from transfermarkt, we’ve taken a look at every first-team player whose contract with a Premier League side has just expired.

Note: an asterisk indicates that the club have the option to extend the player’s contract for another year but have not yet activated it.

Arsenal

Reiss Nelson
Ainsley Maitland-Niles

While Arsenal decided against triggering the one-year option in Maitland-Niles’ contract, they remain in negotiations with Nelson over a new deal.

Aston Villa

Ashley Young
Jed Steer

Despite expressing his desire to stay at Villa Park, Young will become a free agent this summer after the club opted not to offer him a new contract.

Ashley Young Aston Villa May 2022

Bournemouth

Jefferson Lerma
Jordan Zemura
Jack Stacey
Junior Stanislas

Zemura rejected Bournemouth’s contract offer and joined Serie A side Udinese and Stacey has dropped down to the Championship with Norwich City.

Lerma will remain in the Premier League as he has agreed to join Crystal Palace on a three-year contract.

Brentford

Pontus Jansson
Saman Ghoddos
Tariqe Fosu
Joel Valencia

Brentford will have a new captain in the 2023/24 season as Jansson has confirmed that he’ll rejoin boyhood club Malmo on a free transfer.

Brighton

Joel Veltman
Jan Paul van Hecke*
Haydon Roberts

While Roberto De Zerbi wants to extend Veltman’s stay at Brighton, the defender is yet to sign a new deal amid reported interest from Barcelona and Roma.

“I am happy, but I am also open to other options,” he told Voetbal International. “I’m having a good time in England, but Italy or Spain would be nice.”

Burnley

Ashley Barnes
Matthew Lowton
Will Norris

Despite helping Burnley win promotion to the Premier League, Barnes will remain in the Championship in 2023/24 after signing a two-year contract at Norwich City.

Chelsea

N’Golo Kante

Kante has bid farewell to Chelsea as the midfielder has signed a four-year contract with Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad.

Crystal Palace

Wilfried Zaha
Luka Milivojevic
Nathan Ferguson
James McArthur
Jack Butland

Zaha is attracting interest from across the world but Palace have offered the winger a new four-year contract worth £200,000-a-week in a final attempt to keep him at Selhurst Park.

Everton

Yerry Mina
Tom Davies
Andros Townsend
Asmir Begovic
Andy Lonergan

Mina and Townsend both struggled with injury problems in 2022/23 and Everton have decided to let them leave on a free transfer.

Begovic and Davies both rejected the offer of a new contract but Lonergan is yet to respond to Everton’s offer. 

Fulham

Willian
Shane Duffy
Neeskens Kebano
Joe Bryan
Paulo Gazzaniga
Steven Sessegnon

According to the Evening Standard, Willian had hoped to stay at Craven Cottage but was disappointed by their contract offer and is now pursuing other Premier League offers.

Duffy and Bryan have both dropped down to the Championship, joining Norwich City and Millwall respectively.

Liverpool

Roberto Firmino
Naby Keita
James Milner
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Milner has signed a one-year deal with Brighton and Keita has returned to the Bundesliga, joining Werder Bremen on a free transfer.

Firmino is reportedly in talks with Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli and Oxlade-Chamberlain has been linked with a move to Aston Villa.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keita of Liverpool

Luton Town

Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu
Tom Lockyer
Sonny Bradley
Henri Lansbury
Harry Isted
Carlos Mendes

After lifting the Championship play-off final winners’ trophy at Wembley Stadium, club captain Sonny Bradley will now leave Luton.

While it’s yet to be made official, TEAMtalk understands that Mpanzu has agreed a new deal with the Premier League new boys and negotiations are reportedly ongoing with Lockyer.

Manchester City

Ilkay Gundogan
Benjamin Mendy

Despite playing a key role in City’s treble success in 2022/23, Gundogan decided to leave the club and join Barcelona on a two-year deal.

Manchester United

David de Gea*
Phil Jones
Axel Tuanzebe

According to The Athletic, De Gea put pen to paper on a contract extension but United then withdrew the offer and submitted a new proposal on reduced terms.

United are set to continue discussions with the 32-year-old about a new contract but have been heavily linked with Inter Milan’s Andre Onana. 

Newcastle United

Matty Longstaff
Paul Dummett
Loris Karius
Ciaran Clark

Karius and Dummett have both been offered new deals by Newcastle but Longstaff and Clark have been allowed to leave the club.

Nottingham Forest

Jesse Lingard
Andre Ayew
Jack Colback
Cafu
Lyle Taylor
Jordan Smith

Lingard has left Forest after just one solitary season at the City Ground and has been linked with clubs in America and Saudi Arabia.

“I want regular game time. I’m still hungry. I’m working hard out here,” Lingard told Sky Sports. “Saudi Arabia… they are doing big things. It’s one of the hotspots to go to.

“I’m not really surprised that a lot of big names are moving out there. They’ve been doing really big things in the last couple years. It’s something that I’m going to consider as well. It’s just got to be right for me at the end of the day.

“I’ll go with my gut feeling. I just want to get on the pitch. I’m still hungry for success.”

Jesse Lingard at Nottingham Forest

Sheffield United

Billy Sharp
Jack O’Connell
Enda Stevens
Kyron Gordon
Zak Brunt
Jack Robinson

Sharp led Sheffield United back to the Premier League for a second time in 2022/23 but has now bid an emotional farewell to his boyhood club.

O’Connell, Stevens and Gordon have followed him out of the door but contract offers have been made to Brunt and Robinson.

Tottenham

Lucas Moura

The Brazilian was deemed surplus to requirements by Tottenham but Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, Wolves and Newcastle have reportedly contacted his representatives over a possible move.

West Ham United

Aaron Cresswell
Angelo Ogbonna
Vladimir Coufal*
Manuel Lanzini

While Ogbonna and Cresswell have reportedly been offered new contracts, Lanzini’s eight-year stay with the Hammers has come to an end.

Wolves

Adama Traore
Diego Costa
Joao Moutinho

Wolves opted against keeping Moutinho and Costa for another season but they remain in talks with Traore over a potential new deal.

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