Barcelona captain leads 30-man list of players available on free transfer in 2021
Lionel Messi’s contract at Barcelona will lapse in the summer of 2021 and so far, the Argentine is yet to put pen on paper for the renewal of his contract, meaning he will be free at the end of the season.
The Argentine is among the 30 most valuable players listed to be available on free transfer next year according to a compilation by top outlet SPORTbible.
Bayern Munich’s David Alaba is second on the list as he is worth £58.5 million as there are huge chances he won’t remain at the club beyond next season. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Celestine Babayaro, Maradona, Ronaldinho among 12 great stars who blew their footballing fortune to go bankrupt.
David Alaba has been linked with a move to Premier League club Chelsea, as AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma who is worth £54 million is also seeing his contract come to an end. Sergio Aguero, Angel Di Maria, Riqui Puig are among other sensational players who will all be available next year.
The top 30 are listed below
- Lionel Messi (£90m)
- David Alaba (£58.5m)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (£54m)
- Memphis Depay (£40.5m)
- Sergio Aguero (£37.8m)
- Georginio Wijnaldum (£36m)
- Florian Thauvin (£28.8m)
- Angel Di Maria (£28.8m)
- Hakan Calhanoglu (£27m)
- Arkadiusz Milik (£24.3m)
- Julian Draxler (£21.6m)
- Eric Garcia (£18m)
- Riqui Puig (£18m)
- Moussa Marega (£18m)
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan (£18m)
- Otavio (£16.2m)
- Nikola Maksimovic (£16.2m)
- Juan Bernat (£14.4m)
- Jesse Lingard (£12.6m)
- Sergio Ramos (£12.6m)
- Elseid Hysaj (£12.6m)
- Fabian Schar (£11.7m)
- Josh King (£11.7m)
- Nicolas De La Cruz (£10.8m)
- Sebastian Driussi (£10.8m)
- Demarai Gray (£10.8m)
- Michail Antonio (£10.8m)
- Shkodran Mustafi (£10.8m)
- Edinson Cavani (£10.8m)
- Jerome Boateng (£10.8m)
Meanwhile, Barcelona dressing room is reportedly in disarray with some of their players feeling they are undervalued. This is because of Lionel Messi’s transfer saga which has not been totally put away as the Argentine is tipped to leave Camp Nou at the end of his contract next year.
The six-time Ballon d’Or winner handed the Blaugrana his transfer request in the summer but his heavy release clause stopped the move from happening.
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