Contracts ending 2026. I'm sure club is keeping track of many of these. Mingueza on a free could be a cheap backup option with Liga experience. That Rayan kid been mentioned in Catalan media I believe.
This overview shows all players whose contracts expire in the upcoming summer, sorted by their current market value.
www.transfermarkt.com
Plenty of LB there, no idea if any of them is good enough for a backup role at least. Same with CDM. I wonder if there is someone from those they see as good enough for us. Neves, Kessie could be veteran presence in midfield too. Eric Martel was vaguely linked to us when Flick was announced to join us, he is an
absolute destroyer, but afaik he is an average player on the ball.
Ryan (December 31st) is a decent option for the Roque strategy without the price tag. If he signs a contract in July to join in January it should be easy to negotiate with Vasco. An advantage over Roque is he is capable of playing a winger so could get more minutes. But getting him would make sense if we aren't getting another CF.
CB is the big prize list. Guehi, Upamecano, Konate are the big names. Stones, Maguire & Rudiger will be consolidation prize for some clubs (100% not us) although all are probably renewing on short deals. Marmol fits the ex la masia player. Marcos Senesi is another one.
Danilho Doekhi & Diogo Leite are very interesting names, the former is tall, fairly athletic (not a speedster though), in his prime, one of the best in aerial challenges in Europe and good in interception and has Barca connection (his uncle is Bogarde). No idea how he fits here as I only had Union games on my background as I was doing something else (they are so boring ). Same with Leite who is a left footed version. They could be options if we are in the market for 2 CB rather than one.
For RB only Mingueza is interesting name. Zeki Çelik is distant second.
If Tek retires and we decided to replace him with another old one, there is some names, like Ortega, Mendy & Meslier.
Honestly, while we could use couple of those, I hope those aren't our entire shopping options.
