Free agents: The best players available on a Bosman Transfer

Martin Macdonald

• 5 Oct 2025 11:57 BST
• 3 min read

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The summer transfer window has long since closed for Europe's major leagues, but several top-class players remain free agents and can therefore be signed on a Bosman deal.

Contracts in Europe typically run until the end of June, and with that date long since passed, a host of stars find themselves unemployed.

In the summer of 2025, there were some huge free transfers - including Kevin de Bruyne to Napoli, Paul Pogba to Monaco, Angel Gomes to Marseille, Jonathan David to Juventus, Jorginho to Flamengo, Kieran Tierney to Celtic and Alexandre Lacazette to NEOM.

Trent Alexander-Arnold looked poised to head to Real Madrid from Liverpool for nothing, but Los Blancos agreed to pay €10m to have him available a month earlier for the Club World Cup.

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Who are the best out-of-contract soccer players?

Every year on 1 July, players whose contracts expire at their clubs become free agents.

There are currently some very high-profile free agents who are all available on a Bosman deal.

Takehiro Tomiyasu, Hakim Ziyech and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are some of the most famous unattached players right now.

Below, FootballTransfers have listed the best free agents that are currently unattached and are therefore available to be signed without a transfer fee.