With around a month to go before the start the 2026-27 domestic season, there are some big names still without a club. We look at eight free agents still on the market.
The World Cup ending is a bit like coming back from holiday. It takes a minute to remember what everyday life was like and to get back into routine.
For most footballers, that routine has already started, with pre-season under way for clubs as they welcome back their players in preparation for another 10 months of battling on several fronts.
Not all players have a club to go back to, though. Some whose contracts ended at the culmination of last season are still trying to find their new homes, and here, we run through some of the highest-profile free agents still on the market.
Mohamed Salah
The Egyptian King is without a throne.
Jadon Sancho to shine. As it was, he was never even in the conversation for Thomas Tuchel’s England squad.
After moving to Germany early in his career, he exploded at Borussia Dortmund. In his three full seasons there, Sancho recorded 102 goal involvements in 125 games (49 goals, 53 assists) and was an absolute menace with the ball at his feet.
Across those three campaigns (start of 2018-19 to end of 2020-21) in Europe’s top five leagues, only Lionel Messi (39) was directly involved in more league goals following a ball carry (travelling 5+ metres with the ball) than Sancho (33).
That earned him a £73m move to Manchester United in 2021, but it really didn’t work out in the Premier League. Sancho managed just 12 goals and six assists in 83 games for United, not doing much better in loan spells at Dortmund (3G 2A in 21 games), Chelsea (5G 8A in 41 games), or last season with Aston Villa (1G 3A in 39 games).
Now, he finds himself looking for a new permanent club following the expiration of his deal at Old Trafford.
At just 26, though, there will be a team out there who will believe they can get Sancho back to his best. Or at least find some of the undeniable talent the player possessed a few years ago.
Unsurprisingly, Dortmund have been the main team linked with another reunion, and a return to Germany could be the perfect remedy for the player.
Leon Goretzka
Eight years ago, Julian Brandt is on this list alongside Mohamed Salah. As the well-told story goes, Jürgen Klopp was keen on Liverpool signing Brandt back in 2017, before he was convinced by the club’s scouting team that Salah would be a better option. That turned out to be a good call.
However, Brandt was still, and is still, a very good player. Could Liverpool make a move for him to replace Salah? Probably not, given he’s now 30, but there are rumours that he could be Premier League-bound, with Leeds United supposedly interested.
Brandt left Bayer Leverkusen to join Borussia Dortmund in 2019, and after seven fine seasons there, he has left for new beginnings.
In total, he recorded 124 goal involvements (57G 67A) in 307 games for BVB, including 11 goals and five assists in 41 games last season.
Only Serhou Guirassy (22) scored more for the club in all competitions in 2025-26, while only Julian Ryerson (42) created more chances from open play than Brandt (38).
He is also quite versatile, having played 50% of his time in the Bundesliga last season on the left wing, 38% on the right, and the rest centrally.
Lorenzo Pellegrini
Another player who said goodbye to his club after many years of service, John Stones, and for more on him and where he could be heading this summer, read on below:
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