“Whatever happens next year, we’ll see. Everything happens for a reason, that’s how I see it.
“And for now there’s been no changes in my situation, but I’m very calm about it and there’s no reason for me to start thinking for something else.”
Kevin De Bruyne
Just as Liverpool face the prospect of losing key players for free at the end of the season, Manchester City are on course to lose arguably the best player in their history in the summer of 2025.
A £55 million signing from Wolfsburg in 2015, Kevin De Bruyne has been the catalyst for seven Premier League titles, two FA Cups, five League Cups and one Champions League triumph. The brilliant Belgian playmaker has scored 150 goals and registered 255 assists in 616 games for City.
Now in the final year of his contract at the Etihad, the 33-year-old is reportedly a top target for Saudi Pro League clubs.
Thomas Partey
Arsenal paid £45 million to sign Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid in October 2020 and he has endured an injury-disrupted time thus far in north London.
The Ghana international midfielder has only once started more than 25 league games in a season for the Gunners. But he has been an ever-present in the top flight so far this term for Mikel Arteta’s side.
However, the arrival of Mikel Merino could push Partey down the pecking order at the Emirates once the £28 million signing from Real Sociedad recovers from a shoulder injury.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin
The reported subject of interest from Manchester United and Chelsea this summer, Dominic Calvert-Lewin has rediscovered his form early this season just in time to make him a sought-after free agent in 2025.
Through injuries and poor performances, the 27-year-old former Sheffield United player has struggled in recent seasons to replicate the level of play he showed with Everton in the 2020-21 campaign, when he scored 16 Premier League goals.
But after a run of four goals from his last seven appearances of the 2023-24 term, Calvert-Lewin has now hit the net twice from his first four games of the new season. It is believed his is unlikely to renew terms with the Toffees.
Christian Eriksen
Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen arrived at Manchester United as a free agent in the summer of 2022 and he is set to depart Old Trafford in the same way at the end of this season.
The veteran former Tottenham and Inter Milan player started 25 Premier League games in his first season with United after joining from Brentford. But amid Kobbie Mainoo’s emergence and the signing of Mason Mount, his starts dropped to just 12 last term.
Now, with United having spent £50 million on further midfield reinforcement in the form of Manuel Ugarte, the 32-year-old is likely to figure even less in Erik ten Hag’s plans. Eriksen was linked with former club Ajax over the summer.
Victor Lindelof
Another United soon-to-be free agent who was linked with a move away this summer, Victor Lindelof looked destined for a switch to Turkey, with Galatasaray and Fenerbahce both interested in the Swedish defender.
But the 30-year-old has remained at Old Trafford, extending his stay with the club into an eighth season.
A £38 million signing from Benfica back in 2017, Lindelof has made 259 appearances for the Red Devils. Currently injured, he is yet to play in the 2024-25 campaign.
Jorginho
At the back end of last season, Jorginho penned a short-term contract extension to remain with Arsenal through the current season.
But the Brazil-born Italy international is a peripheral figure at the Emirates these days, making just 10 Premier League starts last term and only one thus far in 2024-25.
A £12 million signing from Chelsea in January 2023, the 32-year-old deep-lying playmaker had been linked with a return to Serie A ahead of renewing terms with the Gunners.
Tyrick Mitchell
Missing just five Premier League games in the last three seasons, Tyrick Mitchell has developed into a key player for Crystal Palace after graduating from the club’s academy.
A two-cap England international, the 25-year-old left-back scored twice and registered three assists for the Eagles last term and he has already notched his first assist on the new campaign for Oliver Glasner’s side.
According to The Telegraph, Manchester United’s list of potential future defensive additions includes Mitchell, whose contract at Selhurst Park expires next summer.
Fabian Schar
Newcastle's Fabian Schar will be out of contract in 2025Newcastle’s Fabian Schar will be out of contract in 2025
A commanding centre-back with a penchant for a long-range screamer, Fabia Schar has played 189 games for Newcastle since signing from Deportivo La Coruna in 2018, scoring 15 goals.
The 32-year-old Swiss was sent off in his first Premier League appearance of the 2024-25 season, dismissed just 28 minutes into the Magpies’ narrow 1-0 victory over Southampton. But he made up for that indiscretion in typical style in his next outing, scoring from 30 yards as Eddie Howe’s men came back from 1-0 down to beat Wolves 2-1.
Schar signed a one-year contract extension at St. James’ Park last term, which will expire at the end of the current season.
Dan Burn
Another defensive stalwart on a dwindling deal at Newcastle, Dan Burn has been a fixture of the Magpies’ backlines since signing for his boyhood club from Brighton in January 2022.
The towering 6ft 7ins defender – who can play at left-back or centre-back – has played over 100 times for Newcastle, scoring five goals.
And Burn, who is now 32 and in the final year of his deal with the North East club, has played every minute of Newcastle’s 2024-25 Premier League campaign so far.
Sean Longstaff
Burn is not the only Magpies-supporting Newcastle star on course to depart the club as a free agent next summer. Academy product Sean Longstaff is also in the final year of his contract at St. James’ Park.
The 26-year-old midfielder started 30 Premier League games for Howe’s side last season, scoring a career-best six goals and providing two assists.
Longstaff’s youngster brother, Matty, left Newcastle on a free last year, joining MLS club Toronto FC.
Kyle Walker-Peters
Kyle Walker-Peters started all 46 games in Southampton’s Championship promotion campaign last season, scoring two goals and providing four assists as he was named in the Championship Team of the Season.
And the 27-year-old former Tottenham right-back has been an ever-present for Russell Martin’s side through the early weeks of the new Premier League campaign.
Recently linked with a return to Spurs, Kyle Walker-Peters will be out of contract next summer.
Michail Antonio
With 67 goals from 257 appearances, Michael Antonio is West Ham’s highest-ever Premier League goal-scorer.
Yet the 34-year-old, who has been with the Hammers since signing from Nottingham Forest in 2015, could depart the club even before his contract ends at next summer.
According to Football Insider, Antonio and fellow West Ham striker Danny Ings, who is also in the final year of his deal, could be moved on in January as Julen Lopetegui’s side eye further additions up front.
Callum Wilson
Alexander Isak’s presence means Callum Wilson is no longer the top choice at the point of attack for Newcastle, but the nine-cap England striker has been a reliable goal-getter for the Magpies ever since his £20 million arrival from Bournemouth in 2020.
The 32-year-old, who is yet to play this term due to a back injury picked up in pre-season, boasts an impressive record of 48 goals in 108 games for the St. James’ Park Club.
Wilson signed a two-year contract extension with Newcastle in 2023 that will expire this summer.
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