Alexander Arnold, Salah, Davies, Van Dijk, Kimmich… the free agent, the fashion that scares
Free agent. The business changes and footballers are increasingly in favor of holding on, enduring pressure and… that the business is for them and their agents and less for the clubs. We are witnessing a change of scenario in which the money is not going to end up in the coffers of the teams and yes to the pockets of the footballersreducing the business and the money that moves between the different clubs. Kylian Mbappé He was able to challenge an empire such as the one represented by PSG, in order to choose his future and leave with the letter of freedom in hand. He endured pressure and threats, but he achieved what he wanted: to do what he wanted and when he wanted.
The list of footballers whose contract ends on June 30 is made up of stars, players who would be a reference in any team. Review. Trent Alexander Arnold, Sané, Van Dijk, Alphonso Davies, Gundogan, Salah, Kimmich, De Bruyne… and many others with the ability to manage or, at least, be a reference in any team worth their salt. In two months they will be free to sign for the team that makes the best offer to them. The money will go from a club to the player, but it will come from the flow of transfers as they have been understood until now. Transfers that will be cheaperbut from which no one is safe from suffering in their own flesh. The arrivals of these players to their respective clubs cost a good handful of money and now they will receive nothing in return. Amortized yes, but little more.
Davies and Alexander Arnold, references
In recent years, Real Madrid has gone to that market with Rüdiger, Alaba and Kylian Mbappé last summer. Once again it set a trend because although it was normal for the middle class player to rush the contract, for top players and still with years ahead of them it was much more complicated. Asensio pushed his contract to the limit and left without leaving a euro, although it is true that his signing was not very important in terms of economic value.
Now they are Alphonso Davies and Alexander Arnold who take the initiative. MARCA already said that the way for the Canadian to reach Real Madrid was none other than to score an Mbappé. There is no other. The market rules. The case of the Liverpool footballer is different because of the white club’s need to strengthen its position. The English club does not seem willing to sell in winter. It sounds strange that players like Van Dijk, Salah and the full-back end their contract in eight months. Three symbols of a team that is in the midst of reconversion and that either throws the house out of the window in the renovations or will see how three of its references leave without leaving any money.
Real Madrid knows that it must balance in the signings and that not all operations can draw millions when paying for a transfer, hence the search for players with a more or less close contract term has become something more than a resource and if one more strategy. Now or in a few months it is the turn of Alexander Arnold and Alphonso Davies.
