The necessary contracts in the football world expired at midnight last night. Voetbalzone lists ten players who therefore formally no longer have a club.

Lionel Messi (last club: Barcelona)

Sergio Ramos (last club: Real Madrid)

Gianluigi Donnarumma (last club: AC Milan). However, the 22-year-old goalkeeper is said to be on the verge of making the switch to Paris Saint-Germain.

Jérôme Boateng (last club: Bayern Munich)

Giorgio Chiellini (last club: Juventus). However, it seems that the 36-year-old defender will extend his contract with Juventus.

Juan Mata (last club: Manchester United)

Patrick van Aanholt (last club: Crystal Palace)

Paulinho (last club: Guangzhou FC)

Stevan Jovetic (last club: AS Monaco)

David Luiz (last club: Arsenal)

There are still more respectable players who are transfer-free as of today. Also including Medhi Benatia (last club: Al-Duhail), Jack Wilshere (last club: Bournemouth), Ryan Bertrand (last club: Southampton), Ezgjan Alioski (last club: Leeds United), Jeffrey Schlupp (last club: Crystal Palace ), Elseid Hysaj (last club: Napoli), Nabil Bentaleb (last club: Schalke 04), Robin Quaison (last club: FSV Mainz 05), Tomás Vaclik (last club: Sevilla) and Joshua King (last club: Everton) are can now be picked up for free.

As transfer-free players, they join Diego Costa (last club: Atlético Madrid), Alex Teixeira (last club: Jiangsu FC), Younès Belhanda (last club: Galatasaray), Daniel Sturridge (last club: Trabzonspor), Wilfried Bony ( last club: Al-Ittihad Dschidda) and Salomon Kalou (last club: Botafogo), who have been without a club for several months.