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When you start a new save on Football Manager 2023 (FM23), one of the first things you will look for is what players’ contracts are about to expire.
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Luckily, we don’t need to wait for the game to see who’s deals will be running out after that first season so we have made a guide for all the players coming to the end of their deal.
FM23: How to Sign Players for Free?
One thing to keep in mind with contracts in FM, is that the club may offer the player a new deal at any time, so even if their contract is expiring in real life, that may change in game.
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You also can only sign players on a free when they’re in the last six months of their deal, they also need to be playing in a different country to the league you’re playing in. Then if they fulfil all this criteria you simply:
- Search player you’re looking for in the bar at the top
- Then click on the contract tab at the top
- In the drop down, if their contract is expiring and you’re within the parameters mentioned above, you can approach to sign
- From here you can begin negotiations with the player.
FM23: Players Contract Expiring
There are some outstanding players whose contracts are expiring at the end of the 22/23 season. Please find the best of the players below:
| Name | League | Club | Age | Position |
| Milan Skriniar | Seria A | Inter Milan | 27 | CB |
| Marcus Rashford | Premier League | Manchester Utd | 24 | LW/ST |
| Lionel Messi | Ligue 1 | PSG | 35 | RW/CF |
| Youri Tielemans | Premier League | Leicester | 25 | CM |
| Jorginho | Premier League | Chelsea | 30 | CM |
| N’Golo Kante | Premier League | Chelsea | 31 | CDM |
| Wilfried Zaha | Premier League | Crystal Palace | 29 | LW |
| Thomas Lemar | La Liga | Atletico Madrid | 26 | CM |
| Jose Gaya | La Liga | Valencia | 27 | LB |
| Marcus Asensio | La Liga | Real Madrid | 26 | RW/CAM |
| Roberto Firmino | Premier League | Liverpool | 31 | CF |
| Evan Ndicka | Bundesliga | Eintracht Frankfurt | 23 | CB |
| Luke Shaw | Premier League | Manchester Utd | 27 | LB |
| Konrad Laimer | Bundesliga | RB Leipzig | 25 | CDM |
| Caglar Soyuncu | Premier League | Leicester | 26 | CB |
| Diogo Dalot | Premier League | Manchester Utd | 23 | RB |
| Ilkay Gündoğan | Premier League | Manchester City | 31 | CM |
| Memphis Depay | La Liga | Barcelona | 28 | CF/LW |
| Viktor Tsygankov | Premier Liga | Dynamo Kyiv | 24 | RW |
| Alexis Mac Allister | Premier League | Brighton | 23 | CM |
