Vardy, Eriksen, Young – the free agents available

Premier League clubs are busy preparing their squads for the start of the 2025-26 season, which kicks off on August 15 when champions Liverpool take on Bournemouth at Anfield. The summer transfer window is in full swing.

Significant agreements have already been made.

Liverpool have agreed a £116m deal to sign Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen, and are in talks to sign Bournemouth’s Hungary left-back Milos Kerkez for a fee of around £40m-£45m.

Meanwhile, Manchester City confirmed the signings of AC Milan and Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders for an initial fee of £46.5 million, while Brazil forward Matheus Cunha moved from Wolves for a sum of $ 62.5 million.

However, there are plenty of bargains to be struck because many seasoned Premier League players are free to sign for free until July 1st.

Will they stay in England’s top-flight – or move elsewhere?

Lukasz Fabianski will leave West Ham after seven years with the Hammers after turning 40 in April.

The Polish goalkeeper, however, appears to be in no hurry to hang up his gloves.

The veteran of 376 Premier League appearances – and 92 clean sheets – for Arsenal, Swansea and the Hammers won the FA Cup with the Gunners in 2014 and was on the bench when West Ham beat Fiorentina to win the Conference League in 2023.

Could Fabianski make a solid backup with that level of experience?

He signed for £1 million from Fleetwood Town, and he joins Leicester City with 200 goals.

Jamie Vardy, 38, is unlikely to be short of offers despite his age. His goals helped Leicester win the Premier League title in 2015-16 and the FA Cup in 2020-21.

According to reports, the former England striker is wanted by Rangers.

What will Christian Eriksen do after a successful career that included playing for Ajax, Tottenham, Inter Milan, Brentford, and Manchester United?

Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans will all leave Old Trafford this summer, according to United.

Will Eriksen return to homeland or look to sign for another Premier League club?

Danny Ings, 17, made his first appearance for the Cherries in the 2009 EFL Trophy while they were in League Two.

Fast forward 16 years and the forward, who has scored 72 goals in 240 Premier League appearances for Burnley, Liverpool, Southampton, Aston Villa and West Ham, is looking for a new club.

According to reports, Wrexham, who are funded by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, want Ings, who made his final three appearances for England in 2020.

Even though Everton released him, Ashley Young claims he has no plans to retire on July 9 and that he is celebrating his 40th birthday.

Full-back Young has spent most of his career playing in the Premier League for Watford, Aston Villa and Manchester United, while he also enjoyed a stint in Italy with Inter Milan, before joining the Toffees in 2023.

I’m not ready to retire, Young told Talksport in May, “I just want to keep playing, however that may look, however that may appear.”

The 485 Premier League veteran has been linked with Wrexham, a newcomer to the championship.

A product of the Manchester City academy, Ben Mee spent a decade at Burnley before moving to Brentford following the Clarets ‘ relegation at the end of the 2021-22 season.

As Brentford finished ninth in his first season, the defender won the supporters’ player of the year award.

Mee, 35, has made 277 total Premier League appearances for Brentford, totaling 67 times overall.

Will Neal Maupay stay in France after spending the season on loan at Marseille?

After a incredibly disappointing three years on the books at Goodison Park, Everton have unsurprisingly decided not to offer the French forward, 28, a new contract.

The Toffees have only allowed one goal in their 29 Premier League games.

Maupay disrespected Everton on social media when, after the club’s 2-0 home defeat by Nottingham Forest in December, he posted on X:” Whenever I’m having a bad day, I just check the Everton score and smile. “

Victor Lindelof, 30, will still feel confident that he can continue to perform well elsewhere in Europe.

The Sweden defender, who is leaving Manchester United after eight years, has been linked with moves to his former club, Fulham, Everton, West Ham, Wolves, Fenerbahce, and many others.

Lindelof made 194 Premier League appearances for United and helped the club win the EFL Cup in 2022-23 and the FA Cup in 2023-24.

Lindelof is said to want to stay in the Premier League.

Everton will be a part of my life today, I promise. I will be forever Blue, “said Abdoulaye Doucoure after confirming he was leaving the club after five years.

In a famous winner against Bournemouth against Bournemouth on the final day of the 2022-23 season, Mali midfielder Doucoure, 32, ensured Premier League survival.

Carlo Ancelotti, Rafael Benitez, Frank Lampard, Sean Dyche, and David Moyes were the five permanent Everton managers who he served at Goodison Park.

Doucoure is a reported target for Leeds United as they get ready for their Premier League return.

When his contract expires at the end of the month, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who joined Everton from Sheffield United on deadline day in August 2016, may decide to leave.

The 28-year-old has scored 57 goals in 239 Premier League appearances.

He endured another tough season at Goodison Park and only found the target three times in the 2024-25 league campaign, but his top-flight know-how and his role as a central striker still only in his late 20s, is sure to attract interest.

Everton have confirmed that discussions are ongoing between the forward’s representatives regarding new terms are ongoing.

Coufal, 32, served the Hammers for five years and played in the 2023 Uefa Conference League final when West Ham defeated Fiorentina 2-1 in Prague.

With Everton, Leeds, and Wolves all linked with a move, the Czech Republic defender has 147 Premier League appearances but has potential.

Kyle Walker-Peters’ contract expires on June 30, 2025, after initially joining Southampton on loan from Tottenham in 2020.

The 28-year-old is set to move away from St. Mary’s after five years where he has established himself as a consistent and quality performer at full-back.

Walker-Peters was named in the Championship team of the year after Southampton’s promotion to the top flight at the end of the 2023-24 campaign and made a 33 out of the possible 38 Premier League appearances.

In the upcoming days, some famous names will be out of contract.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who now plays in the Saudi Pro League for Al-Nassr, is one of those whose deal is up.

However, the 40-year-old Portuguese superstar appears to be working out of a new contract with his club.

Neymar, 33, signed a short-term deal with his hometown team Santos in January and becomes a free agent there as well.