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The Curious Case Of The Rising Number Of Free Agents In Football

The Curious Case Of The Rising Number Of Free Agents In Football

What do Paulo Dybala, Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappe, Gareth Bale, Luis Suarez all have in common? They entered 2022 unsure of where they will be playing football in the next season. Not only them but there has also been a marked rise in the number of players choosing to run down their contracts.

Juventus CEO Arrivabene on Paul Pogba: “Pogba’s Manchester United player, I respect him and Man Utd. Pogba’s agency also have Kean, Pellegrini… Paul was not at all the main subject at today’s meeting”. 🇫🇷 #MUFC

Pogba will take his time to decide his future. Nothing agreed yet.

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 16, 2022

The ‘soon-to-be’ free agents leave the security and safety of a haven they have known well for…what exactly? The mindset to test your luck as a free agent is a popular concept in the NBA. Football has been grappling with this whole issue for some time now. Well, there are quite a few reasons why players feel comfortable not signing an extension to their ongoing deal. These can range from being monetary to pastures anew.

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However, not all of them are as straightforward as that. The upcoming summer of 2022 is set to witness one of the biggest free-agent markets with star names across the board. Where will they end up? Who knows. There is much to wonder about and figure out throughout the next few months. The most important of them is why are players going down this route so frequently.

Show me the money!

Tom Cruise’s immortal line is certainly one of the primary reasons players do not want to stay at their current clubs. Antonio Rudiger’s move to Real Madrid was a media frenzy, given what was allegedly going on behind the scenes.

The star defender was asked to become one of the highest-paid players in the world. Chelsea were not budging, and then the weight of sanctions made…

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