REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON - Terdapat beberapa pemain yang berstatus bebas transfer di musim panas ini. Termasuk di dalamnya nama-nama tenar seperti penjaga gawang Arsenal, Manuel Almunia, Kapten Tottenham Hotspurs, Ledley King (meskipun saat ini tengah bernegosiasi untuk kontrak baru) dan striker Manchester United, Michael Owen.
Juara Liga Primer musim ini, Manchester City melepas sang gelandang yang rentan cedera, Owen Hargreaves dan anak sang manajer Roberto Mancini, yaitu Andreas Mancini. Sedangkan di kubu Juara Liga Champions musim ini, Chelsea, Didier Drogba dan Salomon Kalou berstatus free agent.
Berikut adalah nama-nama pemain yang berstatus bebas transfer seperti dilansir ESPN Soccernet, Jumat (1/6):
Arsenal: Manuel Almunia; George Brislen-Hall; Gavin Hoyte; Sean McDermott; Rhys Murphy; Elliot Philip
Aston Villa: Reece Caira; Carlos Cuellar; Emile Heskey; Ebby Nelson-Addy; Connor Taylor; Charles Ward
Blackburn Rovers: Zachery Aley; Herold Goulon; Vincenzo Grella; James Knowles; Michel Salgado
Bolton Wanderers: Rhys Bennett; Robert Blake; Mark Connolly; Sean Davis; Thomas Eckersley; Dino Fazlic; Ricardo Gardner; Jussi Jaaskelainen; Ivan Klasnic; Zatyiah Knight; Temitope Obadeyi; Paul Robinson; Gretar Rafn Steinsson
Chelsea: Jose Bosingwa; Didier Drogba; Salomon Kalou; Marko Mitrovic; Rhys Taylor
Everton: Adam Davies; Marcus Hahnemann; James McFadden; Aristote Nsiala; Femi Orenuga; Connor Roberts
Fulham: Richard Barroilhet; Jonathan Cosgrove; Zdenek Grygera; Courtney Harris; Andrew Johnson; Daniel Murphy; Pavel Pogrebnyak; Bjorn Riise
Liverpool: David Amoo; Fabio Aurelio; Stephen Darby; Kristjan Emilsson; Mendy Gomis; Matthew McGiveron; Michael Roberts
Manchester City: Gai Assulin; Ahmed Benali; Owen Hargreaves; Andreas Mancini; Gunnar Nielsen; Stuart Taylor; Sean Tse
Manchester United: Tomasz Kuszczak; Michael Owen
Newcastle United: Samuel Adjei; Philip Airey; Ryan Donaldson; Stephen Folan; Danny Guthrie; Jeffrey Henderson; Tamas Kadar; Peter Lovenkrands; Greg McDermott; Patrick Nzuzi; Alan Smith
Norwich City: Matthew Ball; Joshua Dawkin; Zak Whitbread; Aaron Wilbraham
Queens Park Rangers: Patrick Agyemang; Gary Borrowdale; Akos Buzsaky; Radek Cerny; Lee Cook; Daniel Gabbidon; Fitz Hall; Clinton Hill; Luke Olley; Peter Ramage; Daniel Shittu; Rowan Vine
Stoke City: Andrew Davies; Salif Diao; Ricardo Fuller; Louis Moult; Thomas Soares
Sunderland: Liam Bagnall; Trevor Carson; Jordan Cook; Brett Elliott; Craig Gordon; Lewis King; Oumare Tounkara;
Swansea City: Freddie Bodde; Jordan Smith; Casey Thomas; Joseph Walsh
Tottenham Hotspur: Ben Alnwick; Oscar Jansson; Ledley King; Jesse Lassen; Ryan Nelsen; Kudus Oyenuga; Mirko Ranieri; Louis Saha
West Bromwich Albion: Keith Andrews; Paul Downing; James Edge; Lateef Elford-Alliyu; Marton Fulop; Joseph Mattock; Paul Scharner; Nicholas Shorey; Somen Tchoyi
Wigan Athletic: Jonathan Breeze; Mohamed Diame; Michael Girvan; Steve Gohouri; Christopher Kirkland; Sean Myler; Michael Pollitt; Jordan Robinson; Hugo Rodallega; Jordan Rugg; Hendry Thomas
Wolverhampton Wanderers: Jody Craddock; Louis Harris; Ashley Hemming; James Spray