Lot of highest-profile names appear on the Premier League free transfer list, which was released today.
Twelve months ago Florent Malouda played for Chelsea in the Champions League Final, but after turing down offers to move elsewhere last summer, he spent the last year training with Chelsea’s academy kids. So he should be well rested if someone picks him up!
Andrey Arshavin was Arsenal’s record breaking transfer, but he never matched expectations, especially after scoring four goals at Anfield in a 4-4 draw soon after signing for the Gunners.
Tottenham paid £15m for David Bentley in 2008, but proved to be a major flop, spending the last two seasons on loan at Russian side FK Rostov and Blackburn Rovers.
Chelsea have also released Israel midfielder Yossi Benayoun and Portugal defender Paulo Ferreira, while long-throw specialist Rory Delap departs Stoke along with retiring ex-England striker Michael Owen, Jermaine Pennant, Matthew Upson and Dean Whitehead.
ARSENAL
Andrey Arshavin, Samir Bihmoutine, Reice Charles-Cook, Denilson, Craig Eastmond, Sead Hajrovic, Conor Henderson, Jernade Meade, Nigel Oldfield Spence-Neita, Joshua Rees, Philip Roberts, James Shea, Sebastien Squillaci, Sanchez Watt
ASTON VILLA
Calum Barrett, Josh Barton, Courtney Cameron, Daniel Devine, Eric Lichaj, Andy Marshall
CHELSEA
Amin Affane, Yossi Benayoun, Abdul Deen-Conteh, Paulo Ferreira, Hilario, Florent Malouda, Archange Nkumu, Ross Turnbull
EVERTON
Per Hammar, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Sam Kelly, Jan Mucha, Phil Neville
FULHAM
Chris Baird, Simon Davies, Mahamadou Diarra, Thomas Donegan, Corey Gameiro, Georgios Karagounis, James Musa, Richard Peniket, Mladen Petric, Mark Schwarzer, Alex Smith, Csaba Somogyi
LIVERPOOL
Tyrell Belford, Jamie Carragher, James Stephens, Danny Wilson
MANCHESTER CITY
Wayne Bridge, Filippo Mancini, Ryan McGivern, Roque Santa Cruz, Kolo Toure
MANCHESTER UNITED
Reece Brown, John Cofie, Michele Fornasier, Luke Giverin, Luke Hendrie, Luke McCullough, Paul Scholes, Gyliano Van Velzen, Frederic Veseli
NEWCASTLE UNITED
Steve Harper, Yven Moyo, Danny Simpson
NORWICH CITY
Tom Adeyemi, Lee Camp, Olumide Durojaiye, George Francomb, Simeon Jackson, Chris Martin, Ramil Sheriff, Korey Smith, Marc Tierney, Elliott Ward
QPR
Tan Ben Haim, DJ Campbell, Radek Cerny, Frederick Champion, Adam Francis, Try Hewitt, Rob Hulse, Ryan Nelsen, Taylor Louis Parmenter, Tommaso Trani
READING
Nick Bignall, Simon Church, Ian Harte, Noel Hunt, Charlie Losasso, Angus MacDonald, Alex Pearce, Nicky Shorey, Jay Tabb, Joshua Webb, Brett Williams
SOUTHAMPTON
Danny Butterfield, Ryan Dickson, Tommy Forecast, Sam Hoskins, Ben Reeves, Frazer Richardson, Daniel Seaborne, Alberto Seidi
STOKE CITY
Michael Clarkson, Rory Delap, Matthew Gledhill, Jadan Hall, Matthew Lund, Andrew Musungu, Carlo Nash, Michael Owen, Jermaine Pennant, George Rigg, Mamady Sidibe, Matthew Upson, Dean Whitehead
SUNDERLAND
Titus Bramble, Anthony Callaghan, Wade Joyce, Matthew Kilgallon, Ryan Noble, Adam Reed, Ben Wilson
TOTTENHAM
Jack Barthram, David Bentley, John Bostock, William Gallas, Jack Munns, Jake Nicholson
WEST BROM
Marc-Antoine Fortune, Zoltan Gera, Gonzalo Jara Reyes, Romaine Sawyers, Jerome Thomas
WEST HAM
Carlton Cole, Jake Larkins, Gary O’Neil, Jack Powell, Jami Rafati, Eoin Wearen
WIGAN ATHLETIC
Peter Aylmer, Albert Crusat, Franco Di Santo, David Jones, Piscu, Jonathan Lynch, Callum Morris, Filip Orsula, Ronnie Stam, Joshua Sumner, Ryan Watson
