Players out of contract in the Premiership, Europe and the Championship.

[Biscuit]

Premiership

Arsenal
Manuel Almunia (33, Goalkeeper)

Aston Villa
Luke Young (31, Defender)
Nigel Reo-Coker (26, Midfielder)
John Carew (31, Forward)

Birmingham
Sebastian Larsson (25, Midfielder)
Lee Bowyer (34, Centre Midfielder)
James McFadden (27, Forward)

Blackpool
David Vaughan (28, Midfielder)

Bolton
Johan Elmander (29, Forward)

Chelsea
Jose Boswinga (28, Defender)

Fulham
Zoltan Gera (31, Midfielder)
Danny Murphy (33, Midfielder)

Man Utd
Owen Hargreaves (30, Midfielder)
Michael Owen (31, Forward)

Newcastle
Kazenga Lua Lia (20, Forward)

Tottenham
William Gallas (33, Defender)
Jonathan Woodgate (31, Defender)

West Brom
Marek Cech (28, Defender)
Jonas Olsson (28, Defender)
Giles Barnes (22, Midfielder)

West Ham
Rob Green (31, Goalkeeper)
Jonathan Spector (25, Defender)
Matthew Upson (31, Defender)
Victor Obinna (23, Forward)

Wolves
David Jones (26, Midfielder)
Michael Kightley (25, Midfielder)



Other players from Europe of note

Alesandro Nesta (34, Centre defender, AC Milan)
Andrea Pirlo (31, Centre midfielder, ac milan)
Anthony Vanden Borre (23, Right back, right winger, Genk)
Banel Nicolita (Steaua Bucharest)
Hamit Altintop (28, Right midfielder, B. Munich)
Luis Garcia (32, Midfielder, Panathanaikos)
Marek Jankulovski (33, Left Back, Milan)
Mario Santana (29, Right Winger, Fiorentina)
Massimo Ambrosini (33, Centre midfielder, AC Milan)
Miroslav Klose (32, Striker, B. Munich)
Oscar Wendt (26, Left Back, FC Copenhagen)
Phillipe Mexes (28, Centre defender, Roma)
Piotr Trochowski (26, Attacking midfielder, Hamburg)
Pippo Inzaghi (37, Striker, Milan)
Reto Ziegler (25, Left back, Sampdoria)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (34, Striker, Hamburger)
Sylvain Marveaux (24, Left winger, Rennes)
Taye Taiwo (25, Left back, M****ille)
Thomas Hubschmann (29, Midfielder, Shakhtar Donetsk)
Tim de Cler (32, Defender, Feyenoord)
Vicente (29, Left winger, Valencia)

Championship.

NUGENT!!!!!

Barnsley
Martin Devaney
Andy Gray
Matt Hill
Garry O'Connor
David Preece

Bristol City
Louis Carey
Lee Johnson
Ivan Sproule
Stephen Henderson
John Akinde
Pat Hoban
Jimmy Keohane
Joe Edwards
Danny Ball

Burnley
Wade Elliott
Chris McCann
Steven Thompson
Kevin McDonald
Remco van der Schaaf

Cardiff
Jay Bothroyd
Chris Burke
Adam Matthews
Gavin Rae

Coventry
Nathan Cameron
Lee Carsley
Jordan Clarke
Aron Gunnarsson
Danny Ireland
Marlon King
Michael McIndoe
Stephen O'Halloran
Isaac Osbourne
Kieren Westwood
Connor Grogan
Shaun Jeffers
Michael Quirke

Crystal Palace
Neil Danns
Claude Davis
Steffen Iversen


Derby
Michael Boulding
Saul Deeney
Chris Porter

Doncaster
Steve Brooker
James Chambers
Paul Keegan
Dean Shiels
Dennis Souza
Neill Sullivan
Wayne Thomas
Ryan Burge
Byron Webster

Hull
Nick Barmby
Matt Duke
Craig Fagan
Richard García
Mark Oxley
Nolberto Solano
Kevin Kilbane
Anthony Gardner
Will Atkinson

Ipswich
Troy Brown
Damien Delaney
Tom Eastman
Carlos Edwards
Colin Healy
Conor Hourihane
Luke Hyam
Arran Lee-Barrett
Gareth McAuley
Brian Murphy
David Norris
Alan Quinn
Kevin Lisbie
Pablo Counago

Leeds
Shane Higgs
Bradley Johnson
Neil Kilkenny
Patrick Kisnorbo
Richard Naylor
Zac Thompson
Will Hatfield

Leicester
Ricardo
Aleksandar Tunchev
Darius Vassell

Middlesbrough
Julio Arca
Danny Coyne
Willo Flood
Andrew Taylor

Millwall
Shaun Batt
Danny Schofield
Marc Laird
Andy Frampton
John Sullivan

Norwich
Jens Berthel Askou
Matthew Gill
Josh Dawkin
Sam Habergham
Matthew Ball

Nottingham Forest
Dele Adebola
Julian Bennett
Robert Earnshaw
Guy Moussi
Zannetos Mytides
Nialle Rodney

Portsmouth
Michael Brown
Nadir Ciftci
Darryl Flahavan
Hermann Hreidarsson
Richard Hughes
David Nugent
Danny Webber
Peter Gregory
Tom Kilbey

Preston
Andreas Arestidou
Chris Brown
Darren Carter
Jamie Douglas
Billy Jones
Neal Trotman

QPR
Radek Cerny
Heidar Helguson
Peter Ramage
Martin Rowlands
Danny s**ttu
Georgios Tofas
Gavin Mahon

Reading
Brynjar Gunnarsson
Ivar Ingimarsson
Hal Robson-Kanu

Scunthorpe United
David Mirfin
Joe Murphy
Eddie Nolan
Sam Slocombe
Josh Wright
Paris Cowan-Hall
Ian Morris

Sheffield United
Ryan France
Rob Kozluk

Swansea
Ferrie Bodde
Thomas Butler
Dorus de Vries
Yves Ma-Kalambay
Darren Pratley
Angel Rangel
Albert Serran
Cederic Van der Gun
Gorka Pintado

Watford
Dale Bennett
Don Cowie
Matt Whichelow
Nathan Ellington
Rob Kiernan
Mat Sadler

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Lists pinched for NUFC and CPFC forums.

Personally I wouldn't mind us snapping up Nesta and Klose, just to add a bit of experience, like.

 

[Biscuit]

Would LOVE to see us try and get Blackpool's David Vaughan. He'd get us out of the Championship alright!

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Billy Jones at Preston would be good cover for Marcos Painter at left back, and he's quite a set piece taker. Was it 2 he scored in the 4-0 shocker at the Withdean a couple of years ago, for Crewe? He would be nifty. Failing that, let's snap up Reto Ziegler. Cracking left back.

 

[seagullondon]

LUa Lua isnt out of contract. Its been said on countless occaisons by himself now that he isnt

 

[Brian Fantana]

Vanden Borre PLEASE. Football Manager legend.

 

[We're the Stripes]

Failing that, let's snap up Reto Ziegler. Cracking left back.

I cannot believe he is only 25. HOW is that possible?!

 

[LS6]

This just makes me want to play Football Manager

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I cannot believe he is only 25. HOW is that possible?!

I don't think he's aged since he first appeared at Tottenham! A bit like Andrea Pirlo. 31, REALLY?! Surely not.

Going back to that list, Piotr Trochowski. I was watching German football not long ago and this guy was smashing free-kicks toward goal with either foot, he cannoned one into the crossbar from 30 yards left footed and then whipped in a corner with his right foot. Sheer class. He'll go to a top club somewhere, though.

 

[supaseagull]

I cannot believe he is only 25. HOW is that possible?!

you've got the wrong Ziegler - you're thinking of Christian

 

[We're the Stripes]

you've got the wrong Ziegler - you're thinking of Christian

Na, that's Ziege.

I think it's partly because when he was a regular at Spurs he was much younger than I thought he was (18, in fact), and I had him slightly muddled with Erik Edman, another LB who was at Spurs with Ziegler, and later played at Wigan (like Zielger). They both look slightly similar as well. But it's still very surprising!

 

[sten_super]

Looking at that list there's very few that both would want to come here and I think would genuinely improve the squad/team.

Giles Barnes could just maybe be convinced to come and play here, and if he's anywhere near as good as he used to be would be an excellent addition. Could be a bit too similar to Bennett though (assuming he stays).
Anthony Gardner or Gareth McAuley could come in to play centre half alongside Greer.
Joe Murphy always used to be a highly rated young keeper, haven't followed him recently though. Maybe worth a punt?
Ferrie Bodie I assume will have much better offers but if he's still got injury problems is another who would improve us immensely if he came.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

PIPPO INZAGHI please

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

That list is quite out of date

 

[severnside gull]

I think that the major problem Gus has alluded to is that ideally we would take a couple of long term loanees from a premiership side - young players eager to play, learn and develop. Unfortunately clubs won't release these players even though we will have made a bid, until the end of August once premiership squads are established. This means that we may well play our first four or five games with 9 out of 11 of our ideal starters. How we start the season with what will effectively be an under-strength squad may well define our season.

 

[Simster]

As a general rule, I'd rather Gus went after talented, hungry lower league players than overpaid players who are on their way down the league pyramid. That's what worries me about someone like David Vaughan.

 

[Biscuit]

That list is quite out of date

Pinched off another forum innit. By all means go and update it, but I'm going to guess you - like I - can't be bothered.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Where is Kieran Westwood going?

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

As a general rule, I'd rather Gus went after talented, hungry lower league players than overpaid players who are on their way down the league pyramid. That's what worries me about someone like David Vaughan.

Thats basically what Norwich did afterall.