10 most valuable free agents at the moment

#8 Daryl Janmaat - €3 million

Daryl Janmaat

Daryl Janmaat is a player who is already heavily linked with a top club under duress due to an unforeseen injury crisis.

It has been reported that Liverpool, already bereft of the services of inspirational centrr-back Vi€gil Van Dijk and now sweating on the fitness of Joe Gomez and Trent Alexander-Arnold, with other big names also out, are about to offer the versatile Dutch defender Daryl Janmaat a contract.

Janmaat, an international with his country, last played for Watford. He has also played for Newcastle United in the Premier League before.

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#7 Wilfried Bony - €3.2 million

Wilfried Bony.

The descent of Ivorian striker Wilfried Bony, once Africa's most expensive player, has been very striking.

Bony first rose to prominence in England at Swansea after being a top marksman in the Netherlands. He was then immediately snapped up by Manchester City. but he had a stop-start spell at the Etihad and hardly showed the potency that had made City pick him up in the first place.

A loan spell to Stoke City and a return to Swansea hardly redeemed matters. The Africa Cup of Nations' winner's last club was Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia. Bony's contract with that club was mutually terminated by both parties earlier this month.

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#6 Alexandre Pato - €3.5 million

Alexandre Pato

It is par for the course for Alexandre Pato to find a mention on a list teeming with bright strikers who burnt out too soon. Termed a generational talent who moved to AC Milan at 17 from Internacional, Pato hit the ground running in Italy in what was the purple patch in his career.

Though he scored 63 times for Milan and won the Serie A as part of a great team, injuries plagued his later years at the club. His playboy image also impacted his career, and despite two good spells, one at Sao Paolo and the other at Tianjin Tianhai in China, Pato's career generally went backwards since his Milan high.

1365 - Alexandre Pato has scored his first goal in an European competition since 21/11/12 (AC Milan v Anderlecht), 1365 days ago. Back.

— OptaJean (@OptaJean) August 17, 2016

Fitness has remained an issue for Pato in high-profile failures at Chelsea and Villareal, with his last spell at Sao Paulo ending with his contract getting mutually terminated.

Once compared with the great Ronaldo Nazario, Pato hasn't played for Brazil in ages. Rumour has it that Pato might be headed to either Monza or Birmingham Ciy.

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#5 Kwadwo Asamoah - €4 million

Kwadwo Asamoah

The ever-changing world of football has ensured that six-time Serie A winner Kwadwo Asamoah finds himself without a club at 31.

The Ghanaian left midfielder won his Scudetto titles and four Italian Cups with Juventus but endured a frustrating spell at Inter Milan, where he failed to pin down a first-team spot.

With Asamoah making over 150 appearances for the Bianconeri, it will be surprising if he doesn't find a new home soon.