Top 10 players who will be free agents next summer  

#4 Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund)

Mario Gotze

The boy who stopped Lionel Messi from winning the World Cup with Argentina in 2014 and was once considered as one of the brightest young talents in Europe. In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Mario Gotze’s extra-time winner broke Argentinean hearts and helped his country lift the greatest sports prize on the planet. Since then, the German has returned to Borussia Dortmund from Bayern Munich and is now in the final year of his contract.

Last season, Gotze gathered 7 goals from 34 appearances, managing 19 starts in the Bundesliga. The former Bayern Munich winger is still only 27 years old and is a very intelligent player who is very good with the ball at his feet. He can play across the front line and is blessed with speed and dribbling abilities. Gotze was successfully deployed as a central attacking midfielder by former Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp, where his playmaking skills attarcted eyeballs from around the world.

As such, if the Black and Yellows do allow his contract to run down, the German will not be short of options next summer. To sign a player like Gotze for free will be an opportunity few clubs would allow to pass.