Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi, a Spurs player at Arsenal and the top 10 free transfers of all time

Kylian Mbappé will leave Paris Saint-Germain this summer and made his official news last Friday ahead of his final appearance at the Parc des Princes, which ended with a 3-1 defeat to Toulouse in Ligue 1. The France international is expected to Real Madrid are set to become a free agent this summer and will join the growing group of players who have left the French giants for nothing, including former captain Thiago Silva who joined Chelsea, talismanic attacking pair Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani who have both moved to Manchester United left, as did Angel Di Maria and Adrien Rabiot who later reappeared at Juventus.

We look at the 10 most impressive free agent transfers Mbappe will face in terms of value for (relatively little) money.

No. 10: Lionel Messi from Barcelona to PSG to Inter Miami

• 2x League 1
• 1x Trophy of Champions
• 1x League Cup

The opportunity to sign arguably the best player to ever play football doesn’t come around often and it would have been rude of PSG not to take the opportunity after his spell at Barcelona came to an painful end. Messi didn’t have the best of times in Paris, but he still won three trophies and also became a FIFA World Cup winner while playing in Ligue 1. Whatever happens, the Argentina international’s time as a free agent has been an unexpected development in the latter part of the competition. his European career. However, it happened twice, as his next move – to Inter Miami – came after his PSG contract expired and he moved to Major League Soccer, when Les Parisiens lost players like Messi but also Neymar. Although the Rosario native only has Leagues Cup success to his name so far, this is still the Herons’ first success in the club’s history and the impact Messi has had on MLS cannot be understated. When it comes to value for money, this American chapter works out much better for player and club than the interlude in Paris.

No. 9: Cafu from Roma to Milan

• 1x Series A
• 1x Supercoppa Italiana
• 1x UEFA Champions League
• 1x FIFA Club World Cup
• 2x UEFA Super Cup

In the early 2000s, Cafu was an experienced authority at the right-back position and opted to leave AS Roma for Milan in 2003 with little in the tank, or so they thought. The Brazilian international, who won two World Cups, spent five years at San Siro, winning the Scudetto and Champions League before retiring as a Rossoneri favorite.

No. 8: Sol Campbell from Tottenham Hotspur to Arsenal

• 2x premier league
• 2x FA Cup
• 1x second UCL
• 1x FA Community Shield

Few players have crossed the north London divide directly, and even fewer have done so as explosively as Sol Campbell in 2001, but few can dispute the impact the former England international had on Arsenal at the time. He is one of the legendary Invincibles and will forever be remembered as a cornerstone of Arsene Wenger’s legendary Gunners side.

No. 7: Thiago Silva from PSG to Chelsea

• 1x UCL
• 1x UEFA Super Cup
• 1x Club World Cup

When Thiago Silva’s time as PSG captain came to a brutal end in pain in the Champions League against Bayern Munich in Portugal, his next move was a surprise: a free transfer to Chelsea, where he would be reunited with former Parisian head coach Thomas Tuchel. Even more surprising is what happened next as the German inspired the Blues to that elusive UCL title, with the influential Brazil international a key part of his starting XI.

No. 6: David Alaba from Bayern Munich to Real Madrid

• 2x La Liga
• 1x UCL
• 1x Copa del Rey
• 1x Supercopa de España
• 1x Club World Cup
• 1x UEFA Super Cup

It’s still relatively early, but David Alaba has already won it all with Real Madrid and could do so again this season if Carlo Ancelotti’s men win the UCL again. Although the Austrian international has been injured for much of the campaign, his list of achievements from his time at Bayern Munich is impressive, but his Real trophy crop doesn’t look bad either.

No. 5: Esteban Cambiasso from Real Madrid to Inter

• 5x Series A
• 5x Coppa Italy
• 4x Supercoppa Italiana
• 1x UCL
• 1x Club World Cup

In terms of historically underrated players, Esteban Cambiasso is one of the contenders to become one of the leading candidates. Discarded by Real Madrid for essentially not being flashy enough during the Galacticos era, what followed in Milan with Inter was arguably more successful than the entire Galactico project with an abundance of Italian silverware as part of a dominant Nerazzurri side that became crowned with a Champions League. triumph.

No. 4: James Milner from Manchester City to Liverpool

• 1x EPL
• 1x FA Cup
• 1x EFL Cup
• 1x UCL (2x runners-up)
• 1x Community shield
• 1x UEFA Super Cup
• 1x Club World Cup

James Milner left Manchester City for Liverpool. James Milner was expected to be little more than a useful piece for the Reds, but the ex-England international became much more than that and turned into a model of consistency and leadership, seeing him appointed as one of the senior leadership figures under Jurgen Klopp in a glorious era for the Anfield giants.

No. 3: Andrea Pirlo from Milan to Juventus

• 4x Series A
• 1x Coppa Italy
• 2x Supercoppa Italiana
• 1x second UCL

Juventus used to have a strong reputation for controlling the free agent market and one of the two most important transfers at the time was the signing of Andrea Pirlo from Milan. Italy’s former 2006 World Cup winner appeared to be on his last legs while playing in Turin, but would be reborn at the Bianconeri and enjoy four Scudetto successes, three domestic cups and a Champions League final. it was no wonder Gianluigi Buffon called his Azzurri teammate ‘the signing of the century’.

No. 2: Paul Pogba from Manchester United to Juventus

• 4x Series A
• 2x Coppa Italy
• 2x Supercoppa Italiana

Topping Pirlo was always going to be difficult, but Juve somehow did that when they signed Paul Pogba on a free transfer from Manchester United in 2012 before selling him back to the Red Devils and later sacking him again due to his disastrous current spell. However, that first stint earned the Old Lady over $112 million, which is nothing short of astonishing when you consider that the France international won the Serie A title four times, as well as two more Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana crowns.

No. 1: Robert Lewandowski from Dortmund to Bayern Munich

• 8x Bundesliga
• 3x DFB Pokal
• 5x DFL Supercup
• 1x UCL
• 1x UEFA Super Cup
• 1x Club World Cup

However, few clubs can rival Bayern Munich’s achievement in signing Robert Lewandowski from Borussia Dortmund because he was BVB’s star player and had tried to sign him for a fee in the years before his actual move in 2014. to contract. Eight Bundesliga, three DFB Pokal, five, DFL Supercup, one Champions League, one UEFA Super Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup victory later and the Poland international left Allianz Arena as a Bavarian legend. Without Lewandowski, Bayern might not have been as dominant as they were in Germany until recently.