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The Premier League stars Leicester City's new manager can sign on free transfers

Leicester City are facing a critical summer.

The biggest decision facing the Foxes is who to appoint as the club’s next manager in the wake of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s departure at the end of last week.

On top of that, the squad needs a rebuild as they prepare for life back in the Championship, following relegation from the Premier League.

Jamie Vardy is, of course, the biggest player departure, leaving very big shoes to fill.

At the other end of the pitch, City have released two senior goalkeepers and could sell Mads Hermansen.

Jakub Stolarczyk could be handed the No.1 jersey, but the Foxes may need to bring in some back-up for him.

In midfield, Wilfred Ndidi and Boubakary Soumare are both expected to leave, while Harry Winks only has a year left on his contract, and so that makes him a contender to go too.

Facundo Buonanotte has returned to Brighton and Bilal El Khannouss is expected to be sold, and so that takes away City’s best two number 10s from the past season.

City are going to need some transfer work at centre-half too.

With this in mind, here is a list of players who have just become free agents at last season’s Premier League clubs:

Arsenal

Thomas Partey

Aston Villa

Kortney Hause, Robin Olsen (joining Malmo)

Bournemouth

Chris Mepham

Brentford

Josh Dasilva, Ben Mee

Brighton

None

Chelsea

Lucas Bergstrom

Crystal Palace

Luke Plange, Jeffrey Schlupp, Joel Ward

Everton

Asmir Begovic, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Idrissa Gueye, Michael Keane, Mason Holgate, Joao Virginia, Ashley Young

Fulham

Tom Cairney, Kenny Tete, Carlos Vinicius, Willian

Ipswich

Elkan Baggott, Massimo Luongo

Liverpool

None

Manchester City

Kevin De Bruyne (joining Napoli), Scott Carson

Manchester United

Jonny Evans (retiring), Christian Eriksen, Victor Lindelof

Newcastle United

Jamal Lewis, John Ruddy, Callum Wilson

Nottingham Forest

Wayne Hennessey, Harry Toffolo

Southampton

Adam Lallana (retiring), Joe Lumley (joining Bristol City), Kyle Walker-Peters

Tottenham

Fraser Forster, Sergio Reguilon, Alfie Whiteman

West Ham

Michail Antonio, Aaron Cresswell, Vladimir Coufal, Lukasz Fabianski, Danny Ings, Kurt Zouma

Wolves

Craig Dawson, Pablo Sarabia, Nelson Semedo

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