21 free players at the end of the year, most notably Messi and Ronaldo, and 6 from Real Madrid

From January 1st – January 2023, a number of important players will be free to negotiate to stay in their clubs or move to a new club, foremost among them 21 players who are distinguished on the football field.
Among them, six players are currently active in Real Madrid, they are the French international striker Karim Benzema, the Croatian international midfielder Luka Modric, his fellow German international Toni Kroos, the Spanish international defender Nacho Fernandez, and his fellow international midfielders Marco Asensio and Dani Ceballos.
Manchester United will have to look into the contracts of three of its players, Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo, Spanish international goalkeeper David de Gea and English international winger Marcus Rashford.
As for Juventus, which is suffering the worst start in years, it has two tasks in front of it: French international midfielder Adrien Rabiot and Argentine international winger Angel Di Maria, as well as its neighbor Inter Milan facing the task of keeping its Slovak international defense center Milan Skriniar.
In Chelsea, the London club is seeking to keep the French international N’Golo Kante and the Brazilian international center Jorginho, who wants to leave, and Barcelona, ​​who also wants to keep his Spanish back, Hector Bellerin.
Valencia will not easily be able to keep his distinguished Spanish international full-back Jose Gaya, while Spanish center Hugo Guillamon becomes free as well.
On the same day, Brazilian Robert Firmino, Liverpool midfielder, Uruguayan Mauro Aranbari, Getafe midfielder, Spain’s Inigo Martinez, Atlético Bilbao’s defender, and Japanese international Daishi Kamada, Eintracht Frankfurt’s midfielder, are free to negotiate.
And attention, of course, turns to the Argentine Lionel Messi, the Paris Saint-Germain striker, who the French club wants to renew his contract, while Barcelona wants to restore him to end his career in his historical club.. The choice will certainly be his alone.