5 amazing free agents who are still without a club this summer (August 2023)

Even as we near the business end of the 2023 summer transfer window, several high-profile players continue to remain free agents. Why do some of these top players continue to be without a club? It occurs due to a complex interplay of factors.

Firstly, financial demands, including wages and signing bonuses might not be in sync with the valuations of potential suitors. Additionally, the economic constraints of a club could stop a club from accommodating such financial demands of these free agents.

Disagreements over other terms like contract length and certain clauses could be yet another hurdle. Furthermore, players might not be satisfied with the clubs that have approached them. Injury issues could also stop clubs from wanting to sign a top player despite his availability in the free-agent market.

Without further ado, let's take a look at five amazing free agents who are still without a club this summer.

Jerome Boateng is considered to be one of the best centre-backs of his generation. But his fall from grace in recent years has been quite hard to watch. The former Germany international has had an illustrious career at both international and domestic levels.

He won the 2014 FIFA World Cup with Germany and won nine Bundesliga titles and two Champions League titles with Bayern Munich. He left the Bavarians in the summer of 2021 and joined Lyon on a free transfer.

After two lacklustre campaigns with the French club, Boateng left the club as his contract with them expired this summer. However, no club has come forward to sign the towering centre-back and it's quite possibly due to the deterioration of his abilities in recent years. As it stands, the 34-year-old remains a free agent.

It's rather unfortunate that a season