🎇 11 top players seeking redemption on the market: Vlahovic and more🧨

For some players, the transfer market is a crucial moment: the time to choose their next team and turn the page, finding an environment that suits their skills.

This is especially true for footballers who have shown their strength and then unexpectedly declined. Let's take a look at the list of those seeking personal redemption.

Marcus Rashford

Marcus Rashford's decline began two years ago: from 30 goals scored in the 2022/23 season to 11 this season, divided between Manchester United and Aston Villa (on loan).

The lack of commitment in training confirmed by Amorim and the fine of over half a million euros for a "good night" (according to the Telegraph) led to an inevitable separation. Now Rashford is seeking his redemption at Barcelona: a loan with a buyout option of 30 million and a maxi-salary paid by the Blaugrana, albeit in reduced form.

Rasmus Hojlund

Sold for 83 million euros from Atalanta to Manchester United and now on the market for 40/45 million: Rasmus Hojlund is another flop for the Red Devils.

In his first year, he managed to score 15 goals, including 5 in the Champions League (but all in games lost by Man United), but this season has been even worse. The total playing time has increased slightly, and the performances have plummeted, reaching a 3-month goal drought in the Premier League.

Dusan Vlahovic and Douglas Luiz

Dusan Vlahovic is the theme of the summer for Juventus: a salary of 12 million that does not reflect his contribution on the field. The Serbian's experience with Juventus has been inconsistent and decidedly negative in the last period, and now the club wants to sell him at all costs - and in any case, the redemption of his career will not come with Juventus.

Douglas Luiz's experience was a "flash": the step up proved to be a step back. His move from Aston Villa to Juventus is the emblem of the failure of the "Giuntoli-Motta" duo. The qualities are there, but he will have to show them again in his next adventure.

Jack Grealish

Paid 117 million euros in 2021 and an important element for Manchester City for two seasons: Grealish is now experiencing a slow decline and a progressive slide in the ranks of Pep Guardiola.

6 goals in the last two seasons, only 715' minutes played in the last Premier League, and difficult competition to beat on the wing. The signs are clear: Grealish's time at City may be over, given the various English clubs on his trail. Finding a new home won't be easy, considering he earns 10 million euros net per year.

Federico Chiesa

The hero of the 2021 European Championship is out of the team at Liverpool. After a season with 466' minutes played, Chiesa wants to return to Italy, seeking redemption and reducing his salary from 6/7 million euros. Can the winger return to his previous level before the injuries? The answer will likely come from Serie A (here are the details).

Raheem Sterling and Joao Felix

Two of Chelsea's biggest mistakes are Sterling and Joao Felix: the Englishman flopped during his loan at Arsenal and is now practically out of the team at Chelsea; the Portuguese, on the other hand, is coming off an even more disastrous loan at Milan.

Joao Felix has said he wants to return to Benfica, but to do so, he will have to lower his salary, which is currently 8 million euros net until 2031. For Sterling, a transfer appears even more difficult because he will earn almost 11 million euros per year until 2027.

Alvaro Morata

Alvaro Morata's return to Serie A was opaque, as was his brief experience at Galatasaray: so much so that both clubs have decided to focus on more prolific strikers like Gimenez and Osimhen. Now Morata can redeem his last season in a place with great prospects and less pressure, like Como.

Evan Ferguson

Evan Ferguson's excellent start to his career lasted from 2022 to 2024, the year in which a cruciate ligament rupture forced him to the sidelines for 5 months.

After the injury, he failed to regain his starting spot at Brighton and did not shine in his recent loan at West Ham: now comes the opportunity with Roma, along with the best coach possible to relaunch himself, Gasperini.

Takehiro Tomiyasu

After 4 years at Arsenal, Tomiyasu was released with a mutual termination: a choice also due to a period of "strong stress and anxiety" as the player revealed to DAZN Japan. Injuries and knee operations have caused him to miss over 100 games in 4 years: a real ordeal to overcome.

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