Bargains

There's no feeling quite like stumbling on a bargain. It's the only upside to pi55ing away a Sunday rummaging through other peoples cr@p at carboot sales. Same goes for footballers. Signing a great player on the cheap is wonderful and there are no cheaper players than those on expiring contracts. With that in mind, here's a few players whose contracts are up this summer or not too long after:

Keisuke Honda - CSKA Moscow: United, Arsenal and PSG all said to be interested. Contract actually expires at the end of 2013 rather than the end of this current football season.

Bruno Zuculini - Racing Club: Young midfielder with the world at his feet. I can see him turning into a top class player in the not too distant future.

Tomas Hubocan - Zenit: Can play CB, RB or LB. I do love defenders who can play anywhere across the back line.

Hugo Viana - Braga: Midfielder with good passing range and set piece ability (according to Wikipedia). Premier League experience with Newcastle a few years back.

Douglas - Twente: Newcastle have had one eye on him for a while. Very capable CB.

Volkan Demirel - Fenerbahce: No experience outside of Turkey. #1 keeper for club and country.

Miralem Sulejmani - Ajax: A winger who can actually cross the ball? Oh my! Ajax paid big money for his services in 2008.

Tomas Necid - CSKA Moscow: He gets really good on Fifa 13.

Mickaël Landreau - Bastia: Not exactly the superstar he once was but plenty of experience and ability to spur on Sir Chesney.

Max Kruse - Freiburg: Having a very good season in Germany.

Claudio Pizarro - Bayern: Going through something of a renaissance and currently can't seem to stop scoring.

Andreas Ivanschitz - Mainz: Someone I've been aware of for a good few years. Not sure if he's top quality but I've enjoyed watching him play for Mainz this season.

Anthony Réveillère - Lyon: A wealth of experience but not so much outside of Ligue 1.

Paddy McCourt - Celtic: The "Derry Pele" once looked like he could turn into a great winger but now it seems he was another case of style over substance.

Marco Caligiuri - Mainz: A livewire in an overachieving Mainz side this year. I like him but seems a tad selfish on the ball.

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk - Bayern: Not much tread left on these tyres but an experienced, combative defensive midfielder if ever there was one.

Christian Abbiati - AC Milan: Probably wouldn't leave Milan but I said the same thing about Julio Cesar...

Daniel van Buyten - Bayern: Another one who can boast about experience. Haven't seen him play in a while so not sure what he's capable of these days.

David Wotherspoon - Hibs: As a Scot, I'm biased here but I really like this guy. One of a fair few Scottish wingers with a good future ahead.

Nigel Reo-Coker - Vancouver Whitecaps: No. Next.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake - Wolves: Jesus, slim pickings now. Moving on...

Lukasz Fabianski - Arsenal: What the funk? What's he doing here?

Fran Mérida - Atlético Paranaense: Oh, funk this. I'm out.