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Olivier Giroud (Chelsea)
If Giroud wants to go to Euro 2020 with France, never mind start for the world champions, he simply has to get out of west London.
This could be the last major tournament the 33-year-old could realistically feature in, but Didier Deschamps won’t be impressed by his tally of five Premier League games and no goals this season. The striker needs a new club, where he will play a starting role.
Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool)
Make no mistake, Shaqiri will be able to hoover up winners’ medals and silverware galore by staying just where he is. But a player of his ability needs space and time to express himself, and at the age of 28 if feels like a waste to have him doing little more than warming Jurgen Klopp’s bench.
Ravel Morrison (Sheffield United)
We know what you’re thinking: “How many moves does he need to ‘reboot’ his career”?
It’s a fair point, but it looks like the answer is at least one more. Morrison has featured in the Premier League for just 12 minutes this season and hasn’t even been named among the substitutes since September. He’s just 26. Is there still time for him to become a useful player somewhere?
Nemanja Matic (Manchester United)
Matic is 31 years old, and there's a feeling that he is wasting precious time in his career at Old Trafford as he enters the final six months of his contract.
The Serbian showed his class at Chelsea and started well at Manchester United, but this season he’s fallen behind the likes of Fred and Scott McTominay in the pecking order, making just eight league appearances - although he’s recently been restored to the side.
Pedro (Chelsea)
Still just 32, the Chelsea winger has been a forgotten man at Stamford Bridge this season and needs to switch clubs if he is to find regular game time again.
The Spaniard has featured just five times in the Premier League this season. He’s sure to leave when his contract expires at the end of the season, but he would be better off finding a new club before then.
Joe Hart (Burnley)
It doesn’t feel like very long ago that Hart was England’s No.1 and fighting for Premier League titles with Man City.
Nowadays, the 32-year-old is warming the bench at Burnley. He hasn’t made a single appearance in the league this season – a move away is a must to revive a career that should still have some legs.
Victor Wanyama (Tottenham)
Wanyama’s time at Spurs appears to be up, as he has made just two Premier League appearances all season and his opportunities haven’t improved since Jose Mourinho replaced Mauricio Pochettino.
With Gedson Fernandes coming in to further bolster the Tottenham midfield ranks this month, the Kenyan needs to leave if he’s to start playing again.
Angus Gunn (Southampton)
England Under-21 international Gunn began the season with the world at his feet, as Southampton’s first-choice goalkeeper and with high hopes of senior international recognition.
But the 24-year-old suffered a disastrous start, conceding 25 goals in 10 games and keeping just two clean sheets. His hopes of clinging onto the No.1 shirt ended when he shipped nine goals against Leicester, and he’s warmed the bench ever since as Alex McCarthy took over.
Billy Gilmour (Chelsea)
The young Scot is a very exciting prospect, who has started to be eased into first team action by Frank Lampard this season.
But with regular football unlikely to be offered to him, a half-season loan spell away from Stamford Bridge could aid the 18-year-old’s development and put him in a position to truly challenge for a starting spot with the Blues next season.
Matty James (Leicester)
There is no future for James at Leicester. That much was made clear when the midfielder was left out of Brendan Rodgers’ 25-man Premier League squad at the start of the year, and the 28-year-old hasn’t featured in any cup competitions either.
He won’t be expensive and he could still have something to offer, but any interested clubs will be wary of the fact that he hasn’t started a Premier League game since March 2018.
