The best-performing players out of contract in June, according to AI

Kylian Mbappé tops the list of the players with the best performance whose contract ends on June 30. Olocip has chosen the 20 best footballers of the current season who are free next summer. To make this selection, 17 European leagues have been taken as a reference: Spain, Italy, France, Germany, England, Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Russia, Belgium, Turkey, Romania, Croatia, Austria, Ukraine and Greece.

This list made by artificial intelligence is based on the quality of the actions and not on the quantity (big data). According stand out in the studio “The value of the shares is taken into account, measured based on the variation in the probability of scoring or conceding a goal. when actions are performed. Offensive, defensive and game building actions are valued and from the comparison of the added value of each player we can identify the most outstanding players”.

Kylian Mbappé, that this coming summer will star in the most notorious operation of the moment with his departure to Real Madrid, heads the table with a score of 9.25. He is the player in Ligue 1 with the highest value generated in driving and crossing; the second in generating good shooting positions, assists and game construction and the third in well-made passes. However, as highlighted in this study by Olocip, Since the 2018-19 campaign, the French striker has been generating less value with his actions every year. This is largely due to the fact that his offensive contribution has decreased, especially due to his value in completions; that he has also dropped in recent seasons, although has improved on his records from last season in drafting play.

Among the top 20, there are two LaLiga players. Curiously, both militate in Alavés: Laguardia and Joselu. Serie A is the competition that contributes the most footballers with eight (Perisic, Cuadrado, De Silvestri, Mkhitaryan, Destro, Brozovic, Luiz Felipe and Dybala). from the Bundesliga (Ortega, Knoche and Nilsson), the Premier League (Rüdiger, Saïss and Tarkowski) and Ligue 1 (Mbappe, Kolo Muani and Khazri) there are three players, and one from the Austrian Bundesliga (Fountas).