Liga BBVA One of the 73 La Liga players that can now negotiate their future

The suits in charge of the clubs that make up la Liga had 1st January marked in their agendas as the day upon which they could start making plans for their teams for the following season. From this date, those whose contracts run out on 30th June may listen to offers from other clubs. In the Spanish top flight, they amount to 73 players.

Among these men with an undecided future, there are two World and European champions: Álvaro Arbeloa and Fernando Torres. Regarding the 'Rojiblancos' man, he has already publicly declared his wish to continue plying his trade under the orders of 'El Cholo'. Torres has shown his hand to the club he has been tied to since he was a boy, but to date nobody has picked up the phone in El Calderón to assure him that the feeling is mutual.

If no agreement to continue is reached, Torres has the option of applying his unilateral right to return to Milan for a season. If Atlético decide that he is surplus to requirements, other possibilities for 'El Niño' are to try his luck in the MLS or one of the Asian big spenders. What is not on the cards is a move to Galatasaray, despite all the rumours.

For his part, Arbeloa is looking to leave Real Madrid, with a return to the Premier League being a distinct possibility before seeing out his twilight years in the MLS, a league that he finds extremely attractive.