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The 148 Championship free agents Cardiff City and Swansea City could sign for nothing

Both Swansea City and Cardiff City will likely be shopping in a similar market in the summer transfer window.

While Cardiff are placed under a partial EFL transfer embargo which prohibits them for paying any fees for players, Swansea also like to utilise the free agent market where possible in order to keep outgoing costs at a minimum.

At the end of each season, recruitment teams up and down the country pore over all the clubs' retained lists, hoping to stop a gem who has perhaps fallen through the cracks.

Well, according to Transfermarkt, there are 148 free agents who will be looking for work this summer, as things stand.

So, will any take the fancy of Swansea or Cardiff? Have a peruse and see if you would take any next season – and there are a number of familiar names for fans of both clubs...

Goalkeepers

Tomas Vaclik (34) – Huddersfield Town

Wes Foderingham (32) – Sheffield United

George Long (29) – Millwall FC

Ben Amos (33) – Wigan Athletic

Josh Vickers (27) – Rotherham United

Andreas Söndergaard (22) – Swansea City

Chris Maxwell (32) – Blackpool FC

Luke Daniels (35) – Middlesbrough FC

Jordan Archer (30) – Queens Park Rangers

Bartosz Bialkowski (35) – Millwall FC

Frank Fielding (35) – Stoke City

Connal Trueman (27 – Millwall FC

Michael McGovern (38) – Norwich City

Jamie Jones (34) – Wigan Athletic

Stuart Moore (28) – Blackpool FC

Robbie Hemfrey (21) – Rotherham United

Defenders

Jake Cooper (28) – Millwall FC

Danny McNamara (24) – Millwall FC

Jay Dasilva (25) – Bristol City

Ryan Manning (26) – Swansea City

Zak Vyner (25) – Bristol City

Curtis Nelson (29) – Blackpool FC

Sean Morrison (32) – Rotherham United

Ryan Nyambe (25) –Wigan Athletic

Maxime Colin (31) – Birmingham City

Sam Byram (29) – Norwich City

Tyler Blackett (29) – Rotherham United

Wes Harding (26) – Rotherham United

Jack O'Connell (29) – Sheffield United

Tomas Kalas (29) – Bristol City

Steven Caulker (31) – Wigan Athletic

Daniel Ayala (32 – Blackburn Rover

Alfie Jones (25) – Hull City

Scott Malone (32) – Millwall FC

Liam Moore (30) – Reading FC

Shaun Hutchinson (32) – Millwall FC

Kean Bryan (26) – West Bromwich Albion

Kyle Bartley (31) – West Bromwich Albion

Danny Batth (32) – Sunderland AFC

Craig Cathcar (34) – Watford FC

Lewie Coyle (27) – Hull City

Fankaty Dabo (27) – Coventry City

Callum Elder (28) – Hull City

Salif Mbengue (21) – Reading FC

Joel Latibeaudiere (23) – Swansea City

Enda Stevens (32) – Sheffield United

Jordan Thorniley (26) – Blackpool FC

Jack Robinson (29) – Sheffield United

Morgan Fox (29) – Stoke City

Joel Bagan (21) – Cardiff City

Harlee Dean (31) – Birmingham City

James Husband (29) – Blackpool FC

Michael Rose (27) – Coventry City

Kevin Long (32) – Birmingham City

Nesta Guinness-Walker (23) – Reading FC

Nico Gordon (21) – Birmingham City

Gabriel Osho (24) – Luton Town

Leon Balogun (34) – Queens Park Rangers

Erik Pieters (34) – West Bromwich Albion

Curtis Tilt (31) – Wigan Athletic

Joe Bennett (33) – Wigan Athletic

Greg Cunningham (32) – Preston North End

Kyle Naughton (34) – Swansea City

Darnell Fisher (29) – Middlesbrough FC

Luke Garbutt (29) – Blackpool FC

Tom Sang (23) – Cardiff City

Josh Ruffels (29) – Huddersfield Town

Matthew Olosunde (25) – Preston North End

Scott Dann (36) – Reading FC

Phil Jagielka (40) – Stoke City

Lee Peltier (36) – Rotherham United

George Friend (35) – Birmingham City

Richard Wood (37) – Rotherham United

Midfielders

Oliver Norwood (32) – Sheffield United

Ken Sema (29) – Watford FC

Josh Onomah (26) – Preston North End

Kieran Dowell (25 – Norwich City

Ben Wiles (24) – Rotherham United

Bradley Dack (29) Blackburn Rovers

John Fleck (31) – Sheffield United

Alex Pritchard (30) – Sunderland AFC

Ismaila Coulibaly (22) – Sheffield United

Ben Osborn (28) – Sheffield United

Nick Powell (29) – Stoke City

Leandro Bacuna (31) – Watford FC

Callum Connolly (25) – Blackpool FC

Max Power (29) – Wigan Athletic

Daniel Johnson (30) – Preston North End

Robbie Brady (31) – Preston North End

Ben Woodburn (23) – Preston North End

Tom Rogic (30) – West Bromwich Albion

Jake Livermore (33) – West Bromwich Albion

Greg Docherty (26) – Hull City

Kenny Dougall (30) – Blackpool FC

James McClean (34) – Wigan Athletic

Sam Clucas (32) – Stoke City

Tom Cleverley (33) – Watford FC

Dan Gosling (33) – Watford FC

Luke Berry (30) – Luton Town

George Evans (28) – Millwall FC

Luke Amos (26) – Queens Park Rangers

Etienne Camara (20) – Huddersfield Town

Jordan Cousins (29) – Wigan Athletic

Shane Ferguson (31) – Rotherham United

Jack Burroughs (22) – Coventry City

Dejan Tetek (20) – Reading FC

Kevin Stewart (29) – Blackpool FC

Liam Bridcutt (34) – Blackpool FC

Liam Kelly (33) – Coventry City

Charlie Owens (25) – Queens Park Rangers

Forwards

Ben Brereton Díaz (24) – Blackburn Rovers

Chuba Akpom (27 – Middlesbrough FC

Oliver McBurnie (26) – Sheffield United

Chris Willock (25) – Queens Park Rangers

Britt Assombalonga (30) – Watford FC

Ross Stewart (26) – Sunderland AFC

Teemu Pukki (33) – Norwich City

Chiedozie Ogbene (26) – Rotherham United

Josh Koroma (24) – Huddersfield Town

Will Keane (30) –Wigan Athletic

Yakou Méïté (27) – Reading FC

Lucas João (29) – Reading FC

Daniel Jebbison (19) – Sheffield United

Mark Harris (24) – Cardiff City

Mason Bennett (26) – Millwall FC

Ashley Barnes (33) – Burnley FC

Danny Ward (32) – Huddersfield Town

Shayne Lavery (24) – Blackpool FC

Sean Maguire (29) – Coventry City

Junior Hoilett (32) –Reading FC

Connor Wickham (30) – Cardiff City

Troy Deeney (34) – Birmingham City

Gavin Whyte (27) – Cardiff City

Jack Vale (22) – Blackburn Rovers

CJ Hamilton (28) –Blackpool FC

Florian Kamberi (28) – Huddersfield Town

Keshi Anderson (28) – Blackpool FC

Gary Madine (32) –Blackpool FC

Jordan Graham (28) –Birmingham City

Chris Martin (34) – Queens Park Rangers

Shane Long (36) – Reading FC

Vaughn Covil (19) – Hull City

Tyler Walker (26) – Coventry City

Rolando Aarons (27) –Huddersfield Town

Billy Sharp (37) – Sheffield United

Stephen Walker (22) – Middlesbrough FC

Bez Lubala (25) – Blackpool FC

Will Bapaga (20) – Coventry City

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