The last day of June traditionally signals the end of footballers' contracts.
So yesterday a number of players effectively became free agents.
Cardiff City and Swansea City will be shopping in that market this summer, with the former unable to pay fees for signings right now due to a transfer embargo, while the latter will be aiming to conduct shrewd business on a budget.
Both teams are close to making new acquisitions; the Bluebirds expect to have two signings at their friendly match against The New Saints on Tuesday night, while Swansea are closing in on the capture of Josh Ginnelly on a free transfer from Hearts.
Our colleagues at Manchester Evening News have collated a list of the 228 Premier League and Championship players who have just become free agents. Some will be way out of the reach of the Welsh clubs but others could be of interest....
GOALKEEPERS
Prince Adegoke (Chelsea), Asmir Begovic (Everton), Harrison Bond (Sunderland), Toby Bull (Brighton), Jacob Carney (Sunderland), Luke Daniels (Middlesbrough), Brian David Kinnear (West Ham), Aidan Dowling (Blackburn), Oscar George Kelly (Liverpool), Matthew Hall (Southampton), Ryan Hammond (Nottingham Forest), Robbie Hemfrey (Rotherham), Nicky Hogarth (Nottingham Forest), Liam Hughes (Liverpool)
Adnan Kanuric (Nottingham Forest), Dan Langley (Newcastle), Joe Lumley (Middlesbrough), Michael McGovern (Norwich), Adam Parkes (Plymouth), Dillon Phillips (Cardiff), Roco Rees (Brentford), Joel Robles (Leeds),Ryan Schofield (Huddersfield), Tom Smith (Arsenal), Jordan Smith (Nottingham Forest), Andreas Sondergaard (Swansea), Jed Steer (Aston Villa), Jak Stewart (Southampton), Oliver Swan (Middlesbrough), Fynn Talley (Brighton), Tomas Vaclik (Huddersfield).
RIGHT-BACKS
Derrick Abu (Chelsea), Joshua Addae (Crystal Palace), David Boateng (Crystal Palace), James Bolton (Plymouth), Sam Byram (Norwich), Kallum Cesay (Tottenham), Maxime Colin (Birmingham), Finley Craske (Plymouth), Fankaty Dabo (Coventry), Julien Dacosta (Coventry), Demeaco Duhaney (Stoke), Darnell Fisher (Middlesbrough), Brooklyn Genesini (Bournemouth), Tarik Gidaree (Bournemouth), Wes Harding (Rotherham)
Jack Hunt (Sheffield Wednesday), Ethan Kachosa (Sunderland), Todd Kane (Coventry), Joel Latibeaudiere (Swansea), Henry Lawrence (Chelsea), Matt Lowton (Burnley), Luke Matheson (Wolves), Taylor Moore (Bristol City), Matthew Olosunde (Preston), Zuriel Otseh-Taiwo (Southampton), Sam Packham (Brighton), Dan Pike (Blackburn), Steven Sessegnon (Fulham), Joshua Thomas Stewart (Newcastle), Kane Vincent-Young (Ipswich), Charlie Wellens (Man Utd).
LEFT-BACKS
Ryan Bertrand (Leicester), Jaden Brown (Sheffield Wednesday), Juan Castillo (Chelsea), Lewis Coulton (Preston), Morgan Fox (Stoke), George Friend (Birmingham), Reece Hannam (Crystal Palace), Ziyad Larkeche (Fulham), Ryan Law (Plymouth), Scott Malone (Millwall), Ryan Manning (Swansea), Nathan Newall (Sunderland), Josh Ruffels (Huddersfield), Casey Shann (Brighton), Enda Stevens (Sheffield United).
CENTRE-BACKS
Michael Agboola (Wolves), Daniel Ayala (Blackburn), Leon Balogun (QPR), Di'Shon Bernard (Man Utd), Sonny Bradley (Luton), Ciaran Clark (Newcastle), Harlee Dean (Birmingham), Malachi Fagan-Walcott (Tottenham), Aden Flint (Stoke), Chris Francis (Bournemouth), Kyron Gordon (Sheffield United), Grant Hall (Middlesbrough), Ben Heneghan (Sheffield Wednesday), Phil Jagielka (Stoke), Cameron Jessup (Sunderland), Nico Jones (Brentford), Phil Jones (Man Utd)
Richard Keogh (Ipswich), Sam McClelland (Chelsea), Rowan McDonald (Man City), Yerry Mina (Everton), Marqes Muir (Tottenham), Harry Nevin (Preston), Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United), Oludare Olufunwa (Liverpool), Leon Pambou (Southampton), Brandon Pursall (Plymouth), Daniel Quick (Crystal Palace), Michael Rose (Coventry), Danel Sinani (Norwich), Myles Sohna (Aston Villa), Will Tizzard (Southampton), Axel Tuanzebe (Man Utd), Richard Wood. (Rotherham).
MIDFIELDERS
Dennis Adeniran (Sheffield Wednesday), Dana Amaral (Preston), Daniel Amartey (Leicester), Luke Amos (QPR), Goran Babic (Southampton), Leandro Bacuna (Watford), Tiemoue Bakayoko (Chelsea), Jamie Bowden (Tottenham), Niall Brookwell (Newcastle), Matthew Burgess (Bournemouth), Maliq Cadogan (Crystal Palace), Cafu (Nottingham Forest),Jonathon Page (Fulham), Sam Clucas (Stoke), Isiah Cornet (Middlesbrough), Bradley Dack (Blackburn), Alfie Doherty (Middlesbrough), Billy Fewster (Nottingham Forest)
Joao Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho (Wolves), Adam Forshaw (Leeds), Ethan Galbraith (Man Utd), Alex Gibson-Hammond (Nottingham Forest), Joe Haigh (Chelsea), Sonny Hilton (Fulham), Einar Iversen (Everton), Henri Lansbury (Luton), Hayden Lindley (Aston Villa), Jesse Lingard (Nottingham Forest), Matty Longstaff (Newcastle), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), James McArthur (Crystal Palace), Lee McLoughlin (Wolves), Papy Mendy (Leicester), Jack Mikey James Hodnett (Wolves), Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace)
James Morton (Bristol City), Tashan Oakley-Boothe (Stoke), Charlie Owens (QPR), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool), Taylor Perry (Wolves), Josh Popoola (Bournemouth), Nick Powell (Stoke), Arjan Raikhy (Aston Villa), Jack Raymond Colback (Nottingham Forest), Tivonge Rushesha (Swansea), Thomas Scott (Sunderland), Matt Smith (Arsenal), Harrison Sohna (Sunderland), Roy Syla (Brentford), Tete (Leicester), Jack Turner (Southampton), Mackenzie Warne (Rotherham), Caleb Watts (Southampton), Gavin Whyte (Cardiff).
WINGERS
Rolando Aarons (Huddersfield), Sam Durrant (Sheffield Wednesday), Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), Tariqe Fosu (Brentford), Declan Frith (Aston Villa), Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), Jordan Graham (Birmingham), Joel Ideho (Arsenal), Syl Jasper (Fulham), George Lewis (Arsenal), J'Neil Lloyd Bennett (Brentford), Josh Martin (Norwich), Danny Mayor (Plymouth), Stuart McKinstry (Leeds), Todd Miller (Brighton), Olamide Shodipo (QPR), Junior Stanislas (Bournemouth), Andros Townsend (Everton), Joel Valencia (Brentford), Ashley Young (Aston Villa).
FORWARDS
Ody Alfa (QPR), Britt Assombalonga (Watford), Andre Ayew (Nottingham Forest), Jack Bearne (Liverpool), Sam Bellis (Southampton), Mason Bennett (Millwall), Aaron Bennett (Preston), Ben Brereton Diaz (Blackburn), Sam Burns (Blackburn), Dan Butterworth (Blackburn), Billie Clark (Brighton), Diego Costa (Wolves), Jayden Darren George Wareham (Chelsea), Troy Deeney (Birmingham), Matt Everitt (Brighton), Bryan Fiabema (Chelsea), Luke Jephcott (Plymouth), Florian Kamberi (Huddersfield), Manuel Lanzini (West Ham)
Sean Maguire (Coventry), Lucas Moura (Tottenham), Mipo Odubeko (West Ham), Armstrong Oko-Flex (West Ham), David Omilabu (Crystal Palace), Fidel O'Rourke (Liverpool), Ayoze Perez (Leicester), Joe Ridley (Middlesbrough), Fedel Ross-Lang (Southampton), Lewis Salmon (Nottingham Forest), Ruben Shakpoke (Aston Villa), Billy Sharp (Sheffield United), Lyle Taylor (Nottingham Forest), Silko Thomas (Chelsea), Jean-Pierre Tiehi (Fulham), Lorent Tolaj (Brighton), Lucias Vine (Brentford), Martyn Waghorn (Coventry), Theo Walcott (Southampton), Tyler Walker (Coventry), Isaac Westendorf (Newcastle), Connor Wickham (Cardiff), Ben Wilson (Brighton), Brad Young (Aston Villa).
