free agent
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The centre-half is a free agent after leaving Manchester City at the end of June.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Julian Brandt has offers from both Leeds United and Ajax after the 30-year-old Germany midfielder left Borussia Dortmund as a free agent.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
But "King James" announced on June 30 that he would depart the Lakers as a free agent, sparking a frenzy of speculation as to his next team.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Williams, 24, was available after the Brooklyn Nets declined his team option of $6.25 million, making him an unrestricted free agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
In Mendel’s experiments, every gene had behaved like an independent entity—a free agent.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
