As Ronny Deila enjoys the briefest of summer breaks the Celtic boss will be thinking of who he can bring in to strengthen the side expected to negotiate three rounds of Champions League qualifiers.
In recent times Celtic have signed Joe Ledley, Adam Matthews and Gary Hooper from the Championship with over 100 players just released from the same division.
There is no such thing as a free transfer in this day and age but a free agent cuts out one layer of negotiations in the complex deal to bring in new faces.
Several former Celts are among those released ranging from Marc-Antoine Fortune to Lee Naylor who’ve severed their links with Wigan and Derby County respectively.
Millwall have released almost their entire squad, among them Ireland goalkeeper David Forde who is likely to be linked with a move to Celtic with Lucasz Zaluska likely to be moving on.
For good measure long term Celtic target Ian Harte is again available as well as Gavin Gunning and Kevin McNaughton who both know their way around the Scottish game.
Would any of these players improve Celtic?
BOURNEMOUTH – Ian Harte, Josh McQuoid, Benji Buchel, Joe Partington, Mohamed Coulibaly and Daryl Flahavan.
WATFORD – Lloyd Doyley and Heurelho Gomes.
WOLVES – Leon Clarke and Jake Cassidy.
DERBY COUNTY – Jamie Ward, Shaun Barker, Mark O’Brien, Zak Whitbread, Lee Naylor, Tom Naylor and John Eustace.
BLACKBURN ROVERS – David Dunn, Markus Olsson, Tim Payne, Ryan Edwards, Hugo Fernandez Molina, Will Beesley, Robbie Cotton, Deniz Pero, Aaron Tumwa and Matthew Urwin.
BIRMINGHAM – Colin Doyle, Gavin Gunning, Will Packwood, Callum Reilly, Olly Lee, Matt Green, Nikola Zigic and Kamal Guthmy.
CARDIFF – Kevin McNaughton, Nicky Maynard and Danny Gabbidon.
CHARLTON – Tal Ben Haim, Simon Church, Chris Eagles, Roger Johnson, Lawrie Wilson, Oguchi Onyewu and Neil Etheridge.
SHEFF WEDS – Lewis Buxton, Giles Coke, Paul Corry, Rafa Floro, Dejan Kelhar, Gary Madine, Joe Mattock, Jacques Maghoma, Rhys McCabe, Matt Young and Kamil Zayatte.
FOREST – Danny Collins, Dan Harding and Greg Halford.
LEEDS –Rodolph Austin, Alex Cairns, Kalvin Phillips, Stuart Taylor, Michael Tonge, Aidy White, Lewis Walters and Zac Thompson.
HUDDERSFIELD – Anthony Gerrard, Jonathan Stead, Martin Paterson, Jake Carroll and Daniel Carr.
FULHAM – Gabor Kiraly.
READING – Danny Guthrie, Stephen Kelly, Adam Federici, Alex Pearce, Jem Karacan, Mikkel Andersen, Yakubu, Zat Knight, Ryan Edwards and Jure Travner.
BRIGHTON – Craig Mackail-Smith, Aaron Hughes, Paddy McCourt, Vitalijs Maksimenko and Kemy Agustien
ROTHERHAM – Richard Brindley, Mat Sadler, Mark Bradley, Rob Milsom and Tony Thompson, Craig Morgan, Ben Pringle
MILLWALL – Jimmy Abdou, Mark Beevers, Paris Cowan-Hall, Shaun Cummings, David Forde, Lee Gregory, Tom King, John Marquis, Lee Martin, Sid Nelson, Aiden O’Brien, Fred Onyedinma, Alfie Pavey, Jack Powell, Mahlon Romeo, Ben Thompson, Ed Upson, Byron Webster, Shaun Williams, Keaton Wood.
WIGAN – Al Habsi, Emmerson Boyce, Gael Bong, Jermaine Pennant, Kim, William Kvist, Marc-Antoine Fortune.
BLACKPOOL – Everyone but Andrea Orlandi, Jose Cubero, Nile Ranger, Charles Dunne, Connor Oliver, David Ferguson and Henry Cameron.