July 2023 - Defender contract/club update
Where our Euro-based defenders stand heading into the fall
Cameron Carter-Vickers
under contract with Celtic in the Scottish Premiership until summer 2026
Mark McKenzie
under contract with Genk in the Belgian Pro League until summer 2025
Chris Richards
under contract with Crystal Palace in the English Premier League until summer 2027
Erik Palmer-Brown
*RELEGATION* under contract with Troyes in French Ligue 2 until summer 2024
Philippe Sandler
under contract with NEC Nijmegen in the Dutch Eredivisie until summer 2025
Auston Trusty
returns to Arsenal in the English Premier League from his loan with Birmingham City in the English Championship
under contract with Arsenal for an unknown period
Lennard Maloney
*PROMOTION* under contract with Heidenheim in the German Bundesliga until summer 2025
Heidenheim was promoted to the Bundesliga for 2023-2024
Justin Che
*NEW CLUB* sold to Brondby in the Danish Superliga
under contract with Brondby through summer 2026
Josh Wynder
*NEW CLUB* sold to Benfica in the Portuguese Primera Division for $1.2m plus add-ons, a new record sale for the USL Championship
under contract with Benfica for an unknown period
Kik Pierie
*NEW CLUB* sold to Excelsior Rotterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie
under contract with Excelsior through summer 2025
Antonee Robinson
under contract with Fulham in the English Premier League until summer 2024
Joe Scally
under contract with Borussia M’Gladbach until summer 2027
Sergino Dest
returns to Barcelona in Spanish LaLiga from his loan with AC Milan in Italian Serie A
under contract with Barcelona until summer 2025
Sam Vines
under contract with Royal Antwerp in the Belgian Pro League until summer 2024
Bryan Reynolds
*NEW CLUB* sold to Westerlo in the Belgian Pro League
under contract with Westerlo until summer 2027
Marlon Fossey
*CONTRACT EXTENSION* under contract with Standard Liege in the Belgian Pro League until summer 2027
Reggie Cannon
*CONTRACT TERMINATION* Boavista failed to pay wages, now a free agent
Kristoffer Lund
under contract with Hacken in the Swedish Allsvenskan through the end of 2024
George Bello
*NEW CLUB* signed with LASK in the Austrian Bundesliga as a free agent
under contract with LASK until summer 2026