The European season is nearly over; all that remain are various cup finals, relegation playoffs, and 1-2 rounds of matches in places like Italy and Turkey. That means summer transfer season is upon us. MLS players are a bit more likely to head overseas in the winter because clubs are hesitant to sell midseason, but there are always a bunch of overseas players on the move as well as domestic amateurs heading abroad when they turn 18.
I'm not even going to bother with players in Mexico because the way contracts work down there are equally as weird and even more opaque than in MLS.
Promoted
England
DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle)
Germany
Julian Green (Stuttgart)
Mael Corboz (Duisburg) - to 2.BL
Kenneth Kronholm (Holstein Kiel) - to 2.BL
In Contention
Danny Williams (Reading) [out of contract] - Champ playoff final
David Wagner (Huddersfield Town) [manager] - Champ playoff final
Jann George (Jahn Regensburg) - pro/rel playoff vs. 1860 Munich
Shane O'Neill (NAC Breda) [out of contract] - pro/rel playoff vs. NEC
Relegated
England
Brad Guzan (Middlesbrough) [leaving club]
Lynden Gooch (Sunderland)
Germany
Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt)
Terrence Boyd (Darmstadt)
Shawn Barry (FSV Frankfurt) - to Regionalliga
Confirmed transfers
Brad Guzan, Middlesbrough to Atlanta United
Desevio Payne, Groningen to Excelsior
Corey Anton, Kaiserslautern U19 to Hoffenheim U19
Bryan Gaul, Kickers Offenbach (Regionalliga) to Elversberg (Regionalliga or 3. Liga)
Will Pulisic, Borussia Dortmund U19 to Duke
Paolo Belloni, Genoa Primavera to Harvard
Out of Contract Players [according to Transfermarkt, mostly]
Here are the ones I think are the most interesting:
GK Justin Vom Steeg (Fortuna Düsseldorf II/GER)
RB Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest/ENG)
RB Marlon Fossey (Fulham U23/ENG)
CB Shane O'Neill (Apollon Limassol/CYP) on loan to (NAC Breda/NED)
CM Danny Williams (Reading/ENG)
AM Junior Flores (Borussia Dortmund II/GER)
AM Mukwelle Akale (Villarreal C/ESP)
AM Kevin Lankford (Heidenheim/GER)
FW Andrew Wooten (Sandhausen/GER)
FW Andrija Novakovich (Reading U23/ENG)
FW Rubio Rubin (Silkeborg/DEN)
FW Kai Koreniuk (Vitesse II/NED)
Fossey, Akale, Lankford, and Koreniuk all seem to be doing well at their clubs and I suspect they will at least be offered contracts. Novakovich was reportedly offered a new deal by Reading; if I were him I'd wait to see if Reading get promoted. If Reading go up, his prospects for playing time aren't good.
Rubin and Flores have seen their stock nosedive over the past few years and need to find the right fit. I could see both signing in MLS. Lichaj, Williams, and Wooten are solid second division pros. Williams has a chance to make it to the top flight with Reading or as a free agent. I'd be very surprised if the other two moved up.
After a promising start with Colorado, O'Neill's career got weird after a move to a Cypriot waystation club that immediately and continually loaned him out. He has done well at NAC, becoming captain this season.
And everyone else:
GK Steve Clark (AC Horsens/DEN)
GK Brendan Moore (Torquay United/ENG)
GK Mike Lansing (Vejle/DEN)
RB Ashton Götz (Hamburg II/GER)
RB Shaq Moore (Levante B/ESP)
CB Babajide Ogunbiyi (Hobro/DEN)
CB Demarveay Sheron (Karlsruhe II/GER)
LB Antonee Robinson (Everton U23/ENG)
CM Conor O'Brien (AC Horsens/DEN)
CM Kevin Dzierzawski (Peterhead/SCO)
CM Omar Castro (Eintracht Braunschweig II/GER)
CM Fito Ovalle (Fidelis Andria/ITA) on loan to (Sambenedettese/ITA)
CM Alec Becker (Freiburg U19/GER)
AM Devann Yao (Berliner AK/GER)
AM Masami Okada (Schönberg 95/GER)
AM Eric Lickert (Freiburg II/GER)
FW Matt Taylor (Kickers Offenbach/GER)
FW Alassane Kane (Bayern Hof/GER)
FW Charlie Rugg (Pirmasens/GER)
FW Danijal Brković (Čelik Zenica/BIH)
FW Sammy Adjei (Næstved/DEN)
FW Aris Briggs (Osnabrück II/GER)
FW Kevin Coleman (Kaiserslautern U19/GER)
I'm not even going to bother with players in Mexico because the way contracts work down there are equally as weird and even more opaque than in MLS.
Promoted
England
DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle)
Germany
Julian Green (Stuttgart)
Mael Corboz (Duisburg) - to 2.BL
Kenneth Kronholm (Holstein Kiel) - to 2.BL
In Contention
Danny Williams (Reading) [out of contract] - Champ playoff final
David Wagner (Huddersfield Town) [manager] - Champ playoff final
Jann George (Jahn Regensburg) - pro/rel playoff vs. 1860 Munich
Shane O'Neill (NAC Breda) [out of contract] - pro/rel playoff vs. NEC
Relegated
England
Brad Guzan (Middlesbrough) [leaving club]
Lynden Gooch (Sunderland)
Germany
Alfredo Morales (Ingolstadt)
Terrence Boyd (Darmstadt)
Shawn Barry (FSV Frankfurt) - to Regionalliga
Confirmed transfers
Brad Guzan, Middlesbrough to Atlanta United
Desevio Payne, Groningen to Excelsior
Corey Anton, Kaiserslautern U19 to Hoffenheim U19
Bryan Gaul, Kickers Offenbach (Regionalliga) to Elversberg (Regionalliga or 3. Liga)
Will Pulisic, Borussia Dortmund U19 to Duke
Paolo Belloni, Genoa Primavera to Harvard
Out of Contract Players [according to Transfermarkt, mostly]
Here are the ones I think are the most interesting:
GK Justin Vom Steeg (Fortuna Düsseldorf II/GER)
RB Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest/ENG)
RB Marlon Fossey (Fulham U23/ENG)
CB Shane O'Neill (Apollon Limassol/CYP) on loan to (NAC Breda/NED)
CM Danny Williams (Reading/ENG)
AM Junior Flores (Borussia Dortmund II/GER)
AM Mukwelle Akale (Villarreal C/ESP)
AM Kevin Lankford (Heidenheim/GER)
FW Andrew Wooten (Sandhausen/GER)
FW Andrija Novakovich (Reading U23/ENG)
FW Rubio Rubin (Silkeborg/DEN)
FW Kai Koreniuk (Vitesse II/NED)
Fossey, Akale, Lankford, and Koreniuk all seem to be doing well at their clubs and I suspect they will at least be offered contracts. Novakovich was reportedly offered a new deal by Reading; if I were him I'd wait to see if Reading get promoted. If Reading go up, his prospects for playing time aren't good.
Rubin and Flores have seen their stock nosedive over the past few years and need to find the right fit. I could see both signing in MLS. Lichaj, Williams, and Wooten are solid second division pros. Williams has a chance to make it to the top flight with Reading or as a free agent. I'd be very surprised if the other two moved up.
After a promising start with Colorado, O'Neill's career got weird after a move to a Cypriot waystation club that immediately and continually loaned him out. He has done well at NAC, becoming captain this season.
And everyone else:
GK Steve Clark (AC Horsens/DEN)
GK Brendan Moore (Torquay United/ENG)
GK Mike Lansing (Vejle/DEN)
RB Ashton Götz (Hamburg II/GER)
RB Shaq Moore (Levante B/ESP)
CB Babajide Ogunbiyi (Hobro/DEN)
CB Demarveay Sheron (Karlsruhe II/GER)
LB Antonee Robinson (Everton U23/ENG)
CM Conor O'Brien (AC Horsens/DEN)
CM Kevin Dzierzawski (Peterhead/SCO)
CM Omar Castro (Eintracht Braunschweig II/GER)
CM Fito Ovalle (Fidelis Andria/ITA) on loan to (Sambenedettese/ITA)
CM Alec Becker (Freiburg U19/GER)
AM Devann Yao (Berliner AK/GER)
AM Masami Okada (Schönberg 95/GER)
AM Eric Lickert (Freiburg II/GER)
FW Matt Taylor (Kickers Offenbach/GER)
FW Alassane Kane (Bayern Hof/GER)
FW Charlie Rugg (Pirmasens/GER)
FW Danijal Brković (Čelik Zenica/BIH)
FW Sammy Adjei (Næstved/DEN)
FW Aris Briggs (Osnabrück II/GER)
FW Kevin Coleman (Kaiserslautern U19/GER)