We have put together a list of players from around the top leagues/countries that have release clauses in their contracts at the start of your save in Football Manager 20.
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| Name | Age | Nationality | Club | Value | Position | Release Clause |
| Aïssa Mandi | 27 | Algeria,France | Real Hispalis | 12673800 | D RLC | 30000000 |
| Kieran Trippier | 28 | England | A. Madrid | 11969700 | D/WB R | 30000000 |
| Vicente Iborra | 31 | Spain | Villarreal | 9078245 | DM/M C | 29741888 |
| Fernando | 31 | Brazil,Portugal | Sevilla | 7877419 | DM/M C | 28305184 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 30 | Japan | Zaragoza | 10145250 | AM C | 28181250 |
| Ricardo Goulart | 28 | Brazil | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | 26884992 | M/AM/S C | 27197986 |
| Nikola Kalinic | 31 | Croatia | A. Madrid | 8182567 | S | 27004964 |
| Dani Martín | 20 | Spain | Real Hispalis | 626512 | GK | 25839348 |
| Jorge Cuenca | 19 | Spain | Barcelona | 751815 | D C | 25839348 |
| Jonathan Viera | 29 | Spain | Beijing Sinobo Guo'an | 28686862 | M/AM LC | 25839348 |
| Matheusinho | 21 | Brazil | AMG | 4111058 | AM RC | 25839348 |
| José Arnáiz | 24 | Spain | Leganés | 6882000 | M/AM/S RL | 25839348 |
| Unai Núñez | 22 | Spain,Pays Basque | A. Bilbao | 17523000 | D RC | 25839348 |
| Daniel Carriço | 30 | Portugal | Sevilla | 8189859 | D C | 25839348 |
| Agustín Almendra | 19 | Argentina | Club Atlético Boca Juniors | 1892400 | M RC | 25839348 |
| Ricardo Horta | 24 | Portugal | Sporting Clube de Braga | 10829271 | M/AM RL | 25839348 |
| Iñigo Córdoba | 22 | Spain,Pays Basque | A. Bilbao | 14082000 | M/AM/S L | 25839348 |
| Unai Simón | 22 | Spain,Pays Basque | A. Bilbao | 10561500 | GK | 25839348 |
| José Morales | 31 | Spain | Levante | 15051848 | M/AM/S RL | 25839348 |
| Sergio Rico | 25 | Spain | Sevilla | 10561500 | GK | 25839348 |
| Mario Gaspar | 28 | Spain | Villarreal | 15274500 | D/WB R | 25839348 |
| Lorenzo Pellegrini | 23 | Italy | AS Roma | 36523700 | M/AM C | 25839348 |
| Santiago Cáseres | 22 | Argentina | Villarreal | 5717100 | DM/M C | 25839348 |
| Rubén Pardo | 26 | Spain,Pays Basque | Real San Sebastián | 6111465 | M C | 25839348 |
| Derlis Gonzalez | 25 | Paraguay | Dynamo Kyiv | 8167626 | M/AM RLC | 25839348 |
| Fábio Vieira | 19 | Portugal | Futebol Clube do Porto - SAD | 533323 | M/AM LC | 25839348 |
| Francisco Trincão | 19 | Portugal | Sporting Clube de Braga | 1272501 | AM RL | 25839348 |
| Pablo Piatti | 30 | Argentina,Italy | Espanyol | 2916220 | M/AM RLC | 25839348 |
| Joe Allen | 29 | Wales | Stoke City | 6686100 | DM/M C | 25000000 |
| Toby Alderweireld | 30 | Belgium | Tottenham Hotspur | 36417600 | D RC | 25000000 |
| David Soria | 26 | Spain | Getafe | 9886500 | GK | 24716250 |
| Alejandro Pozo | 20 | Spain | Sevilla | 809850 | M/AM RL | 22874812 |
| Andriy Lunin | 20 | Ukraine | R. Madrid | 626512 | GK | 22645640 |
| Víctor Sánchez | 31 | Spain | Espanyol | 6340318 | D/DM/M RC | 22603070 |
| Óscar Melendo | 21 | Spain | Espanyol | 5198542 | M/AM RC | 21940678 |
| Bruno | 35 | Spain | Villarreal | 1764645 | DM/M C | 21532790 |
| Brais Méndez | 22 | Spain | Vigo | 11382000 | M/AM RC | 21532790 |
| Toni Lato | 21 | Spain | Valencia | 2891827 | D/WB L | 21532790 |
| John Guidetti | 27 | Sweden | Alavés | 4954650 | S | 21532790 |
| Ganso | 29 | Brazil | FLU | 12093550 | M/AM C | 21532790 |
| Franco Vázquez | 30 | Argentina,Italy | Sevilla | 24273001 | M/AM C | 21532790 |
| Matías Zaracho | 21 | Argentina | Racing Club de Avellaneda | 3001200 | M/AM RC | 20671478 |
| Joaquín | 37 | Spain | Real Hispalis | 1242481 | M/AM RC | 20666250 |
| Miguel Ángel Moyà | 35 | Spain | Real San Sebastián | 3205296 | GK | 20414078 |
| Guilherme Arana | 22 | Brazil | Sevilla | 8144700 | D/WB/M L | 20361750 |
| Axel Werner | 23 | Argentina | A. Madrid | 2551612 | GK | 19667016 |
| Ramiro Funes Mori | 28 | Argentina,United States | Villarreal | 7813800 | D C | 19534500 |
| Lucas | 30 | Spain | Alavés | 6656275 | AM/S RLC | 19455000 |
| Esteban Andrada | 28 | Argentina | Club Atlético Boca Juniors | 2761200 | GK | 19427132 |
| Diego Laínez | 19 | Mexico | Real Hispalis | 2884650 | AM RL | 19379512 |
| Lucas Martínez Quarta | 23 | Argentina | Club Atlético River Plate | 2860920 | D C | 18948854 |
| Alfonso Pedraza | 23 | Spain | Villarreal | 8909700 | D/WB/M/AM L | 18948854 |
| Thiago Almada | 18 | Argentina | Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield | 2002000 | AM/S LC | 18948854 |
| Chicharito | 31 | Mexico | Sevilla | 6225600 | S | 18482250 |
| Sergio Álvarez | 32 | Spain | Vigo | 4954499 | GK | 17966250 |
| Víctor Mollejo | 18 | Spain | A. Madrid | 638477 | AM/S RL | 17442938 |
| Martín Montoya | 28 | Spain | Brighton and Hove Albion | 13583000 | D/WB RL | 17226232 |
| Jardel | 33 | Brazil | Sport Lisboa e Benfica - SAD | 3938647 | D C | 17226232 |
| André Almeida | 19 | Portugal | Vitória Sport Clube | 996132 | M/AM C | 17226232 |
| Manu Morlanes | 20 | Spain | Villarreal | 3723667 | DM/M C | 17226232 |
| Paulo Díaz | 24 | Chile | Club Atlético River Plate | 2518200 | D RC | 17226232 |
| Éver Banega | 30 | Argentina,Spain | Sevilla | 22379033 | M/AM C | 17226232 |
| Emre Mor | 21 | Turkey,Denmark | Vigo | 6018000 | M/AM/S RLC | 17086168 |
| Thierry Correia | 20 | Portugal | Valencia | 3331702 | D/WB RL | 15503608 |
| Davie Selke | 24 | Germany | Hertha Berlin | 7309090 | S | 15503608 |
| Hugo Duro | 19 | Spain | Getafe | 750150 | AM/S C | 15345188 |
| Timo Horn | 26 | German | FC Köln | 7500000 | GK | 15000000 |
| Pau Torres | 22 | Spain | Villarreal | 4071280 | D C | 14803668 |
| Ander Iturraspe | 30 | Spain,Pays Basque | Espanyol | 4253523 | DM/M C | 14292750 |
| Nehuén Pérez | 19 | Argentina | A. Madrid | 751815 | D C | 13367268 |
| Antonio Sivera | 22 | Spain | Alavés | 626512 | GK | 13210640 |
| Sergio Escudero | 29 | Spain | Sevilla | 15274500 | D/WB/M L | 12919674 |
| Augusto Fernández | 33 | Argentina,Italy | Beijing Renhe | 4022581 | DM/M RC | 12919674 |
| Andrés Guardado | 32 | Mexico,Spain | Real Hispalis | 5491082 | DM/M/AM LC | 12919674 |
| Galeno | 21 | Brazil | Sporting Clube de Braga | 5015417 | AM RL | 12919674 |
| Franco Armani | 32 | Argentina | Club Atlético River Plate | 2483464 | GK | 12919674 |
| Exequiel Palacios | 20 | Argentina | Club Atlético River Plate | 2881920 | M LC | 12919674 |
| Sergi Gómez | 26 | Spain | Sevilla | 11863800 | D C | 12919674 |
| Cristian Ferreira | 19 | Argentina | Club Atlético River Plate | 1238347 | AM LC | 12919674 |
| Julián López | 19 | Argentina | Racing Club de Avellaneda | 784082 | DM/M RC | 12919674 |
| Julián Álvarez | 19 | Argentina | Club Atlético River Plate | 1498000 | S RL | 12919674 |
| Marcus Edwards | 20 | England,Cyprus | Vitória Sport Clube | 1160531 | AM RLC | 12919674 |
| Aleix Febas | 23 | Spain | Mallorca | 3232042 | M C | 10569740 |
| Dani Vivian | 19 | Spain,Pays Basque | A. Bilbao | 558112 | D/DM C | 9581418 |
| Marcos Senesi | 22 | Argentina,Italy | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 5265800 | D C | 9325024 |
| Alexis Cuello | 19 | Argentina | Racing Club de Avellaneda | 1002000 | AM/S RL | 8613116 |
| Nemanja Radoja | 26 | Serbia | Levante | 14278500 | DM/M C | 8613116 |
| Jon Moncayola | 21 | Spain,Pays Basque | Atlético Pamplona | 747982 | DM/M C | 8613116 |
| Sofiane Feghouli | 29 | Algeria,France | Galatasaray A.Ş. | 10770701 | M/AM RC | 8613116 |
| Fede Varela | 23 | Argentina,Spain | Leganés | 1849650 | M/AM C | 8298375 |
| Fábio | 38 | Brazil,Italy | CEC | 968514 | GK | 7770853 |
| Hany Mukhtar | 24 | Germany,Sudan | Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening | 3166487 | M/AM LC | 6890492 |
| Alexey Miranchuk | 23 | Russia | Lokomotiv Moscow | 6688409 | AM RC | 6890492 |
| Esteban Granero | 31 | Spain | Espanyol | 1733699 | M/AM C | 6767017 |
| Mario Suárez | 32 | Spain | Vallecano | 2034245 | DM/M C | 6753610 |
| Manu García | 21 | Spain | S. Gijón | 1317876 | M/AM C | 5729547 |
| Nicolás Schiappacasse | 20 | Uruguay,Italy | A. Madrid | 614100 | AM/S RLC | 5667187 |
| Héctor Moreno | 31 | Mexico,Spain | Al-Gharafa Sports Club | 5247621 | D C | 5167869 |
| Roberto Soldado | 34 | Spain | Granada | 892336 | S | 5149820 |
| Vágner Love | 35 | Brazil | COR | 728983 | AM/S LC | 4306558 |
| Rodrigo Tarín | 22 | Spain | Leganés | 3061935 | D C | 2583934 |