As a fresh football season approaches many big names around Europe are fully aware that they are working on borrowed time.
The knock-on effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are still being felt across football and as a result, in a depressed transfer market with clubs tightening the purse strings, many players are being retained when they would have been otherwise sold.
This means opportunities of redemption are being served up for some stars and the moment is now to seize the day.
With stars across the leading clubs in England and Europe now champing at the bit to prove the doubters wrong, Sportsmail takes a look at some of the biggest names currently stopping off for a drink in the last chance saloon.