Football Manager 2024 wonderkids: Best young strikers, midfielders, defenders & goalkeepers to buy on FM24
GOAL brings you a comprehensive list of the best young players to buy on FM 24
Football Manager 2024 is out now and, if you're anything like us, you're probably plotting your route to success in the game.
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A major part of the fun of any Football Manager game is finding and then nurturing the best young talent around. Unearthing a largely unheralded wonderkid is one thing, but you need to manage them carefully in order to ensure that they mature into a world class player.
So you've decided who you will manage and to help you lay the groundwork for total domination in FM24, GOAL brings you some of the best wonderkids under the age of 20 to sign on the game.
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ToggleBest young strikers on FM24
Player Age Club Nationality Endrick 16 SEP Brazil Youssoufa Moukoko 18 Borussia Dortmund Germany Vitor Roque 18 ATP Brazil Evan Ferguson 18 Brighton Republic of Ireland Shaqueel van Persie 16 Feyenoord Netherlands Rodridgo Ribeiro 17 Sporting Portugal Matthys Tel 18 Bayern Munich Netherlands Gabriel Silva 16 Sporting Portugal Enzo Sternal 16 Marseille (OM) France Talles Wander 19 SPO Brazil Skye Vink 17 Ajax Netherlands Jamie Donley 18 Tottenham Northern Ireland Pau Sans 18 Zaragoza Spain Iker Villar 17 Sevilla Spain Karim Konate 19 RB Salzburg Ivory Coast Endrick is undoubtedly the highest rated young striker to buy in Football Manager 2024, with the SEP (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, in case you are wondering) wonderkid being likened to Cristiano Ronaldo among others.
Brighton's Irish striker Evan Ferguson has been touted for a £100 million move so you'll need deep pockets to sign him, but there are other options too, such as Shaqueel van Persie, son of – you guessed it – Robin van Persie.
Countries such as Portugal, the Netherlands and Brazil can be happy hunting grounds for wonderkid strikers, but it is worth bearing in mind that Brazilian footballers cannot move abroad until the age of 18.
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Best young midfielders on FM 24
Player Age Club Nationality Lamine Yamal 15 Barcelona Spain Warren Zaire-Emery 17 PSG France Stefan Bajcetic 18 Liverpool Spain Arda Guler 18 Real Madrid Turkey Giacomo Faticanti 18 Salento Italy Junior Kroupi 17 Lorient France Estevao 16 SEP Brazil Noah Darvich 16 Barcelona Germany Rodrigo Mora 16 Porto Portugal Claudio Echeverri 17 River Argentina Shea Lacey 16 Man UFC England Badredine Bouanani 18 Nice Algeria Ben Doak 17 Liverpool Scotland Roony Bardghji 17 Kobenhavn Sweden Yaser Asprilla 19 Watford Colombia Gianluca Prestianni 17 Velez Argentina Lorran 16 FLA Brazil Mikey Moore 15 Tottenham England Andreas Schjelderup 19 Nordsjaellund Norway Joao Rego 18 Benfica Portugal Kendry Paez 16 Independiente del Valle Ecuador Gavi 18 Barcelona Spain Archie Gray 17 Leeds United England Assan Ouedraogo 17 Schalke Germany Joao Neves 18 Benfica Portugal If you are looking for a midfield wonderkid, be it a CDM, CAM, or winger, we've got you covered. Of course, there are a number of obvious candidates, such as Lamine Yamal, Warren Zaire-Emery or Arda Guler, but these players will require you to be in charge of a top quality team with a huge transfer budget.
Send your scouts to have a look at Brazil youngster Estevao, or Leeds United's Archie Gray, while Ecuadorian wonderkid Kendry Paez is turning heads so you need to move quickly.
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Best young defenders on FM24
Player Age Club Nationality Alejandro Balde 19 Barcelona Spain Ivan Fresneda 18 Sporting Spain Rico Lewis 18 Man City England Michael Kayode 18 Fiorentina Italy Giorgio Scalvini 19 Atalanta Italy Valentin Barco 18 Boca Argentina Antonio Silva 19 Benfica Portugal Jorrel Hato 17 Ajax Netherlands Ousmane Diomande 19 Sporting Ivory Coast Ethan Butera 17 Ajax Belgium Luka Vuskovic 16 Hajduk Croatia Pau Cubarsi 16 Barcelona Spain Milos Kerkez 19 Bournemouth Hungary Harvey Araujo 18 Fulham England Anders Borset 17 Wolfsburg Norway Hector Fort 16 Barcelona Spain Martim Fernandes 17 Porto Portugal Xavi Grande 18 Levante Spain Thuto Mojanata 16 Feyenoord Netherlands Emanuel 15 Real Madrid Brazil Barcelona boast a number of talented young defenders, including Alejandro Balde, but, depending on your budget and stature, you may have better luck trying to sign someone like Hector Fort.
If it's a tough-tackling centre-back you are after, you can't go far wrong with an Italian, such as Giorgio Scalvini, with Michael Kayode another option to consider.
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Best young goalkeepers on FM24
Player Age Club Nationality Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro 19 AZ Netherland Guillaume Restes 18 Toulouse France Dennis Seimen 17 Stuttgart Germany Diego Callai 18 Sporting Brazil Bartosz Zelazowski 18 Nice Poland Spike Brits 16 Man City England Tommy Setford 17 Ajax England Chris Brady 19 Chicago USA Faaris Yusufu 18 Schalke Germany Tommaso Martinelli 17 Fiorentina Italy Justin Joao Bengui 17 Lyon (OL) France Charlie Setford 19 Ajax England Froilan Diaz 17 Union (SF) Argentina Luiz Turatto 17 ATP Brazil Norberto Bedolla 17 Club America Mexico Traditionally, goalkeepers tend to hit their prime later on in their careers, but every now and then a precocious shotstopper emerges, like Iker Casillas or Gianluigi Donnarumma.
It remains to be seen if the likes of Dennis Seimen or Spike Brits will break through and become household names, but they have the potential to be star keepers in FM 24.
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