A skilful little runner with amazing technique, Edwards would walk into any top-flight team. Guimaraes | AMR | 21 years old | £9.5mīought for a pittance from Tottenham, Marcus Edwards has taken the Portuguese top-flight by storm since joining Guimaraes in 2019. A technical player with great creative vision and physical edge Kudus would suit a box-to-box midfielder role or feature as an advanced playmaker. £15.5m is steep but high current ability comes at a cost and Mohammed should walk into most top-flight teams. The Ajax academy is littered with talent and Kudus could be one of the best. Mohammed Kudus | Ajax Jong | MC/AMC | 19 years old | £15.5m
Arsenal tend to buy Nicolo within one week of a new save and at £1.2 million, why not? His value can rise to £58 million so there is a big profit to be made. This kid can create, break up play and get about the pitch. Capable at DMC or MC, Rovella suffers no real weakness. Nicolo Rovella | Genoa | DM/MC | 18 years old | £1.2mĪnother cheap prospect is Nicolo Rovella from Genoa. An all-round talent, Aaron is very quick and in a similar mould to Andrew Robertson much better in the final third than the first. Despite moving from Hearts just this summer, Bologna will accept £5.5m. We think he’s worth the £13.5m asking price.Īaron Hickey | Bologna | DL | 18 years old | £5.5mĪaron Hickey is a flying wingback from Scotland plying his trade for Bologna in Serie A. This kid can create, break up play and fulfil the utility man role. Also capable throughout the midfield, the Brazilian possess good speed, technical ability and rounded mental attributes. Gabriel Menino | Palmeiras | DR | 19 years old | £13.5mīargain buys are hard to find in the right-back position but Menino is a cracking find.
cheap wonderkids with such potential are hard to find and Papetti can be one of the very best. Amazing when you consider Brescia will sell for £2.9 million in season one. FC Bayern paid £180 million for this kid in our test save. Papetti is a ball-playing defender with great speed and physicality. In our test save the 19-year-old missed just 27 league games in 7 years!Īndrea Papetti | Brescia | DC | 18 years old | £2.9m £9 million seems a snatch for guaranteed quality. Strong, quick and impressive in the air, Benoit has good all-round defensive stats and could grow into a world-class ball-playing defender. In fact, Vandevoordt is one of the top five wonderkid goalkeepers in FM 21.īenoit Badiashile | Monaco | DC | 19 years old | £9mįinding young centrebacks capable of first-team football can be difficult, but Badiashile is a rare breed. At 18 years of age and costing just £17m, the Belgian has good current ability and massive potential. Vandevoordt could walk into most top-flight teams and hold his own. M Vandevoordt | KRC Genk | GK | 18 years old | £17m Our Wonderkid XI costs less than £90 million and is tailored to a 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2. All asking prices are taken from the start of a new save game. Value for money wonderkids are under 22 years of age and cheaper than £20 million. Who are these hidden gems in this year’s Football Manager? Let’s find out FM 21 Value For Money Wonderkids
Cheap prospects can also be flipped for a profit which is quite handy for lower-level clubs looking to climb up the ladder, which is why we subscribe to the bargain buy. Quite often, wonderkids in FM will cost less than the so-called stars Chelsea’s Mendy over Kepa is one example. However, most top clubs (and many mid-level clubs, thanks to creative player sales) are able to spend £100m or so in a summer transfer window (especially in the Premier League), so we dug into the best FM 2021 Wonderkids list from FM Stories and put together a playing XI that costs just £90m. Marquee signings and star players are the hallmark of any top club in Football Manager, but you can’t spend £90 million on every player.