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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.

*Note, the ages and clubs shown are present at the start of the game

  • Endrick Palmeiras 2023Getty

    Best young strikers on FM24

    PlayerAgeClubNationality
    Endrick16SEPBrazil
    Youssoufa Moukoko18Borussia DortmundGermany
    Vitor Roque18ATPBrazil
    Evan Ferguson18BrightonRepublic of Ireland
    Shaqueel van Persie16FeyenoordNetherlands
    Rodridgo Ribeiro17SportingPortugal
    Matthys Tel18Bayern MunichNetherlands
    Gabriel Silva16SportingPortugal
    Enzo Sternal16Marseille (OM)France
    Talles Wander19SPOBrazil
    Skye Vink17AjaxNetherlands
    Jamie Donley18TottenhamNorthern Ireland
    Pau Sans18ZaragozaSpain
    Iker Villar17SevillaSpain
    Karim Konate19RB SalzburgIvory 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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  • Lamine Yamal Barcelona Sevilla 2023-24Getty

    Best young midfielders on FM 24

    PlayerAgeClubNationality
    Lamine Yamal15BarcelonaSpain
    Warren Zaire-Emery17PSGFrance
    Stefan Bajcetic18LiverpoolSpain
    Arda Guler18Real MadridTurkey
    Giacomo Faticanti18SalentoItaly
    Junior Kroupi17LorientFrance
    Estevao16SEPBrazil
    Noah Darvich16BarcelonaGermany
    Rodrigo Mora16PortoPortugal
    Claudio Echeverri17RiverArgentina
    Shea Lacey16Man UFCEngland
    Badredine Bouanani18NiceAlgeria
    Ben Doak17LiverpoolScotland
    Roony Bardghji17KobenhavnSweden
    Yaser Asprilla19WatfordColombia
    Gianluca Prestianni17VelezArgentina
    Lorran16FLABrazil
    Mikey Moore15TottenhamEngland
    Andreas Schjelderup19NordsjaellundNorway
    Joao Rego18BenficaPortugal
    Kendry Paez16Independiente del ValleEcuador
    Gavi18BarcelonaSpain
    Archie Gray17Leeds UnitedEngland
    Assan Ouedraogo17SchalkeGermany
    Joao Neves18BenficaPortugal

    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.

  • Alejandro Balde Barcelona 2023-24Getty

    Best young defenders on FM24

    PlayerAgeClubNationality
    Alejandro Balde19BarcelonaSpain
    Ivan Fresneda18SportingSpain
    Rico Lewis18Man CityEngland
    Michael Kayode18FiorentinaItaly
    Giorgio Scalvini19AtalantaItaly
    Valentin Barco18BocaArgentina
    Antonio Silva19BenficaPortugal
    Jorrel Hato17AjaxNetherlands
    Ousmane Diomande19SportingIvory Coast
    Ethan Butera17AjaxBelgium
    Luka Vuskovic16HajdukCroatia
    Pau Cubarsi16BarcelonaSpain
    Milos Kerkez19BournemouthHungary
    Harvey Araujo18FulhamEngland
    Anders Borset17WolfsburgNorway
    Hector Fort16BarcelonaSpain
    Martim Fernandes17PortoPortugal
    Xavi Grande18LevanteSpain
    Thuto Mojanata16FeyenoordNetherlands
    Emanuel15Real MadridBrazil

    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.

  • Rome Jayden Owusu-Oduro AZ 2023Getty

    Best young goalkeepers on FM24

    PlayerAgeClubNationality
    Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro19AZNetherland
    Guillaume Restes18ToulouseFrance
    Dennis Seimen17StuttgartGermany
    Diego Callai18SportingBrazil
    Bartosz Zelazowski18NicePoland
    Spike Brits16Man CityEngland
    Tommy Setford17AjaxEngland
    Chris Brady19ChicagoUSA
    Faaris Yusufu18SchalkeGermany
    Tommaso Martinelli17FiorentinaItaly
    Justin Joao Bengui17Lyon (OL)France
    Charlie Setford19AjaxEngland
    Froilan Diaz17Union (SF)Argentina
    Luiz Turatto17ATPBrazil
    Norberto Bedolla17Club AmericaMexico

    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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