Welcome to our Football Manager 2012 best wonderkids list. Here you can find the biggest list of FM 2012 wonderkids and the list will continue to grow throughout the year. The table below is completely interactive, you can order it by asking price, age and position etc. We’ve even given these Football Manager 2012 wonderkids a star rating based on their quality and bargain value. If that’s not enough try clicking on each players name to view their comprehensive player profile. So if you have been struggling to find the best FM12 young talent then look no further. The FM 2012 player profiles show a current profile taken from the start of the game, all the players relevant details, a scouting report and then the players future profile from 2017 or 2019. That’s right, we are showing you what the player could develop into just by clicking his name. This is surely the most in depth Football Manager 2012 best wonderkids list around.
Please note that all profiles have been updated with details taken from patch 12.2 on the 26/03/2012.
| Player Name | Position | Asking Price (million GBP) | Age | Club | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gotze, Mario | AML/AMRC | 75 | 19 | B. Dortmund |  |
| Vrsaljko, Sime | DR/WBR/DMC | 1.0 | 19 | Dinamo | |
| Hazard, Eden | AMC/CM/AML | 35 | 20 | Lille | |
| Strootman, Kevin | CM | 5.5 | 21 | PSV | |
| Marin, Marko | AML/AMRC/ST | 11.7 | 22 | Werder Bremen | |
| Papadopoulos, Kyriakos | DC/DMC | 38.5 | 19 | Schalke | |
| Willian | AMC/CM/AMRL | 11.5 | 22 | Shakhtar | |
| Valencia, Joel | AMR/MCR/AMC | 0.9 | 16 | Zaragoza | |
| Zouma, Kurt | DC | 12 | 16 | Saint-Etienne | |
| Moura, Lucas | AMC/AMRL/ML | 53 | 18 | Sao Paulo | |
| Kara | DC/DMC/CM | 1.0 | 21 | Tromso | |
| Sanogo, Yaya | ST | 2.5 | 18 | Auxerre | |
| Badelj, Milan | CM/AMC/DMC | 3.6 | 22 | Dinamo | |
| Fierro, Carlos | ST | 1.2 | 16 | Chivas | |
| Kovacic, Mateo | AMC/CM | 3.8 | 17 | Dinamo | |
| Neymar | ST/AMLC | 84 | 19 | Santos | |
| Sigurdsson, Gylfi | AMC/CM | 9.0 | 21 | Hoffenheim | |
| Rafinha | AMC/CM/ST | 28.5 | 18 | Barcelona |  |
| Romulo | DMC/CM | 8.7 | 20 | Vasco | |
| Niang, Mbaye | ST | 12.5 | 16 | Stade Caen | |
| Anderson, Felipe | CM/AMC | 5.2 | 18 | Santos | |
| Guilherme, Luis | GK | 0.3 | 19 | Botafogo | |
| Kadlec, Vaclav | ST/AML | 4.1 | 19 | Sparta Prague | |
| Torres, Erick | AMC/ST | 3.7 | 18 | Chivas | |
| Muniain, Iker | ST/AMCL | 21 | 18 | Athletic | |
| Oliveira, Nelson | ST | 4.4 | 19 | Benfica | |
| Teixeira, Alex | AMC/CM/AMRL | 4.2 | 19 | Shakhtar | |
| Torje, Gabriel | AMR/MR/AMC | 7.2 | 21 | Udinese | |
| Jali, Andile | DMC/CM | 0.3 | 21 | Orlando Pirates | |
| Rakitskyi, Yaroslav | DC/DL/DMC | 5.0 | 21 | Shakhtar | |
| Ayew, Jordan | ST/AMR | 4.9 | 19 | Marseille | |
| Gutierrez, Felipe | ML/CM/AMC | 1.8 | 20 | U. Catolica | |
| Hamsik, Marek | CM/AMC | 26 | 23 | Napoli | |
| Dzagoev, Alan | AMC/CM | 5.0 | 21 | CSKA Moscow | |
| Nkoulou, Nicolas | DC/DMC | 10 | 21 | Marseille | |
| Kvekveskiri, Nika | DR/DC/DMC/MR | 0.8 | 19 | D.Tbilisi | |
| Weiss, Vladimir | AMR/MRLC/AMC | 15.5 | 21 | Man City | |
| Sandro, Alex | DL/WBL | 18.2 | 20 | Porto | |
| Romario | DR/WBR | 0.6 | 17 | Vitoria | |
| Gaitan, Nicolas | AMRL/AMC | 14.5 | 23 | Benfica | |
| Kroos, Toni | CM/AMLC | N/A | 21 | FC Bayern | |
| Damiao, Leandro | ST | 57 | 21 | Internacional | |
| Corchia, Sebastien | DR/WBR | 23.5 | 20 | Sochaux | |
| Doumbia, Seydou | ST | 17.5 | 23 | CSKA Moscow | |
| Alderweireld, Toby | DC | 4.2 | 22 | Ajax | |
| Eriksen, Christian | AMC/CM | 21 | 19 | Ajax | |
| Allen, Joe | CM | 5.5 | 21 | Swansea | |
| Isco | AMC/CM | 17.5 | 19 | Malaga | |
| Prestia, Giuseppe | DC | 1.3 | 17 | Palermo | |
| Ayew, Andre | CM/ML/AML | 15.75 | 21 | Marseille | |
| Poli, Andrea | CM | N/A | 21 | Sampdoria | |
| Chalobah, Nathaniel | DC/DMC | 13.5 | 16 | Chelsea | |
| M'Vila, Yann | DMC | 27.5 | 21 | Rennes | |
| Costa, Douglas | AMR/MRC/AMLC | 19 | 20 | Shakhtar | |
| Yarmolenko, Andriy | AML/ST | 8.7 | 21 | Dinamo Kyiv | |
| Boyata, Dedryck | DC | 15 | 20 | Man City | |
| Rodriguez, James | AMC/AML/ML | 19 | 19 | Porto | |
| Bertolacci, Andrea | DMC/CM/AMC | 2.0 | 20 | Roma | |
| Griezmann, Antoine | AML/AMC | 21 | 20 | R. Sociedad |  |
| Fleck, John | AMC/MLC | 2.2 | 19 | Rangers | |
| Kana-Biyik, Jean-Armel | DC | 3.5 | 22 | Rennais | |
| Kakuta, Gael | AMC/AMRL | 23.5 | 20 | Chelsea | |
| Miranda, Roderick | DC | 0.8 | 20 | Benfica | |
| Crisetig, Lorenzo | DMC/CM | 0.8 | 18 | Inter Milan | |
| Robinson, Jack | DL | 36.5 | 17 | Liverpool | |
| Ekici, Mehmet | CM/AMC | 8.5 | 21 | Werder Bremen | |
| Konoplyanka, Eugene | AML/ML/ST | 8.5 | 21 | Dnipro | |
| Howedes, Benedikt | DC | 17.7 | 23 | Schalke | |
| Montoya, Martin | DR/WBR | 6.5 | 20 | Barcelona | |
| Toro, Sebastian | DC/DR | 1.1 | 21 | Colo Colo | |
| Barkley, Ross | CM | 18 | 17 | Everton | |
| Aurier, Serge | DR/DL/WBRL | 14 | 18 | Toulouse | |
| Shaqiri, Xherdan | AMR/MRL/AML | N/A | 19 | Basel | |
| Oscar | AMC/CM/AMR | 35.5 | 19 | Internacional | |
| Branescu, Laurentiu | GK | 0.9 | 17 | Juventus | |
| Pogba, Paul | CM | 21.5 | 18 | Man Utd | |
| Witsel, Axel | CM | 18.7 | 22 | Benfica | |
| Xulu, Siyanda | DC | 0.2 | 19 | Sundowns | |
| Marc-Andre ter Stegen | GK | 20.5 | 19 | Gladbach | |
| Ekdal, Albin | CM/AMC | 5.6 | 21 | Cagliari/Juve | |
| Sterling, Raheem | AMR/AML | 11.7 | 16 | Liverpool | |
| Alaba, David | CM/ML | 28 | 19 | Bayern | |
| Wijnaldum, Georginio | AMC/MRLC/AMRL | 8.5 | 20 | PSV | |
| Ramirez, Gaston | AML/AMRC | 40.5 | 20 | Bologna | |
| Ganso | AMC/CM | 71 | 21 | Santos | |
| Stepanenko, Taras | DMC | 3.7 | 21 | Shakhtar | |
| Inkoom, Samuel | DR/WBR | 7.7 | 22 | Dnipro | |
| Moutinho, Joao | CM | 23.5 | 23 | Porto | |
| Nangis, Lenny | ST/AMR | 7.5 | 17 | Stade Caen | |
| Demirci, Muhammed | AMC/AMRL | 1.7 | 16 | Besiktas | |
| Vass, Adam | DMC/CM | 0.6 | 22 | Brescia | |
| Sam, Sidney | AMR/AMR/ST | 6.5 | 23 | Leverkusan | |
| Toloi, Rafael | DC | 9.2 | 20 | Goias | |
| Pajot, Vincent | CM/DMC | 2.2 | 20 | Stade Rennais | |
| Jano | AMC/CM/AML | 13 | 18 | Spartak M. | |
| Sarabia, Pablo | AML/MCL/AMC | 32 | 19 | Getafe | |
| Coulibaly, Souleymane | ST | 2.0 | 16 | Tottenham | |
| Thiago | AMC/CM | 63 | 20 | Barcelona | |
| Rojo, Marco | DL/DC/WBL | 6.7 | 21 | Spartak Moscow |  |
| Zieler, Ron-Robert | GK | 15.5 | 22 | Hannover | |
| Traore, Lacina | ST | 7.0 | 20 | Kuban | |
| Sakho, Mamadou | DC | 58 | 21 | PSG | |
| Papastathopoulos, Sokratis | DC/DR | N/A | 23 | Genoa | |
| Belhanda, Younes | AMC/MRC/AMR | 19.5 | 21 | Montpellier | |
| Verratti, Marco | DMC/CM/AMC | 2.5 | 18 | Pescara | |
| Roberto, Sergi | CM/AMC | 6.0 | 19 | Barcelona | |
| Wilson, Danny | DC | 12.75 | 19 | Liverpool | |
| El-Kaoutari, Abdel | DC/DL/WBL | 2.9 | 21 | Montpellier | |
| Martins, Anderson | DC/SW | 1.9 | 23 | Al-Jaish | |
| Camacho, Ignacio | DMC/CM | 17.5 | 21 | Malaga | |
| Brahimi, Yacine | AMC/CM/AMRL | 3.3 | 21 | Rennais | |
| Heung-Min, Son | ST/AMRC | 37.5 | 18 | HSV | |
| Leandro | ST/AMRLC | 9.2 | 18 | Gremio | |
| Lodeiro, Nicolas | AMC/CM | 4.2 | 21 | Ajax | |
| Nestor, Loic | DC | 0.8 | 22 | Le Havre | |
| Wilfried | ST | 20 | 22 | Vitesse | |
| Alcacer, Paco | ST | 8.8 | 17 | Valencia | |
| Mendy, Nampalys | DMC/CM | 1.5 | 19 | Monaco | |
| Soukouna, Ahmed | ST/AMR | 0 | 21 | Free agent |  |
| Casemiro | DMC/CM/DC | 26.5 | 19 | Sao Paulo | |
| Courtois, Thibaut | GK | 55 | 19 | Chelsea |  |
| Holtby, Lewis | AMC/AML/MCL | 42.5 | 20 | Schalke |  |
| Rodriguez, Ricardo | DL | 63 | 18 | Zurich | |
How about a few goalkeepers Darren? You can take a look at Jack Butland, Thibaut Courtois, Alphonse Areola and Luis Guilherme
I’m looking at some keepers now mate.
just to ask these players don’t start in the first year when do they come in to it
Sorry mate you’ve lost me, all the above players start from the very beginning of the game.
What about Lucas Andersen, 16 year old Dane plays for AaB?
Sorry mate, can’t see him in my game. You must have to have the Danish leagues loaded but not many people will, sorry.
I am just on large database and he should be on there. Andersen not Anderson.
I’ve looked through the AaB team and also by the name, but not there for me mate.
I do have him on my large database.
My favorite gk in fm 12 is Marc-Andre ter Stegen, great potential, great starting stats, ends up world class
Very nice find mate, he may well be one for my list.
Have you looked at Mark O’Brien and Jeff Hendrick from Derby County? major future talents, not sure whether they included mason bennett in the game, if they have he won’t be the best player but he will be in the top 1
I struggled to find Bennett and Hendrick but I did find O’Brien and while he turns out good he doesn’t develop into a great player…probably able to play mid-table or top 8 eight in the EPL after 6 seasons. Still a good find though considering the club he’s at.
Oh, according to the club coaches he becomes a leading CB, Hendrick may be called Jeffrey Hendrick, he is meant to become a good CM in the future, didn’t think Bennett would be on there, as he is only 15, but he started on saturday and became the youngest ever starter in the history of the football league
Coaches and scouts are very often wrong unfortunately and as an added complication his development could have been stunted by lack of football, injuries or bad training facilities etc. He is good but doesn’t catch the eye. Hendrick doesn’t appear in my future save at all though.
Kyrigiakos Popadopolus (Shalke)
Kwadwo Asamoah (Udinese)
Expensive but very good players, helped me win the league!
Thanks for the recommendations mate, I know them both and agree specifically on Asamoah.
Also with regular football Coates at Liverpool becomes very good.
How about Gylfi Sigursson at Hoffenheim. You might have to search through the team though beacause of the name havig a foreign letter in it. He was good on the last FM
He is an interesting player, just depends on his asking price though so I’ll take a look this weekend.
what’s with Eden Hazard in fm2012??is he as awesome as in fm2011??
Eden Hazard is just as good in FM 2012 in my opinion.
No Aaron Ramsey on list?
Remember that every player entered has to have a player profile written for them first….this takes time and is why the list will grow throughout the year. Click in the players name and you’ll see what I mean. Ramsey will be on there eventually but I didn’t want to show you all the obvious ones until I run out of cheap harder to find wonderkids.
Labyad at PSV was good on fm11. Maybe Alejandro pozuelo. Starts the game in Real Betis B Team.
Labyad is quite good but not mind blowing this year and Pozuelo hasn’t developed in my game but maybe he would with the right guidance? Not my sort of player really. Thanks for the recommendations though mate.
Just signed Luke Shaw for Villa (1st jan, window) as I needed another lb. looks promising, does he get any good? And also have you noticed Enda Stevens? Villa seem to have a few youngsters with decent potenial…….are any definite keepers?
Luke Shaw becomes a decent player but not world class like the likes of Robinson from Liverpool. Enda Stevens isn’t very good in the future and neither are many of the Aston Villa academy but that’s just my future save, could be different with a RL gamer in charge of them
Cheers mate……I’ll take decent for 1.3
1. oktavianus maniani (sriwijaya FC) IDN
2. Andik Vermansyah (Persebaya 1927) IDN
Sorry I can’t see either of them in my game.
just make a new career and choose indonesia, they should be available. They can grow great with the right guidance.
I only write about players I can find with medium database, Brazil and the major European countries loaded as any more than that would mean most gamers can’t find certain players. I’d rather the list be a little more limited than give out the frustration of not been able to find a player you really like from a profile.
aslina….until beckham want jersey andik in frendly match
and also Diego Michiels!
Not in my save I’m afraid, sorry.
indonesian player ?
where souleymane coulibaly? im managed spurs, he make a record, young goalscorer in EPL….4.5 stars..
I haven’t got round to him yet, but have him on my list. For every profile I write another two players present themselves so I’m playing catch up
What do you think of Nathaniel Chalobah Darren, I have him on loan at AS Monaco from Chelsea and I think he could be a monstrous CD
He’s fast and has potential but I don’t think he’d ever be good enough to make the top four teams as a first team player.
Gareth Bale? At start he is 21 so young enough.
He’ll be in here eventually but everyone knows how he develops…I don’t want to do what everyone else does and name the obvious players until I run out of the ones that some gamers may not know so well.
Tom , at 21 he’s already established and if you have 30-40 mil to spend then way you go
Ananidze is a top player imo, and so is Acquah – you should check them out.
I agree with Jano, he is amazing and will get a profile eventually. But I haven’t seen Acquah develop in any of my saves unfortunately.
What about Alex Kipre` ??
He isn’t on my game I’m afraid.
marco verratti?
He’s already on the list mate.
Eriksen?
He is the beasttttt
Yeah I will take a look at him….he’s great when played but not sure if I have a save where he’s been managed properly so the future profile may be an issue.
Tom Busby at Southhampton, he is cheap ( i payed £2.5 mill) he is labled as next David Platt and English.
I can’t see him in my future save unfortunately but thanks for the tip.
Also Jake Sinclair of Southampton is labled the next Micheal Owen also £2.5 mill
Sometimes those media comparisons are misleading I’m afraid….from what I’ve seen that assessment is wrong but would love to see if someone has screenshots of him developing well.
This page is amazing thanks for all your hard work, im just wondering! What level would you say like a 3 star player is? would he make a great championship player or something? Or a good MLS buy?
And same question regarding 2 star
Thanks mate. When you refer to the stars I assume you are talking about the star ratings I have assigned. If so all of these players could play any top club at some stage of their career. The star rating represents three things, quality, potential and value for money….obviously when someone is ridiculously good their value for money rating goes out the window and I just go off their quality and potential.
What about Curtis Jones from Celtics? Only 18, and is currently having 15 for both marking and tackling (he is a central defender). Bought him for just 20k.
Ans also Nigel Hasselbaink? 21, a striker and is my bomber right now. And also Tom Hateley from Motherwell? Only 22, and is my defensive wall right now. Bought him for 100k.
All of the players above can be bought with less than 1 million, and should be available for npower league 1 & 2 teams.
The only one I could find is Hateley but he’s a little short of talent to be named a wonderkid I’m afraid. Thanks for the recommendations though.
Take a look at Lacina Traore. In my first season with Man U (never seem him in my previous saves), bought him in the summer from Cuban for £6mil,he is quality in the air and teamed up with Sigurosson you will get plenty of goals from set pieces.
To be honest Traore is a good player but what is he like in open play….the reason I ask is because Sigurosson can make anyone look brilliant from set pieces with that delivery
I think with Traore’s height and jumping ability he can get to the ball ahead of anyone else. But without that great cross it may come down to his ability in open play.
An amazing list you have here Darren, thx for your effort. I can say it helped me with some players.
I would also recommend:
NELSON OLIVEIRA from Benfica, he is a wonder kid
Julian Draxler from Shalke
Alberto Paloschi-Genoa
Guillermo Burdisso-Rosario Central
Jonas Svensson-Rosenborg
Alexandru Chpciu-Brasov he is a very good Romanian player in my opinion with abilities just like Gabriel Torje, but he is a lot cheaper
I want your opinion about Griffiths, some guys on the forums are saying he is a future star but my scouters are giving him max 4 stars (in a good case) as his PA, do you think he will become that good?? and also what is your opinion about Sanogo, I’ve never tried him because his current abilities does not show to much promise in him!!!
Thanks for the comment and recommendation. As for Griffiths, he does develop well, fast, can score and a good brain for football but he isn’t as good as the likes of Torres, Fierro and Kadlec. Sanogo is a very good player. I saw him score more than 40 goals for West Ham in EPL and Europe with someone’s game, that was in season number three. Certainly worth the gamble but only if you offer first team football.
Traore is pretty dencent in open play, he has good pace, really good first touch, his strength is awesome, good technique and has scored a few goals one on one with the keeper. He needs to improve on his passing and composure, but has just turned 21 so will improve. Half way through the season and he has scored 13 in 13.
Yeah good record there. Well he hasn’t really progressed in my save due to a lack of proper first team football so I’ll wait before profiling as I need a better future profile to do him justice.
wat about the gk from santos his quite good Rafael i think
If I can find a future profile where he hits his potential I’ll certainly do one but am yet to find that.
What about Frederik Sorensen, whos now play for Juventus. Is he will become great player?
He hasn’t developed in my game despite a decent amount of game time.
how about jack wilshere(AMC) and alex sandro (DL)? do you have any recommend player in DL position?
I’m still not sure about Wilshere as he was unsignable from the start of the game and that is an instant no no for my profiles, if I find a save where that isn’t the case I’ll do his profile for sure. I am already doing Sandro and there are two or three other recommendations in the list above.
How about Stephan El Shaarawy he has great potential as far as I know. Plays for A.C. Milan and co-owned with Genoa.
He does look talented but I’m still waiting for a screenshot that demonstrates that in the future.
Can you see how FCP/Portos Eliaquim Mangala turns out?
He’s reasonable but looking at my future save not worth a profile to be honest.
What about Hajduk’s Ante Vukusic or Anas sharbini
Never mind sharbini, what about Porto’s Kelvin however he on loan at some other team
Vukusic has good physical and mental attributes which are important but he doesn’t ever develop great technical skills so I think these hold him back too much. Kelvin’s an interesting player though, has done OK with clubs that can’t fully develop him so might be worth a try but I can’t profile him as the future profile I have isn’t anywhere near good enough.
Okay thanks what about inter’s Coutinho?
Hasn’t developed all that well due to lack of football.
I’m having trubbels finding some players what should I do? I can’t find Kovacic for example.
You need to have a medium database loaded whereas you must have loaded a small database upon starting a new game, the only way to correct that is by starting again and use a medium database. You could add the Croatian league in your game but that won’t come into effect until the seasons end.
how about eugene konoplyanka(AML) from Dnipro?
He looks quite good, can certainly run with the ball and has a few tricks up his sleeve, but the develop in my game isn’t enough to warrant a profile as it doesn’t seem to do him justice I’m afraid.
LACINA TRAORE, DEVELOPS INTO BEST RIGHT BACK IN GAME, END OF STORY.
Lacina Traore is a striker, I can’t find any other player by that name.
you been missing a few i’m in ma 5th season and exist players from the begining u missed out are:
GK Sergio Romero
DRC Kyle Walker
DC Toby Alderweireld
DC Jan Vertonghen
DMC/MC Jack Rodwell
DMC/MC/AMC Leroy Fer
AMC/AML James Rodriguez
MC James Mcarthur
MC/AMC Sergio Canales
AMRL Dimitri Payet
ST Abel Hernandez
ST Marcos ( not too sure if he is there at the start but it says he play for Barcalona in 2011-2012 so do think he should be there )
players i got atm with a few on your list
A good way to tell if someone is a regen is by their picture which will be generated.
oyeah a few on ma shortlist:
DC Dedé
M/AMRL Xherdan Shaqiri
DRL Davide Santon
M/AMC Mauricio Pereyra
AML Gaston Ramirez
MC Javi Martinez
D/MC Jonathan dos Santos
AMRLC Shinji Kagawa
AMRL Yohan Mollo
ST Connor Wickham
DLC Alvaro Dominguez
AMC/ST Juanmi
ST Salomon Rondon
D/MC Moussa Sissoko
DRL Cesar Azpilicueta
MLC David Alaba
M/AMR Kiko Femenia
DMC/MC/AMC Lukman Haruna
DMC/MC/AMC Marco Verratti
M/AMC Suso
DC Monty Gimpel
ST Fabio Borini
MC Andrea Poli
ST Ante Vukusic
and you can go on and on!
DC Stefan Bell ( good 1 to have )
Thanks for all the recommendations, some I already have, some are been written and others I have ruled out for one reason or another. But for any players not covered in those categories I will check.
what about hervin ongenda, martin montoya from barca and marc muniesa from barca??????? i got them all on free transfer.
Montoya is worth a profile but the other two haven’t developed in my game at all. They aren’t available for free at the start of the game and that is what I base all asking prices on just so you know for other profiles.
Oliver Markoutz from bayern, only 1.9m, 16 years old, a striker, and already got 15 for dribbling; 14 for finishing; and 14 for first touch.
Can’t see him in my future save I’m afraid.
Do lacina traore
I’ve checked him and unfortunately he hasn’t improved enough in my future save, sorry.
A few players which I’ve tested for 3 seasons and i recommend them:
AMR Giacomo Bonaventura
AMRC Georiginio Wijnaldum
MC Oliver Buff
DC Dede – Vasco
DC Craig Dawson
DC Craig Cathcart
DR Neal Eardley
DR/MC Vegar Eggen Hedenstad (better used as DR)
DR/WBR/MR Seamus Coleman
MC Jonas Svensson – Rosenborg (in my game at the age 19-20 he was good as Zdravko Kuzmanovic)
Guilherme Luis is a very good GK, Darren. I didn’t tryed the others but I would recommend Andrea Consigli and Asmir Begovic. Even if they are 24 years they are very good
OK thanks for that, I’ll take a look although most of them have already been profiled or ruled out due to development issues within my own future save. Cheers
Kinda odd that you don’t have Lucas Andersen on your save(probably the medium database you say you use), I’ve tried to pick him up in all my games and he’s always 4-5 stars in potential with good stats.
But anyway, thanks for the lists, they’ve been really helpful. Especially on my latest season(West Ham). Won the Championship title,with Sanogo being the best young player and Mark Noble the best player. Also picked up Giuseppe Prestia & Felipe Anderson.
Now in the start of the 2nd season, I’ve gone on pickup overload. Fierro, Niang, Lucas Andersen, Nangis and Guilherme along with about 4 randomly generated players(one a 4.5 star GK from Russia) who have between 4-5 potential. My GK, midfield and strikers look great now, just gotta add a bit to the Defence.(though the West Ham youth system is amazing, first backroom meeting gave me two 5-star and one 4.5 star potential players starting in my Under 18s, to go with all my signings)
Also, one last thing, what’s your opinion on Hallam Hope(Everton). Being an Everton fan, I began with them for a two different games and constantly got barraged by top teams wanting him,Fellaini,Rodwell,Baines and Gueye.
Yeah I think it’s down to the medium database but when finding these players I wanted to do so with the same settings as most gamers so I don’t frustrate you guys by showing a tonne of talent you can’t find.
Glad this site could help though mate, that’s what its here for.
I just checked Hallam Hope and I don’t rate him very well too be honest. I remember playing as Newcastle last season and Nile Ranger became subject to interest from top clubs alongside Vuckic, but neither player was any good. It happens sometimes, the big clubs get it wrong now and then.
Hmm, I’ll keep an eye on Hope anyway. Got him off Everton cheap in the West Ham season for the first year, and my scout rated him a 5 star potential, weirdly enough(like you, I didn’t really think he was good enough)Then again, he did lead my Under 18s along with Prestia(he’s promoted straight to main squad this year) to winning the title for the.
Might I recommend more LBs profiled? It seems to be the position with the least amount of profiled players, and they’re pretty highly priced too. Think Danny Potts at West Ham is pretty decent.
I will look into the the left back situation, in all honesty much like the ball winning midfielder role there are lack of quality players at left back for a fair price. I’ll see what I can scout up though.
what about christian Eriksen?
I am working on his profile now.
I seen someone mention Griezmann in the comments and let me tell you he’s a revelation! Also, Wilfried from Vitesse is a goal machine. His finishing in one and one situations could do with a little improvement, but at 22 I guess that’s going to improve anyway. I signed for Real Sociedad and he’s scored 15 in his first 12 with an average rating of 7.89. Class!
Thanks for the comment Tom, I agree that Griezmann is an excellent player, I think the comment your referring too is suggesting that Lansbury is a better player.
As for Wilfried I’ve heard one or two bad reports but its nice to hear from the other side of the coin too.
Eriksen should be there perhaps?
I’m not sure how much love he gets in game though, but being in the top 5 youth talents of europe, considering he plays in Holland, that’s pretty impressive.
Bah sorry, I didn’t see your reply just above – ignore me
Now that I’m in a spamming mood anyway.
Any chance you’ll be looking for some more Left Defenders?
I am trying to find suitable profiles but there aren’t many available in that position to be honest.
In my 2015 save Erik Lamela develops quite nicely even though he has only played less than 10 games each season. With more gametime I’d say he would be a top wonderkid.
He looks quite good but maybe not worth the cash he is at the very beginning.
how about leonel galeano (DC) and davide santon (DR) ?
Santon isn’t worth the money you would have to bid at the start of a game and Galeano isn’t for me this year unfortunately.
how about yaroslav rakitskyi(dc)?
Yeah he is a very capable player, I’ll take a look into him.
has anyone mentioned andriy yarmolenko(Kiev)or ivan tomecak(Dinamo)?
and as for your clear LB crisis; maybe bertrand,gabriel araujo, diego contento or roberto canella?
Yeah Yarmolenko can be found in the list above or the Ultimate player list. As for the left backs mentioned I’ll take a look when time allows but to be honest half the problem is when getting a players future profile as it doesn’t do them justice and that is what stops me doing them.
Opinion on GK Plamen Iliev? He’s Bulgarian(not Russian like I thought), and plays for Levski Sofia so I’m not sure if he’s in your save.
He’s the guy I picked up thinking he was a generated player. Currently plays behind Guilherme as my #2 as I’ve let go of Robert Green and his expensive contract to get more young guns after season 3(and Erikson)
Sorry I can’t see that player in my save so can’t comment on him. Erikson’s a coup though
Im on my Malaga save. Ive sold Salomon Randon and Juanmi. And yesterday i checked them and the both have increased their stats to become 4,5 stars. Randon is a beast pounding in goals for Liverpool. Checked him out?
Salomon Rondon*
I wouldn’t worry about that mate, I had Randon and he just didn’t work well for me…while he’s good there’s better options out there that are younger too.
Don’t forget Jean Marie Dongou of Barcelona u19′s, regarded as the next Messi.
He doesn’t reach anywhere near that level in any of my saves and I can’t profile someone without a good future profile as that is what the sites all about, showing you what the players turn into…and if he turns into what I have seen then he can’t make the grade unfortunately.
Tobias Figueiredo is a huge talent. He is a wonderkid on my save. Checked him out?
He’s not so good in my saves unfortunately.
Darren, on my save, Lucas Moura and Ganso all were wonderkids able to reach 4 star, why suddenly they dropped PA to 3.5? I was about to buy them :/
It could be any number of reasons but take no notice, theat rating changing doesn’t really represent their actual ability…someone who they are been compared to could have joined the club who is better than the previous competition. Your scout could have changed his opinion or they may be on a bad run of form.
What about Fabio Coentrao?
He is very consistent thats for sure as his all round attributes are superb.
And what about Jordan Rhodes of Huddersfield, obviously in real life, he is having an amazing season. Just wondered if it’s the same on FM?
His starting stats look pretty good.
No Rhodes never develops in FM and his starting stats underrate him in my opinion…I think they made a mistake with him because he’s a League One player, they should have rated him more on his ability as opposed to the club he plays for.
Anything on Tottenham wonderkids? Dos Santos always seems like he will develop well. Also Sandro, Walker, Caulker
There’s some really good wonderkids at Tottenham and I’m sure I’ll do them eventually but the majority just haven’t developed enough in my saves to warrant a profile, all bar Sandro and Walker that is. It will take a while before I can profile them though as there’s a backlog of profiles to be done.
Darren do you believe Felipe Caicedo is worth a profile from Lokomotiv because he looks a brilliant target man
If I ever find a future profile with him fully developed then yes, but I haven’t got one just yet.
John Fleck was a monster for me, playing that inside- Forward role, def brings in 15-20 goals and tons of assists
He does need time to grow and some first team football helps, but if you’re patient he’s well worth the wait as mentioned and I can see him bagging the goals you’ve mentioned.
Does Alex Oxlade chamberlain ever develop?
He would do if offered first team football and developed properly, but I haven’t seen him become amazing yet because the CPU screws him up.
Also Cruzeiro Dudu looks amazing, he starts of with really good stats and you can get him for 4.3 mil
Yeah he does look good, I need a better future profile before I can do him though as he didn’t improve enough in my other saves.
What is your opinion on Lenny Nangis, I signed him for Stoke and he is rated 4 and a half stars potential.
I have profiled him and he is available within the list shown, just click his name to see my report.
sorry, must of overlooked it mate.
Just as a tip Darren I think you should on the initial page which gives star ratings and stuff like that I think you should give a mark out of 10 that relates to their future ability on your profile.
While that would be good there just isn’t enough room for more columns in the table, or I’d have done it months ago. Problem is if I add that it will squash all the others together and make the table very unattractive which is why I star rate players based on everything as opposed to one rating for CA and another on PA.
Darren could you possibly take a look at Ricardo Kishna, Ajax U 19′s? Cheers mate. Also if you have the time Lucas Andersen at A&B Alborg, Axel Witsel at Benfica, Nelson Oliveira also Benfica, Marvin Martin at Fc Sochaux, Iker Muniain at Athletic, Paco Alcacer at Barcelona B and finally Gundogan at Dortmund. You Might already have scouted these guys but any reply would be great.
I have already or am in the process of scouting Witsel, Oliveira, Muniain and Alcacer. As fort the rest, Kishna hasn’t made enough improvement in my saves and the future profile isn’t good enough, Lucas Andersen looks good at the start and I’ve heard good reports but I am yet to find a good enough future profile. Marvin Martin is one for the notebook but I’m just struggling to find time to get round to him while Gundogan looks good but I still need a great future profile, maybe my current save can provide that in a few years.
Cheers mate. As always in your own time no rush, you do a great service for us all.
greetings, I’d like to ask about :
Vitinho
Sebastian Toro
Borja
Tiago Ilori
how do they fare in your future saves? thank you very much
woops my bad, my CTRL+F didn’t work. so sorry if some players above has been mentioned
We have already profiled Toro, if he’s not in the list above he’ll be in the ultimate list for sure. As for the others, Vitinho and Borja have never amounted to anything good in my saves and Ilori may well have the potential but again I haven’t seen him progress enough under the CPU management but that may change if managed by a human.
I see. I use genie scout and I’ve bought Alphonse Areola, Afellay, Ganso (33M, what a bargain. on the first season), Douglas Costa, Prestia and Montoya. (all for 71M).
I’ve leased Ji Sung,Cleverly and Carrick (and sold Gibson and Thomas Kuszczak).
now do you think I sould buy Criscito? because Defense Left is the one usually void (Evra and Fabio only)
I’d certainly say Criscito is a great signing but if you want younger and potentially better go for Digne.
Lucas Digne? I can’t search for him, (I just added French Ligue 1 just now after no. or I can’t just simply do that?). he should be in LOSC Lille right? how is he compared to Attila Turan? (I didn’t add Portugal League from the start,so yeah). If I can’t find those two then Criscito would be my choice
You’ll have to wait until the start of next season for that French league to show he plays for Lille anyway and I rate him as better than Turan potentially.
Hey Darren, Great work, was wondering about Javier Hernandez, I saw someone make a post on another website about him, and showed his international record after about 10 seasons, something stupid like 141 goals in 140 games, is he going to be that good in FM2012?
Thanks.
He has an amazing goal to game ratio in most of my saves but he’s too obvious a choice to be profiled and hellishly expensive. What I mean is most people already know how he turns out. Amazing player though.
What about Gerard Deloufeu, Right Winger in Barcelona and Nathaniel Chalobah, Centre Back in Chelsea plz
Deloufeu hasn’t developed in any of my saves I’m afraid and Chabolah looks very promising but I am still waiting to find the best future profile available before reporting on him.
found a lad called filip djuricic. Not sure if you’ve looked at him already.
While he does look quite good, he hasn’t progressed enough in any of my saves to provide a good enough future profile I’m afraid.
Just seen these guys Lacina Traore. Think he’s at a club called Kuban also he’s a 6ft 8 Striker and Marco Verratti at pescara.
Traore has already been ruled out for now due to the fact I don’t have a future screenshot of him improving enough. We have already profiled Verratti and he should be somewhere in the list above.
What about Sergi Aurier in Lens & Joshua Guilavogui St Etienne
Aurier will be getting a profile and I’ll check Guilavogui later. Cheers.
Cheers didnt see him there one final player is Sokratis papastahtopoulos on loan at Werder Bremen from Genoa. He looks mustard.
Yeah hate the name but love the ability
He’ll get a profile.
Darren are raphael vincent and robbie crowley any good? I have signed vincent for stoke (4.5 potential)for £1.6 million and crowley was in my youth squad (also 4.5 potential)
I have never heard of them and can’t find them in game…are you sure they aren’t regens (generated players.)
my mistake they could be, they are both only 16 years old sorry
On the night shift and bored so a few names for the hat. Im betting they’re all duds but never mind. Giannis Fetfatzidis at Olympiakos, Sotiris Ninis at Panathiniknos, Jo Inge Berget at Molde, Claudemir at PSG and finally one the worst names to spell in the game Grzegorz Krychowiak at Bordeaux.
Thanks will take a look later.
what about Nathan Redmond, Fabian Delph and Nathan Delfouneso they all seem decent
Redmond and Delph do have talent, especially Redmond but I haven’t got a save in which they have progressed enough to do a profile…doesn’t mean they aren’t worth buying though as the CPU can sometimes fail to get the best from players. But Delfouneso isn’t too great if I’m honest and there seems to be many more talented young strikers available.
cheers, on my season one he is available for loan and has done excellent even better than walcott which is wierd as walcott’s stats are higher
Hi Darren,
I have some questions about the development of some players. I wonder if Wickham is worth to buy and also about Kevin de Bruyne and Mateo Kovacic.
I’ve bought Eden Hazard at Everton but I can’t use him as an Inside Forward because I got Cahill, I would use him as a winger(attack) but you think he would play that good on that position ??
I have profiled Kovacic which you can see above and I rate him highly, Wickham is definitely worth buying as long as you offer first team football and De Bruyne isn’t visible in my saves so I can’t comment there. Hazard should still work as a winger but is best as inside forward in my opinion.
Bayern 04 Leverkusens Sidney Sam looks excellent however he is 23
I am keeping tabs on him.
I know he’s not recognised as a world class player or a wonderkid, but how does Jay Rodriguez turn out? At such a young age he has all the attributes of a quality striker. Good composure, good finishing and electric pace. Worth a profile, or turns out an average player?
He can be world class if developed correctly, I have seen some gamers make him into a cult hero at their club but I haven’t got a future profile like that yet and won’t report on him until I do.
Woohoo, just won the FA Cup, League Cup, League treble with West Ham in my 5th season with a team full of wonderkids and com-generated wonderkids.
List of wonderkids who were part of the squad: Fierro,Sanogo,Niang,Eriksen,Felipe Anderson,Jack Collison,Nangis,Sebastian Toro,Kara,Luis Guilherme, James Tomkins(not sure if he’s here). Valencia and Prestia too but I didn’t develop these 2 well enough. Lucas Andersen too, but obviously he’s not on this list. Conor Coady is a great CB too(maybe profile him?).
I am looking at Coady but still need a quality future profile, if he has developed well in your save I’d be interested to see his profile.
I’ll see what I can do about getting you both Coady’s and Lucas Andersen’s profile(since everyone likes him).
Sounds good mate, like I said I have plenty of profiles for both but just not good enough ones.
i have a GK yoann perrier signed him at 16 for free with my fulham team was wondering if he progresses well.
I’m using qpr, and im on my second season, with 2.3m as a budget. Any suggestions???
I’d suggest looking through the list above to be honest as it depends on which areas you want to improve…but off the bat I’d suggest Kara, Andile Jali, Anderson Martins, Romario and Fierro. All together should cost around £3.6 million, if you can get them all on deals where you pay over 24 months then the budget will stretch that far.
Cesar Azpilicueto, at Marseille I believe.
Any good future profiles?
Yeah develops into a very good player but the price tag is far too high in my opinion, I tried making offers but gave up when it went too high…all my asking prices are based from the start of a new game.
Asking price too high yet, it’s 83m for Neymar, 49, for Gotze, and 55 for Lucas, to name a few..?
Sorry you’ve lost me there, what do you mean? Are you saying the players are too expensive or the asking prices stated are incorrect, because the prices you listed are the same as on the list.
Im just asking how much you are talking about with the price of Azpilicueto, because if you could pay 55 for Lucas for example, surely it ain’t a problem for Cesar. Or does he not develop well to compliment his price?
I forgot to say that I know someone who bought him for under £10m, and that was at least a couple seasons in, so he must have more to his game than he did at the start of the game?
Which must mean he cost less at the start of the game.
Ahh I see, well put it this way, I got to £50 million and gave up offering as it was getting ridiculous…no right back in the world is worth that. You’ve got to put it into perspective, certain AMC’s, wingers and strikers are worth that sort of money because they’re unique and contribute so much, but there’s only so much a full back can do from that corner of the pitch so that is my thinking anyway.
P.S. You couldn’t be more wrong about the price from two seasons in to the start actually, Marseille have just bought him so he’s more expensive at the start of the game than he would be later, almost unbuyable actually…all my asking prices have to based on the start because everyones game can be different when a season or so in. I don’t just pluck figures out of thin air or reject peoples requests for no reason, I spend at least one hour every night just answering peoples questions and looking into their profile requests let alone actually maintaining and writing the profiles so please don’t think I am trying to fob you off or something, there are very valid reasons for not profiling him at the moment. I constantly revisit requests too just to see if I have a different outlook after a week or so and try the bids again etc. This kid is top class but I won’t put him up with the asking price I have seen at the start.
How could I prove it then, my friend has sent me a screenshot of his stats and saying hes now worth £14m, in the year 2016.
What do you mean? Prove what? I haven’t said you’re lying about your friend buying him for that amount, I said you’re wrong saying he must be more expensive two years into the game…that isn’t the case. He will be more expensive from the start because Marseille have just bought him and they don’t want to sell him, whereas they may well change their tune after having him for ‘x’ amount of years. Does that make sense? Not sure if I confused you with the last comment as communicating over comments can be sticky sometimes.
Darren in your opinion who is the best MC And/or AMC on that list. Money is no option as am man utd in third season and have only bought a couple of players and sold alot of dead wood? I cant make my mind up it’s like being taken to a massive toy shop but you can only buy one.
Kovacic but probably because he was a legend in my Malaga side.
Great posts & comments mate, very useful & very appreciated. I’m starting with the team I support, Man United, and I’m a FM veteran. But some advice please: when is the best time to go for hyped youngsters like Neymar, Gotze, Hazard & Ganso? By that I mean, how is it possible to sign them for considerably less than their clubs demand at the start..?! (eg £83m for neymar LOL) I don’t mind waiting 1 season or more, if it makes any difference to their prices… Also, is there a way of approaching them that will maybe get me a cheaper price?
Thanks for the kind words, as for your questions well its a little awkward really. A players value may be through the roof because they have signed a new contract or just moved to the club, but I always find that if a players asking price will drop after been so high because of the reasons mentioned it will happen one or two seasons in. But some players are just a rip off to be honest and the way to get them cheap is when they are out of form or getting close to a contract end. I’d suggest shortlisting all the players you like and keep tabs on them every three months, that’s what I do. The way to get them cheap is to start bidding around their value and then increase the amount in small increments, don’t be fooled if the club negotiate, you can get then player way lower than what they suggest you offer.
sometimes you just cant unless your lucky or catch them when there contracts are running down I agree though some of them prices are stupid. Were you bred on champ man like me in the 90′s ?
I agree Greg, some prices are ludicrous and frustratingly unrealistic, but SI get most things right so they can’t be perfect I guess. Not sure if the question was for me or Ketu, but if it was for me then yeah I was bread on Champ man…think my first was Championship Manager 2, but I may be mistaken.
sorry darren i forgot to put a thanks up. Ive now got Kovacic 7mil and Mehmet Ekici 17 mil. Not sure if he’s on the list but he’s worth a profile.
No problem Greg, Ekici will get a profile but may take a little time.
cheers mate in your own time. it was for Ketu but as you ask same as mate ive still got that and 97/98 on dosbox.
Is it just me but i dont see the fairness in the AI in the game knowing when all the newgens are created to pick up the best talent. Every save i have and in past fm’s the big clubs always sign em before we have a chance.
You can know too, just try googling for the dates and there will be a list too, if you get there within four days of the regens been generated you’ll be ahead of the computer.
http://www.thedugout.net/content/articles/item,128,9,1,FM2012_Newgen_Creation_Dates.html
Newgen creation dates here
have done that now mate cheers for the heads up. Maybe you should add that to here also?
I did a post explaining all of it last year and the dates have barely changed as far as I’m aware so have left it at that for now…the post is on the main FMS site.
Wonderful post darren. As always very well thought out post.
In fact, your youth to gold post for fm 11 is the main reason i play fm. I love growing wonderkids into superstars. I have refined your system one step further and maybe one day i’ll make a post about how i use it for long term management -the arsenal way.
Thanks mate, glad you’re enjoying the work and hopefully we’ll continue to make stuff that interests you.
Forgot to post what i really wanted to ask. I’m having lot of trouble with yaya sanogo… Lots of injuries.. Anyone else see that. Also adel taarabt but he has horrible work rate and determination.
Some toons that i have had great success and are not mentioned here are rafael toloi (dc) i. Khune (gk), paloschi and ongenda as strikers. Khune is probably only a 4* but he is available for 500k.
Will check those suggestions mate, though I though I think we’ve already profiled Toloi.
I don’t have any problems with yaya sanogo. Incredible player. I had him in arsenal save,and now in partizan save. Was second best striker in champions league. I think he was never injured and i’m now in 2017. Great stats especially physical attributes.
Guiliano Dnipro Darren Also you promised me you ‘ll check joshua guilavogui st etienne about i want to know if he developed in any saves of you thx darren for all your hard work …
I can’t see that player from Dnipro and did look deeper into Guilavogui but decided he wasn’t quite good enough for a profile based on the information I have.
great work chap. very useful site.
I started with Villa. Just won League and Europa Cup in 3rd season.
I seen these mentioned in the comments so Ill say my experience. Bought Guilavogui in first season and started Delph and both developed into exceptional players for me. Delph is playing for England and Man U are after him. not sure how much he is to buy.
bought femenia at for almost 6 million at the start of my 3rd season as i like pace. hes basically either scored or set up in each game and im being offered 10 million after his first season at villa.
also got leandro thanks to you and hes been unreal.
seen somebody asking and i developed tiago Iloris in another game and he was class for me. great at scoring from centre half.
just my opinions. keep up the good work
Thanks Frankie, sounds like you have enjoyed your Villa save. Unfortunately I don’t have a good enough future profile of Delph and Guilavogui but always open to seeing other peoples screenshots.
Also Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa is the reason I won the league at centre half. I only got him in the third season.
Not sure if hes young enough to be a wonderkid. He was 8 mill in the third season so might be less at the start of the game.
He’d just make it to a wonderkid I guess but a little too slow developing in my saves.
Hi Darren,first time here for me. Great work,thanks. Just want to tell you to take a look at lorenco tassi from inter. Excellent player,outstanding stats. In reality one of the most gifted players younger than 18.
Thanks mate, I also looked at Tassi but he hasn’t amounted to anything in my saves…that isn’t to say he is no good but I can’t profile someone whithout the future profile.
If you can explain me how to give you a future profile i will…
Just download screenhsot software like PickPic, take the screenshot of the players overview and then email it to me is probably the best way.
What about Lucas Severo? He’s only 15 and have great stats and starts in Internacional’s under 20. He turns out great! Not that expensive can be added to that…
I’ve never heard of him and can’t find him in game which could mean one of two things, he’s either a regen or not that good development wise.
Well i’m not stupid enough to recomend a regen… Well well it may be because I am using a large database. Thanks anyway though!
A lot of people have made that mistake so I wouldn’t call recommending a regen stupid, just depends how experienced you are with the game.
Can anyone tell me how much Aron Ramsey costs though i take it will be alot. He always turns out world class.
I tried to profile him but stopped bidding at around £70 million, so not sure the exact figure as I gave up.
So silly money then. Cheers Darren. You gonna profile Mehmet Ekici?
Yeah I have his profile ready but with the new patch comes a new database so I need to update every single profile and list first so bear with me mate.
No worries mate in your own time.
what is the most suitable for “trequista” to be pair of????
example:target man pair with poacher
I only use one striker in my tactics so probably aren’t the best to ask and it would depend on the tactic and what you are achieving…my common sense would say a poacher may work best though.
Adam Maher is a great yong mid well worth looking at
I haven’t heard of him and can’t find him in game, are you sure he isn’t a regen?
Also
Ogbonna, capoue, matuidi, luuk de jong, morata,
We’re not looking into new players at the moment as the database needs updating first, thanks.
Hey man, you still got the best wonderkid tracker online. Can I get your opinion on Lars and Sven Bender. Thinking of getting the pair. Also am using the Arsenal formation you posted online but find that even as a poacher i cant make Javier Hernandez (Man Utd) a killer striker. Just signed Carlos Fierro too.Can you advise on both. Thanx.
I’d say Bender alone is worth signing and haven’t use Hernandez so couldn’t comment there but Fierro works well as poacher but be patient with him.
Hi Darren, which of the Benders;Lars or Sven?
Sven.
There’s gotta be Oliver Markoutz up on that list. If put on proper training and with a little mentoring, this kid shows amazing development.
The Mental stats are poor to start with but gets pretty good over time. And his Technical stats are awesome.
The kid’s 19 on my game now an he’s already a major striker in my Middlesborough team that’s in top 4 for the second season straight.
He’s not developed in any of my saves but that isn’t to say he can’t as the CPU is notorious for screwing up a players development. If you are so sure then I’m happy to look at a screenshot of him in your game to asses whether he’s worth a profile, but from what I’ve seen I can’t profile the youngster as I have no proof of his development which is what this site is all about.
Check this out:
http://i41.tinypic.com/241jcm0.png
What do you think?
He has developed well but still not to a standard for the list as every profile gets a future profile and that one wouldn’t be good enough unfortunately. But if he keeps developing the same then I’d love to see another screenshot in three years or so, then he might have developed enough.
i think thiago has been rated lower than his class.he is much of a player than montoya jordan and willian.
I don’t get to physically see them play so couldn’t comment there.
Hi Darren, how about Samed Yesil, 17 year-old Striker from Leverkusen? He looks like he could develop.
That player isn’t in any of my saves I’m afraid.
Id like to use this site to send my best wishes to Fabrice Muamba and his family and hope that he makes a speedy recovery.
I think we’re all with you there, my thoughts go out to Fabrice and family too.
Yea im sure everyone is mate and good to hear he’s improving, He’s my type of player.
How well does Jack Cork from Southampton develop?
He’s quite good but never better than mid-table to sixth place sides in my opinion.
Andik Vermansyah (Indonesian). He Is Messi from Indonesian
I don’t load the Indonesian leagues and can’t see that player I’m afraid.
Hey Darren, as everyone says fantastic list/lists, really helps me with players.
Have you heard of a player by the name of moises? Plays for Villarreal B
Also how about alvaro vidillo? Plays for Betis B
Just a question. If I were to use genie scout on a player that you’ve done a profile for, how close do the two profiles (if viewing future attributes for genie and yours) match up?
Glad the lists help mate, I’ve seen Moises but he hasn’t developed to a good enough level in my saves unfortunately and the same can be said for Vidillo. While both look talented the CPU doesn’t seem to the best from them.
The profiles you see here are actual game save profiles, not using a tool to predict what will happen. I personally don’t like Genie Scout and any such tools as for me using anything like that is cheating a little….so I couldn’t say how close the profiles me be, but can say the profiles here are REAL in game profiles.
ok thanks.
You should make one on Gökhan Töre, he is really good. I’m in my 4th season with Napoli, and he is one of the best right wingers in my save.
Really take a look at him.
If he’s one of the best RW’s in your game I’d love to see a screenshot as he hasn’t developed properly in my saves compared to players in the same position.
How do i take a screenshot? im lazy
You can download picpick, then take the screenshot using that.
file:///C:/Users/Rasmus/Desktop/Image%202.png I don’t know if u can see this or not.
You need to upload the the image to a server like imageshack then leave me the link to the image.
Ok never mind..
But so far in my 4th season with Napoli he is the player in the league with an average rating of 7.46.
I play him as an IA, with 18 acceleration, 17 in speed, 18 in dribbling, 17 in technique and crossing, 16 passing, 15 creativity, 13 finishing.
He creates and scores so many goals its amazing.
That is fair enough but this site is all about the future screenshots and without them a player won’t be profiled.
Darren can you have a look at Kevin Strootman mate? He seems good enough on my save but spends his whole time at PSv so he must be able to get better.
He is a good player but falls slightly too short technically considering his asking price unfortunately. Great mental stats though if thats what you look for.
Here a list a guys i have bought or appear to be doing well in my save:
Adryan AM C Brazilian
Denis AM C Spanish
Daniele Rugani DC Italian
Pablo Sarabia AM LC Spanish
Leandro AM RLC FC Brazilian
Luc Castaignos AM R ST
All these players appear to be prospect for the future.
Thanks for the names, some of those players we have or are in the process of profiling but a couple have been written off due to lack of development in various saves.
Just found this player his mental stats and Atheltic stats are very good for a player of his age
Pierre-michel lasogga hes a german striker who plays for hertha BSC
Yeah but his technical attributes are far too low alongside his agility and acceleration. He doesn’t reach a high enough standard I’m afraid.
cant find martin galvan of cruz azul..in fm11…he’s a beast
Yeah I can’t find him either, was a good buy in last years version.
juz asking mate…do u watching the real madrid vs atletico now??lol..:D
Nah I didn’t get chance unfortunately.
hey darren…what do u think about mats hummels,marco reus and jose callejon???
I like all of them, but never gotten round to doing a profile. Cellejon is the weakest out of all for me, but I think Hummels is an excellent ball winning midfielder.
Get Marco Rojas, he plays in the A-league for Melbourne victory….he gets well good and you can buy him very cheap…also I was wondering about Feghouli for Valencia, I heard he gets really good but I cant seem to sign him ?
Rojas doesn’t look like much in any of my saves and to be honest he doesn’t seem like having the potential to play for any top half side.
As for Feghouli he does have potential but never reached it in my saves so I couldn’t say for certain how well he can develop.
Wigan signed Pavel Niakhaichyk on my save and he’s been devastating to play against, any chance of a profile? I’m thinking about stealing him from them.
While he looks good I don’t have a future profile good enough to warrant a report unfortunately.
Hi Darren what about Stefan Bell Mainz & Serdar Aziz Bursaspor .
Sorry neither player is visible in any of my saves.
Nacer Barazite He is already good and pretty cheap around 1m. He starts with good stats for his age , good purchase if u running a low budget team..
He is a pretty good buy but I don’t have a future save in which he has hit a good enough level yet unfortunately.
hey darren what do you think about Gökhan Töre from HSV? what is he like in the future?
He gets very good technically, physically and creativity wise…but his teamwork and general mental attributes are whats stopped us doing a profile.
can you recommend me a good box to box midfielder, preferably cheap!
I think Milan Badelj could do well in that role and is quite cheap, other than him maybe look at Bertolacci but he’s not available until the seasons end.
who do your thinks will be potentially better, Antonie Griezmann or Gaston Ramirez?
Both fairly similar but Ramirez tips it for me.
jason steele turn out any good? thanks a lot mate
He isn’t bad, but I wouldn’t go for him myself as there’s stronger options.
how about jack cork or lucas digne?
Cork isn’t really good enough I’m afraid, Digne is a good player but I need a future profile that shows his full development before reporting as the images I have now aren’t good enough.
First off thank you so much for constructing this table, helped me a lot to find the bargains within the game otherwise I would have never of come across. Anyway, just wanted to ask you…if money wasn’t a factor what would be your best starting 11 overall in the game??
I couldn’t offer a best starting XI, but I guess it would be the highest star players in the list above.
Hello again Darren im not sure if you have already looked at these but ive got some players. Rodrigo at Benfica, Elkeson at Botafogo, Inigo Martinez Real Sociedad, Ola John, Alexandre Lacazette, Kevin De Bruyne and ive got a very good profile of Joe Allen at Swansea if you can give me any tips to get it to you.
Hey Greg, Rodrigo does look worthy of a profile but I am waiting for a screenshot of him at his best. Elkeson, John and De Bruyne have been ruled out for one reason or another. But we’re doing a profile already on Allen which will be published eventually and the same goes for Martinez…there is just a huge backlog of profiles to get done.
You do a great job mate. So in your own time.
Thanks Greg, I appreciate that.
Hi darren, nice website you have here. It’s really helpful.. Want to ask your opinion about Maxym Koval, he’s a goalkeeper for dinamo kyiv if i’m not mistaken. What do you think the future profile of him?
He doesn’t improve enough in any of my saves I’m afraid mate, but glad the site has helped.
two for the books Darren there not on every game due to leagues but ive got Wesley Said at Rennes and giovanni cristofari at palermo. I Know you’ve got a list of players so no rush mate.
Unfortunately neither player has developed in my saves, there future profiles are really bad because of next to no first team football.
Hi Darren just wondering, how good does nastasic from fiorentina get. thanks
He hasn’t improved much in my saves I’m afraid.
Ive found on the new update that the following players are great and definitely worth a look:-
Julien Draxler
Gokhan Tore
Marco Reus
I mention them to Karl who is doing most of the top flight profiles now.
Thanks, keep up the good work.
Have you got any good future profiles of lars bender because ive got one. I just want to know if its a fluke or not because he looks amazing.
You’d need to check with Karl for a profile on him but I think he looks good.
hi darren, first of all, what a great list this is. i found it to be really helpfull
can i ask about some player? the name is:
fabio borini
miguel rubio
tomas necid
thx
Rubio and Necid aren’t visible in my future saves to comment on and Borini just isn’t my type of striker to be honest.
ok, thx for the reply.
one more thing, how about these player
eden hazard
esteban fernandez
sotiris ninis
thx
Hazard is world class, Fernandez isn’t visible in my future save and Ninis is a good all rounder that never really excels in one particular area.