Football Manager contains numerous different challenges, and one of those challenges is searching for free players. If your a lower league club on Football Manager 2011 with absolutely no money whatsoever, you will have to resort to spending hours upon hours looking for any decent free player. This may be the difference between finishing in the top half of the table or securing promotion. OK yes, it’s extremely frustrating spending so much time studying so many players wondering how there even classified as footballers. But trust me, it’s exceedingly rewarding at the end of the season knowing next season you’ll be playing with bigger boys. I went through plenty of different emotions with Chelmsford City on Football Manager 2010 when I won 5 consecutive promotions with them. Winning promotion from the Blue Square South to the Premier League in 5 seasons, well there’s no better feeling, and I’m sure Lye and Johnny will agree with me, along with anyone else who has achieved similar success. Even if you manage a cash strapped team in the top flight, you always tend to look for bargain buys, and free players are no exception. In today’s post, I will present you with the best free transfer players on Football Manager 2011.

FM 2011 free players

FM11 free goalkeepers:

• Alberto Fontana, 43, Italy

• Sebastián Cejas, 35, Argentina

• Dida, 36, Brazil

• Adriano Basso, 35, Brazil

• Timo Ochs, 28, Germany

• Tony Warner, 36, Trinidad & Tobago

• Fabián Carini, 30, Uruguay

• Nicolas Bonis, 28, France

• Sergio Sanchez, 33, Spain

• Antonio Notario, 37, Spain

• Stéphane Porato, 36, France

• Carlos Sanchez, 32, Spain

• Michael Rensing, 26, Germany

• Markus Proll, 30, Germany

• Tony Silva, 35, Senegal

FM11 free defenders:

• Danny Shittu, 29, Nigeria

• Andy Butler, 26, England

• Sam Sodje, 31, Nigeria

• Jay DeMerit, 30, U.S.A

• Pelé, 32, Cape Verde

• Ben Thatcher, 34, Wales

• Michael Ball, 30, England

• Izzy Iriekpen, 28, England

• Stephen Wright, 30, Liverpool

• Bernard Mendy, 28, France

• Derek Grey, 30, Ireland

• Steve Finnan, 34, Ireland

• Liam Rosenior, 25, England

• Quinton Fortune, 33, South Africa

• Radhanfah Abu Bakr, 23, Trinidad & Tobago

• Sylvinho, 36, Brazil

• Ben Hoskin, 19, England

• Juanma Delgado, 33,  Spain

• Manual Tena, 33, Spain

• Guillaume Dumast, 25, France

• Espín, 31, Spain

• Carlos Perez, 30, Spain

• Rubio, 34, Spain

• Iván Campo, 36, Spain

• Albert-Michael Yobo, 31, Nigeria

• Dardo Caballero, 29, Uruguay

• Emilo José Ibánez, 35, Spain

• Luca Fusco, 32, Italy

• Duccio Innocenti, 34, Italy

• Marco Pecorari, 32, Italy

• Hugo Ibarra, 36, Argentina

• Max Tonetto, 35, Italy

• Perrie Womé, 31, Cameroon

• Anderson, 30, Brazil

• José Goncalves, 24, Portugal

• Rigobert Song, 34, Cameroon

FM11 free midfielders:

• Dave van den Bergh, 34, Holland

• Robert Pirés, 36, France

• Gavin McCann, 32, England

• Anderson Silva, 27, Brazil

• Yildiray Basturk, 31, Turkey

• Chris James, 23, New Zealand

• Olivier Kapo, 29, France

• Andy van der Merde, 30, Holland

• Bryan Hughes, 34, England

• Fabrice Pancrate, 30, France

• Sean Thornton, 27, Ireland

• Gareth Williams, 28, Scotland

• Gauthier Mahoto, 18, France

• Eugen Bopp, 25, Germany

• Nathan Porritt, 20, England

• Sergio, 35, Spain

• Laraudo, 35, Spain

• Diego Camacho, 33, Spain

• Juan José Bezares, 29, Spain

• Peter Luccin, 31, France

• Leonardo Borzani, 28, Argentina

• Álvaro Novo, 32, Spain

• Federico Magallanes, 33, Uruguay

• Carlos Marino, 30, Spain

• Selim Benachour, 28, Tunisia

• Dani Borreguero, 34, Spain

• Iván Ania, 32, Spain

• Marko Babic, 29, Croatia

• Álex Pérez, 25, Spain

• José Juan Luque, 32, Spain

• Damiano Zenoni, 33, Italy

• Andrea Parola, 31, Italy

• Ousmane Dabo, 33, France

• Domenico Morfeo, 34, Italy

• Enzo Maresca, 30, Italy

• Roberto Baronio, 32, Italy

• Ighli Vannucchi, 32, Italy

• Nashat Akram, 25, Iraq

• Mathieu Berson, 30, France

• Denílson, 32, Brazil

• Gai Assulin, 19, Israel

FM11 free strikers:

• Guillermo Franco, 33, Mexico

• Peter Styvar, 29, Slovakia

• Jérémie Aliadiére, 27, France

• Julio Cruz, 35, Argentina

• Miguel Angel Basualdo, 31, Argentina

• Benedict Akwuegbu, 35, Nigeria

• Patrick Suffo, 32, Cameroon

• Francis Jeffers, 29, England

• Omar Koroma, 20, Gambia

• Stern John, 33, Trinidad & Tobago

• Michael Ricketts, 31, England

• Yordi, 35, Spain

• Diego Tristán, 34, Spain

• Salva, 35, Spain

• Marko Livaja, 16, Croatia

• Rivaldo, 38, Brazil

• Wason Renteriá, 25, Colombia

• Ahmed Soukouna, 20, Mali-France

• Razak Omotoyosssi, 21, Benin

• Febian Brandy, 21, England

There you go folks, there’s the best free players on Football Manager 2011 that I located. I used 3 quickstarts of the FM11 demo, England, Spain and Italy. Similar to my previous Football Manager 2011 wonderkid’s list, this FM 2011 free players list will be added to continuously. If you think any more players should be added to this FM11 free players list, feel free to comment below. Your suggestions are always appreciated.