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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    Best 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.