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The best wonderkids in Football Manager 2021

Build your teams around these players.

As a manager of a football club, you need to find and acquire the best talent available to you within your budget. Finding a good balance of youth and experience is often what can help to provide that equilibrium in any good squad and give you the best possible chance to push for success. 

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However, it should be noted that experienced players are not always good in the long term, but wonderkids, reserved for 20-year-olds and younger, represent a prospect that is showing signs of becoming a world-class player while also being a useful player in your team, even at a young age.

Not every wonderkid looks great when they start in a save on Football Manager. But you can always guarantee that any player you pick up on this list will be a wonderkid for your team.

Here are the best wonderkids in Football Manager 2021, with a mix of value and experience:

Goalkeepers

Maarten Vandevoordt

  • Age: 18
  • Nationality: Belgian
  • Club: KRC Genk
  • Value: £925k
  • Wage: £4.1k p/w
Maarten Vandevoordt

Illan Meslier

  • Age: 20
  • Nationality: French
  • Club: Leeds United
  • Value: £18.5m
  • Wage: £25k p/w
Illan Meslier

Defenders – Center Back

Matthijs De Ligt

  • Age: 20
  • Nationality: Dutch
  • Club: Zebre (Juventus)
  • Value: £38.5m
  • Wage: £215k p/w
Matthijs De Ligt

Zinho Vanheusden

  • Age: 20
  • Nationality: Belgian
  • Club: Standard
  • Value: £9.5m
  • Wage: £24k p/w
Zinho Vanheusden

Josko Gvardiol

  • Age: 18
  • Nationality: Croatian
  • Club: Dinamo (on loan from RB Leipzig)
  • Value: £2.2m
  • Wage: £13.75k p/w
Josko Gvardiol

Defenders – Left Full-back

Nuno Mendes

  • Age: 18
  • Nationality: Portugese
  • Club: Sporting Lisbon
  • Value: £6m
  • Wage: £4.1k p/w
Nuno Mendes

Rayan Aït-Nouri

  • Age: 19
  • Nationality: French
  • Club: Wolves (on loan from Angers SCO)
  • Value: £3m
  • Wage: £9.75k p/w
Rayan Aït-Nouri

Defenders – Right Full-back

Reece James

  • Age: 20
  • Nationality: English
  • Club: Chelsea
  • Value: £25.5m
  • Wage: £60k p/w
Reece James

Tomás Esteves

  • Age: 18
  • Nationality: Portugese
  • Club: Reading (on loan from FC Porto)
  • Value: £500k
  • Wage: £3.4k p/w
Tomás Esteves

Defensive Midfielders

Sandro Tonali

  • Age: 20
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Club: Milan (on loan from Brescia)
  • Value: £10.5m
  • Wage: £35k p/w (£65k p/w while at Milan)
Sandro Tonali

Florentino Luís

  • Age: 20
  • Nationality: Portugese
  • Club: Monaco (on loan from Benfica)
  • Value: £9m
  • Wage: £16.75k p/w 
Florentino Luís

Central Midfielders

Eduardo Camavinga

  • Age: 17
  • Nationality: French
  • Club: Stade Rennes
  • Value: £20m
  • Wage: £19k p/w 
Eduardo Camavinga

Vítor Ferreira

  • Age: 20
  • Nationality: Portugese
  • Club: Wolves (on loan from FC Porto)
  • Value: £1.7m
  • Wage: £2k p/w
Vítor Ferreira

Pipi

  • Age: 16
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Club: Real Madrid
  • Value: £120k
  • Wage: £1.3k p/w
Pipi

Central Attacking Midfielders

Phil Foden

  • Age: 20
  • Nationality: English
  • Club: Manchester City
  • Value: £34.5m
  • Wage: £30k p/w
Phil Foden

Naci Ünüvar

  • Age: 17
  • Nationality: Dutch
  • Club: Ajax
  • Value: £325k
  • Wage: £950 p/w
Naci Ünüvar

Left Midfielder/Winger

Curtis Jones

  • Age: 19
  • Nationality: English
  • Club: Liverpool
  • Value: £7.5m
  • Wage: £20k p/w
Curtis Jones

Ansu Fati

  • Age: 17
  • Nationality: Spanish
  • Club: Barcelona
  • Value: £54m
  • Wage: £70k p/w
Ansu Fati

Right Midfielder/Winger

Emanuel Vignato

  • Age: 19
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Club: Bologna
  • Value: £1.4m
  • Wage: £9.75k p/w
Emanuel Vignato

Dejan Kulusevski

  • Age: 19
  • Nationality: Swedish
  • Club: Zebre (Juventus)
  • Value: £23.5m
  • Wage: £81k p/w
Dejan Kulusevski

Center Forward/Strikers

Sebastiano Esposito

  • Age: 18
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Club: SPAL (on loan from Inter)
  • Value: £4.8m
  • Wage: £3.3k p/w
Sebastiano Esposito

Alexander Isak

  • Age: 20
  • Nationality: Swedish
  • Club: Real San Sebastian (Real Sociedad)
  • Value: £8m
  • Wage: £16k p/w
Alexander Isak

Evanilson

  • Age: 20
  • Nationality: Brazilian
  • Club: FC Porto
  • Value: £7.5m
  • Wage: £18.25k p/w
Evanilson

Wilfried Gnonto

  • Age: 16
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Club: Zurich
  • Value: £34k
  • Wage: £210 p/w
Wilfried Gnonto

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