FIFA 10 - Good Players to Buy in Manager Mode

Lemlin

I'm managing Blackburn so have uncovered David Hoilett (young reserve striker) as a bit of a starlet. His overall is only 68 but he's a great finisher. He's very quick too.

Anyone else found any young stars at their clubs?

It seems to me that some young players are far better than their overall score - sort of like the way you used to be able to buy class young players in Championship Manager.

Macheda at United is very good, he's a quailty finisher and is a bit of a beast in the air, he wins more headers than Rooney.

Mikeyt086

Agreed on Macheda, tried him out in the Carling Cup and his finishing is exellent. Also Zoran Tosic's free kicks are outstanding and Darren Gibson's long shots are up there with Lampard's. Would reccommend those 3.

antomorro-sei

Mark Quigley at St Patricks Athletic and Billy Kee and J.Miles at Accrington Stanley.

Heroes

butcherchap

midfielders: gibson(united, long shots and passing), inler(udinese, passing, shooting, reading the game)
strikers: daniel sturridge(chelsea, fast and good all round) showunmi (leeds, really strong and fairly good finisher, good in air, dirt cheap)

Lemlin

Frank Fielding at Blackburn is an excellent young 'keeper. He was England U21 'keeper there for a while so that's probably why.

screw2loose

I Would recomment Dos santos for Tottenham. he is quick and a great finisher(scored a lot of lobs with him!!) but he lacks some aerial presence and a bit of strength! a good addition though late in a game!!

scuba steve

im united in my game. For many of my league cup and Fa cup games i throw out mostly youngsters. Im very fond of Macheda, Welbeck, Gibson, Da Laet, the Da Silva twins, Da Laet, Tosic and Obertan. Gibson and Welbeck are pretty much in my squad for all league matches and the rest of the above listed are on border line of the first team.
Great youngsters at United FTW!

That_Guy

Nile Ranger from Newcastle..... That is all.

horsebox09

if you can afford him, mario balotelli off inter milan is quality, so is daivde santon.

falcao off porto is good aswell, bought him with QPR and he is banging them in

antomorro-sei

Fabian Brandy.

Moiph

Does anyone else have trouble buying players with lower division teams? I'm using Brighton to get the achievement for 2 straight promotions and get them to be a 5 star rated team in 5 seasons but cant seem to sign any players cos they're not interested in joining!

Bobalicious93

Offer them higher wages than they're already on and they should come. If you hold down the arrow button on the wages column when you're making an offer the interest bar will start to go up after a while

Y2J_MUFC

Moiph wrote: »

Does anyone else have trouble buying players with lower division teams? I'm using Brighton to get the achievement for 2 straight promotions and get them to be a 5 star rated team in 5 seasons but cant seem to sign any players cos they're not interested in joining!

Sorry Moon, Cristiano doesn't join clubs he has never heard of!!!

Moiph

Moon?? Definitely not me anyway

Lemlin

David Wheater from 'Boro is a very good defender.

Sephiroth_dude

screw2loose wrote: »

I Would recomment Dos santos for Tottenham. he is quick and a great finisher(scored a lot of lobs with him!!) but he lacks some aerial presence and a bit of strength! a good addition though late in a game!!

I brought him,hes a grea player.

Lemlin

Anyone else having trouble getting their players to sign new contracts? A few of mine have 3 months left and I'm doubling some of their wages and they still aren't signing.

antomorro-sei

Lemlin wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble getting their players to sign new contracts? A few of mine have 3 months left and I'm doubling some of their wages and they still aren't signing.

Just wait til the end of the season. They'll all resign I presume.

darraghjm

i play manager mode as birmingham, signed wheater from boro, taylor from newcastle, traore from arsenal, wilshere from arsenal, and ledley from cardiff. the two centre halfs are solid at the back, traore flies down the wing, he's got super pace, i play ledley in right midfield, he's a good crosser of the ball and a great dead ball specialist. wilshere plays just behind the front 2 and he banging in the goals

James Forde

how do i buy players that aren't on the transfer list, or is that possible?

darraghjm

yeah its possible, when you go into the transfer market, hit the y button, and you get the option to search for players, you can narrow it down to club, leagues, position, age, ability or you can just search by name as well

eioneill

Just finished my 1st season in manager mode with United. Went trawling through the teams abroad for top players for my second season. Came up with 2 jems. Marcus Berg and Eljero Elia. Both play for Hamburger SV in Germany.

JuanFuego

Here are some lists (16-19yo & 20-23yo) players that are quality and still have room to grow over a few seasons, and the list at the bottom is of players with the highest growth potential. Some of the players overlap into the 3rd list, but you get the picture. Alot of these youngsters you will get for some great prices. Some favourites on the list apart from the obvious ones ie Ronaldo, Messi etc are Balotelli, Hazard, Holtby, Jovetic, Santon, Rui Patricio (gk), Pjanic, Di Maria,

List of 16-19yo players with 75+ overall rating
Pos-#-Name-Age-Overall 75+-Club-Price (Pounds)
CF-7-Alexandre Pato-19-84-Milan-18,000,000
ST-45-Mario Balotellli-18-81-Inter-8,900,000
CF-11-Bojan-18-79-Barcelona-8,000,000
RWB-39-Davide Santon-18-78-Inter-4,000,000
RW-26-Eden Hazard-18-77-LOSC Lille-2,600,000
CF-8-Steven Jovetic-19-77-Fioretina-4,300,000
RWB-21-Rafael-18-76-Man Utd-3,400,000
LW-7-Lewis Holtby-18-75-FC Schalke 04-3,700,000
CDM-26-Jack Rodwell-18-75-Everton-2,800,000
RW-16-Urreta-19-75-SL Benfica-3,600,000
RM-7-Sotiris Ninis-19-75-Panathinaikos-2,500,000
CAM-39-Toni Kroos-19-75-Bay. Leverkusen-3,200,000
CM-22-Moussa Sissoko-19-75-Toulouse FC-1,600,000
CAM-8-Miralem Pjanic-19-75-OL-3,300,000
ST-23-Daniel Sturridge-19-75-Chelsea-6,900,000
LWB-28-Kieran Gibbs-19-75-Arsenal-3,100,000

List of 20-23yo players with 75+ overall rating
Pos-#-Name-Age-Overall 79+-Club-Price (Pounds)
CAM--10--Ederson-23—79—OL--4,800,000
CM—8--Claudio Marchisio--23--79--Juventus--5,700,000
ST--20--Chinedu Ogbuke Obasl--23--79--1899 Hottenbeim--5,400,000
CM—18--Manuel Fernandes—23--79--Valencia--5,700,000
CB--5--Thomas Vermaelen--23--79--Arsenal--6,700,000
CB--14—Rolando--23—79--FC Porto--4,600,000
CB--33--Vincent-Kompany--23--79--Man City--5,300,000
RB--22--Vedran-Corluka--23--79--Spurs--2,900,000
RW--7--Aaron Lennon—22--79--Spurs--6,300,000
CAM—94--Jeremy-Menez--22--79--Roma--7,200,000
ST—10--Diego--22--79--Olympiakos CFP--7,700,000
ST—11—Jo--22--79--Everton--5,300,000
ST—39--Marcelo Moreno--22--79--Werder Bremen--7,700,000
LM--12—Marcelo—21—79--Real Madrid--5,500,000
CDM--25—Fernando--21--79--FC Porto--5,200,000
CF--18--Moussa Dembele--21-79-AZ Alkmaar--5,200,000
CDM—17--Alexandre Song--21-79-Arsenal--6,000,000
LM—10--Marko Marin--21-79-Werder Bremen--5,685,000
CB—21--Geromel--23--80-1.lalalaoln--3,400,000
RW—16--Jakub Blaszczykowski—23--80--Bor. Dortmund--5,900,000
CAM--9--Jurado--23-80--Athletico Madrid--7,400,000
LW--46-Aiden McGeady--23-80-Celtic--13,000,000
CB—20--Alexis--23—80--Valencia C.F.--5,200,000
GK—1--G.Ochoa--22--80--America--3,000,000
CAM--20--Ibrahim Afellay--23--80--PSV--7,800,000
LW—21--Saloman Kalou—23—80—Chelsea--9,300,000
CAM—7--Stephen Ireland—22—80--Man City--6,000,000
LW—19--Ryan Babel—22—80—Liverpool--11,000,000
LW—18--Diego Capel--21--80--Sevilla F.C.--5,900,000
CDM—25--M.Fellaini--21--80--Everton--4,600,000
CM—8--Anderson-21-80--Man Utd--6,700,000
CAM—10--Penato Augusto--21--80--Bay. Leverkusen--9,380,000
CAM—11--Mesut Ozil--20--80--Werder Bremen--10,720,000
RWB—18—Rafinha—23—81--FC Schalke 04--3,500,000
ST—19--Negredo--23--81--Sevilla F.C.--10,050,000
LWB—3—Fillpe—23—81--R.C. Deportivo--3,500,000
LW—10--Cristian Rodriguez—23—81--FC Porto--9,300,000
RW—8--James Milner--23--81--Aston Villa--6,200,000
RW—25--Luis Antonio Valencia—23—81--Man Utd--14,405,000
CAM—20--Sebastian Giovince--22--81--Juventus--8,300,000
CB—19--Ezequiel Garay—22—81--Real Madrid--5,500,000
LW—18--Guardado--22--81--R.C. Deportivo--6,500,000
LW—17—Nani—22—81--Man Utd--9,100,000
CDM—12--John Obi Mikel--22--81--Chelsea--7,800,000
CM—10--Arda Turan—22—81--Galatasary SK--13,400,000
CAM—17--Marek Hamsik21--81--Napoli--5,800,000
GK—1--Sergio Asenjo—20—81--Athletico Madrid--3,685,000
RW—14--Theo Walcott--20--81--Arsenal--12,000,000
CAM—14--Luka Modric-23-81—Spurs--6,300,000
CF—16--Luis Suarez--22--82--Ajax--10,000,000
CAM—28--Joso Moutinho—22—82--Sporting CP--6,100,000
CB—3--Pique--22--82--Barcelona--6,000,000
ST—11--Gabriel Agbonlahor--22--82--Aston Villa--8,000,000
ST—20--Ganzalo Higuain—21—82--Real Madrid--10,000,000
LW—16--Mata--21--82--Valencia C.F.--10,000,000
GK—1—Manuel—Neuer—23—83--FC Schalke 04--12,000,000
RM—7--Jesus Navas--23--83--Sevilla F.C.--5,400,000
CB—18--Raul Albiol—23—83--Real Madrid--10,050,000
ST—9--Eden Dzeko--23--83--Wolfsburg--16,750,000
LWB—22--Gael Clichy—23—83—Arsenal--6,100,000
CF—12--Hulk--22--83--FC Porto--11,000,000
GK—1--Hugo Lloris—22—83—OL--4,000,000
CF—22--Giuseppe Rossi--22--83--Villarreal C.F.--7,500,000
CAM—8--Samir Nasri—22—83—Arsenal--11,000,000
LW—7--Ashley Young--23--84--Aston Villa--9,300,000
RF—10--Mauro Matias Zarate—22—84—Lazio--8,300,000
CF—10--Sergio Aguero--21--84--Athletico Madrid--23,450,000
ST—33--Mario Gomez—23—85--Bayhern Munchen--23,450,000
RB—4--Sergio Ramos--23--85--Real Madrid--16,750,000
CAM—8--Yoann Gourcuff—22—85—FCGB--10,050,000
ST—11--Karim Benzema--21--85--Real Madrid--23,785,000
CM—21--David Silva—23—86--Valencia C.F--18,760,000
CF--10-Wayne Rooney--23--87--Man Utd--36,180,000
CM—4--Cesc Fabregas—22—87—Arsenal--32,160,000
RW—10--Lionel Messi—22—90—Barcelona--50,250,00


Players that have the highest growth potential

Name: Rafael Pos: RWB Age: 19 Overall: 76 Peak: 97 Growth: 21 Club: Manchester United
Name: Anderson Pos: CM Age: 21 Overall: 80 Peak: 95 Growth: 15 Club: Manchester United
Name: Pjanic Pos: CAM Age: 19 Overall: 75 Peak: 95 Growth: 20 Club: Lyon
Name: Baxter Pos: CF Age: 17 Overall: 73 Peak: 94 Growth: 21 Club: Everton
Name: Fabregas Pos: CM Age: 22 Overall: 87 Peak: 94 Growth: 9 Club: Arsenal
Name: Pastore Pos: CAM Age: 20 Overall: 76 Peak: 94 Growth: 18 Club: Palermo
Name: Santon Pos: RWB Age: 18 Overall: 78 Peak: 94 Growth: 16 Club: Inter
Name: Vela Pos: ST Age: 20 Overall: 76 Peak: 94 Growth: 18 Club: Arsenal
Name: Zuculini Pos: CM Age: 18 Overall: 74 Peak: 94 Growth: 20 Club: Hoffenheim
Name: Benzema Pos: ST Age: 21 Overall: 85 Peak: 93 Growth: 8 Club: Real Madrid
Name: Hulk Pos: CF Age: 23 Overall: 83 Peak: 93 Growth: 10 Club: Porto
Name: Mata Pos: LWM Age: 21 Overall: 82 Peak: 93 Growth: 11 Club: Valencia
Name: Renato Augusto Pos: CAM Age: 21 Overall: 80 Peak: 93 Growth: 13 Club: Bayer Leverkusen
Name: Suárez Pos: CF Age: 22 Overall: 82 Peak: 93 Growth: 11 Club: Ajax
Name: Özil Pos: CAM Age: 20 Overall: 80 Peak: 93 Growth: 13 Club: Werder Bremen
Name: Hazard Pos: RWM Age: 18 Overall: 77 Peak: 92 Growth: 15 Club: Lille
Name: Keirrison Pos: ST Age: 20 Overall: 78 Peak: 92 Growth: 14 Club: Benfica
Name: Kroos Pos: CAM Age: 19 Overall: 75 Peak: 92 Growth: 17 Club: Bayer Leverkusen
Name: Modrić Pos: CAM Age: 23 Overall: 82 Peak: 92 Growth: 10 Club: Tottenham
Name: Wilshere Pos: CAM Age: 1 Overall: 73 Peak: 92 Growth: 19 Club: Arsenal
Name: Arnautović Pos: ST Age: 20 Overall: 76 Peak: 91 Growth: 15 Club: Inter
Name: David Silva Pos: LM Age: 23 Overall: 86 Peak: 92 Growth: 6 Club: Valencia
Name: Gourcuff Pos: CAM Age: 23 Overall: 85 Peak: 91 Growth: 6 Club: Bordeaux
Name: Jovetić Pos: CF Age: 19 Overall: 77 Peak: 91 Growth: 14 Club: Fiorentina
Name: Neymar Pos: LF Age: 17 Overall: 73 Peak: 91 Growth: 18 Club: Santos
Name: Agüero Pos: CF Age: 21 Overall: 84 Peak: 90 Growth: 6 Club: Atletico Madrid
Name: Asenjo Pos: GK Age: 20 Overall: 81 Peak: 90 Growth: 9 Club: Atletico Madrid
Name: Balotelli Pos: ST Age: 19 Overall: 81 Peak: 90 Growth: 9 Club: Inter
Name: Di María Pos: LM Age: 21 Overall: 78 Peak: 90 Growth: 12 Club: Benfica
Name: Sergio Ramos Pos: RB Age: 23 Overall: 85 Peak: 90 Growth: Club: Real Madrid

Karma

dont think wilshire will be available to you for a while:D

"Name: Wilshere Pos: CAMAge: 1 Overall: 73 Peak: 92Growth: 19 Club: Arsenal"

great list.
some of my favourites from last year not on the list.
Jesus Navas- Spainish league( forgot his team)
Bastian Swinestagger- Bywren Munich
Elin Dzésko- wolfsburg new for this year
Lucas Podolski- koln?
B gomis lyon


dont set the board difficulty to professional:rolleyes: its a bit restrictive, moany bastards.

gerkeo

Y2J_MUFC wrote: »

Sorry Moon, Cristiano doesn't join clubs he has never heard of!!!

I always found that you have to throw wages money at the star players and max out your clubs negotiator to get them to sign.

antomorro-sei

Why do people start with teams like Man Utd and the likes?

antomorro-sei

antomorro-sei wrote: »

Why do people start with teams like Man Utd and the likes?

Why not? i do it because i support them

screw2loose

Im a huge united Fan aswell. But i didn't choose them as a team to play with because i have always found the manager mode to be quite boring with them. Great team starting off a ton of money and already qualified for all tournaments! Wheres the challenge...

antomorro-sei

Deleted User wrote: »

Why not? i do it because i support them

I suppose, but would you not rather start off with a smaller club and work your way up? They should only let you start with one star teams, in my opinion.

JuanFuego

I dont mind starting with united as i support them, but i enjoy offloading the majority of the existing players and building the squad back up with youngsters and others players ive found in the above list or spotted on tv.