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Mar 2008 21

A few people have been in touch looking for good cheap players in Football Manager 2008 for teams lower down the leagues and without too much cash. Well I’ll start the ball rolling with some players for under 100k. Don’t expect these players to do the business for the likes if Liverpool and Real Madrid but lower down the divisions and in the right term they could be great!

Name: Peter Winn
Age: 18
Position: AML ST
Club: Scunthorpe
Value: 24k
Work permit: No

Name: Fabrice Fernandes
Age: 27
Position: AMRL
Club:
Free
Value: Free
Work permit: No

Name: Bogdan Stancu
Age: 20
Club: Unirea Urziceni
Position: ST
Value: 50k
Work permit: No

Name:Mohammad Tadayon
Age:23
Position:ST
Club:Linkoping
Value:1k
Work permit: No

Name: Patrik Lomski
Age: 18
Position: AM/ST
Club: Turun Palloseura
Value: Free
Work permit:
No

Name: Owen Price
Age: 20
Position: AMR,ST
Value: Free
Work permit: No

Name: Scott Donnelly
Age: 19
Position: AMRC
Value: Free
Work permit: No

Name: Oscar Carmelo Sanchez
Age: 36 (few years left in the tank)
Position: SW, DC
Club: Bolivar
Value: 7k
Work permit: Yes

Name: Marian Ognyanov
Age: 18
Position: AMLC
Club: Levski
Value: Free
Work permit: No

Name: Alex Fernandez
Age: 20
Position: Striker
Club: Coslada
Value: free (get there quick)
Work permit: No

Name: Sean Evans
Age: 19
Position: D/AML
Club: Man Utd
Value: 35k
Work permit: No

Name: Rhys Day
Age: 24
Position: DC
Club: Aldershot
Value: 30k
Work permit: No

Feel free to submit your own to give people the best selection we can and follow the format:

Name:
Age:
Position:
Club:
Value:
Work permit:

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76 comments

  1. Rob says:

    Signed Bogdan Stancu for Stoke and he is on a run of ten goals in seven games!

  2. Chris says:

    Oscar Carmelo Sanchez is great for me… I’m Burnley.

  3. steve says:

    Strikers
    Asamoah Gyan= god. scored 20 in 13 games. No cheating
    Mauro Zarate is good for a lower team, cheap and turns into a quality striker

    Midfield
    Matias Fernades
    Jefferson Farfan
    Faty
    Giles Barnes

    Defence
    Breno- brazilian
    Guillherme- brazilian

  4. DM says:

    Mika Aaritalo, TPS in Finland. 250k. attacking left/right midfield, striker.

    beautiful buy, innately cheap. excellent purchase for a championship or league one side looking for firepower, will sign for anyone in the championship at the least, the lowest i’ve signed him at was league one Swansea and he still came over. helped propel my Preston club into second, and Newcastle, Tottenham and Aston Villa are interested in his services. current value is 1m after a half-season. seems to be a perennial good player, had the same good results in fm07.

    i think you need to load all players from finland to make him available though. played him primarily as a winger in a 4-4-2 and has contributed 12 goals and 6 assists in 18 league games.

  5. Elliot says:

    yessu cabrera signed from santos to darlington and within 4 games i had bids from real and barca. a real gem probably as good if not better than babel.
    Roberto from Paranaense, absaloute class probably best player in the league, coach says he would be a leading star for any premiership side
    Breno becomes an outstanding defender
    I am in the year 2009 just as an after. I have no doubt they would be good even in your first yr but they may need training up. Sign em for whatever club you are

  6. peca says:

    Mika Aaritalo– Turun Palloseura
    Tevfik Kose–Ankaraspos
    Dzsudzsak–Debrecen
    Joao Carlos–Atletico Paranaense (he is a young goalkeeper)
    Ivan Temnikov–Saturn
    Dejan Milovanovic–Red Star (he have 24 years but he is so good)najjaca je SRBIJA!!!
    Diego Capel–Sevilla
    Daniel Viteri–Emelec (he is a good goalkeeper)

  7. Niall says:

    Couple of good additions there folks.

  8. Nom says:

    Thanks :D

  9. granite says:

    lads i have tooken a challenge with the boss we both start as notts county as see who does best any free players i can get on loan or free that will come cheers

  10. Chrissy says:

    at Granite

    Have a look at http://www.thefootymanager.com/2007/11/11/football-manager-2008-future-stars/ there are a fair few names on there you could get.

  11. joe says:

    mika aaritalo is huge for me. i play as Hamburg and after one season he’s as good as van der vaart. valued at 18MILLION, signed him for 180k.

  12. Tom Gladman says:

    This may be a surprise to all, but I began as the boss of Manchester United last week, and have found reasonable success. Here are just some of the signings I have made that have me lying 3rd in the premiership:

    1. Christian Berra
    2. Barry Ferguson
    3. Fernando Meira
    4. Jimmy Bullard
    5. Mardonho – plays in Saudi Arabia
    6. Colin Kazim Richards
    7. Sylvan Ebanks Blake
    8. Michael Owen
    9. Julio Cruz

    Now, you may be thinking “hold on, you’re Manchester United, and you are in 3rd!”, but take into account the players that I have sold:

    1. Rio Ferdinand
    2. Nemanja Vidic
    3. Louis Saha

    also, I have to recommend a few of the reserves and even the youth players who have over performed for me this season:

    1. F. Brandy – Man Utd Reserves
    2. Magnus Elkram – Man Utd Youth

  13. Will says:

    in my game mika aaritalo is crap

    how many aaritalos is there in the game? :L

  14. Patrick says:

    David Thompson – free transfer – he is amazing for championship clubs!

    Kallon – free transfer

    Quinton Fortune – free

    Soley – free

    Kovba – select Belarus and u can get him for 1 million

    Hleb – Arsenal’s Hleb’s brother! – costs about 275k.

    Van Maasten or something :L

    Pierre Wome is good, great player and is definetly worth 1.5 million

  15. Will says:

    David Thompson is an amazing player to get on a freee transfer!

  16. Will says:

    Boateng from B.Jeruslaem!

    Great buy! about 500k!

  17. Will says:

    Scott Donnelly is good.

    For League 1:

    Mawene

    Seth Johnson

    Jody Morris

    Malcom Christie

    Seyfo Soley

  18. Will says:

    Can i just say, whoever is in charge of this page – GREAT RECOMMENDATION FOR ALEX FERNANDEZ!!!!!!!!!!! brilliant playerr!!

  19. Kevin says:

    Bogdan Stancu isn’t just great for smaller clubs i would recommend getting him for bigger clubs also. In season 4 in my game he is a goal machine in the Spanish 1st division.

  20. Will says:

    Ronald Raldes is a great player and so is Rene Mihelic!

    Anthony Elding is top notch stuff if yourr managing in league 2

    NOW CHECK OUT THESE PLAYERS -

    Delgado ( Sporting Cristal ) – Free
    Miguel Resobio ( sporting Cristal ) – Free
    Comingues ( Sporting Cristal ) – Free

  21. elber says:

    marvin angulo…

  22. jamo says:

    this is great for managers with moths in their wallets lol

    good list

  23. Will says:

    Angulo is a top player, try Goodchild and theres this defensive midfielder who plays for sau paulo………ill come back when i remember his name :L

  24. Will says:

    Act. Goodchild is crap! I’m thinking of someone else:L

  25. conor l says:

    im managing torquay i got promoted first season ive played 4 games in league two i have donnelly price asaba williamson paz fernandez baseya tilt brooks-meade udoji fish stabb therefall odhiambo. i am still in my july~august transfer window any one got any free transfers with low wages who sign for league two ?

    thanks!!

  26. conor l says:

    btw i have more but i cant remember

  27. Will says:

    conor

    try Malcom Christie, Hamama, Seth Johnson Jody Morris, Doherty, Albright ( select uSA ) – Fred

  28. Henry says:

    Ben WIlkinson, Jonny Howson, Scott Gardner. Keep tabs on Emexca Orwubiko – he’s 15 but turns out to be a good player a few years later. Konan Serge Kouadio – versatile. I’ve got these players and more and it’s taken me a few seasons with Torquay but I’m now in the Premiership! It CAN be done – get a parent club, get some good loanees, get the tactics right and go from there.

  29. Henry says:

    I forgot to say – I started off in the conference and so the players I listed aren’t exactly wonderkids, but they grow to be come very good players. Well, it worked for me, hope you all can benefit from it. I also forgot to mention Tresor Kandol, Luke Rodgers and Matty Blinkhorn who really boosted me up the leagues with high scoring seasons. Alex Campana can be bought for cheap very easily, Billy McKay is a good buy. Joey Hutchinson is a very solid defender. Adrian Manchester also. Shane Blackett and Alex Bailey and Michael Synott make good Right/Left backs. That’s all I can remember!

  30. Will says:

    Carl Parisio and Aiden O’Kane ( Select Northern Ireland (Y) ) plays for Linfield

  31. WillB says:

    erm seriously are you all just terrible at footy manager? ????????? i got to league 1 with altrincham fc in 2 years in the space of 7 years :started off as united 5 league titles 4 champ leagues 5 fa cups 1 league cup (youth teams) 5 comm shields 4 super cup REAL MADRID: 2 la liga 2 spanish cups 1 champ league 1 eu super cup 1 spanish super cup England 1 world cup 2 eu championships as chelsea on another 1 sold SWP for 8million plus adriano BOW TO THE MASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  32. Dan says:

    Im not quite sure how you spell it but a GK called Jukka Lehvatroora from Finland is awesome You have to sign him quick though fiorentina normally come in for him after about 2 seasons and also kalle makkinen is good for lower leagues.

  33. Will says:

    WillB what the hell are you on?!?

    1st i dont beleive you about winning all those for Real MAdrid, you probs just saved the game before a match then if you loose you quit the game and load it again. I used to do that ages ago but it takes all the fun out of the game!!

    I really dont see the point you are trying to proove, alot of people like managing league 1 sides and its impossible to win the champions league with them!! Bet your shite at the game………..knob……..

  34. paul says:

    i have just been promoted to league 1 with my northwich victoria side have richard odonnell in goals but he is getting a bit rubbish now any ideas for a good gk in season 2011 tho

    Bruno Aguiar is got him for free sold him for 3m
    cristiano from brazil is class plays for ADAP got him for 350k
    and check out peru under 21 team got a couple of bargains jose zavala
    andre from brazil too all can get work permits no problem

  35. Addikt says:

    stancu isn t good for premier … i have bojan, aguero, vela, pato and huntellaar as strikers. I bought stancu but he isnt anywhere near the other strikers’ standards!!

  36. WillB says:

    ERRR i am awesome i am amazing i be the best teams in and win everything it is soo hard i sweat while playing majorly becuase it is nervous being a big team and i lie quite a bit as well as i never won all that i actually won a tournement with my reserves and youth team and basingstoke because im awsome yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh im amazing

  37. Liam says:

    any good keepers that dnt need a work permit?
    awesome list tho :]

  38. Liam says:

    and for league 1 and below STUART GREEN of palace is a v.good signing if you have the money and PIOTR CZAPLINSKI is a good keeper for league 1 and below, he solved my problem above

  39. Will says:

    i’ll say it again

    ERICK DELGADO people, Goalkeeper, Sporting Cristal, his stats go up by 2 after 1 season

  40. MAKEDONIA IS GREEK says:

    SOTIRIS NINIS FROM PANATHINAIKOS , HE BECOMES AMAZING AFTER 1 YEAR OF HEAVY TRAINING, SIGNED HIM FOR BENFICA ND BECAME LIKE FERNANDO BELLUSCHI! AND IF ANYONE NEEDS A GOOD KEEPER TAKE A LOOK AT DANIEL FERNANDES OF PAOK…. HE BECOMES THE 1ST KEEPER OF PORTUGAL IN 2 YEARS…

  41. patrick says:

    ***BARGAIN PREMIERSHIP PLAYER ALERT****
    Karadeniz Batuhan he plays for Beşiktaş cos he’s 15 he’s free

  42. patrick says:

    ***BARGAIN PREMIERSHIP PLAYER ALERT****
    Karadeniz Batuhan he plays for Beşiktaş cos he’s 15 he’s free
    Ive got him for arsenal

  43. Cristi says:

    Marvin ANGULO – great DR !!! sign him..he’ll be wanted by the big clubs….i sold him from sporting to ac milan for 25 M !!!
    Henri SAIVET – best player in fm 2008…

  44. tudor says:

    Some good players- Gk-Lehtovaara, Enyeama(nigeria)-he usually is bought by the big teams but you can buy it at the start eith only 300K tops, eros Corradini, Anthony Scribe;
    DR- Angulo(350k tops)(valencia always gets him in first winter), jose san roman(10k tops)(river plate)-he usually develop in about 1-2 years but becomes key player in argentina national team, dor malul;
    DC- Sakho, Gaspari(sometimes he becomes a quality player)(only 2-3k),
    Rigione(similar profile to gaspari but a little expensive 1-2 mil),
    allesandro tuia, Saunier;
    Dmc and MC- Daminuta, Dessena(2-3 mil but worth it), adrien(you can get it with only 600-700k), aliou diarra,kuzmanovic(a bit too expensive but worth it),salvatore burrai, vaillati, garibaldi(same as banega), yegor Filipenko and finally..Miguel Veloso(he develops quick and a LOT!)
    AMRLC-Aaritalo, lomski(very cheap both in finland),yessu cabrerra, Anton Putilo(cheap and very good), George Wijnaldum, Anton Sosnin(500k top, if you buy him at the start of the game), lulinha, sergio mota, simone esposito, Gabriel torje, sotiris ninis, toure(rosemborg), villaluz;
    FC,ST- genero Zeefuik(real bargain),omar andrade, nazarith, cesar lindado, bogdan stancu, ceravolo, and please try out Vantagiatto(you get it in first winter because he is very loyal and jus signed for rimini), Toto Tamuz( i sold it in my game to chelsea for 24 mil euro)

    ______

    HINT: If you wan’t to make money and have a tight knit in the long run, always search for youngsters, even regens who are always free and they get world-class quite fast(especially spanish, english, brazilians, italians and germans)(other good nations are Holland, france, argentina, serbia, mexico, russia, romania and turkey)!
    Good luck!

  45. Scoot says:

    I am at Liverpool and won the treble : Prem , Fa Cup , Euro Cup

    Sold alot of players Alonso Riise Hyppia Agger Arbeloa and more but the money you bring in is great and now in my second season i have signed :

    Rafael Van der Vaart £11.25 million – first season out with cruciate ligaments but second season scored 9 in 20 in centre mid.

    Sergey Ignashevich Free – Class Solid Centre half to get on a free.

    Steve Sidwell £1.5 million – amazing as a backup play hiim in a few positions and he goes up to 5million in half a season last season he scored 6goals in 15 apps and 9 assists in defensive midfield fans love him

    Christian Poulsen – amazing swapped him with seville they got alonso and i got poulsen and 2.5 mill just as could and brings in some cash aswell

    Henri Saivet Free – Wondekid absolutely amazing he woz worth 250K when i bought him now he is 1.3mil and only 18 send out on loan and see how well he does and them start him in cup matches to build him up

    Also Signed these class players:

    Cesar Arzo
    Maxi Rodriguez
    Andres A’lessandro
    Luka Modric(not Provided yet but hopeful)
    Said Bouthar
    Albert Riera
    doubt me then tell me how i won the treble
    taa

  46. sir elias says:

    i am playing manager for 11 years and is the best game in the world
    attacking
    patrik lomski – my lovely
    mika aaritalo
    rok kronaverter
    omar andrade
    alon weisberg
    lauri dalla vale – the best
    liran logasi

    mid
    bruno formigoni – great
    rene mihelic
    malul
    bozaglo
    sergey kislyak
    putilo anton
    mads albaek
    bicfalvi
    birkir bjarnarson

    defenders
    oded gavish
    kiril pavlyuchek
    yegor filipenko
    artem radzkov
    dorian andronic
    kalle makkinen
    lustig
    mravac

    gk
    jourdren – the best of the best
    scribe
    czaplinski
    lehtovaara

  47. Lucas says:

    Mad player scores 20 from from dm every year

    adnan GASHi

    Seckle bled
    xx

  48. great dane says:

    I would just like to add Pablo Piatti, he is from Argentina i think, he is worth 650.000, so quite cheap, he plays AMC, is 18 or 19 years of age. he is really a great player for a danish club, or a 1 division english club, I scouted him being Man U and was told that he was a decent player for the team. definately worth taking a look at.

  49. ATB says:

    If you select the Germany and Holland databases, there are a lot of players available for free and who will go to League 1 sides and above, including:

    Christof Babatz – DM/MRC – legend!
    Tom Kalkhuis – AMRL – really useful squad player
    Arjan Wisse – AML/ST
    Mario Van Heinegen (not sure of spelling) – D/WBL
    Fritz Paap – MR
    Tom Zoontjes – DC – good squad player
    Chris Wijnterp – GK (look in Austrian national team) – useful back up
    Fabian Peppink – DRL
    Bart Van Muyen – DRC

    Have a look through the ‘Contract Expired’ players, there are some real bargains to be had.

    There’s also Liviu Ganea (Romanian striker – look in Romanian U21 team) who is quite handy and available for free.

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