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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82 Responses to Football Manager 2008 Bargain Buys
cadu portugal October 17, 2010
Mamadou sakko only 17 arround 750k top defender 2nd seasson real madrid, barça, chelsea, liverpool every body after him he will stay with u top defender left foot
takuya October 1, 2010
Name: Aquino
Age:16
Position:AML,ST
Club:Murcia
Value: free (only at start of the game)
Work permit:no
ben August 20, 2010
chris hogg DC good strong defender about 1mill and dentinho scored 44 for me on his first seanson only 19 sign him for about 4 mill or 4.4mill
Daniel from england August 8, 2010
Best players more or less mentioned on here, Steve Morison from Stevenage is a bargain and is pretty useful for a championship side. Dos Santos and Bojan are the nuts along with more or less all of the players mentioned in the bit at the top.
beku from romania August 6, 2010
mika aaritalo is the best ,I played with steaua bucarest and i bought him with 1m and i sold him after 1 year with 15m
also good in my game
patrick lomski
keylor navas from saprissa(costa rica)
junior fernandez from chile but to find him you must select at the begin all players from chile
axel witsel (belgian/standard)
tarik elyounoussi(fenerbahce)
Njoraw August 4, 2010
Wassup Lewis,To unsettle Mika aaritalo,you have to offer him a key player contract with all the best perks and also praise him.If he b*tchez,take Patrick Lomski from the same team,who is out of contract and usually agrees to any offer outside Finland.he develops into a worldclass striker.
Jack B July 14, 2010
turun pallosuera in finland have a few good players, aaritalo, hammalainen, makinnen, lehtovaara, lomski, risku are all good young players available on the cheap. i played with them for 3 seasons and got them to the champions league group stages twice. if u can find arthur sorin get him, class rb from kalmar in sweden not always on there tho. samardzic a cb from slovenia i think is good, volas and semler are 2 good strikers. dzudaks or something from debrecen is immense too. hope these help.
bob June 2, 2010
Lee Hildreth
age 18
position mc
club coventry
work permit no
if you are starting in league 1 or 2 in england he becomes a gem of player and has the potential to be a leading star in the premiership
Sean May 23, 2010
freddie eastwood is incredible even when i was liverpool he topped my goalscoring with 52 goals in 56 games including sub appearences 3.2 million and he will join top league 1 teams
adam May 18, 2010
mika aaritalo 250k premership standerd 1st season
Joel April 27, 2010
Name: Kevin Pavey
Age: 27
Position: AMR
Club: AIK
Value: 220k- get him for 250k
Work permit: No- Englsih
Good player, creates pretty much a goal a game.
GABRIEL86VX April 23, 2010
rafael forster left back buy him whit 550.000€ and in 2 years – 3.4 mil(sorry about my english) CABRAL ((sud america) 150.000 after 2 years still 150.000 but is very good even for firs league in spain
Ryan April 18, 2010
Jean Jaques Mandrichi is an amazing striker. Bought for 1 million and plays for Ac Ajaicco in France. Scored 30 goals in championship and for rangers in a season
james March 17, 2010
BUY RAFAEL VAN DE VAART. BOUGHT FOR 9M, NOW WORTH 24M AND GOT LOADS OF SEASONS TO COME. IN MY OPINION, THE BEST AMC ON THE GAME FOR THE PRICE. BEEN UNSTOPPABLE FOR ARSENAL..
JACK March 9, 2010
buy torje, volpato, jankauskas, bogdanovic, jansen, tom stewart, rajkovic, halmosi, javi gonzales, mazilu, dica, nicolescu, elano and also browse the romainian clubs for cheap, good player cos there are loads. debrecen in hungary also have some quality cheap players.
JJ March 5, 2010
TORJE:D
Xola X March 4, 2010
Micah Richards, Gerson and Breno grow to be stars and kenan kodro. KieBling is a great for a team without strikers he and liedson score like the ball has a magnet attracting it to the net. and the are all cheap. I personally like brazilian players as they are cheap to aquire and grow to be worth so much more. buy lulinha and douglas… flip I forgot the others. they will all be stars. oh and everton's baxter
lefteranelka January 15, 2010
Cahais(DC):boca – 500k (world class/never miss)
lefteranelka January 15, 2010
Rafinha(AMC): cruzeiro – 350k (world class)
Corradini(GK): parma – 9k
Doudin(SC): la chaux-de-fonds – 18k (world class)
Dwayne Miller(GK): harbour view – 100k
Lewis December 24, 2009
Thanks NjoRaw but i cant seem to sign mika aaritalo, how can i unsettle him to make him join me ?? He wanted to join but then got a better contract at Leveski. Im Gillingham
Lewis December 24, 2009
Alguardo Delgardo !! Definate Purchase and will go to top league 2 side and mid table to top league one teams!! He is quite old but with a few years left in the tank !! Enjoy Him
NjoRaw December 24, 2009
Some of the buys i cant go without are the likes of Jelle Vossen,Marvin Williams,Charles Andre Doudin(guy si the best bargain ever-$20k,Mika Aaritalo,Mateo mussachio,victor moses,matej rapnik,pjanic,genero zeefuik
tom November 26, 2009
its all about seyfo soley, DM quality, free transfer, bought for my bristol rovers team and has given solid performances all through season and got on the score sheeet a few times
ryan November 24, 2009
Name:jamie murphy
Age:17.18
Position:striker
Club:motherwell
Value: 200k
Work permit:no
young84 November 22, 2009
daniel nielson 2nd/3rd season, munich reserves 20k, season l8r worth 20m CB
kbking November 1, 2009
matias fernandez. free transfer. no nonsense DM.
Hugh Janus June 19, 2009
Name:Celso Borges
Age: 19
Position: AMC
Club:Saprissa ( Costa Rico)
Value: 325k (buy for 500k)
Work permit: yes but always gets it
Superstar in making…outstanding in Championship sides
[ratings] 5*
toby June 11, 2009
Danny Haynes(19) in ipswitch reserves. only 500k, had him for a season at q.p.r scored 28 goals in 40 appearances, value at end of season 3.2 m. u need to get him
Jack April 4, 2009
Adam Lallana of Derby, is available to loan & had him in League 2 when my scout said he was of premiership standard.
Cami December 22, 2008
lookin for WBR n WBL any suggetions
also i no its ovious but wayne rooney playe 54 scored 52 4 me man u .
I played
4-1-2-2-1
robbie December 11, 2008
kondro of sociedad 15yrs old, simpson, fabio, brandy, gibson man u, steven dafour belgian wonderkid, rooney is a God,
Matt December 5, 2008
David McGoldrick, Southamptom, scores about 2 every game, he is always available on loan, but you could buy him for about 1m. He is a definet buy for every team who I've been so far!!
ATB December 1, 2008
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.
great dane November 12, 2008
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.
Lucas November 10, 2008
Mad player scores 20 from from dm every year
adnan GASHi
Seckle bled
xx
sir elias October 24, 2008
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
Scoot October 19, 2008
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
tudor October 17, 2008
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)
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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!
Cristi October 16, 2008
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…
patrick October 14, 2008
***BARGAIN PREMIERSHIP PLAYER ALERT****
Karadeniz Batuhan he plays for Beşiktaş cos he's 15 he's free
Ive got him for arsenal
patrick October 14, 2008
***BARGAIN PREMIERSHIP PLAYER ALERT****
Karadeniz Batuhan he plays for Beşiktaş cos he's 15 he's free
MAKEDONIA IS GREEK October 2, 2008
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…
Will August 30, 2008
i'll say it again
ERICK DELGADO people, Goalkeeper, Sporting Cristal, his stats go up by 2 after 1 season
Liam August 29, 2008
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
Liam August 29, 2008
any good keepers that dnt need a work permit?
awesome list tho :]
WillB August 28, 2008
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
Addikt August 25, 2008
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!!
paul August 22, 2008
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
Bidge August 20, 2008
lol
Will August 16, 2008
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……..
Dan August 13, 2008
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.
WillB August 8, 2008
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Will July 20, 2008
Carl Parisio and Aiden O'Kane ( Select Northern Ireland (Y) ) plays for Linfield
Henry July 19, 2008
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!
Henry July 19, 2008
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.
Will July 19, 2008
conor
try Malcom Christie, Hamama, Seth Johnson Jody Morris, Doherty, Albright ( select uSA ) – Fred
conor l July 17, 2008
btw i have more but i cant remember
conor l July 17, 2008
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!!
Will July 15, 2008
Act. Goodchild is crap! I'm thinking of someone else:L
Will July 14, 2008
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
jamo July 14, 2008
this is great for managers with moths in their wallets lol
good list
elber July 12, 2008
marvin angulo…
Will July 10, 2008
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
Kevin July 10, 2008
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.
Will June 30, 2008
Can i just say, whoever is in charge of this page – GREAT RECOMMENDATION FOR ALEX FERNANDEZ!!!!!!!!!!! brilliant playerr!!
Will June 29, 2008
Scott Donnelly is good.
For League 1:
Mawene
Seth Johnson
Jody Morris
Malcom Christie
Seyfo Soley
Will June 27, 2008
Boateng from B.Jeruslaem!
Great buy! about 500k!
Will June 25, 2008
David Thompson is an amazing player to get on a freee transfer!
Patrick June 24, 2008
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
Will June 21, 2008
in my game mika aaritalo is crap
how many aaritalos is there in the game? :L
Tom Gladman May 14, 2008
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
joe May 4, 2008
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.
Chrissy April 30, 2008
at Granite
Have a look at http://www.thefootymanager.com/2007/11/11/footbal… there are a fair few names on there you could get.
granite April 25, 2008
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
Nom April 23, 2008
Thanks
Niall April 23, 2008
Couple of good additions there folks.
peca April 19, 2008
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)
Elliot April 8, 2008
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
DM April 1, 2008
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.
steve April 1, 2008
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
Chris March 30, 2008
Oscar Carmelo Sanchez is great for me… I'm Burnley.
Rob March 30, 2008
Signed Bogdan Stancu for Stoke and he is on a run of ten goals in seven games!