Sep 2008 24

As we all know Football Manager 2009 (FM09) is out although we are all having issues running the the bad boy. Although it’s early days I thought it might be a good idea for us to try and identify who we think the new future wonderkids in FM09 are. I’m sure some of the wonderkids from FM08 will be there again (I’m thinking Saivet, Vela, Bojan etc) but I’m thinking we should be able to pull some new names out of the hat. That said feel free to throw in some of the old names in there but you get less kudos if you do.

The obvious (and expensive):

  • Anderson (AMC) – Man Utd
  • Balotelli (AM RL, ST) – Inter
  • Giovinco (AM LC, FC) – Juventus
  • Walcott (AM LC, FC) – Arsenal
  • Bojan (FC) – Barcelona
  • Aguero (AM, FC) – At. Madrid
  • Dos Santos ( AM RLC, FC)  – Tottenham
  • Fiorillo (GK) – Sampdoria
  • Galvan (Cruz Azul)
  • Hamsik (Napoli)
  • Kroos (FC Bayern)
  • Pato (A.C. Milan)
  • Pjanic (Olympique Lyonnais)
  • Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais)
  • Saivet (FC Girondins de Bordeaux)
  • Sakho (Paris Saint-Germain)
  • Vela (Arsenal)

Less obvious (not so expensive):

  • Bruna (Liverpool)
  • Boucher (Havre Athletic Club)
  • Alamo (Tapachula)
  • David Rochela (Deportivo B)
  • Ansaldi (Rubin)
  • Wijnaldum (Feyenoord)
  • De Gea (Atletico B)
  • Diaz (River)
  • Villaluz (Cruz Azul)
  • Walter (Internacional)
  • Wilshere (Arsenal)
  • Kolodziecziak (Racing Club de Lens)
  • Paulo Henrique (Santos)
  • Maidana (Spartak Moscow)
  • Davila (Chivas)
  • Nemeth (Liverpool)
  • Willian (Shakhtar)
  • Neymar (Santos)
  • Taison (Internacional)
  • Welbeck (Man Utd)
  • Tales (Internacional)
  • Monzon (Boca)
  • Hobbit Bermudez (Atlante)
  • Esparza (Chivas)
  • Fleck (Rangers)
  • Dalla Valle (Liverpool)
  • Delfouneso (Aston Villa)
  • Shea (FC Dallas)

Right that’ll do to start the ball rolling so who do you think the wonderkids of FM09 are?

What do you want to see from Football Manager 2011? How can they make it better?

Related posts:

  1. Football Manager 2008 – Wonderkids
  2. FM09 – English Wonderkids?
  3. Football Manager 2010 Wonderkids & Future Stars
  4. Football Manager 2009 – Wishlist
  5. Football Manager 2009 – New Features

698 comments

  1. Liverpool4evandalwayz says:

    Stefan Milojevic – Great centre mid, 18 years old when you sign him, if you sign him.

  2. Pete Fitz says:

    omar benzerga – racing club DMF/CMF
    fran merida – arsenal AMF/LC
    mark randall – arsenal AMF
    gabrial zakuni – portsmouth reserves DC/DR

    i got these 4 players on loan for leeds in league 1, stormed away with the league and these fella’s were central. play merida behind strikers with full creative freedom…he’s a star!!!

  3. twigg says:

    Fazio,DE silvestri, and Rkatic are a few other good young stars

  4. claude says:

    can anyone reccomend any chelsea singnings for me budjet of 40 mill and in my first season first transfer window

  5. someone says:

    miguel veloso, vagner love, srna, hulk, keirrison, richards, zhrikov, juan manuel mata, gareth bale, dunne, akinfeev, nuno ,bruno alves, jesus navas

  6. Muggins says:

    the best signings at a healthy budget seems to be velosa and moutinho from sporting, camacho from athletico seems reasonable, defensively david luiz from benfica or thiago silva of fluminese, attacking mid wise juan mata of valencia is cheap usually, ballotelli is good to get on loan from inter at the start and usually a steady performer. youth wise M Sakho, saivet and Santon are great ones for the future!!!!!

  7. chewy says:

    love would be good and maxi rodriguez can be picked up for 16million for a player of his ability its a bargin. and marcano is also a bargin at 11million for a top class centre back

  8. jamesyboy says:

    for an average mid table premiership side, gonzalo colsa from racing santander is a quality signing.. fairly old but is a consistent top performer on the game

  9. J Deeley says:

    Cant believe nobodys mentioned:

    Morgan Schneiderlin DM,MC (Saints)
    Fabian Delph MC (Leeds)
    Sofiane Feghouli AM RLC (Grenoble Foot 38)
    Sergio Asenjo GK (Valladolid)
    Sidnei DC (Benfica)
    Salvatore Foti AM L, ST (Sampdoria)
    Angel Di Maria AM LC (Benfica)
    Nicolas N’Koulou D RC (Monaco)
    Gojko Kacar DC, DM, MC (Hertha BSC)
    Stevan Jovetic AM LC, FC (Fiorentina)

    Just to name a few

  10. ELL says:

    diego buonanotte quality left winger argentinian

  11. Freddie77 says:

    Buy Javier Saviola 12 M 47 Goals 39 Games 1st Season Tottenham

  12. Freddie77 says:

    Ronaldo (Free Agent) 22 Goals 33 Games

    ANY GOOD RM

  13. Boss29 says:

    Hernanes for about 10M mc and Jakub Blaskovicz amrc 6M. artur Boruc is great keeper at 10M

  14. matty says:

    marek sapara is a quality signing for a mid prem league team so is leandro romagoli

  15. ELL says:

    david luiz CB

  16. meeks says:

    juan manuel vargas from fiorentina at left mid, turns into the best player in the game by a country mile, also dario srna right mid, superb. vagner love forward, fazio centre half, gk akinfeev

  17. paddy says:

    sakho is sick defender and young

  18. paddy says:

    carlos vela is the one to buy if you aint arsenal he turns into a clinical striker

  19. paddy says:

    carlos vela is the one to buy, if you aint arsenal he turns into a clinical striker

  20. martin says:

    any good young cheap players i can buy for chelsea i have 110 mil

  21. David says:

    Marquinhos (Free) FANTASTIC!

  22. bernadette says:

    i think that thees players will satisfy:

    davide santon –> inter, 18 , DR
    fiorillo –> sampdoria, 17 , GK
    maggio –> napoli, 26 , DR-MR
    Zuculini –> racing, 17, DM
    keirrison –> coritiba, 19, ATT
    Yoon bit-garam –> boo-kyong high school, 18, DM, MC,AMC
    oscar passo –> atletico national, 28, DC, DM, MC (very cheep player, great stats)*
    edison cavani –> palermo, 21, ATT
    peter masilela –> M. Haifa, 23, DL
    Adem ljajic –> partizan,16, AMC, AML, AMR
    martin galvan –> cruz azul, 16, AMC, AML

    if it isn’t enough, ask for more !!!! :)

  23. BenficaCoach says:

    I’ll leave you with some players from my Benfica team, which are all in the sights of the major european clubs.

    Sergio Asenjo [GK] – Good young goalkeeper, available for 9M, almost par with Akinfeev, which costs twice as much.
    D. Santon (DR/MR/AMR)- becomes brilliant after a few seasons and can be bought cheap at the beginning
    Sidnei [DC] – Nothing brilliant at start, shadowed by David Luiz, quickly turns out better than him and rises to become a great defender at the age of 21+
    Leo [DC] – Bought for 12M in 10/11, sold one season later for 24M to AC Milan, after raping Pato and Ca when i won vs them 3-0 for Champions quarter-finals (proceeded to win 4-0 vs juventus in semi finals)
    J. Mathieu [DE/WBE] – Got him from Toulouse for 5M, won top assists award with 18 assists. Good free kick scorer.
    Barboianu [DR/MR] – Real bargain, bought him in 2009/2010 for 750k from U. Craiova and next year got a transfer offer from liverpool. Got insane strength and physical ability in general.
    Marouane Fellaini [DM/MC] – Bought from everton for 20M, he’s a hound in the midfield, imposing his aerial and physical ability to recover lots of balls. Also scores some goals with headers.
    Witsel [MC/MR] – Bought in 09/10, for 6M, achieved highest rating over the season (around 7.40) in the year i bought him, with 19 years. Rises to become world class midfielder.
    Matias Fernandez [AMC]- Awesome player, got him for 4mil and it was a bargain, after two seasons in Benfica got offers from Man Utd, barcelona, real madrid, inter for 30M upwards. Technique and creativity are his hallmarks. He also scores a lot.
    Angel di Maria [AML] – Superb assists, good running and dribbling. Excellent crossing ability.
    Jonh Fleck [AML/ST]- Expensive purchase (16M) from rangers, this guy is a wonderkid, and becomes world class left winger. Also plays good in the N9 position, behind the striker(s)
    Marquinhos [ST] – By extreme luck, after having 10M proposals turned down, got him for 4M from Palmeiras, and two years later he’s one of the world’s top strikers. Technically gifted, he’s lacking only in aerial power, hence i play him with the following striker.
    Eugene Seleznyov [ST] – Somewhat expensive (12,5M) but totally worth it. Great physical presence inside the enemy area, strong aerial power and awesome dribbling ability, scores goals out of his ass
    Oscar Cardoso [ST] – When this guy shoots at goal, the opposing team trembles. Lethal finishing, shooting goals from 35+ yards frequently, he’s also a penalty marksman, having scored all the penalties in the course of 3 year’s games.
    Daniel Aquino [ST]- Got him for 4M, trained him from his 18 years to become a good striker. Sold to Everton for 12M and regretted it.

  24. Barcelona fan says:

    These players are really good, cheap and young
    Moutinho MC and Veloso DM/MC (Sporting) Lassana Diarra (Portsmuth DM/MC ) Matias Fernandez AM/LC (Villareal he is good as winger and as cenrtal midfielder) Mario Baloteli (Inter Not so cheap but is really good) Thiago Silva DC (I cant remember the club he is from Brazil ) Rodrigo Palacio (FC Boca juniors he is not so cheap u can get him for 16 mln and not so young 26 but in Barcelona he scored for half season more than henry and eto’o for full season) Bojan (no need to comment :) ) Hulk (ST Porto) Sidney (DC Benfica) Galvan (Cruz azul i think 16 YO really good) these are the players I remember now when i remember more i will tell again :)

  25. toddzy says:

    luis suarez from ajax, stats are reasonable but he bangs in the goals for me. signed him at valencia, 19 goals in the league, 7 in the champions league, and he works great with david villa if you have him. also, mata from valencia is a class player, great signing.

  26. Dave says:

    Bartoz Salamon, great polish midfielder, on the 2nd year he’s a star.
    Daniel Carriço, sporting CP, great defender

  27. Roshan says:

    Young- Becomes Wonderkid 2009
    Yannis Tafer-France/Olympiacos,ST,18
    Mohammet Demir-Turkey/Bursapor,FC,17

  28. Roshan says:

    Young- Becomes Wonderkid 2009
    Domenico Papa Italian/Fiorentina,GK,19

  29. kubinho says:

    Robert Lewandowski – Lech
    Diomande – ASEC

  30. liam says:

    joe garner nottingham forest is gd

  31. NUFC says:

    I’m quite a fan of the following:
    Franco Zucilini
    Renan
    Joseba Serrano
    Jenri Saivet
    Breno
    Alexandre Song
    Matteo Brighi
    Juan Manual Vargas
    Keirrison

    Cant complain bout a single one of them!

  32. villajake says:

    Rodney sneijder i got him for 3.5 mil. somewhat expensive but a good buy. only 17 and convinces wesley sneijder to come to your club if you can splash the cash to buy him.

  33. caglar says:

    bojan is a goal machine:)

  34. aaron says:

    look 4 aaron lewis he awesome ppl buy him 4 any 1 16 mill 34 games 57 goals

  35. Rizal says:

    Is there my best player
    Gk
    Ustari
    Lloris
    Adler
    Df
    Coloccini
    Breno
    Van den borre
    Alves
    David luiz
    Mf
    M.fernandez
    Lansbury
    Ribery
    Anderson (mu)
    Arshavin
    Gerrard
    Fw
    Helmes (leverkusen)
    F. Llorente
    Torres
    Bojan
    Ibisevic

  36. Paco says:

    Federico Laurito (ST)
    Damien Le Tallec (ST)
    Victor Mañon (ST)
    Federico Fazio (DC,DM)
    Ignacio Camacho (DM)
    Fausto Rossi (AM L)
    Domenico Criscito (DC)
    Bruno Formigoni (DM)
    Andres Guardado (AM L)

  37. Mark Burford says:

    Joe Mattock (leicester left back.. becomes one of the best in the world and very cheap, best buy!)
    Gareth Bale
    Delfouneso (Aston Villa)
    Danny Welbeck
    Jose Baxter (Everton)
    Jack Rodwell (Everton)
    Dan Gosling (Everton)
    Nathanial Clyne (Crystal Palace) if you have the new patch he becomes very good.
    Victor Moses (Crystal Palace)
    Sean Scannell (Crystal Palace)
    Federico Fazio (Sevilla)
    Carlos Vela (Arsenal)
    Stevan Jovetic (Fiorentina)
    Juan Manuel Mata (Valencia)
    John Fleck (Rangers)… cheap and becomes pure class
    Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).. cheap but must nurture into the first team
    John Bostock (Tottenham) again cheap but must nuture him
    Anderson (Man Utd)
    Mamadou Sakho (PSG)
    Ignacio Camacho (At. Madrid)

  38. Nick says:

    Sergio Asenjo GK (Valladolid) – Absolutely amazing signing. Signed for £7.25m in first season, and quickly dislodged Van Der Sar as my number 1 for United.

    Javi Martinez MC (Atletic Bilbao) – Singed in 3rd season for £28m. Worth every single penny as his stats show he is one of the best midfielders in the game.

  39. Rindurion says:

    Best players in game:

    Akinfeev
    Asenjo
    Srna
    Palombo
    Veloso
    Azpilicueta
    Sakho
    Fazio
    Fatic
    Marquinhos
    Dzagoev
    Zuculini
    Vargas
    Vukcevic
    Guardado
    Aguero
    Fleck

    I bought these guys on my Manchester United – save. Won the Treble in my second season. Sick team!

  40. Footy manager hero says:

    Buy petar petev on free transfer he won me champions league

  41. gman says:

    steven defour! why no1 mentioned him i dont know

  42. jon e says:

    vela crap serdretvyz great 4mil
    bagranja striker ace in left mid as well 9 mil

  43. Louis Thomas says:

    How has no-one mentioned this guy yet? He’s got the best potential on the game – 33 goals in my first season at Ipswich!!!! – Criago Marciovic. Amazing!

  44. greg says:

    miguel vitor mate is immense defender goood young solid defnender allessio cerci is a goood winger 2 !!!!!

  45. Barcelona fan says:

    Michael Pots, Jose Baxter, John Fleck, Carlos Vela (i am speechless…) Diego Bounanotte, Hernanez, Carlos Eduardo (Hoffenheim)

  46. nathan says:

    how no was has mention axel witsel,karim ziani

  47. BigDam says:

    Celso Borges Brillant player will go to any team near enought brillant from leauge 1 to premership at a club called saprissa probs cost bout half a million

  48. Davey boy says:

    my team tottenham only half way through second season but doing ok
    GK. SERGIO ASENJO
    RB LASSANA DIARRA
    LB BENIOT ASSOU-EKOTTO
    CB MIREL RADOI
    CB VEDRAN CORLUKA
    DM MIGUEL VELOSO
    CM MAREK HAMSIK
    LM DANNY
    RM RAUL GARCIA (ADAPTED)
    CF CARDOZO
    CF ALEXIS SANCHEZ

    SUBS
    PAVULYCHENKO
    DOS SANTOS
    SANTON
    KING
    NAKAMURA
    HUDDLESTONE

    SOLD LUKA MODRIC FOR 24 MIL TO BARCA :) :):):)

  49. Lee says:

    Jack Wiltshire from arsenal on a free transfer won young footballer of the year and top 3 player of the year also can play all along the midfield.
    also Dan Green at ipswich pick him up early enough and he is a bargain.
    David Rochela i cant remember where i got him from but he only cost 5-7 million in 2011 and has now replaced Rio for me.
    oh and my superb buy has to be Michael Schumacher for a few million dont listen to what the scouts say he bangs goals in and doesnt mind sitting on the bench.

  50. hdw says:

    pape diakhate
    dynamo kiev
    african but no work permit needed due to second nationality as french
    sale price 6-7m
    solid center back after first season arsenal are gagging to sign him offering 15-20m for him. must buy for any team.

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