So here I have pulled together a selection of what I think are some great free transfer signings for Championship level clubs (maybe some smaller EPL clubs) when starting a new game of Football Manager 2011 (FM2O11) .

I have ordered them from who think are the better signings starting with the best.

• Bernard Mendy – D/WB/M/AM (R)
• Dida – GK
• Jay DeMerit – D(C)
• Abubakari Yakubu – D (RC), WB (R)
• Wason Renteria – ST
• Mateja Kezman – ST
• Jerome Rothen – M (LC)
• Tony Sylva – GK
• Yildiray Basturk – M/AM (C)
• Guillermo Franco – ST
• Jorge Andrade – SW, D (C)
• Pierre Worne – D/WB (L)
• Marko Babic WB/M/AM (L)
• Sylvain Wiltord – ST
• Mineiro – DM, M (C)
• Quinton Fortune – D/WB (L), DM, M (LC)
• Salomon Olembe – D/WB/M (L)
• Julio Cruz – ST

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Right no doubt you guys have a load of players who you think will do the business too se feel free to share below.

In Football Manager, we can identify 4 attributes that define a good Captain: Influence, Determination, Work Rate and Team Work.

Influence

Influence is the player’s ability to affect events or other players without any intentional effort. Players with high influence will be leaders on the pitch and team-mates will tend to rally around these players.

In my opinion, this is the most important of those 4 attributes. A player with high influence (18 or more) can be considered a natural leader, an example for his teammates.

Determination

High determination can be understood as a commitment to succeed. A determined player will give everything in order to win. As you can see, any good captain needs determination.

Work Rate

This reflects the player’s mental drive to work hard. A high rating will ensure a player wants to work his socks off from start to finish, but he will need the necessary physical attributes to actually be able to pull it off. Nonetheless, it is an admirable trait to have in your team.

Team Work

How well the player follows tactical instructions and works for and alongside his team-mates. A team full of players with a high rating here will work better as a unit. Players with lower ratings will slack off and not ‘buy in’ to the team ethos. You can guess that your captain needs to work well with his partners, so high team work is a requisite.

Examples of great Captains

In both Football Manager and real world soccer, you can identify John Terry, Steven Gerrard and Fabio Cannavaro as top class captains.

This was a guest article written by Ruderic To read more of Ruderic’s Football Manager stuff checkout Football Manager Debot.

Forwards

• Romelu Lukaku (aged 17)  - Anderlect
• Khouma Babacar (aged 17) – Fiorentina
• Son Heung-Min (aged 18) – HSV
• Walter (age 19) – Porto
• Alberto Paloschi (aged 20) – Parma & Milan
• Vaclav Kadlec (aged 18) –  Juventus
• Sercan Yildirim (aged 20) – Bursaspor
• Bojan (aged 19) – Barcelona
• Marko Arnautovic (aged 21) – Werder
• Ishak Belfodil (age 18) – Lyon
• Neymar (aged 18) – Santos
• Abel Hernandez (aged 20) – Palermo
• Iker Muniain (aged 17) – Athletic
• Nassim Ben Khalifa (age 18) – Wolfsburg
• Mario Balotelli (age 19) – Manchester City
• Guido Marilungo (age 20) – Sampdoria
• Tomas Necid (age 20) – CSKA Moscow
• Andy Carroll (age 21) - Newcastle United
• Jose Baxter (age 19) – Everton

Attacking Midfielders

• Jack Wilshere (aged 19) – Arsenal
• Giuliano (aged 20) – Shaktar
• Zezinho (aged 18) – Santos
• Gareth Bale (aged 21) – Tottenham
• Coutinho (aged 18) – Inter
• Stevan Jovetic (aged 21) – Fiorentina
• Sotiris Ninis (aged 20) – Panathinaikos
• Paulo Henrique (aged 21) – Santos
• Sergio Canales (aged 20) – Castilla
• Miralem Pjanic (aged 20) – Olympique Lyonnais
• Eden Hazard (aged 19) – Lille
• Suso (aged 16) – Liverpool
• Ander(age 20) – Zaragoza
• Levan Kenia (age 20) – Schalke
• Javier Pastore (age 21) – Palermo
• Mesut Ozil (age 21) – Real Madrid
• Thomas Muller (age 20) – Bayern Munich

Central Midfielders

• David Alaba (aged 18) – FC Bayern
• Raphael Holzhauser (aged 18) – Stuttgart
• Nuri Sahin (age 21) – Dortmund
• Josh McEachran (aged 17) – Chelsea
• Jack Rodwell (aged 19)  -  Everton
• Fabian Delph (age 20) – Aston Villa
• Bernardo (age 20) – Cruzeiro
• Lukman Haruna (aged 20) – AS Monaco FC
• Milan Badelj (aged 22) – Dinamo Zagreb
• Leroy Fer (aged 20) – Feyernoord
• David Alaba (age 18) – Bayern Munich
• Jonjo Shelvey (18) – Liverpool
• Kwadwo Asamoah (age 21) – Udinese
• Javi Martinez (age 21) – Athletic
• David Alaba (18) – FC Bayern

Defensive Central Midfielders

• Nicolas Nkoulou (aged 20) – AS Monaco
• Yann M’Vila (aged 20) – Stade Rennais
• Andrea Poli (aged 20) – Sampdoria
• Sandro (aged 20) – Tottenham
• Ignacio Camacho (aged 20) – Atletico Madrid
• Moussa Sissoko (aged 20) – Toulousse
• Rene Krhin (aged 20) – Bologna & Inter
• Samba Sow (aged 21) – Lens

Defenders Centre

• Mario Fernandes (aged 20) – Grêmio
• Simon Kjaer (aged 21) – Wolfsburg
• Kyriakos Papadopoulos (aged 19) – Schalke
• Danny Wilson (aged 19) – Liverpool
• Breno (age 20) – Bayern Munich
• Phil jones (age 18) – Blackburn Rovers
• Chris Smalling (age 20) – Manchester United
• Ezequiel Muñoz (age 19) – Palermo
• Thiago Heleno (aged 21) – Corinthians
• Mats Hummels (age 21) – Dortmund
• Stefan Reinartz (age 21) – Leverkusen
• Guillermo Burdisso (age 21) – Roma
• Dedryck Boyata (age 19) – Manchester City
• Mamadou Sakho (age 20) – PSG
• Neven Subotic (age 21) – Dortmund
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Defenders Right

• Diego Renan (aged 21) –  Cruzerio
• Romario (aged 16) – Vitoria
• Cesar Azpilicueta (age 20) – OM
• Rafael (age 19) – Manchester United
• Giulio Donati (age 20) – Inter
• Davide Santon (age 19) – Inter
• Kyle Walker (age 20) – Spurs
• Serge Aurier (age 17) – Lens

Defenders Left

• Gareth Bale (age 20) – Tottenham
• Arman Traore (age 20) – Arsenal
• Ismail Koybasi (age 20) – Besiktas
• Jose Angel (age 21) – Sporting
• Lucas Digne (age 17) – Lille

Goalkeepers

• David De Gea (aged 19) – Ath Madrid
• Matej Delac (aged 17) – Chelsea
• Sinan Bolat (aged 22) – Standard
• Luis Guilherme (aged 18) – Botafogo
• Vincenzo Fiorillo  (aged 20) – Sampdoria

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Attackers

David Conolly – ST, age 32: Great little signing for League 1 clubs

Rune Lange – ST,  age 32: Effective target man at mid to low Championship level and below

Michael Mifsud – ST, 28: Will do a great job at League 1 level

Ebi Smolarek - ST, age 28: Very effective in the Championship and lower end Premiership sides

Midfielders

Dietmar Hamann – DM/MD, age 35: GREAT signing for Championship sides although might only sign for some of the bigger ones

Ivan Campo – DM/MC, age 35: Like Hamann will do a great job in the Championship

Matty Holland - DM/MC, age 35: Good signing in League 1 and maybe at the lower end of the Championship

David Noble – AMC, age 27: Good for League 1 but probably not higher

Defenders

Sol Campbell – DC, age 36: Won’t cut the mustard in the Premiership but very effective in the Championship.

Lauren – DR , age 32: Good solid right back for Championship sides

I’ll start with a few:

• Luc Castaignos (Feyenoord)
• Marco Fossati (Inter)
• Christopher Buchtmann (Liverpool)
• Marc Muniesa (Barcelona)
• Janick Kamber (Basel)
• Deniz Herber (St. Pauli)

The Wonderkids of Football Manager 2010 (FM2010)

This list will be changing over time and make sure you add any that you discover.

Goalkeepers

• Sergio Asenjo – Atletico Madrid
• Rui Patricio – Sporting Lisbon
• Hugo Lloris – Lyon
  
• Manuel Neuer – Schalke
• Alphonse Areola – PSG

Defenders

• Mamadou Sakho – PSG
• Marcelo – Real Madrid
• Raul – Atlético Paranaense
• Davide Santon – Inter Milan
• Joao Paulo – Fluminese
• Breno – Bayern Munich
• Cesar Azpilicueta – Osasuna
• Dodo – Corinthians
• Emiliano Insua – Liverpool
• Marc Muniesa – FC Barcelona
• Leandro Cabrera – Atletico Madrid
• Micah Richards – Manchester City
• Neven Subotic – Borussia Dortmund
• Nicolas Otamendi – Velez Sarsfield

Midfielders

• Francesco Bolzoni (DMC) – Genoa
• Nuri Sahin (MC) – Borussia Dortmund
• Aaron Ramsey (MC) – Arsenal
• Sergio Busquets (MC) – FC Barcelona
• Willian (AMC) – Shakhtar
• Jack Rodwell (MC) – Everton
• Axel Witsel (MC) – Standard
• Etienne Capoue (DMC) – Toulouse
• Jano Ananidze (AMC) – Spartak Moscow * FREE
• Franco Zuculini (MC) – Hoffenheim
• Levan Kenia (AMC) – Schalke
• Carlos Eduardo (AML) – Hoffenheim
• Marko Marin (AMR) – Werder Bremen
• Mesut Ozil (AML) – Werder Bremen
• Ignacio Camacho (DMC) – Atletico Madrid
• Paulo Henrique (AMC) – Santos
• Giuliano (AMR) – Internacional
• Diego Buonanotte (AMC) – River
• Juan Manuel Mata (AML) – Valencia
• Moussa Sissoko (DMC) – Toulouse
• Henri Saivet (AMR) – Bordeaux
• Miralem Pjanic (AMC) – Lyon
• Adem Ljajic (AMR) – Manchester United
• Stevan Jovetic (AML) – Fiorentina
• Jesus Navas (AM RC) – Sevilla
• Sofian Feghouli (AM RC) – Grenoble
• Eljero Elia (AM RL) – Hamburg SV
  
• Alexis Sanchez (AM RL, F C) – Udinese
• Eduardo Salvio (AM R, F C) – Lanus
• Toni Kroos (AM C) – Bayern

Forwards

• Mario Balotelli (FC) – Inter Milan
• Neymar (FC) – Santos
• Dentinho (FC) – Corithians
• Daniel Villava (FC) – River
• Andrej Kramaric (FC) – NK Dinamo
• Walter (FC) – Internacional
• Alberto Paloschi (FC) – Parma/Milan
• David N’Gog (FC) – Liverpool
• Tomas Necid (FC) – CSKA Moscow
• Abel Hernandez (FC) – Palermo
• Edin Dzeko (FC) – Wolfsburg

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I’ll get things started for us:

Name: Samuel Pietre
Position: AMR
Club: None
Age: 24
Value: Free

Name: Denes Rosa
Position: AMLC
Club: Wolves
Age: 31
Value: 24k

Name: Michael Gray
Position: D/WBL
Club: Wolves
Age: 34
Value: 100k

Name: Marvin Andrews
Position: CB
Club: None
Age: 32
Value: Free

Name: Jean-Joel Perrier Doumbe
Position: Right/Left Wing Back
Club: Celtic
Age:29
Value:10k to 100k

Name:Pena
Position: D/WBL
Club: Albacete
Age: 24
Value: Free

Have you got any to add? Lets see them!

Once again it’s a simple comment to win competition which gives everybody who isn’t as gifted with words as good a chance as somebody who is to win.  Although I want this one to provide worthwhile information to the thousands of daily visitors to thefootymanager.com so it will take just a little thought.

So what do I do

All you have to do to have a chance of winning is tell us who you think the most underrated players in Football Manager 2009 are in the comment box at the bottom of the page. The more information the better because it helps people looking for potential bargain buys although if you just want to drop a name in then that works just as well.

What can I win?

Well the lovely people at Sports Interactive (SI) have provided us with 3 packs of Limited Edition Football Manager Top Trumps so that is one pack for three lucky people.

I’m not a user of Top Trumps myself but I have flicked through a pack of them and they look very cool and I have looked on Google and can’t see where you can buy them so they do indeed look very limited.

When Can I enter?

Now, get posting in the comments below and I look forward to seeing what you guys have to say.

Participants can post comments until the 17th of January 2009. The comments will be closed on the 18th of January at 00:01 GMT.

In FM08 I choose to manage  England, Chelsea and Newcastle. I like many others I love signing English wonderkids (which is crucial if you’re managing England as a country) however it seems like most of the good wonderkids in FM09 are from other countries so here is a list of some of the player who have impressed me so far on FM09 and were great on FM08;

Players who are top four Premier League standard

• Billy Sharp – Sheffield United
• Ryan Taylor – Wigan
• Steven Taylor -Newcastle
• Curtis Davies – Aston Villa
• Scott Flinders- Crystal Palace
• Leighton Baines – Everton
• Giles Barnes – Derby
• Nedum Onuoha – Man City

Players who I would consider good enough to play for England

• Joe Mattock – Leicester
• Michael woods – Chelsea
• Michael Johnson – Man City
• Adam Johnson – Middlesbrough
• Victor Moses- Crystal Palace
• Paul Anderson – Nottingham City
• Scott Sinclair – Chelsea
• Matt Derbyshire -Blackburn
• Chris Taylor – Oldham

These are all of the players that I have found and would consider as wonderkids if you have any other suggestions excluding all of the obvious ones  then please comment .

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?

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Bojan joined Barça in 1999 becoming part of the Benjamí A boys squad. His rise through the ranks of the Barça academy teams was meteoric: Aleví B (2000-01), Aleví A (2001-02), Infantil B (2002-03), Infantil A (2003-04) and Cadet B (2004-05). He started the 2005-06 season with the Cadet A team but was soon promoted up to Juvenil A. The pattern was repeated in the 2006-07 season, which he began with Juvenil A and finished with Barça B.

During his half season with Barça B, he scored 10 goals and became the team’s top scorer.

His big breakthrough came in 2007 when he won the European under-17 Championship with Spain, scoring the winning goal in the final against England (1-0). He also made his first team debut with Barça on 24th April against Al-Ahly in Egypt, scoring Barça’s second goal.

Bojan played the 2007-08 pre-season with the first team. But the Catalan forward missed out on the Asian tour due to his participation at the Under 17 World Cup in Korea. He scored five goals in the tournament, and was the star of a Spain side that finished second, while he was also named third best player of the tournament.

Back in Barcelona, Rijkaard handed the youngster his first chances both in the League and the Champions League. He set two records, becoming both the youngest Barça player ever to make his debut in the Champions league and the youngest player ever to score a league goal for Barça. The first record was achieved on September 19 2007, against Olympique Lyon, when he was 17 years and 22 days; the second was against Villarreal, on October 20 of the same year, when he scored aged just 17 years, 1 month and 22 days.

Full Name: Bojan Krkić
DOB: 28/08/1990 (age 17)
POB: Linyola, Lleida, Spain
Clubs: FC Barcelona (2007-)
Position: Striker
Number: 27
Preferred Foot: Right

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