FM22's Best Wonderkids

[@ZealandonYT]

Update: Livramento is not accessible, I will never say things off the cuff again Update update: I still will, but don't sign him, you'll bankrupt your family

[@AdamJ11]

Wait a couple seasons…. Got him for like 70 mil edit: to be exact it was $63 Million USD in 2024

[@mathewholman927]

@@AdamJ11 yeah i bought him for that in 23/24

[@AndyChilton234]

Doesn't Chelsea have some sort of buy back clause in real life with Livramento?

[@AdamJ11]

@@AndyChilton234 possibly, but I got him from Southampton so it didn’t affect me

[@charlie4624]

@@AndyChilton234 yeah its 40 mil buy back clause

[@milis758]

16:16 Damn this greenwood guy looks great, can't wait to see where he goes from here

[@shane43639]

Prison FC

[@dominiccampbell6821]

To jail haha

[@Pikachu0071000CS]

That 10 decision making really a weakness huh

[@sinful9347]

16:59 10 decisions turned to be even higher than it should have been somehow

[@mr.robertdobalina9199]

A potential of 178 (months in prison)

[@mrcx6142]

"Livramento is pretty accessible" *Me looking at my 120k transfer budget at a third tier club*

[@ZealandonYT]

lol relatively

[@fisheatsyourhead]

i don't think you're going to sign one of the top wonderkids in the world at a third tier club lol, the game would be too easy if you could sign that kind of player anywhere

[@alistaircurrie3992]

Ricky-Jade Jones has done brilliantly on lone at my Wrexham save, Dinosaur DC Wheater on a free has had 7.7 average rating Vanorama National and 8.14 in league 2.

[@mrcx6142]

@@fisheatsyourhead Of course I won't, that was just a hyperbole to portray my point. But as a matter of fact Livramento will still cost you 30m+clauses at the beginning of the game, which is far from accessible for most clubs. That's even above a lot of the top clubs transfer budget, so even they would need to sell someone and free up the money. Also, a couple of years back there were several PA 150+ wonderkids you could get for less than a mill - that might still be utopic for most third tier clubs (although some of them were willing to move there), but realistic for second tier clubs. I'd say below 10m is pretty accessible for a guaranteed wonderkid. Below 5m is brilliant and below 1m is a day 1 move.

[@adrianiriartem7152]

@@mrcx6142 I wanted to sign Livramento but Southampton wanted 90M so...

[@kieronparr3403]

That poor guy in the chat whose Swan stole his caps lock key. Never forget

[@John_FMTV]

Pedri is insane, at 18 looks like a fully developed player.

[@GreenDayGA]

Even he wouldn't grow in attributes he has the ability to be a starter at a UCL winning side.

[@saiintFPS]

been key to my barca side in my glory hunter save. he's got so much versatility as well I've had him across the attack and now he's playing in my midfield.

[@kiweping5]

To that one guy in chat asking if 170 is better than Phil Jones, no, Phil Jones is a solid 210

[@GaganSingh-nx2yv]

With 30 finishing and zero decision making.

[@mattybrown3369]

@@GaganSingh-nx2yv with the rest of his points in facial deformation

[@elsesiy2ronaldo]

@@mattybrown3369 That is a disgusting way of talking about a human being.

[@ArtyDoubleYou]

Moukoko has a similar youth team record to what Cherno Samba had. Any FM vets out there (though it was Championship Manager at the time) will most likely remember his name, and will possibly remember how his real life career panned out. Interesting to see which way Moukoko goes, but I wish him well.

[@mattybrown3369]

samba played for millwall and cadiz, wasn't playing first team games for dortmund at 16, pretty sure he'll be fine

[@GeraldLee21]

Hopefully he doesn't turn into another Tonton Zola Moukoko

[@panic_seller]

Muokoko is in Dortmund, he's in good hands if not the best

[@GIBBO4182]

@@GeraldLee21 OMG soooo many memories!! The game after that there was a guy called Labinot Harbuzi who was even better!!

[@PAINNN666]

@@mattybrown3369 You know. Krkic play at 16-17 for Barcelona)

[@yaboikez2828]

Moukoko this year is legitimately the closest thing to a cheat code I can remember in FM. I had him up top with Isak and Madueke and he made them look Championship standard in my NUFC team (23/24 season). Best 90m I ever spent

[@Homerisnude]

I can tell you if Wirtz had the english nationality, he would be way better rated. Look up his current stats in the Bundesliga: in 13 games (9Bundesliga, 4 Europa League) he has 7 goals and 13 asissts. Thats some messi lvl shit here.

[@stupendous7848]

don’t you mean if he was Argentinian then?

[@jackbartzen9133]

i’m a huge dortmund fan but he’s still up there for top 3 youngster in the league w bellingham and musiala and i’d say that all 3 are pretty tough to rank w each other. my bias is prob the only reason i’d put bellingham on top but there’s def an argument for any of them being the best of the 3

[@TrickzRS]

Just think in a few years the German national team will have Moukoko, Adeyemi, Wirtz, Havertz and Musiala…potentially all starting. That’s scary AF

[@barry4649]

@Ben Johnson 100% I see Germany dominating international football especially with Flick

[@rodrigoandrade256]

@@barry4649 Nah, by the same time France will still have on their prime the likes of Mbappe, Camavinga, Koundé, Upamecano, Theo, Konaté, Tchouaméni, etc

[@abhrajitdhar4628]

England-France-Germany-Spain are all very scary. England have Foden, Rice, Rashford, and Sancho will be more experienced and Grealish in his prime. France with Camavinga, Mbappe, Tchouameni, Maignan. German with the players you listed. Spain with Pedri, Gavi, Nico, Fati, Yeremi Pino, even Bryan Gil

[@josephmcgowan6212]

@@abhrajitdhar4628 Maignan is 27?

[@seanephraim4397]

@@abhrajitdhar4628 don't forget Bellingham

[@seanjones7434]

Love the comparisons with Messi for the top players. Worth noting that prime Messi got to a CA of 199 (5 or 6 years ago)

[@danielhavoc889]

I had Benjamin Sesko in FM21, and as a 18-20 year old AF, he scored me 60 goals in 80 games as Kaiserslautten in the 2nd and 3rd leagues in Germany, before being sold for 80 million dollars, which brought in 3 of the most talented German Wonderkids, including 2 17 year olds, that allowed me to not only stay in the Bundesliga, but place 4th in my first season. Now that Sesko has received a bit of an improvement, he could be a FANTASTIC goalscorer for you at all levels.

[@elliotspicer2706]

If anyone is curious, the FM Current Ability (CA) to FIFA Overall Rating (OVR) conversion is roughly CA/3 + 30 =OVR. So a CA of 180 would be like an OVR in FIFA of 90. 200 PA = 97 OVR (Better than Messi) 190 = 93 (De Bruyne and Lewandowski) 180 = 90 (Benzema and Van Dijk) 170 = 87 (Ederson and T. Muller) 160 = 83 (Hakimi and A.Davies) 150 = 80 (Azpilicueta and F. Torres) 140 = 77 (L. de Jong and Sissoko) 130 = 73 (Bas Dost and Gavi) 120 = 70 and so on... I would also say that FIFA is generally more generous than FM with their ratings.

[@intron1353]

Dane Scarlett is great. 17 and a -9, a little low CA but damn, he scores >9 in training.

[@LankyLegs101]

Pedri played a full senior league season with Las Palmas and went straight into the lineup with the senior team at Barca

[@henriquesoares2343]

Angelo is the youngest player to score in a Libertadores match ever, and that is from a club whose legends came into the scene from a really young age historically (Pele, Robinho, Neymar, etc).

[@leonardorafaelferreira]

Nico is doing wonders for me in Barcelona, great box to box/deep laying playmaker

[@GIBBO4182]

Not quite sure how an American dude became my “go to” guy for FM tips…but keep up the excellent work!

[@craigseddon4884]

I got promoted with a Championship club and spent two years trying to sign Adeyemi who despite being on about £9k p/w said my team wasn't big enough. Yet Dortmund put Moukoko up for loan and when I made an offer they insisted there was an optional fee included. I negotiated it to £18m up front with another £18m in instalments. Despite him not actually doing all that well during the season I managed to make it permanent and he is dangerous in his second season with the club. 4 goals and 6 assists in 11 games from the right wing. My only struggle was Lucca, took him 22 games to score 1 goal but he is slowly settling in and he is currently top scorer with 6 goals. I have signed Lunin £3.7m, Dael Fry £3.4m, Nico £3.8m, Evander £8m, Kelechi Nwakali £4m, Moukoko £36m, Matias Arezo free, Lorenzo Lucca £5.8m and its turned Blackburn from mid-table Championship to chasing Champions League football in two seasons.

[@iamthebiscotti]

This was the first video I'd seen being put together live. I already had respect for the editors, but this made me realise just how difficult their jobs really are.

[@branthall1787]

Livramento isn't THAT accessible at Southampton. English tax comes into play heavily.

[@JoaoPereira-rg3bq]

Livramento is one of those players that even if he doesn't fully develop is still insane. For me, he ended up on the race for Premier League player of the season having played played 30 games, 1 goal, 2 assists and 2 motm, 7.45 average rating. Absolutely insane, despite not having that much end product

[@mddm3814]

@@JoaoPereira-rg3bq as wingback?

[@bibtebo]

Watching this a season into my Necastle save Southampton value him at between 92-113 mil

[@thomasmeier4399]

Adeyemi is nuts on FM I can confirm. Signed him for Stuttgart and he fired us into the top 4 in season 2. I broke the bank for him and he was the difference maker

[@ricardoraposo3630]

bought him for Porto in my second season for less than 20M. easily one of the best players in the game at that price point

[@alistaircurrie3992]

You need to look up the youth stats for babyJürgen Klinsmann; he'd knock that lad into a cocked hat. Scored over a hundred goals one season including 16 in one match. Lad knew where the net was he did.

[@arkasubhroc2]

BIG UP TINO LIVRAMENTO Doubt anyone will able to sign him immediately since he JUST joined Southampton from Chelsea this summer.

[@RohitKumar-hi4qf]

Pino has a release clause of 23.5 million !!! Became the best player of my save.

[@cikarito20]

Yusuf Demir is great in the game he does wonders in my Roma Side. I bought him for 13.75 M Euros and now his value shows 62-73 M Euros. He is a great deep lying forward / false nine or an attacking midfielder.

[@cemal9826]

God, you're killing it Z! I can feel your energy through the video 😂 great stuff man, keep it up!

[@huseyinemrahkaba7630]

I ve done several start up saves to see some of those wonderkids having high potentials and finally got moukoko around 192 pa, moriba around 179, fabio Silva 177. Now i am playing with this save and in my second season with a turkish team Trabzonspor, I could loan moukoko for 1.5 years with an option to buy for 65m. I ve been saving up money till then and would be my best transfer ever, no worries.

[@therealbigmak3283]

"Livramento is available he's at Southampton" Valued at 99m - 120m 😢

[@mddm3814]

Me playing with chelsea have a realease clause of 47 for livramento

[@paulgalloway2050]

He's not at this level but Karim Konate, 17yo striker from ASEC Mimosas is definitely worth a look. Got him at Ranheim in my Norway nation builder. 20 apps, 17 goals, 11 assists. Got him for less than 20k, already linked with 2-3mil moves. Edit: probably not CL level but definitely worth a look outside the big 5 leagues

[@sundeepparhar1126]

Already been signed for 2M Euros by RB Salzburg, as Karim Adeyemi's replacement

[@turkyatahey4956]

In my 2nd season with Newcastle, I got offered Livramento for Matty Longstaff (Who I put on transfer list because of demanding to play a certain role to renew his contract - which I HATE) This was the most bizarre transfer offer I ever received and I have been playing since CM 95/96. As soon as Livramento joined he is already valued above 120mil, insane. This is a beta save by the way. Move along Kyle Walker Peters, new sheriff in town.

[@expecto10]

Finally interesting YT of FM2022. Thanks for making it fun 30 minutes!

[@bibtebo]

Zealand Shannon: Scout Judging Player Ability: 20 Judging Player Potential: 20

[@fordgraca]

"Pronunciation brought to you by... America" 🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant! Liked, subscribed, take my money!

[@pwalmsley9]

Signed Adeyemi for Liverpool on my save and he's a beast up front with Mbappe and Salah.

[@IAmThatBit--]

My Man City scouts found Angelo and I signed him whilst he was still 16. He now counts as not only Home Grown but raised at club :D

[@josephmcgowan6212]

Last year, I got moukouko on a free transfer on a long term online fm save. Was a game changer.

[@antonioradanovic8480]

me too , i fckin got him to sign for me for free in dinamo zagreb ,he and pietro pellegri together ,got me to semifinal champions league after two seasons

[@nathsym]

Loved Demir on my Peterborough United save last year - was the classic 3 star player that constantly was MoM..

[@Malky24]

I signed Mason Greenwood for my Call Centre Manager game.

[@camwheeler6271]

Adeyemi has been incredible for me in my newcastle save, already scored 50 and he’s only been with me for just over a season

[@jackgill2051]

just signed him, but work permit issues, did you have this and where did you send him to get one?

[@tuckmyshirtin]

In my Arsenal save I bought from United for about £25million a few years in. He's been a good back-up for Saka so far (7 goals 11 assits mostly off the bench)

[@olibadcock9713]

Greenwood seems like a good signing now :)

[@GamingOnIce]

It is fun watching this, knowing full well I will be able to sign none of them in my non league Gateshead save - at least for a good 5-8 years

[@esteban.bernal]

There's Argentinian blood running in Gio Reyna's veins, that's where he gets his ability from. Greetings from Argentina.

[@RebMightyMouse]

Thanks for the rimshot on that Yellow Submarine joke, Reece

[@SneakySneasel]

Ah ye, this video will definitely come in handy while I'm managing Barnet in the Vanarama Conference.

[@ptptpt123]

Football Manager players have known for years that clubs could use this to scout for players in real life. Scouting behind it is fantastic.

[@ScarScream]

Anybody tried Lorenzo Lucca from Pisa (Serie B Italy)? This guy is amazing! Striker, only 20 at the start of the game, 201 cm, 17 heading and jumping reach, 16 finishing, pretty good speed for the size too. I managed to get him for 5M euros + 20% fee on the next sale and he's already worth 25M after 2 games where he scored 3 goals and 2 assists. Use him as a target man and watch all the crosses come his way!

[@meeeong7482]

Yes i got him for 7m and now worth 120m after 2 season, won best player in the world too, consistent player

[@unknownballer5460]

sesko is amazing. signed him for 17m for napoli and sold him 3 seasons later for 146m. the season before i sold him he scored 31 goals in 35 games.

[@DavidMartin-fq6ze]

It's 2025, I got promoted on 2022 with a second division club in Spain. I signed Yeremi Pino for 40M. He has won player of the month 2 times so far, amazing.

[@TheStevieWonderboy]

A little question to Zealand and the great folks around you :D Finally took my time to download the Zealand FM skin, overall its amazing, great job everyone! :D Tho my question is, on the club info site, i cant see my club rivals, and its not a option in the dropdown menus either :I Am i Blind or is it missing? xD

[@wesadelaars7149]

NONNIIIIIII MADUEEEKKEEE. PSV LEGEND

[@thomasvollmer5928]

Musiala is currently in brilliant shape!

[@Pablo-zj2xj]

Pedri isn’t from la masia, barcelona bought him from las palmas and went straight into the first team, never trained or played a game with the B team.

[@EskiZagra]

Gavi is just insane; got him a bit late in the game but bruh....insane

[@ExpectedBoy]

I'm Man Utd and have Jude, Moukoko, Gavi. I'm also after Tino Liv.

[@adam88-]

Good sir, if you haven't already could you do a video on how best to develop and nurture the wonderkids please. Thanking you!

[@Embetebe]

I was there. The stream was close to 10 hours and the number of takes over 9000 is not an internet meme.

[@VAR602]

Tino Livramento, Yeremy Pino, Giovanni Reyna, Nuno Mendes, Gavi, Jude Bellingham, Camavinga

[@Flippityflap]

Adeyemi scored 57 league goals for me in 1 season with Ajax and 19 CL goals

[@zarko364]

you should simulate 5 years in FM and show how they grow. That would be something cool to check.

[@Joeavfc1]

Signed angelo for 6 million at 18 before I watched this video, wow I’m gonna have some player

[@QUAKERSATTACKS97]

Great video on players I’ll never be able to afford in my save 😭😭😭

[@DrMaiXiang]

I bought Dest from Barcelona. He's a beast of a wing back.

[@TrykusMykus]

Dest is a player with a hardcapped potential and its not nearly as impressive as anyone on the list.

[@philipholm4200]

Hey Z! What facepack are you using? It looks great!

[@LordWay]

Dortmund or Barca would be a good save to manage a load of these wonderkids to try and get them to their potential would be interesting

[@thomasautry6158]

Gotta give it to the editor for pointing out Zealand's haircut.

[@tristinmckinstry6467]

Alternative Title: Zealand struggles with the English language for 28 minutes

[@ZealandonYT]

*25 years

[@Draven.G]

@@ZealandonYT how old are you? You dont look like 25

[@Rhys78686]

Pedri’s potential is to low in this game. He is such a good player at his age

[@dand7763]

Enes Sali (attacking midfielder) make debut for Romania in Liechtenstein-Romania 0-2 , *at just his 15 years and 264 days old* , making him the youngest player who make debut in Europe for his main national team

[@tee_27]

What team does he play for

[@dand7763]

@@tee_27 Farul Constanța, romanian first league team, manager is celebre Gheorghe Hagi, who own this team

[@dand7763]

@@tee_27 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnvVlaCvn6x7rbs

[@BrockMak]

I can do with a goalkeeping Wonderkid (that isn't "my son").

[@jamesbarwis4533]

My son I go centre back he’s always ace for some reason lol

[@_shmeezy]

For those that don't know: Barcelona terminated Demir's loan and he's gone back to Rapid, I guess they can't afford the fee for a player who isn't good right now.

[@danblythe6752]

That's possibly the sexiest jumper I've ever seen

[@OLPlalogi]

Been Waitimg for the Videoooooo

[@777jimothy]

Gavi and Pedri are ridiculous from the start on my Barca save

[@uzidiagonal]

i’m surprised with moribas high rating. based on playing style i think musiala is the most messi like player out of them all.

[@callumjb7668]

almost 30 minutes! WOW!😀😀

[@RvpCro]

Oh you was so wrong about Gvardiol :D

[@Gwynbleidd1724]

Been waiting for this

[@akifjaved1790]

17:00 his decision making being bad is no surprise 😐

[@crazzed1786]

Zealand why are you uploading amazing videos at 2:30 am??

[@n0body550]

Zealand: “he’s quite old he’s 19”

[@touch2start]

I have some of em already esp Angelo... And he's awesome

[@BIH0312]

Will you be doing tactics testing again this FM? If so, could I ask if I could send you my tactic? I've been using it since I started my save, but with just getting promoted to the Championship. I could use some advice, to avoid the drop. Because realistically were not strong enough, to compete in the championship. Were riding the wave, of back to back promotions. We only just scraped promotion last season by winning the league, so any advice would be appreciated. If I could share my tactic with you

[@TheRadPlayer]

Number 9 aged so damn well.

[@ricardoraposo3630]

Moukoko is amazing and is surprisingly easy to get. Dortmund allways put him up for loan and keep him in the u-23 squad somehow

[@Hyde_Hill]

I guess because of the current ability of Haaland and Maalen. As the AI is not the best youth developer.

[@ricardoraposo3630]

@@Hyde_Hill makes sense

[@arthurclarke5843]

Should do a video on defender wonderkids

[@Gabriel-vr8cy]

Funny. Palmeiras is a gold mine for youth players irl and yet no one ever makrs these lists

[@Versitle_95]

Got a bayern team in my 2nd season with the rangick like tactic, won the sextuple in season 1-2 (with the cwc and the eu super cup in the 2nd season) with lewandoski getting 59 goals in 57 games and now have a squad with some of the best wonderkids such as moukoko Adeyemi mbappe musialia camavinga etc etc broke some many records think in 5 years ill have won the sextuple 5 times over so try a bayern save for dominance imo 👍👍👍

[@JensDean23]

damn it.. i bought Moukoko with really good stats, but when i checked, his potential was 171... damn it

[@andyryan4484]

Yousouffa Moukoko has got to be related to Tonton Zola!

[@Ireniicus]

tremendous video. TY

[@franklindsay7259]

that gio reyna intro 🤣🤣

[@waynekeebler6755]

Z let’s face it, you need a good face pack or some of your picks look like shadows of their former selves! 😶‍🌫️

[@dominiccampbell6821]

I don't understand these minus potential ratings, please help me. I understand that its 1-200 and if they're under 19 then its not guaranteed but -9, -7 all of this i can't wrap my head around

[@dundalis]

Livramento is like 5’8 irl not 6’1. See a lot of incorrect measurements of players in FM for some reason, it’s not that hard to find these stats.

[@curtis1r653]

HE IS NOT 5'8 ARE U HIGH???????

[@stupendous7848]

it says 5’ 8” on wikipedia and that’s his height on Fifa. But Im a Chelsea fan and I watched him in our academy. He is 6’ 1”. He’s definitely taller than me and im 5’ 10”.

[@jounivaananen2772]

If you play Wolverhampton with good youth facilities and coaches, should you keep young players with U23 and U18 for them for develop as a player and keep sewnior team out from the matches?

[@redpillyoki3760]

Imagine Z back in the day making this kind of videos talking about a short,tiny little kid which have been bough by Barcelona with a name Lionel Messi and another one that just got transfered from Sporting to Man Utd with the name of Cristiano Ronaldo

[@SyzuderCon]

How is florian wirtz so low? Fm messed up

[@Hyde_Hill]

Hmm expected Angelo's team mate Kayke to also be on there.

[@soberski555]

Yea greenwood...