We Found the Top Wonderkids on Football Manager

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The new Football Manager game has been released which means it is time to find the best wonderkids in the entire world according to their database. They scout nearly 500,000 players so it is fair to say there may be no better list of wonderkids anywhere in the world. Some of them are known, some of them aren’t, but my goodness all of them look like they could be world beaters.
This is one of my favorite videos to make every year, because there are some names that get introduced into my brain for the first time that I will be talking about for years and years to come. I’m looking at you Mikey Moore. Also, Endrick, Moukoko and the host of almost superstars that are as good as ever, where do they stack up! FIND OUT SOON! IN THE VIDEO!
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[@raphaelbarreto2486]

Endrick is now a regular starter for Palmeiras and is currently showing every bit of his potential. I think it's ridiculous that FM downgraded him after he didn't immediately break into the first team at 16.

[@enzky]

Moukoko effect

[@willebergstrom9896]

Too be fair he wasn’t very good last year. Stepped up lately tho

[@jpsouza]

Guess what, if freaking CHELSEA of all clubs had signed him, his PA would still be 200. SI staff are chronically english.

[@midimanify]

Agreed. He is even better now

[@TiernanBaker]

​@@jpsouzamight be the most stupid thing I've heard

[@TheKirkyLifeGaming]

Kinda stunned the likes of Ouédraogo and Bardghji haven’t made this list! So many incredible players this year

[@jamesnguyen17]

I almost always buy Bardghji in FM 23 lol The thing about him in FM is his PA aren't high, FM scouts think he is an early boomer so I am not surprise he doesn't make this list. Still an amazing player to have in a team though.

[@cklambo]

Roony! Roony!

[@robertoreigado5210]

I just bought both of them to Benfica earlier. I was expecting to see them on the list 😂😂

[@TheKirkyLifeGaming]

@@robertoreigado5210 I was exactly the same in my Ajax save. This is one of the first times I've started with a 'good' club so it's been A LOT of fun haha

[@AlexisGarcia-sr5bh]

I did a shalke save on 23 and ouedrago is a god he broke into my first 10 games in and didn’t leave the entire safe

[@midimanify]

20. Kendry Paez 19. Arda Guler 18. Gnarcho 17. Antonio Silva 16. Mathys Tel 15. Diomende 14. Rico Lewis 13. Estevao 12. Jorrel Hato 11. Joao Neves 10. Scalvini 9. Mikey Moore 8. Moukoko 7. Endrick 6. Evan Ferguson 5. Vitor Roque 4. Balde 3. Zaire-Emery 2. Gavi 1. Yamal

[@CimbomFanFiction]

LEGEND

[@CoachRuben2003]

Sad to not see Assan Ouedraogo and Arthur Vermeeren

[@_hex3r]

I'm surprised Valentin Barco didn't make it. Dude is just too good.

[@withnail29]

My first signing as he can be had for cheap. Already a beast at start of game

[@giovanniwisnu8109]

Yes i signed barco as a rotation for chilwell and he is so good

[@shay-dee400]

just signed barco... where are you playing him?

[@withnail29]

@shay-dee400 I play him left wing back as I have excellent IF. Took him under 1 season to knock Luke Shaw out of team. He could play anywhere

[@shay-dee400]

@@withnail29 appreciate you

[@guilhermemartins3598]

every football fan should have watched João Neves' performance against big rivals Sporting CP the past weekend. he bossed the midfield and was undoubtedly the MVP, and he even scored the very important equalizer. i want to emphasize that Sporting is a good team, having a great season. the kid is just wonderful.

[@bobbylatex4621]

i waited for sverre Halseth Nypan. Plays for Rosenborg BK in norway, 16 yrs old. Absolute monster

[@tojomor4371]

Already my favourite wonderkid in the game. Super well rounded, can play any midfield role well, and quite cheap.

[@shay-dee400]

busy waiting for him at Southampton. worth the wait?

[@bobbylatex4621]

@@shay-dee400absolutely!

[@TequilaSunsett]

As a Benfica fan... I've never been so sure in my life, João Neves will become one of the best players in the world in a few years. Last Sunday he scored in the Lisbon Derby in the 94min (we won 2-1) becoming the man of the match.

[@evyrrun2841]

As a Sporting fan that absolutely sucked, but João Neves is just so so so good. The next midfield maestro.

[@mdswinner9290]

As a barca fan we must warn you not to overhype him rn Wait 2-3 more years before overhyping Dont want joao to turn into ansu or Bojan krkic

[@Fragileone1]

Signed Diomonde for Newcastle in the first Jan transfer window. He’s a phenomenal CB, dropped straight in and has been picking up a good number of assists in games where I set up to counter attack.

[@Naozane_]

Max Moerstedt is always a good one for me. Scores a ton of goals and always plays well

[@BoxinSquare_]

I signed Joao Neves in Man. U and the guy is beast he can play in a bunch of positions and roles making him super useful for the team, every team..

[@callumstephens2879]

It’s pleasing seeing how many of these players I’ve signed on previous FMs

[@welshwizzard8209]

Scalvini just retired aged 37 on my FM23 save 😂 - Hes a boss! Ended up playing for many top clubs winning champions leagues and The Euros with italy

[@khalilmartinez6063]

Bro you played that save so fast 😭😭😭

[@BoyyInDetention]

FM23@@khalilmartinez6063

[@yes4280]

​@@khalilmartinez6063he said fm23 not 24 so he had a year to do it

[@khalilmartinez6063]

@@yes4280 didn’t catch that, thanks!

[@alexandruanton633]

Keep it going Zealand! We're proud of you! 💪😁

[@lachysims6327]

great vid as always zealand

[@SKIM0H]

utv

[@paulsen5931]

up the villa

[@Veczey]

bro mikey moore spawned into my tottenham save and whilst going on a treble run in our second year he hit 2 star ability at 17 and he carried us through the champions league, didn't know he was so good lol

[@EduardXssX]

WE NEEDED THIS!🤩

[@itmkoeln]

Estevao is one of my regular starters at Köln😅 Endrick was signed by Bayern

[@augustonembungu6721]

Crazy how Amara Diouf didn't make the list. He's the best U17 in Africa at the moment

[@_shmeezy]

glad to see ferguson getting the respect he deserves. One of the most complete players I've seen at his age.

[@blahblah8471]

He's the opposite of complete. You pass the ball. He shoots. He's a very good young player but he's not a "complete" player

[@ekzxty]

@@blahblah8471😂

[@ESteXDVEs]

João neves should have like 15 jumping reach. the amount of times he wins the ball on mismatch aerial duels is crazy

[@Phatboino1]

Had Scalvini on 23......beast of a bpd and still going strong at 32 on my man u save

[@zahreel3103]

Barca has so many elite wonderkids. Given their financial problems, they should focus entirely on developing these youngsters. They kinda already squandered Ansu Fati.

[@DontAttme]

Fati seems just fine on loan if you ask me, him Joao Pedro and Adingra have been connecting well up top. Mitoma goes without saying obviously.

[@zahreel3103]

Sure, I agree, but he's not playing for Barca though, is he? That's because Xavi didn't fancy him overly much and preferred playing Pedri in the AML role to have him shift inside and form the box midfield with Gavi, De Jong, and Busquets. And this year, they preferred Joao Felix over giving Fati a chance in his natural role. My comment was exclusively aimed at Barca and their decisions.

[@antonellaluque4532]

No , injury did

[@zahreel3103]

That is true, no doubts his injuries have contributed to his departure, but still, he was healthy this season, isn't it? Rather than play him and give him a chance, they shipped him out to Brighton. To me, that's the equivalent of giving up on the player. He's still very young and he can yet reach that potential he showcased in la liga.

[@LaMartiniquee]

Most of them are totally overrated. Imagine Gavi was listed above Bellingham and Musiala. Just a joke...

[@gustavdorow7619]

Good to see my boy ousmane diomande on the list, came from the youth academy of my boy hood club FC Midtjylland❤️🖤❤️🖤

[@brashcandinoot9653]

In my third season my Paris FC save and Joao Neves has already finished 3rd in the Ballon D'Or, he's a madness

[@marianrolnik3168]

Can you do series of TOP5 for each country? Divided by continents?

[@kesh_r]

Camarda next year going to have that 170-200 PA for sure

[@jcm1997]

I've signed Roony Bardghji and Assan Ouédraogo for Leeds on FM24, 4 seasons in and Bardghji and Ouedraogo are 2 of the best players in the Premier League.

[@shadoekim]

Thanks for specifying "football manager" in the title. YKYK

[@testertesteb4915]

Ouedraogo is already rumored to be in talks with bayern munich. What a bummer he didnt make the list

[@like17badgers]

shout out to future me starting every save with a trip to Barcelona to attempt to pull off the greatest heist of all time

[@jdogg448]

There's a player called Noah Darvich and he's another incredible wonderkid, has become immense on my save also in Barcas academy.

[@mdswinner9290]

@@jdogg448 i rate him highly I was impressed by this kid he is good

[@user-yd4qw4qz4z]

i had no idea about vitor roque i just set up scouts in brazil as you normally would and picked him up for rangers in my first season and he instantly shot up to 20mil and only then did i see his description is a wonderkid

[@mdswinner9290]

He has a great goal scoring record for Athletico paranaense and gas got a gr8 future

[@zanamandaza]

João Neves with those stats and playing with a tucked in shirt is a crime

[@paulnewsham8210]

any chance you can do a video on intrinsic attribute values, and how to spot a strong 20 from a weak 20?

[@clj7544]

Ouédraogo is massively underrated

[@konstantinpobedonotsev5589]

A fun video would be wonder kids (or close to wonder kids) from countries outside of the top, say, 75 nations or something.

[@jamiestu07]

Mikey Moore is so good in real life. future of tottenham and england

[@jasonjc2264]

If Mikey Moore doesn’t work out I’m gonna never trust any youth prospect again

[@mdswinner9290]

@@jasonjc2264 not even lamine? That guy has 94 potential in fifa

[@TheYurpman]

Neves is insane. I signed him as Liverpool in the very first transfer window and started him immediately. He won the European Golden Boy award and he can play anywhere from DM to CM to AM. I'm still in January of year one and he's worth $142 million.

[@JP711_]

Could you tell me what role you used him as and what lineup/system you primarily used in that time? Thx

[@LuisMartinez-cd6uo]

Hey Zealand I’m just curious if you saying “gumption” was a BDGE reference because Matt says that word all the time before he left.

[@khalilmartinez6063]

Zeal and I think a good video to make would be one about the cheapest wonderkids, so that people at worse teams can try and find them

[@dannypratt.]

yes please

[@Sasquatch10]

In fm23, when the NxGn list came in Evan Fergusin was described as "the Irish Origi" 🤣 Also, Barca just casually spawned a new 5* PA player since this video came out, look out for Cubarsi.

[@maxlivingstone9087]

lovin the beard z.

[@user-df2uz1qv3c]

mark my words i guarantee you kendry paez will be a top 3 wonderkid in 2-3 years. can't believe he already plays for the ecuadorian national team at that age

[@antonistseos9419]

Hey man can you make an identical skin with the one you had made in FM22? Also the link that you have for fmskin is for fm23

[@samuelharrison4202]

When are we going to finally get a new Zealand skin for FM24? Feel naked playing with the standard view

[@JavierLuces]

Not even one player from the U20 World Cup winners, Uruguay. Like always, FM underrating uruguayan youth system.

[@ClaeForce]

How is archie gray not on this list ? issnt pa 150-180 and current ability almost 120 ?

[@Dante-mr3rz]

Do list of cheap good players (below one mil).

[@matthewscott2070]

By this point, I think we’ve all heard of Estevao 😂

[@momobarca6985]

When is your Fm Skin coming out, I need it, WE NEED IT

[@stevenmeister2168]

sorry for the unrelated comment zealand but i just started playing FM for the first time and as an American I chose the MLS and my Chicago Fire. I have little experience with the sport in general so do you have any advice or tips that are MLS centric for roster building and things related to the rules i should need to pay close attention to? I've also been getting a lot of trade requests for a couple of my players with superdraft picks but idk how worth those picks are cause im getting like 2 first rounders for a 3 star player and the fire arent that good of a team. If anyone in the comments too has advice or videos they could recommend I'd appreciate it to. Thank you!!

[@josephp9141]

Did they add germany national team on fm24? I might buy if they did

[@crossedkoburger1269]

Paris Brunner gotta be here soon

[@lucagorosito3715]

Damn, no Valentin Barco? Claudio Echeverri? Santiago Lopez?

[@_girltype]

players coming through who are younger than the SI / eidos split. end of the world

[@csorrell07]

I fear for Gavi after his injury recently. I'm a Madrid fan but a player that young getting an ACL rupture, historically speaking it spells disaster for his career. I hope not, but man, I am genuinely gutted for the kid, despite being one of the bad guys.

[@imeverywhere629]

Such a disrepect from the FM scouts to not include future Argentina's number 10 Franco Mastantuono and his teammate and current captain of Argentina's U-17 Claudio Echeverri. They're gonna be so much better than like, half the people on this list, at least.

[@3TRSH]

Similar to João Neves is Adam Wharton (Blackburn) he plays a more as a DM, but with very similar potential

[@charleslucas911]

My first save every year is with my beloved Blackburn Rovers Adam Wharton is currently the saviour for me , carried me to within touching distance of European football during my 3rd season

[@3TRSH]

@@charleslucas911 in a weird way, Blackburn are in a good spot whether he stays or leaves, might try that out, put him in the squad with a focus on his development and then sell him and see what his career pans out like.

[@plus12gaming]

Slightly too old for this list but Samardžić is an absolute monster. I played a strikerless formation (my own, not a downloaded tactic) at Real Madrid & won the double. Samardžić played as backup to Bellingham as a shadow striker but actually outperformed him in that role, netting a much higher tally of goals & assists.

[@Bejrika]

I'll come back to this video in five years just to see if FM was right

[@Rykball]

Wow, Zealand never dissappoints! 👏

[@SpawnZr]

Is there going to be a Zealand skin for 24?

[@rajakaleja]

Will this be the same for mobile version?

[@user-xv1rd8rx6s]

i completed my first season with galatasaray but i cannot improve training and youth facilities.its a bug ?

[@stjepan2528]

surprised that Luka Vuskovic didn't make the list..

[@LordWay]

Might manage Barcelona and sign a couple of the others

[@MrAnostalgia]

A TOTTENHAM ACADEMY PLAYER IS THERE FINALLY

[@daveyt86]

How do you know what the potential "range" is. When i look on the editor or potential ability it just gives me 1 figure

[@mattf8779]

Players that have a - next to a number means it is a range. So -10 is 170-200, -95 is 160-190, -9 is 150-180, etc..

[@smokeyandtheassbandit]

Arda gular last season was OP for me

[@liamjohnson558]

On fm scout micky Moore is 194 potential? Best left winger in terms of youth.

[@RuneFToftlund]

No Valentin Barco? Surprised.

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

yes we love evan in ireland

[@sahujibak]

No valentin Barco in this list?!?!

[@wipeout7184]

My goat

[@_Wi_Se_]

Bro some of these are way to expensive. Please do a vid like this with way cheaper players

[@aranyabanerjee7511]

Maybe the barca players reach their potential

[@SteveNami616]

How can Barco, Lacey, Nypin and Fresneda are missing from the list 😢

[@thargoff]

They are not rated high enough by Football Manager.

[@M_RM.]

Barco is a God

[@i.blomen]

Because they dont have this high PA, they are good players for most teams but they arent the best in the world.

[@broedblings]

@@i.blomen They do, all 4 are in the 150-180 range.

[@i.blomen]

@@broedblings so does he 100s of other players.

[@hiimben6713]

How das ist work exactly with Potential Ability? is it like a hard cap? Like if u have the PA of 170 he can get this at maximum? so no way he can develop into 175 with training/what ever?

[@emirdacic2521]

Yes, it's a hard cap

[@whothehellishooch]

At the start of the game, RNG determines a set PA between the values given for the player. So potential 150-180 (PA -9) rolls a dice between those numbers and makes that as a set PA. Even with all the development and training, players cannot exceed that number. Players are ofcourse not guarenteed to hit their potential.

[@hiimben6713]

thank you very much c: good to know!@@whothehellishooch

[@Point8ofaSecond]

Disappointing that Nestory Irankunda is on this list… yet. Next year he’ll be in the top ten! He’s going to be amongst the best players in the world. Special talent

[@RyderSontaig]

No chance he was going to put in a kid playing in the A League. He wouldn't even know who Adelaide United are.

[@Ak93T]

An absolute monster!

[@Phatboino1]

That's the name I came to find out 😂😂😂😂

[@jamzam93]

Roony Bardghji?

[@YonesWilson]

Salah should be on the same CA as KDB

[@milanstolic1715]

Skin Zealand, we need it! Its urgent, please

[@thargoff]

Be patient. FMEnhanced retired, so there seemed to not going to be one at all. But a Zealand community member found a way to port the FM23 version over to FM24, and it is being tested right now. If it works out it will be released.

[@_TheWorldTurtle]

yes

[@AIK.1891]

No Pedri? :( Signed him for 150 mil hehe!

[@StuartForrester]

Its time to let it go. Embrace the shave

[@MatheusFranzoni]

Good pronunciation of portuguese words.

[@Nikzaw]

Zealand I have a very important question, it must be answered… why am I getting adverts about some dressing up game 😂 Do you play it?

[@timmoleft7147]

why do none of these FM KZbinrs take 'Consistency' into account? It's one of the most important attributes in the game - also, it is very hard to increase so you should be looking for players who already have a decent (I would say 13+) value for consistency - literally no FM KZbinr shows what these player's consistency value is - it drives me nuts!?

[@stephenburfoot1717]

I am surprised more is not made of the hidden stuff in general, professionalism is huge and a couple of the others can make a player a pain to manage (controversy, injury proneness just for example)

[@jayevans819]

FM Scout do, particularly in their 'overpowered' videos.

[@jpsouza]

Kevin de Bruyne having the highest CA out of all players in FM is the most Sports Interactive thing I could think of lol

[@xxextension]

who do you think it should be then?

[@blahblah8471]

Who else though

[@BGeezy4sheezy]

He’s the best player on the best team, so it makes sense

[@yousuck8074]

He is literally the best player on the planet though

[@boynextdoor1951]

@@yousuck8074 he definitely is, in the bubble that english fans live in

[@santiagorios9479]

How is Valentin Barco not on this list?

[@andremachadopeixe3734]

Endrick and Vitor Roque will be challenger like CR7 and Messi

[@andrematos5673]

João Neves is going to surprise you even more in the upcoming years, i'll tell you that for free

[@Phatboino1]

What about the aussie who has just signed for bayern

[@yeetmaster9010]

1:23 No one: literally no one: me also thinking 167: you... you copied me

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

Where's Lingard?

[@Pothedm1]

Estevão has never played at Palmeiras first team.

[@andreaswong8829]

Shoutout to Archie Gray btw

[@BenBalProductions]

If the CA of Jorrel Hato is 123 already i don't know what the CA of all the other teams are in the Eredivisie, cause this dude isn't that great (yet) i would give him a CA of 91.

[@lukelillebrorcyran8397]

How can i see the potential ablility?

[@hatsuhioki9361]

Editor

[@rayyanpatel372]

kendry paez is special