TheMinsterman Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Join me as I uncover some of the hidden gems of Football Manager in a country a few of you may not have though about looking in for cheap but top quality talent. Egyptian players tend to be very easy to purchase for very reasonable prices, but you can get some top talent for your cash, it's gold mine if you take the time to scour it. Defenders Great defender for free, well worth a gamble. Pretty good little defender, again, cheap and worth a gamble. Midfielders Got some potential to be quite a handy little player. Rabia develops into a good solid fairly versatile midfielder, worth have in the squad if not as a star player. Sobhy is a brilliant player and is being chased by the big guns early on, it's well worth getting him in for cheap and developing him with you club. I know his role starts as a LB, but his stats are screaming out for some retraining as a left winger, he could be fantastic in that role. Strikers My love for Gamal is unlimited, in FM2015 he scored 30+ goals every season for three years straight at Basel, testing him on this one his goal ratio isn't looking like it's on the slide. I highly recommend you join the #Gamalution, he's easily my favourite FM player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fidelitywars Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Great thread. This is what FM is all about for me - scouring the database for obscure gems. I've commented on a different thread that Sobhi looks ace (pretty handy IRL, by all accounts) but Gomaa too looks very handy. Vaguely remember him being hawked around Europe IRL a couple of years back, with moves to Dortmund and Man Utd mooted, before he ended up in Portugal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgey Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Looks like it is Egypts turn for over-rated players , i remember an old FM where the scandanavians ruled the world after a few seasons ! Great thread though mate, you have found a few absolute gems there ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneronaldo Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 FM15 I had a field day signing Ukrainians or players playing for Ukrainian clubs due to their hilariously low salaries, guess for FM16 its time to book a ticket to Egypt and start scouting:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FraserC1 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Some real gems there. Will be sure to load Egyptian leagues! What is the situation with regards to work permits for the UK? Difficult to get or will it be no problem for most of them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdiatmh Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 WPs look to be an issue for most (or all) of them Hegazi does not get it looks like Gamal doesn't my scout reports suggested that the whole national team on a large DB would fail to get a permit (other than those already established in the UK, and Salah) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieliverpool Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Looks like you will only be able to get these guys in Portugal and Holland where you don't need a WP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubentus_Juventus Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Italy, Spain, Germany, France...everywhere except England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMinsterman Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 You'll possibly have some WP issues in the English leagues yes, but when I did some test I had no problems in Switzerland, Netherlands etc. Signed no problem for clubs like Basel, PSV etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoarau Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Between these Egyptians and a similar golden generation of Romanians There's some right bargains. I hardly play in the Premier League so these WP problems don't affect me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubentus_Juventus Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I remember Gamal having basically the exact same stats in the last FM, but was right only, so he looks a much more enticing prospect in 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMinsterman Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 I remember Gamal having basically the exact same stats in the last FM, but was right only, so he looks a much more enticing prospect in 16 He was a monster in the previous game, at least in "smaller clubs". He was a talisman for my Basel side (in Europe too, he bagged goals in the CL against big teams like Barca and others), ironically the reason I discovered Egypt was actually a treasure trove waiting to be unearthed was I wanted to see if I could make the next Mohamed Salah to sell on for big bucks. It seems this year there's a few more jewels to bring in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanydude Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I got a work permit for Gamal in Scotland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMinsterman Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 Joining the #Gamalution. Wise move seany, he'll devour Scottish defences for breakfast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
celtic_fc Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Signed Sobhy for 550k on deadline day at Spurs. Since he didn't get a WP I loaned him out to APOEL the very same day, who were happy to pay a 450k loan fee. Only in December and he's already valued at 4.2M and seems to be APOEL's star player. Got 3 goals and 2 assists in their EL group, good going considering APOEL only managed 4 points and 6 goals in their group. Also got 4 caps since joining so should get a WP soon enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdiatmh Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Also got 4 caps since joining so should get a WP soon enough. appeal the decision (as you can every 4 months) and see if he gets the WP it might be like Tariq, in that they intially fail the WP, but then get them in October/November time after playing enough international fixtures (ready to be registered as a 'new' player in Jan) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Shrimper Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 i've done an AC Milan game in the beta and can't find any of these. is there a particular setting or whatever to allow all these players to be about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauvner Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 i've done an AC Milan game in the beta and can't find any of these. is there a particular setting or whatever to allow all these players to be about? i'm wondering this too, i have a large database and the major European leagues up and running. Obviously i cant find a Egyptian league to run otherwise i would do that. So what do i need to do to find these players? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdiatmh Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 i'm wondering this too, i have a large database and the major European leagues up and running. Obviously i cant find a Egyptian league to run otherwise i would do that.So what do i need to do to find these players? maybe load the Egyptian-based players? under advanced settings when you pick the leagues (click where it says 'database size' and select advanced) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 There's no way to do this belatedly, right? (Like as you can add leagues later ...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauvner Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 There's no way to do this belatedly, right? (Like as you can add leagues later ...) That was my first port of call and i couldn't find the league to add in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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