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Hi everyone,

Some teams simply do not have a good enough team to compete with the big boys, so here is some help for you with signings. With the rules in Scotland and Europe where you need to have a certain amount of players that have trained in Scotland and at your club for x amount of years who where aged between 19 and 21, it's vital that you build up a great youth team with plenty of talent coming through.

First off I do not cheat by going into the editor to see what are the best youngsters nor do I download those lists - this to me is cheating. I talent scout instead making it more realistic and more fun :).

There are plenty of players that have 3.5 stars (although not 100% accurate I know) in this game who are very cheap and basement bargains, but to be a cut above the 2nd best and get within touching distance of the very best you need to go for slightly better. Some of these players on this list the likes of Man Utd, Barcelona etc try to get them.

Here is a good guide on what players to bring in.....I've put what stars my scouts gave them for PA, NOT CA. My scouts were 19/19. Bear in mind most of these reports came when I was in season 3 so I could see if they live up to their potential, therefore some of their weaknesses from when they start off may not have shown up in the reports. I also got into season 3 with some of these players so I know how well they turn out or keep to their so called potential. Prices are for the start of the game and will no doubt go up as the seasons go on (but some go down and you can get them way cheaper after a season or 2 so be patient), some of the players however do not go up by much after one season so you can still get a bargain in the 2nd season with this list. To help you decide I've put down their bad points to help you make up your mind, which came in reports during seasons 2 and 3 and I have left out players who are inconsistent as this to me is frustrating, and also taken out selfish players as I'm passionate about good team work (but this kinda took out some class players - but there are still plenty available).

Age is in brackets and I have put down a suggested price to buy them from (this is however trial and error, so try and get them cheaper than stated because the value stated is the minimum the club would accept when I was Celtic manager). There's plenty AM in this game but because I don't use them I haven't put them on my list (the Brazilians are the best in this area and there are also plenty excellent Argentinians playing in Brazil).

This is list is not full of wonderkids (but does contain some at a bargain), it is for potential bargains for a club like Celtic who do not have lots of cash but need to develop to compete in the future in Europe and try and catch up with some of the best clubs in the world. This lot will certainly make your team stronger within 5 years and bring you much closer to the likes of Barcelona. You can also pick up some of these players for free in a couple of years - I did , so check out when their contracts finishes and if you like take a gamble on some of them (I couldn't take a gamble on someone who has a long contract).

Star ratings are out of 5. Aim for 4-5 star rated players as these are the best around. There aren't too many 5 star rated players that are affordable so get them if you can at all costs.

PLEASE NOTE: Players outside the EU will more than likely require a WP but you can always loan them out to your affiliated Belgium team (if you have one) for 3 years and never have to worry about a WP for them again. Some of them are worth the wait.

Goalkeepers

Jack Butland (17) - 3.5 stars - £1.5 million. Birmingham

Not the fastest at coming off his line. You can get him cheaper after a season or two.

Alex Smithies (19) - 3.5 stars - £0.600 million. Huddersfield

Not the fastest at coming off his line. £700k easily gets him so try to get him cheaper after a month into the game.

Vincent Enyeama (27) - 4 stars - £0.230 million. H.Tel-Aviv

No weaknesses. Hard to get him to sign for you.

Guillermo Ochoa (25) - 4.5 stars - £over £6 million. America (Mexico)

No weaknesses. Best to wait until his value goes down or he goes out of contract as Amercia expect a lot of money for him.

Victor - (27) - 4.5 stars - £over £7 million. Gremio

No weaknesses. Best to wait until he is out of contract as Gremio want a lot of money for him.

Renan Ribeiro (20) - 4.5 stars - £over £6 million. Atletico Mineiro

No weaknesses. Atletico want a lot of money for this guy so I'd suggest waiting until he is out of contract.

Fabio (28) - 4 stars - £over £7million. Cruzeiro.

No weaknesses. Good at one on one situations and great reflex atts. Cruzeiro expect over £7 million for him, so best to wait until he is out of contract or his value goes down.

Central Defenders

Manoel (19) - 4 stars - £4.5 million. Atletico Paranaense

No weaknesses by the age of 21. Good physical attributes - very athletic.

Fabricio (20) - 4.5 stars - £Free to begin with but it's hard to get him to sign for you. If he signs for Palmeiras get him for 0.850 million. Palmeiras

No weaknesses at the age of 22. He is aggressive and very strong.

Dalton (19) - 4.5 stars - £4.6 million. Internacional.

No weakness at the age of 21.

Mario Fernandes (19) - 4.5 stars - £over £6million. Gremio.

No weaknesses by the age of 21. Gremio are expecting a lot of money for him so id suggest waiting until he is out of contract or lowers in value.

Leonel Galeano (18) - 5 stars - £5.25 million. Independiente

No weaknesses when he gets to 21. You can try and get him for free in January 2012. Well worth the money and a bargain if you get him for under £5 million.

Jose Goncalves (24) - 3 stars - £FREE.

Good back-up player for nothing with some impressive attributes.

Rafael Toloi (18) - 4.5 stars - £5.5 million. Goias (Brazil)

No weaknesses when he reaches 21. Not sure if he will need a WP, most probably will. Expensive to get so try other targets first.

Right Back

Sime Vrsaljko (17) - 4.5 stars - £2.5 million. Dinamo.

What he initially lacks in skill he makes up for in being big and aggressive, he doesn't have any weaknesses when he gets to the age of 20. Great bargain. This guy needs a WP so you will have to loan him out to a Belgium team for 3 years (try not to miss a day).

Kyle Walker (19) - 4 stars. £over £9 million. Tottenham

No weaknesses when he gets to 22. Very pacey. Best to wait a couple of years when Tottenham expect slightly less money for him.

Nathaniel Clyne (18) - 3.5 stars - £1.9 million. Crystal Palace.

Can also play left back when required and does well too. No weaknesses by the age of 21. Get Hinkle to Tutor him so he developes. Consistent player and seems to do well when he develops past the age of 20. You will easily get £4m for him by the age of 21 if he plays regularly for you giving you cash to get a wonderkid for around £4-6m in the same area. I like this player though.

Sebastien Corchia (18) - 4.5 stars - £Get him free in January 2011. Le Mans UC 72

Poor in the air. Not the best of attributes but the scouts seem to rate him highly. Might be best looking for other targets first as he is expensive (£6 million) at the start of the game but you can pick him up for free after a couple of seasons (January 2011)

Left Back

Jack Robinson (16) - 4 stars - £Free to begin with but hard to get him to sign for you, if he signs for Liverpool get him for around 0.75 million. Liverpool.

Poor intelligence on the pitch which means some of his passes go a-stray (this may develop over time). Has a competitive streak in him which can land him into trouble.

Lucas Digne (16) - 4 stars. £3.2 million. Lille.

No weaknesses when he reaches the age of 19. Pacey but all other attributes are no great. You need to develop his tackling. Worth a gamble as you can get around £3 million back for him when he gets to 19 (providing he has played a few games). It's hard to get him to sign for you though.

Alex Sandro (19) - 4 stars - £5.5 million. Santos.

Poor in the air but all other attributes are decent all round. Pretty rock solid. I did not need a WP for him so not sure if you will need one when you buy him in your first season. If you do just loan him out to a Belgium club for 3 years and he will come back ready to slot into your first team straight away. You can prize him away after a season or 2 for around £3.5 million.

Defensive Midfield

Lorenzo Crisetig (17) - 4 stars - £Starts off free but its hard to get him to sign for you. If he signs for inter, get him for 1.5 million. Inter Milan.

No weaknesses when he reaches 19.

Casemiro (17) - 4.5 stars - £3.5 million. Soa Paulo

No weaknesses when he reaches 20. Will require a WP - again send him out to your Affiliated Belgium team for 3 seasons. Hard to get him to sign for you though.

Sandro (21) - 4 stars - £Get him free in January 2012. Tottenham

No weaknesses. Good attributes for a DM - I had him in FM10 and was a really good player.

Nigel de Jong (25) - 4 stars - £FREE in in January 2012. Man City.

No weaknesses. Great attributes. It will cost you over £8 million to get him so best to wait until he is out of contract.

Centre Midfield

Josh McEachran (16) - 4.5 stars. £over £10 million. Chelsea.

Only weakness is in the air when he reaches 19. You may have to pay around £11 million for him so best to wait until his value drops and doesn't play many games or get him when he's out of contract.

Milan Badelj (21) - 5 stars - £3.8 million. Dinamo

No weaknesses. Excellent stats and great prospect. By far one of the best buys you will ever get.

Axel Witsel (21) - 4 stars - £2.9 million. Standard.

No weaknesses. Skillful player who is also consistent. You might be able to get this guy for £2.5 million - it really all depends if other teams put higher bids in or not.

Jucilei (22) - 4.5 stars - £over £6 million. Corinthians.

No weaknesses. Decent attributes all round but nothing outstanding. WP may be needed. Look for other targets first as he is very expensive and Corinthians expect around £6.5-£7 million.

Arouca (24) - 4.5 stars - £over £6million. Santos.

No weaknesses. Good all rounder. Look for other targets first as he is very expensive and Santos expect around £6.5-£7 million.

Mauricio Pereyra (19) - 4 stars - £1.5 million. Nacional.

Poor in the air and susceptible to injuries. Good passer of the ball but not the best attributes all round. Not sure if you will need a work permit as he does play for his country but not sure what the percentage is.

Fraser Fyvie (17) -4 stars - £2 million. Aberdeen.

Equally able to play as a DM. Poor in the air and not the best attributes. Hard to get him to sign for you.

Right Wing

Vladimir Weiss (19) - 4 stars - £FREE in January 2013. Manchester City (on loan at Rangers)

Poor in the air. You should be able to get him for free in January 2013 other wise he will set you back £7 million. It's hard to get him to sign for you anyway.

Ryad Boudebouz (19) - 4 stars - £Will set you back over £10 million so best to wait until his value decreases. FC Sochaux.

Useless in the air. Good dribbler and technique. Expensive though - best to first look at other targets as he will cost over £10 million.

Left Wing

Tommy Oar (17) - 4 stars - £1.6 million. FC Utrecht

You need a WP so stick him out on loan for 3 years in Belgium and bingo. He will come back developed and older, ready to compete for a first team place (he will get 2.5 stars PA then and a few games in his first season with you he will get up to 3 stars). Hard to get him to sign for you though until after a seasons or two.

Striker

Connor Wickham (16) - 4 stars - £3 million. Ipswich.

Doesn't have any weaknesses when he reaches 19. Man Utd try and get him from you so he can be a good investment. Good all rounder.

Sergio Araujo (17) - 4 stars - £2.9 million. Boca

This guy ends up with a superb scoring record at youth level. Not that good in the air, but effective dribbler and decent finisher. Sometimes he needs a WP so again send him out on loan for 3 years in Belgium and bingo, he comes back ready and raring to go. I've got him him when no WP was required (i..e I appealed for one and did not need another one that season).

Tiago Alves (16) - 4 stars - £2.6 million. Santos.

Not sure if he needs a WP as when i bought him after season 1 he didn't need one. Not the best in the air (as with most Brazilians) but good prospect.

Vaclav Kadlec (17) - 5 stars - £1.4 million. Sparta Prague.

Poor in the air. One of the best buys you will ever get for this money.

Ramelu Lukaku (17) - 4 stars - £3.5 million. Anderlecht.

No weaknesses when he gets to 19.

Neymar (18) - 5 stars - £over £8 million. Santos.

Great player but poor in the air. Can also be deployed on the left wing with effectiveness. Is he worth it? if you have the money yes, if not look for other effective targets.

Andriy Yarmolenko (19) - 4.5 stars - £4 million. Dynamo Kyiv.

Poor at set-pieces. Not the best attributes for a striker but highly rated.

Rogelio Funes Mori (19) - 4 stars - £over £7 million. River Plate.

No weaknesses by the age of 21. Pretty good in the air. Not the best attributes but for some reason ends up having a superb goal scoring record at youth level for his country. Fairly highly rated by my scouts. Look for other targets first as he is very expensive at the beginning of the game.

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Some players you might have a look at and check if they are good enough for your list:

Carlos Kameni, GK, reasonable release clause

Douglas (Douglas Pereira Santos), RB

Dodo (Jose Rodolfo Pires Ribeiro), LB, has a cheap release clause

Werley, CB

Jens Hegeler, CB/DM, you have to wait until 2012 because he is on a loan, but I signed him early and he's quality when hes incoming.

Thorgan Hazard, Edens younger brother, good potential though he needs development.

Thanks for the thread, will take a look at some of the guys :)

Lacina Traore

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First off I do not cheat by going into the editor to see what are the best youngsters nor do I download those lists - this to me is cheating. I talent scout instead making it more realistic and more fun :).

It may be late, and I may be confused but...

You think that lists of good players are 'cheating'? Yet you have made a list of players here, and are encouraging people to use it...

So in that sense, you are encouraging people to, in your eyes... 'cheat'.

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got a pretty hardcore list of some good cheap players...

Pablo Mouche- loan

Bogdan Stancu- loan

Fidel Martinez

Enzo Maresca

Renzetti

Eugene Konoplyanka - dinpro

Neicer Reasco

Piscu

Kim - al-arabi

Omer Toprak

Ahmed Soukouna

Diego De Souza

Mauro Milano

Mitja Viler

Jonatas

Leandro Augusto

Jordan Ayew

Lucas Biglia

Fabricio - Palmeiras

Ruben Ramirez

Marcel- Santos

Olexiy Godin

Soares- Vitoria

Leonardo Gonzalez

Romulo - Guarani

Liam Rosenior

Matias Aguirregaray

Jose Angel

Stephan Lichtsteiner

Javier Flano

Bruggink

Siem de Jong

Miralem Sulejmani

Alessandro Noselli

Martin Bravo

Ihar Shitov

Felix Bastians

Peter Masilela

Souleymane Bamba

Rodolfo Gamarra

Senijad Ibricic

Sime Vrsaljko

Federico Fazio

Edgar Benitez

Ivan Bandalovski

Ayila Yussuf

Pavel Niakhaichyk

Matias Lequi

Thomas Enevoldsen

Juan Manuel Martinez

Ignacio Scocco

Mobi Okoli

Kara

Rafael Toloi

Robert Pires

Fernando Baiano

Christián Benítez

Humberto Suazo

Malkhaz Asatiani

Marcio Egidio

Mariano Pernia

Radek Šírl

Anderson Cleber Beraldo

Luis Caceres

Cristian Fabbiani

Ludovic Sane

Rafael

Eric Botteghin

Fredrik Stenman

Marko Suler

Ondrej Mazuch

Tomas Necid

Lucas Lobos

Max Tonetto

Eugene Khacheridi

Martin Dechev

Mauricio Molina

Fabian Monzon

Jorge Andrade

Kiko Femenia

Alberto Lora

Edgar Manucharyan

Henrik Mkhitaryan

Vitaliy Vernydub

Walter Garcia

Michael Rensing

Wilfried Niflore

Marko Livaja

Nicolas Olmedo

Tomas Horava

Henning Hauger

Gaston Diaz

Danilo - Santos

Enio - Jeonbuk

Haris Medunjanin

Garra Dembele

Carlos Villanueva

Celso Borges

Matias Alustiza

Mauricio Romero

Xandao

Marco Padalino

Juan Manuel Insaurralde

Juan Angel Albin

Oscar Wendt

Tarik Sektioui

Doka Maduriera

Amine Chermiti

Peter Pekarik

Camilo Zuniga

Douglas Pereira dos Santos

Mergim Mavraj

Zsolt Laczko

Kevin Das Neves

Leandro Grimi

Benson Mhlongo

Anderson Vital da Silva

Randall Azofeifa

Giovanni Moreno

Teko Modise

Georgi Milanov

Maor Buzaglo

Vaclav Kadlec

Dzmitry Verkhovtsov

Daniele Conti

Marin Tomasov

Jens Stryger Larsen

Domagoj Antolic

Mauricio Molina

Mikkel Thygesen

Ken Ilso

Eduardo da Silva Nascimento Neto

Angelo Ogbonna

Kermit Erasmus

Joel Matip

Frode Johnsen

Armend Dallku

Papa Gueye

Pascal Feindouno

Frederic Bulot

Tomas Necid

Alan Dzagoev

Fredrik Winsnes

Daniel Aquino

Luciano figueroa

Luis Moran

Gianni Zuiverloon

Mehdi Carcela

Dusan Tadic

Pavle Ninkov

Ondrej Kusnir

Luiz Henrique da Silva Alves

Rafael Ferreira Francisco

Fabian Bordagaray

Dries Mertens

Markus Henriksen

Rafael Moura

Jack Hobbs

Ji Dong-Won

Georgi Terziev

Kim Jung-Woo

Barry Bannan

Adrian Lopez Alvarez

Alejandro Faurlin

Avine Junior Cardoso

Martin Zeman

Agustin Torassa

Michael Eneramo

Jonathan Legear

Kara

Makoto Hasebe

Nestor Calderon

Ehsan Hajysafi

Lautaro Acosta

Ceyhun Gulselam

Javier Campos

Andile Jali

Ahmed Khalil

Harmeet Singh

Ante Vukusic

Paul Ambrosi

A lot of the guys above are available on a loan doal at the start of the season have a look to see if they are set as squad rotation or back up

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I notices you have Tommy Oar as at Brisbane Roar. He hasnt been there since the start of the season and according to the first db and later updates he is a FC Utrecht of Holland as he is in real life.

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It may be late, and I may be confused but...

You think that lists of good players are 'cheating'? Yet you have made a list of players here, and are encouraging people to use it...

So in that sense, you are encouraging people to, in your eyes... 'cheat'.

Not scouting and taking that gigantic list of every good player in the game is cheating and using the editor yes. I scouted them and its only a handful not a ridiculous ten page documented list of players.

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Some players you might have a look at and check if they are good enough for your list:

Carlos Kameni, GK, reasonable release clause

Douglas (Douglas Pereira Santos), RB

Dodo (Jose Rodolfo Pires Ribeiro), LB, has a cheap release clause

Werley, CB

Jens Hegeler, CB/DM, you have to wait until 2012 because he is on a loan, but I signed him early and he's quality when hes incoming.

Thorgan Hazard, Edens younger brother, good potential though he needs development.

Thanks for the thread, will take a look at some of the guys :)

Lacina Traore

Couldn't find most of those players mate. Do you have their clubs?

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Kameni -> Espanyol Barcelona

Douglas -> Goias EC (Brazil)

Dodo -> Corinthians Sao Paolo

Werley -> Atletico Mineiro

Hegeler -> Leverkusen, on loan @Nürnberg for the first two seasons

Hazard -> Racing Club Lens

Traore -> Cluj

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Jay did you offload a lot of players toget more funds?

Yeah I had to. I managed to get in some of those players, Kadlec, Smithies, Vrsaljko (needs a WP so sent him out on loan to a Belgium team), Badelj, Witsel, Araujo.

I only have 2 CB so need to get an emergency loan in - I ended up buying a cheap player for back-up who is experienced and decent. I kept Majstoravic and Rogne but got rid of all the other CBs as they aren't that good and not the quality I want at Celtic. Loaned some players out with possible future fees. The idea is to replace what you have with that list above and you will have a great team within a few years. It's impossible to get them all so you need to be realistic.

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i appreciate the hard work but see little point in this thread, apologies

what little point if you don't mind me asking? i don't see a thread showing potential world class players who are affordable. Nor giving an explanation of their weaknesses nor what exact price they will sell for in the first season.

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i appreciate the hard work but see little point in this thread, apologies

I also see little point in your post :rolleyes:

Anyway a couple of suggestions for this thread:

Renato Augusto CAM: potential key player for Europa league standard teams and very good squad player for better teams, available for around 8-9m

Erik Pieters LB: good young fullback starter for midtable teams with the potential to improve, available on loan for a small fee and you can add a buy out clause for about 3-4m

I'll add some more later when I can :)

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I actually don't know if he's cheap or not at the start of the game, but three seasons in Moustapha Bayal is an absolute monster in defence.

Garra Dembele is a great buy for around £1m. Gabriel Torje has just been picked up by Chelsea for £13m, so buying him cheaper early on may represent a solid investment.

Diego Renan is a rock solid full back on either side but specifically the right, and he can be picked up on a good deal if the timing is right. Lacina Traore isn't bad if you want a target man.

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I brought in Alex Sandro on a loan to second division in Germany, he didnt really wow me.

I also see little point in your post :rolleyes:

Anyway a couple of suggestions for this thread:

Renato Augusto CAM: potential key player for Europa league standard teams and very good squad player for better teams, available for around 8-9m

Erik Pieters LB: good young fullback starter for midtable teams with the potential to improve, available on loan for a small fee and you can add a buy out clause for about 3-4m

I'll add some more later when I can :)

I second those recommendations :)

Few more (so far only tried them in second division football, but they have potential and should be good enough to become starters in a mid table team or more):

Nassim Ben Khalifa, Wolfsburg, Striker

Chris Wood, West Brom, Striker

Zé Eduardo, Santos, Striker, AMC, MC

Ji Dong-Won, Striker, Chunnam Dragons

Kevin Pannewitz, Rostock, MC (propably need all German players loaded as he starts in 3rd division)

Edgar Prib, Fürth, MC

Ömer Toprak, Freiburg, DC

And a few of my key players in my Leverkusen Save who should be affordable and good enough for upper midtable clubs

Gonzalo Castro, Leverkusen, can play almost all positions in defense+midfield, natural RB

Lars Bender, Leverkusen, MC/DM

Arturo Vidal, Leverkusen. MC/DM

Barnetta, Leverkusen, AML but does well on the right wing too.

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Guys there is a bargain thread, striker, defenders, midfielders thread and plenty of others, every single one of these players could be posted in there. So lets use those instead. :thup:

It would help if you put links up and I noticed that some of the players aren't that great.

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It would help if you put links up and I noticed that some of the players aren't that great.

Yeah, doesn't matter if they're not that great, they are still bargains.

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To be fair to the OP we had the Talented Unknowns thread last year which got onto 7 pages or so and most of those could've been posted elsewhere. There were some excellent obscure players in that thread so it would be useful if there was an active thread similar to that one for FM11 I think.

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To be fair to the OP we had the Talented Unknowns thread last year which got onto 7 pages or so and most of those could've been posted elsewhere. There were some excellent obscure players in that thread so it would be useful if there was an active thread similar to that one for FM11 I think.

I agree, but I'd say at least 75% of the players in this thread aren't really unknown FM wise :)

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