The Best Wonderkids to Sign on Football Manager 26

Some of the game’s future superstars will not come cheap.

Lamine Yamal blossoms into a superstar on FM26. / Manuel Queimadelos/Quality Sport Images/Getty Images

One of the most exciting parts of any new Football Manager release is the search for the best wonderkids in the game, and FM26 is no different.

There are plenty of future superstars available for affordable fees but, for those blessed with bumper transfer budgets, the door is open to pick up the next great of the game even if it costs you everything you’ve got.

Here are the best young players on FM26.

1. The Best Wonderkids on FM26
2. The Best Young Wonderkids on FM26

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The Best Wonderkids on FM26

When it comes to player potential on FM26, there are no fewer than four male talents who have been afforded a potential ability range in the top bracket. Dynamic potential means it’s impossible to predict exactly how good these players will become in any specific save, but this quartet is as close to a guarantee as it comes.

Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal joins Real Madrid striker Endrick, Chelsea’s Estêvão and emerging Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi as the only players with a potential guaranteed to make them among the best in the world.

Below them, a further eight players have a potential ability range which ranges anywhere from elite to a global superstar. Desiré Doué, Kenan Yıldız, Pau Cubarsí, Leny Yoro, Franco Mastantuono and Ethan Nwaneri are already household names, and they’re joined by 18-year-old Porto midfielder Rodrigo Mora and 16-year-old Tottenham Hotspur sensation Luca Williams-Barnett.

The bracket below is where the predicted potential starts to get a bit more common. Indeed, there are no fewer than 49 players who, depending on how lucky you are on your save, have what it takes to become leading talents.

Among those are big names like Manchester City winger Savinho, Chelsea midfielder Roméo Lavia and Paris Saint-Germain’s Warren Zaïre-Emery, but emerging youngsters like Liverpool’s Rio Ngumoha and Barcelona’s Dro can reach the same heights.

For those looking for no-risk targets, there are plenty of youngsters with fixed potential ratings that are effectively guaranteed to reach superstar heights under the right training conditions.

Como playmaker Nico Paz and Tottenham midfielder Lucas Bergvall both boast incredibly high fixed potential, while Arsenal’s Myles Lewis-Skelly, Manchester City’s Rayan Cherki and Real Madrid duo Dean Huijsen and Arda Güler are not far behind.

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Goalkeepers

Hopes are high for Mike Penders. / Antonio Borga/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images

• Ferrán Quetglás (Real Madrid)
• Jonas Urbig (Bayern Munich)
• Ander Astralaga (Barcelona)
• Mike Penders (Chelsea, on loan at Strasbourg)
• Dennis Seimen (Stuttgart, on loan at Paderborn)
• Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro (AZ Alkmaar)
• Julian Eyestone (Brentford)
• Tommaso Martinelli (Fiorentina)
• Alessandro Nunziante (Udinese)

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Defenders

Leny Yoro’s potential has been clear for years. / Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images

• Leny Yoro (Manchester United)
• Dean Huijsen (Real Madrid)
• Pau Cubarsí (Barcelona)
• Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal)
• Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta)
• Cristhian Mosquera (Arsenal)
• Zeno Debast (Sporting CP)
• Abdukodir Khusanov (Manchester City)
• Willy Kambwala (Villarreal)
• Alejandro Balde (Barcelona)
• Milos Kerkez (Liverpool)
• Lewis Hall (Newcastle United)
• Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City)
• Omar El Hilali (Espanyol)

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Midfielders

João Neves is already one of the world’s best. / Jean Catuffe/Getty Images

• Aleksandar Pavlović (Bayern Munich)
• Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace)
• Carlos Baleba (Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Roméo Lavia (Chelsea)
• Marc Bernal (Barcelona)
• Gavi (Barcelona)
• João Neves (PSG)
• Mateus Fernandes (West Ham United)
• Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Archie Gray (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United)
• Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG)
• Sverre Nypan (Manchester City)
• Assan Ouédraogo (RB Leipzig)
• Kees Smit (AZ Alkmaar)

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Forwards

The sky is the limit for Estêvão. / Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

• Lamine Yamal (Barcelona)
• Endrick (Real Madrid)
• Désiré Doué (PSG)
• Estêvão (Chelsea)
• Alejandro Garnacho (Chelsea)
• Franco Mastantuono (Real Madrid)
• Kenan Yıldız (Juventus)
• Yankuba Minteh (Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal)
• Geovany Quenda (Sporting CP, joining Chelsea)
• Vitor Roque (Palmeiras)
• Tyler Dibling (Everton)
• Assane Diao (Como)
• Ben Gannon Doak (Bournemouth)
• Evan Ferguson (Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Francesco Esposito (Inter)
• Eli Junior Kroupi (Bournemouth)

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The Best Young Wonderkids on FM26

It’s not all about big, well-known talents. The FM series has helped countless unproven youngsters become household names overnight.

Scouts across the globe have been busy predicting which 16 and 17-year-olds are destined for greatness, and the verdict is in.

Goalkeepers

Jack Porter has already played for Arsenal’s first team. / Alex Pantling/Getty Images

• Quenten Attigah (AZ Alkmaar)
• Lucca Brughmans (Genk)
• Bas Evers (Gent)
• Dylan Moody (Southampton)
• Jack Porter (Arsenal)
• Nick Homan (AZ Alkmaar)
• Théodore Pizarro (Freiburg)
• Freddy Bernal (Chelsea)
• Slim Bouaskar (Roma)
• Romário Cunha (Braga)

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Defenders

Hopes are high for Axel Tape. / Joris Verwijst/BSR Agency/Getty Images

• Saba Kharebashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi)
• Matteo Palma (Udinese)
• Honest Ahanor (Atalanta)
• Davinchi (Getafe)
• Axel Tape (Bayer Leverkusen)
• Christopher Cupps (Chicago Fire)
• Jun'ai Byfield (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Jayden Ngwashi (Manchester United)
• Tyler Tingey (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Kyllian Antonio (Lens)
• Daniel Banjaqui (Benfica)

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Midfielders

Ayyoub Bouaddi is a target for Europe’s elite. / Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images

• Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille)
• Gilberto Mora (Tijuana)
• Konstantinos Karetsas (Genk)
• Nathan De Cat (Anderlecht)
• Kennet Eichhorn (Hertha BSC)
• Toni Fernández (Barcelona)
• Guille Fernández (Barcelona)
• Dro (Barcelona)
• Abdellah Ouazane (Ajax)

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Forwards

Rio Ngumoha has already made an impact at senior level. / Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images

• Francesco Camarda (AC Milan)
• Mikey Moore (Tottenham Hotspur)
• Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool)
• Kerim Alajbegović (Red Bull Salzburg)
• Datsan Satpayev (Kairat, joining Chelsea)
• Jeremy Monga (Leicester City)
• Ibrahim Mbaye (PSG)
• Sami Bouhoudane (PSV)
• Harry Gray (Leeds United)
• José Reyes (Real Madrid)
• Gabriel Mec (Gremio)

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