FM’07: Bargain Buys

After seven months (yeah…) corrupting my life with the most (potentially) time consuming single-player-game ever, I’ve finally come up with a list of the game’s most talented (and affordable players).

This may be particularly useful for people who wants to save time scouting for players.

Please note that this list is far from complete and probably will never be, as new players are discovered daily. On that basis, you’re welcome to expand the list with your own discoveries. I will update the list based on the feedback.

While most of the players I compiled are youngsters (since they’re cheap), some of ‘em aren’t exactly young. But after several games, I noticed their performance was actually amazing. The players below can be acquired within a middle-tier team’s budget.

GK
Storari
Wang Dalei
Ron-Robert Zieler

DF
Paul Wotton
Marcelo
Vincent Enyeama
Jelle Van Damme
Anthony Vanden Borre

MF
Freddy Guarin
Celsinho
Leandro Lima
Sherman Cardenas
Christian Benetti
Benedict Vilakazi
Matias Fernandez

FW
Junior Ross
Nicolas Millan
Mitchell Bryant
Salvatore Foti
Scott Sinclair
Jose Sosa
Lebohang Mokoena

In addition, below are some “cheap” (and I use this term loosely) players that a hardcore football managers should buy.

Note that the computer teams would definitely buy them at some point in the game.

GK
Oscar Ustari
Igor Akinfeev
Sebastien Frey

DF
Andres Guardado
Felipe (Udinese)
Leighton Baines
Micah Richards
Vincent Kompany
Christian Zaccardo
Barzagli

MF
Fernando Gago
Stewart Downing
Ricardo Montolivo
Yoann Gourcuff
Freddy Adu

FW
David Suazo
Falcao
Stefan Kiessling
Nilmar
Lukas Podolski
Miroslav Klose
Peter Crouch
Giampaolo Pazzini
Vicenzo Iaquinta
Anderson (Porto)

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Your submissions are appreciated.