Football Manager 2008 Players

LanceStorm

seen as footy manager 08 is now out im hoping this forum comes back to life, starting with a dedicated 08 thread about good players!!

few ive found in the first season
:

wonderkids ->

Henri Saivet - only 16, striker,
scouting revealed he'd be better than drogba

Marcelo - only 19, left back
arneson says he'l be 'alot better' than ashley cole, only 5.5mil release clause too

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more as there found, please add your own!!

Peyton Manning

Alex, an attacking midfielder from sao paolo i believe. Has the potential to be as good as Ronaldinho.

Plus the usuals, i.e Anderson, Carlos Vela, Nicolas Millan etc.

Idu

aarilato(sp?) - young finish striker. Has cemented his place in my united team ahead of Tevez

Luka Modric, Arouca in midfield and velocsco from sporting lisbon

Beanmachine

Ezequiel Garay - BEST DEFENDER IN THE GAME.

pablo piatti - good young player.

alex - from brazilian club vasco touted as the next ronaldinho.

Wanderley - brazilian club ponte preta touted as the next adriano.

Marek Stech - west ham goalkeeper touted as the next buffon.

Sergey Ignashevich - Best free transfer in the game.

Mauro Zarate - Playing in qutar so can be bought for cheaper than asking price excellent striker.

Aarón - Valencia - became most expensive player in my game 70million or so he's quality.

Van der vaart - unbelievable.

Pompey Magnus

My top three so far:

1) In my first season at Celtic I bought attacking mid Georginio Wijnaldum from Feynoord for £1.4 m, after the first season I was getting bids from the big teams of £9m, I have left Celtic in 2010/11 and would have to stump up about £35m to bring him with me to Man Utd. A class young player and great investment.

2) Género Zeefuik is another good young Dutch striker, buy for around £400,000 and will be worth ten times that after one season with a good run in the first team.

3) Daniel Braaten was a great buy for me at Celtic, bought him for £500,000 in season 2008/09 when transfer listed and he averaged almost a goal a game for me.

gustavo

Seamus Coleman at Sligo Rovers is a good prospect seems to do well and can be gotten cheap

Instant Karma

started a game as arsenal and signed Kevin Doyle, top scorer with 20 in 24 games, go figure.

dulpit

I'm gonna agree with Instant Karma, I'm Everton, bought Kevin Doyle and he got 18 goals in first season... He's struggled a bit in 2nd season, but Yakubu is playing well so it's ok for now...

20 Times 20 Times

16 year old Dan Gosling that plays for stoke. Legend.

deano da king

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from Ajax in my first season is terrific in the champions league for my World-class Inter team...Zlatan Imbrahimovic is a Legend and also Inter have a 17 year-old Italian-Ghanaian Wonderkid of a Striker(I'm not sure if he has been established as a Wonderkid in the 07/08 first season though but he is definatly a Wonderkid at the very start of the second season so makesure you gett'em. Also I'm not sure what this has to do with this thread but it might be helpful to know that in my first season(07/08) with Inter, I managed the treble! Winning Serie A (convinsingly),the Champions League (going through both the Group Stages and later stages unbeaten :rolleyes: and to finish the amazing season off I won the Italian Cup (italian version of the FA cup) this is the team what is capable of doing this...(not the only team btw)...

GK- Julio Cesar
RB/RWB- Javier Zanetti also covered by jorge fucile
LB/LWB- Ivan Cordoba also covered by Phillip Lahm
LCB- Chivu(SOLID)
RCB- Lillian Thuram(EQUALLY SOLID) also covered by Walter Samuel
RM/RW- Ricardo Quaresma (with great cover from THE Luis Figo)
LM/LW- Dejan Stankovic (AMAZING)
MC- Patrick Vieira (SKIPPER...Captain)
MC- Estaban Cambiasso (Argentinian International )....also i decided to loan the next Makelele...Lassana Diarra for cover and i also bought Makelele to help the squad rotation for about 500k(bargain)
ST-Ibrahimovic(key player of the team)
ST- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar(Truly Great) and I loaned out Adriano coz he wasn't happy with sum reason I cant remember lol, I loaned him to Roma for the season and i was gutted coz he was top scorer in Serie A with sumthing like 24 goals in 36 league games! :eek:
so i had decent cover for my forwards with Crespo whos terrific in ur first season!!! thanks for reading my life-story lmao and goodbye :S

Dalli.S

not neccesarily Wonderkids as i am playing as LUFC. and i get what i can get, but my best signings have been,

Branimir Kostadinov
Chris James (amazing but disappears for two months a season as he is a Kiwi)

there are more, jus signed a 17year old Aussie goale from Liverpool, unbelievable stats and signed a brazilina called Esquinardihno i think.......

welshysafc

i am rushden and diamonds and need some good players to sign any help

Frisbee

I was looking to sign yaya toure from barcelona, i think he's a good player.
However he's got a 62.5 million buy out clause. Is it just me or is that seriously disproportionate to his actual worth/status?

Zapp Brannigan

Well loads of La Liga players have ridiculous buyout clauses. They have to be in their contract so most clubs just put a high one in there. Yaya mightn't be worth that much but he's worth alot more than what Barca paid for him.

Frisbee

Yeah.... too bad...
Big admirer...

MrJoeSoap

Signed Dundalks Philly Hughes with Wrexham and he has hit 20 in 20 as the lone striker in a mid-table side.

Mr.Nice Guy

Found this on another forum. A list of the best prospects in the game. Probably not much use if you're a lower league side but here they are anyway:

Here is a complete list of players aged 21 and under with -10, -9 and fixed PA's between 166 and 200.


-10s

Aaron - valencia - ST
Alexandre Pato - AC Milan - FC
Anderson - Man Utd - AMC
Banega - Boca - DM
Bojan - Barcelona - ST
dos Santos - Barcelona - AMLC
Giovinco - Juventus - ALMC
Guardado - Deportivo - WB/AML
Lulinha - Corinthians - AMC
Saivet - Bordeaux - AMRL/FC
Ustari - Getafe - GK
Vela - Arsenal - AM/FC


-9s

Aaritalo - Turun Palloseura - AMRL/ST
Abenzoar - Lyon - DRC/WBR
Acapandie - AJ Auxerre - ST
Adan - Real Madrid - GK
Adrian - Deportivo - ST
Adrien - Sporting CP - MC
Adu - Benfica - AMLC
Alamo - Tapachula - GK
Alan - Guarani - ST
Alan Kardec - Vasco - ST
Alex - Vasco - AMRLC/FC
Altidore - New York - ST
Andrade, E - Cruz Azul - MRC
Andrade, O - Alianza Lima - ST
Angulo - Herediano - D/WBR
Anselmo - Cruzeiro - ST
Aquino - Murcia - AML/ST
Araujo - Chivas - DC/DM
Arda - Galatasaray - AMRL
Arias - Chivas - GK
Asulin - Barcelona - AMRLC
Avila - Chivas
Babel - Liverpool
Barnes - Derby - AMRC
Barragan - Deportivo - D/WBR
Batuhan - Besiktas
Baxter - Everton - AM/FC
Begovic - Portsmouth - GK
Bendtner - Arsenal - ST
Benitez - Santos Laguna
Benzerga - Lille
Bicfalvi - Steaua
Blanco - Pachuca
Boeteng - Tottenham - AMC
Bocaly - Marseille
Bolzoni - Inter
Bouzanis - Liverpool - GK
Bozaglo - M. Haifa
Breno - Sao Paulo - DC
Bruno Formigoni - Sao Paolo
Bruno Mezenga - Flamengo
Bueno - Real Madrid - GK
Buonanotte - River - AMC
Ca - FC Nantes
Cabral - Racing Club - SW/DC
Cabrera - La Equidad
Cahais - Boca
Camucho - At. Madrid
Cardozo - Boca
Carlos Eduardo - Hoffenheim
Carlos Saez - Rayo
Carroll - Newcastle - ST
Cassio - PSV - GK
Cathcart - Man Utd
Celsinho - Lokomotiv Moscow
Cem - Galatasaray
Choco - Athletico Paranaense
Clichy - Arsenal - D/WBL
Consigli - Atlanta - GK
Costil - Stade Malherbe de Caen - GK
Cristaldo - Velez
Cristian Portillo - Racing
Crosas - Barcelona
Dalla Valle - JIPPO
David - Palmeiras - DC
De Gea - At. Madrid
Delfouneso - Aston Villa
Delle - FC Metz
Denilson - Arsenal - DM
Dervite - Tottenham
Di Gennaro - AC Milan
Di Maria - Benfica
Djourou - Arsenal - DC
Doudin - La Chaux de Fonds - ST
Ducasse - Bordeaux
Duplus - FC Sochaux - DRLC
Edu Valle - At. Madrid
Eduardo Ratinho - Corinthians - D/WBR
Edwards - Millwall - GK
El-Mourabet - FC Nantes - DC
Escudero - Velez
Esparza - Chivas
Esposito - Juventus
Evans - Man Utd
Fabio - Fluminense
Falcao - River - FC
Faraoni - Lazio
Felipe - Santos - GK
Fernandez - River
Filipenko - BATE
Fischer - Stuttgart
Fogelman - M. Tel-Aviv
Forestiero - Siena
Fraga - Moreila - GK
Gakpe - AS Monaco FC
Gavish - M. Petach-Tikva
Goldstein - B. Jerusalem
Gomez - Arsenal de Sarandi
Guarin - AS Saint-Ettienne
Guilherme - Cruzeiro
Guilherme - Vasco
Guzman - Moreila
Hazard - Lille
Helder Barbosa - Porto
Hobbs - Liverpool - DC
Iago - Barcelona
Ilhan - Fenerbahce
Insua - Liverpool
Iriome - Tenerife
Javi Flores - Cordoba - AMRC
Javi Garcia - Osasuna
Joao Carlos - Atletico Paranaense
Johnson - Man City
Jourdren - Montpellier - GK
Kerlon - Cruzeiro - AM/Fc
Khedira - Stuttgart
Kose - Ankaraspor
Kroos - FC Bayern
Le Tallec - Stade Rennais FC
Lehtovaara - Turun Palloseura
Leto - Liverpool
Leyrielton - Goias
Lindado - Junior
Lomski - Turun Palloseura
Malul - M. Tel-Aviv
Mancienne - Chelsea - DRC
Manco - Alianza Lima
Marcelo Grohe - Gremio - GK
Marin - Gladbach
Mata - Valencia
Mauricio - Fluminense
Merchan - Real Madrid
Merida - Arsenal
Mikel - Chelsea - MC
Millan - Colo Colo
Monnet-Pacquet - RC Lens
Moralez - FC Moscow
Moreno - Real Madrid
Moreno - Pumas - DC
Morimoto - Catania
Muamba - Birmingham - DM
Murcia - Hercules
Musacchio - River
N'Guessi - Stade Rennais FC
Nani - Man Utd
Nazarith - America
Neuer - Shalke
Ninis - Panathinaikos
Noble - Fulham
Nsue - Mallorca
Obama - Murcia
Obertan - Bordeaux
Olazabal - Barcelona
Oliva - River
Onuoha - Man City - DRC
Pacheco - Liverpool
Pearce - Birmingham
Piatti - Estudiantes (LP)
Pichu - At. Madrid
Pino - AS Monaco FC
Pjanic - FC Metz - AMC
Prudnikov - Spartak Moscow
Putilo - Dinamo Minsk
Radu - Dinamo Buc. - DLC
Rafael Forster - Internacional
Rafinha - Cruzeiro
Rakitic - Schalke
Ramon - CSKA Moscow
Refaelov - M. Haifa
Riou - AJ Auxerre - GK
Roberto - Atletico Paranaense
Rochela - Deportivo
Ruben - River
Russotto - Treviso
Sahar - Chelsea - ST
Sakho - PSG
Samuel - Rayo
San Roman - River
Sanchez - Atlas
Santacroce - Brescia
Sarmiento - Racing
Saunier - Bordeaux
Schmeichel - Man City - GK
Schwechlen - AS Monaco FC - SW/DLC
Scribe - Montpellier - GK
Sergio Mota - Sao Paulo
Sidnei - Internacional
Sinclair - Chelsea - AML/ST
Sosnin - Zenit Peterburg
Stancu - Unirea Urziceni - ST
Sunny - Valencia
Taarabt - Tottenham
Tasci - Stuttgart - DC
Taylor - Newcastle
Teaudors - FC Sochaux
Thiago - Sao Paulo
Thiago - Barcelona
Thicot - FC Nantes - SW/DC
Torje - Poli 1921
Toto Tamuz - B. Jerusalem
Traore - Arsenal
Trecarichi - Sevilla
Trejo - Mallorca
Tuia - Lazio
Vailatti - Torino
Valencia - Villareal
Victor Diaz - Sevilla
Vidal - Leverkusen
Villagra - River
Villaluz - Cruz Azul
Walcott - Arsenal
Welbeck - Man Utd
Welliton - Spartak Moscow
Wijnaldum - Feyenoord - AMRLC
Willian - Shakter
Woods - Chelsea - MC
Zarate - Al-Sadd - ST
Zeefuik - PSV
Zola - AS Monaco FC


Players 21 and under with fixed PA between 166 and 200
PA's given after club!

Fabregas - Arsenal - MC - 195
Messi - Barcelona - 194
Rooney - Man Utd - 192
Silva - Valencia - AMRLC -191
Sergio Ramos - Real Madrid - 186
Akinfeev - CSKA Moscow - GK - 185
Marchisio - Juventus - 185
Nasri - Marseille - 185
Lucas - Liverpool - 184
Aguero - At. Madrid - AM/FC - 182
Jesus Navas - Sevilla - 182
Kompany - HSV - DC - 182
Richards - Man City - DRC/DM - 182
De Silvestri - Lazio - 181
Ben Arfa - Lyon - 180
Benzema - Lyon - 180
Cavani - Palermo - ST -180
Criscito - Juventus - 180
Matias Fernandez - Villareal - AMLC - 180
Menez - AS Monaco FC - 180
Miguel Veloso - Sporting CP - DC/DM - 180
Rossi - Villareal - 180
Zapata - Udinese - 180
Gago - Real Madrid - 179
Corluka - Man City - DRC - 178
de Guzman - Feyenoord - 178
Marcelo - Real Madrid - D/WB/ML - 178
Pique - Man Utd - 178
Balotelli - Inter - 177
Corradini - Parma - 177
Higuain - Real Madrid - 177
Ochoa - America (MEX) - GK - 176
Alboil - Valencia - 175
David Luiz - Benfica - DC - 175
Garay - Racing - 175
Hamsik - Napoli - 175
Javi Martinez - Athletic - 175
Kalou - Chelsea - AMRLC/FC - 175
Marica - Stuttgart - 175
Raul Garcia - At. Madrid - 175
Alexis - Valencia - 174
Arouca - Fluminense - 173
Cigarini - Parma - 173
Diego Capel - Sevilla - AML - 173
Aissati - PSV - 172
Diaby - Arsenal - 172
Gyan - Udinese - 172
Lennon - Tottenham - 172
Renato Augusto - 172
Acquafresca - Cagliari 170
Andreolli - Roma - 170
Biglia - Anderlecht - 170
Briand - Stade Rennais FC - 170
Ceravolo - Reggina - 170
Dessena - Parma - 170
Dia - AS Nancy-Lorraine - 170
Edu - Hoffenheim - 170
Manuel Fernandes - Valencia - 170
Gomez - Stuttgart - 170
Gouffran - Stade Malherbe de Caen - 170
Gourcuff - AC Milan - 170
Joao Moutinho - Sporting CP - 170
Kuzmanovic - Fiorentina - 170
Lloris - OGC Nice - GK - 170
Matuidi - AS Saint-Etienne - 170
Payet - AS Saint-Etienne - 170
Rafinha - Schalke - 170
Rybka - Dinamo-2 Kiev - 170
Shust - Shaktar - 170
Torres - Real Madrid - 170
Young - Aston Villa - AMRL/ST - 170
Ilsinho - Shakhtar - 169
McGeady - Celtic - 169
Barreto - Udinese - 168
Bojinov - Man City - 168
Lupoli - Fiorentina - 168
Vaz Te - Bolton - 168
Bale - Tottenham - 167
Danilinho - Atletico Mineiro - 167
Dzsudzsak - Debrecen - 167
Alfaro - Sevilla - 166
Emanuelson - Ajax - 166
Greco - Roma - 166
Jansen - FC Bayern - 166
Leonardo - Shakhtar - 166
Modric - Dimano - AMRLC - 166
Okaka - Roma - 166
Song - Arsenal - 166

Hope this helps you guys out. I found it a useful help anyway.

Ha'way the Lads

I was west Ham in 2009/2010 and I played Marek Stech in goal, he kept a clean sheet through the whole champions league competion (even though my defense wasn't that good) and he averaged 8.13. He is awesome. Also Ustari-Getafe, Amelia-Livorno and Gordon-Mighty Sunderland all turn into wicked goalkeepers

Ha'way the Lads

Mario Gomez-Stuttgart scored 36 goals in the league after i signed him as HSV manager. Price- 8-12million

Henri Saivet- The next Henry, awesome pacy striker who is absolutely clinacal in front of goal. Price 1.5-3.5million

Jose Baxter -Awesome Everton striker who turns into one of England's best ever strikers. Price 1-3million

Genero Zeefuik-PSV striker who is worth 20 million by 2010.
Price 400-800K

Mika Aaritalo- Young Finnish Striker who can be bought cheap even though he is class and has loads of potential.Price about 1-2mil

Emilio Nsue- At first glance his stats don't look that good but he turns into spain's first choice striker and worth about 20mil. Price about 2mil

Kwabena Agouda- Best value for money player on the game. Technically perfect, but quite lethargic. If you treat him right and use him well he is unstoppable. Starts at St. Gallen and costs about 250-500k.
He is unbeleivable and MY MOST Highly Rated PLAYER

Tommy Hoiland- Unheard of Norweigan Striker who is touted as the next Solskjaer. He just keeps getting better.Price 100-500k

Fred- Although he is quite expensive he soon becomes an unstoppable goal machine and probably th best striker on the game. Price about 13.5mil

Mario Balotelli- Italian/Ghanaian striker who becomes world class. Price 4-8mil

Carlos Vela- He was class on the last game and he is even better on this one. Arsenal striker (on loan at Osasuna) is on of the best strikers in the world by 2010/2011

Lulinha-Corinthians, Alex-Vasco,Pisano-Shalke II and Benjelloun-Hibs are all also HIGHLY RATED.

I hope these players help you

Ha'way the Lads

Pighead

Anybody know any decent players who cost nothing who'd be willing to spend a season or two playing for Barnet in League 2 in the 2008/09 season?:(:o

Stupid Daniel Levy sacking Pighead after 17 games in charge. Kneejerk reaction of the highest order. Pighead would have won a game eventually.

Ha'way the Lads

Funjo Ojo-(PSV) Unbelievable 16 year old CB.Price- 500k

Breno-(Sao Paulo) Class CB only 18 and always signed by the big clubs.Price.5mil

Marcelo-(Real Madrid) Attacking full back who is very good evn at the tender age of 18 and he gets ALOT bette. Price 5.5mil (Release clause)

Armand Traore-(Arsenal) 18 year old Wingback with ubelievable pace (19/20) who gets even better and even quicker. Price-4.5-5mil

Valon Behrami-(Lazio) 22 year old Attacking full back who is always signed by the big clubs like Traore he posseses great pace but he is also brilliant technically.Price-8mil

Johnny Evans-(Man Utd) 20 year old Centre back who soon becomes a first team regular at Man Utd ahead of some of the more well known players.Price 5mil

Jack Hobbs-(Liverpool) The future England captain is class from avery young age and gets better as he is only 19. He would be a fantastic centre back for any club. Price 3mil

Goodwin Antwi-(Liverpool) Very good 19 year old centre back. Price 2-3.5mil

Slobodan Rajkovic-(OFK Beograde) Awesome Serbian defender who can play left back, centre back and left wing and he is only 18. Price 3mil.

Lorenzo De Silvestri-(Lazio) Very good Italian right back who soon turns into a fantastic player. Price 6.5mil.

Mr.Nice Guy

Pighead wrote: »

Anybody know any decent players who cost nothing who'd be willing to spend a season or two playing for Barnet in League 2 in the 2008/09 season?:(:o

Do you not have any money at all? If not you'd be better off trying to get good players in on loan.

I'm in League Two with Bradford at the minute and I got Damien Plessis on loan from Liverpool for the season. He's a quality defensive midfielder.

Frazier Campbell is a goal machine for lower league clubs if you can get him on loan. He's at Man Utd. He wouldn't join me though unfortunately.

Good cheap players I recommend are:

Stephen Henderson - Irish goalkeeper at Preston. I got him for £22,000 and the fans think he's a bargain.

Andy Hughes - right back/right midfielder at Leeds. Another guy regarded as a bargain by the fans.

Tommy Hoiland is great up front. He's currently my top scorer.

gustavo

Ha'way the Lads wrote: »

Johnny Evans-(Man Utd) 20 year old Centre back who soon becomes a first team regular at Man Utd ahead of some of the more well known players.Price 5mil
.

Has a poor first touch though , allegedly

Ha'way the Lads

gustavo wrote: »

Has a poor first touch though , allegedly

Its not that bad but anyway the first touch aint that important for a CB

Smegball

hahahahahahaha nice one

MrJoeSoap

Pighead wrote: »

Anybody know any decent players who cost nothing who'd be willing to spend a season or two playing for Barnet in League 2 in the 2008/09 season?:(:o

Stupid Daniel Levy sacking Pighead after 17 games in charge. Kneejerk reaction of the highest order. Pighead would have won a game eventually.

Give the Lithuanian lads that were on loan at Hearts in 07/08 a shout. I've Cesnauskis and Mikolounis (sp?) ripping up the flanks at the moment, with Philly Hughes and Tom Craddock from 'Boro banging them in.

MrJoeSoap

Ha'way the Lads wrote: »

Its not that bad but anyway the first touch aint that important for a CB

Whoosh!

Ha'way the Lads

Pighead wrote: »

Anybody know any decent players who cost nothing who'd be willing to spend a season or two playing for Barnet in League 2 in the 2008/09 season?

I think that the best player you can sign for free for a league 2 club is Seyfo Soley from The Gambia. He is not at a club and is a championship leading star, but he accepts offers for lower league sides.

John Hartson is usually allowed to leave for free and he i out of contract by the January transfer window and West Brom dont offer him a new one. But if you have no money, you should get premiership players on loan.

I recommend:

Goodwin Antwi (Chelsea)
Tomas Pekhart (Tottenham)
Frazer Campbell (United)
Terry Dixon (Tottenham)
Marek Stech (West Ham)
Curtis Osano (Reading)

Ha'way the Lads

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Whoosh!

He can just hoof it

MrJoeSoap

Ha'way the Lads wrote: »

He can just hoof it

Don't think you are getting the reference here. Look up Jonny Evans in Google News and get back to us!

Ha'way the Lads

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Don't think you are getting the reference here. Look up Jonny Evans in Google News and get back to us!

Oh My God , Well didnt know that