Here is a list of players in Football Manager 2017 who have a tendency to become available, and who may look like a brilliant signing at a cheap price, but could wind up being a very costly mistake.

That's because each of these players has a high FM17 Injury Proneness Rating. Our recommendation is to avoid signing these players and looking for alternatives, unless you're really, really desperate.

You have been warned!
Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Gareth Bale 26 AM RLC, F C £463k £60m £200m 29-06-2022
Arjen Robben 32 AM RL £116k £6m £18m 29-06-2018
Thiago 25 DM, AM C £149k £42m £118m 29-06-2019
Vincent Kompany 30 D C, DM £150k £20m £56m 29-06-2019
Sami Khedira 29 DM £123k £22m £59m 29-06-2019
Franck Ribéry 33 AM LC £198k £5m £13m 29-06-2018
Kevin Strootman 26 DM £86k £23m £61m 29-06-2018
Sergio Asenjo 27 GK £41k £10m £13m 29-06-2022
Daniele De Rossi 32 D C, DM £199k £2m £4m 29-06-2017
Daniel Sturridge 26 ST £130k £35m £90m 29-06-2019
Kwadwo Asamoah 27 WB L, M LC £49k £19m £28m 29-06-2018
Holger Badstuber 27 D C £66k £19m £18m 30-06-2017
Thomas Vermaelen 30 D C £125k £7m £10m 30-06-2017
Roberto Pereyra 25 AM RC £45k £25m £43m 29-06-2021
Jack Wilshere 24 AM C £80k £22m £39m 31-05-2017
Stevan Jovetic 26 AM LC, F C £107k £16m £39m 30-06-2017
Enzo Pérez 30 DM £87k £7m £17m 29-06-2019
Phil Jones 24 D RC £75k £19m £33m 29-06-2019
Mirko Vucinic
32 AM LC, F C £0 £0
Rodrigo Caio 22 SW, D C, DM £20k £6m £22m 13-10-2018
Daniel Didavi 26 AM LC £66k £14m £16m 29-06-2021
Jérémy Ménez 29 AM RL, ST £49k £9m £16m 29-06-2019
Emanuele Giaccherini 31 AM RLC £46k £4m £9m 29-06-2019
Aymen Abdennour 26 D C £83k £10m £21m 29-06-2020
David Zurutuza 29 AM C £13k £3m £5m 29-06-2019
Kaká 34 AM LC £106k £469k £267k 31-12-2017
Tomas Rosicky 35 AM RLC £8k £404k £665k 29-06-2018
Lazar Markovic 22 WB R, AM RLC £75k £14m £34m 30-05-2017
Yoann Gourcuff 29 AM C £15k £6m £9m 29-06-2018
Riccardo Montolivo 31 DM £72k £3m £4m 29-06-2019
Andy Carroll 27 ST £70k £20m £33m 29-06-2019
Steven Defour 28 DM £35k £11m £18m 29-06-2019
Alex
34 D C £0 £0
Giuseppe Rossi 29 ST £70k £6m £11m 30-06-2017
Fernando Gago 30 DM £7k £1m £2m 29-06-2017
Sergio Canales 25 AM C £27k £7m £10m 29-06-2018
Nicolás Tagliafico 23 D LC, M L £7k £2m £3m 31-12-2017
Álvaro Domínguez 27 D LC £49k £6m £8m 29-06-2017
Martín Cáceres 29 D RC £65k £7m £9m 29-06-2017
Fran Rico 28 DM £10k £5m £8m 30-06-2018
Maicon
34 D/WB R £0 £0
Philippe Mexès
34 SW, D C £0 £0
Guilherme 27 AM/F C £21k £3m £5m 31-12-2019
Filipe Augusto 22 DM £15k £4m £9m 29-06-2022
Marko Basa 33 D C £31k £604k £854k 29-06-2019
Erik Pieters 27 D LC £38k £9m £13m 29-06-2020
Pablo Aimar 36 AM C £0 £0 £0
Markel 30 DM £7k £2m £2m 29-06-2019
Omar Abdulrahman 24 AM RLC £57k £3m £2m 29-06-2020
Marco Borriello 34 ST £31k £451k £709k 29-06-2017
Guilherme Siqueira 30 D/WB L £66k £3m £3m 30-06-2017
Karol Linetty 21 DM, AM C £15k £5m £14m 29-06-2021
Ryan Mason 25 DM, AM C £40k £13m £21m 29-06-2019
Víctor Cuesta 27 D C, DM £6k £2m £3m 31-12-2017
Pål André Helland 26 AM R £3k £1m £2m 31-12-2020
Atsuto Uchida 28 D/WB R £39k £3m £5m 29-06-2018
Marat Izmailov 33 AM RC £13k £156k £217k 14-06-2017
Mauricio Pinilla 32 ST £28k £657k £727k 30-06-2017
Carlos Martins
34 AM C £0 £0
Cristiano Piccini 23 D/WB R £4k £2m £5m 29-06-2019
Éder Álvarez Balanta 23 D LC £14k £3m £7m 29-06-2020
James Collins 32 D C £35k £922k £1m 29-06-2018
Cheick Diabaté 28 ST £15k £3m £2m 30-06-2017
Björn Engels 21 D C, DM £17k £7m £11m 29-06-2020
Daniel Ginczek 25 ST £17k £4m £7m 29-06-2020
Jordon Mutch 24 AM C £28k £9m £15m 31-05-2017
Connor Wickham 23 AM RLC, F C £60k £11m £18m 29-06-2020
Ramiro 23 DM, AM RC £11k £2m £4m 31-12-2019
Roberto Ovelar 30 ST £900 £66k £35k 29-06-2018
Eduardo da Silva 33 AM RC, F C £15k £767k £845k 29-06-2017
Víctor Vázquez 29 AM C £28k £2m £2m 31-12-2019
Isaac Cuenca 25 AM RL £14k £2m £3m 29-06-2017
Léo 24 D/WB R £7k £2m £2m 31-12-2017
Matty James 24 M C £25k £8m £13m 31-05-2017
Marc-Oliver Kempf 21 D C £7k £3m £3m 29-06-2018
Esteban Rolón 21 DM £600 £381k £686k 29-06-2017
Gojko Kacar 29 D C, DM £13k £2m £3m 29-06-2018
Marcin Wasilewski 36 D RC £23k £479k £221k 29-06-2017
Marc Janko 33 ST £12k £207k £278k 29-06-2017
Muhammet Demir 24 ST £20k £2m £3m 30-06-2017
Lucas Cândido 22 D/WB L, DM, M LC £4k £2m £3m 31-12-2019
Samir 21 D C £11k £2m £5m 29-06-2021
Mats Møller Dæhli 21 AM LC £17k £3m £6m 30-06-2017
Leandro Romagnoli 35 AM LC £4k £226k £299k 29-06-2017
Thomas Kahlenberg 33 AM LC £9k £111k £164k 29-06-2017
Nicolás Figal 22 D C £4k £1m £3m 29-06-2017
Roque Santa Cruz 34 ST £770 £62k £91k 29-06-2017
Guilherme Mattis 25 D C £2k £780k £396k 11-03-2019
Nathan Baker 25 D LC £25k £3m £4m 29-06-2019
David Pizarro 36 DM £3k £365k £532k 31-12-2017
Leon Andreasen
33 D C, DM £0 £0
Jozo Simunovic 22 D C £8k £747k £1m 30-05-2020
Levan Kenia 25 AM LC £4k £446k £571k 29-06-2017
Julián Vitale 20 DM £4k £2m £3m 29-06-2019
Mario Piccinocchi 21 DM £5k £827k £398k 30-06-2017
Marius Lundemo 22 AM C £2k £135k £250k 31-12-2020
Philip Billing 20 DM £3k £786k £1m 29-06-2020
Andrey 18 DM £2k £194k £476k 03-09-2018
Gennaro Acampora 22 M C £4k £448k £605k 30-06-2017
Johan Elmander 35 AM RC, F C £890 £37k £17k 30-07-2017
Joe Rothwell 21 M C £2k £457k £205k 29-06-2018
Alimami Gory 19 AM R, ST £2k £232k £389k 29-06-2019

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