Whenever you're scouting for a player in Football Manager 2019 there's a good chance you don't want the finished article and would prefer a player who can still improve. The problem is some players look good but have already peaked and cannot develop any further because their CA matches their PA meaning they've used up all their CA points. Unlike our other lists, this isn't a list of players you must buy in FM19, but a list of players you should think twice about buying. To help narrow the list only players 27 and under have been included. You assume most players over this age will have peaked already.

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These players are some of the best players in FM19 but they have all maxed out their CA and will not develop any further in Football Manager 2019.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Kevin De Bruyne 26 AM RLC £230k £80m £135m 30-06-2023
N'Golo Kanté 27 DM £290k £62m £87m 30-06-2023
Anthony Lopes 27 GK £45k £22m £25m 30-06-2020
Kevin Kampl 27 AM RLC £60k £26m £27m 30-06-2021
Victor Moses 27 WB/AM R £75k £25m £14m 30-06-2020
Luka Milivojevic 27 DM £55k £24m £27m 30-06-2021
Thomas Delaney 26 DM £104k £19m £24m 30-06-2022
Roman Bürki 27 GK £43k £20m £9m 30-06-2021
Garry Rodrigues 27 AM RL £52k £6m £12m 30-06-2023
Diego Demme 26 DM £41k £10m £12m 30-06-2021
Jonas Hofmann 25 AM RLC £26k £11m £11m 30-06-2020
Pontus Jansson 27 D C £18k £9m £13m 30-06-2022
Moussa Marega 27 AM R, ST £34k £12m £15m 30-06-2021
Nico Schulz 25 D/WB/AM L £35k £10m £20m 30-06-2021
Salif Sané 27 D C, DM £60k £8m £11m 30-06-2022
Pavel Kaderabek 26 D/WB/AM R £35k £8m £11m 30-06-2023
Benjamin André 27 DM £17k £7m £11m 30-06-2022
Stefan Bell 26 D C £17k £7m £9m 30-06-2020
Michael Lang 27 D/WB R £30k £7m £7m 30-06-2022
Jony 26 AM RL £23k £5m £4m 30-06-2019
Rogelio Funes Mori 27 ST £15k £4m £8m
Alejandro Pozuelo 26 DM, AM C £22k £8m £12m 30-06-2021
Lorenzo Melgarejo 27 D L, AM RL £34k £3m £3m 30-06-2020
Sergey Petrov 27 D RL £19k £2m £4m 31-05-2019
Ahmed Hegazi 27 D C £25k £12m £4m 30-06-2022
Florian Niederlechner 27 ST £13k £5m £6m 30-06-2020
Babacar Sarr 27 D C, DM £22k £13m £1m
Martin Linnes 26 D/WB RL, M R £19k £4m £7m 31-05-2019
Diego Zabala 26 M RL £4k £1m £6m 30-06-2020
Fernandinho 25 AM RLC, F C £19k £3m £3m 31-12-2019
Guilherme 27 AM RLC £0 £0 £110k 31-05-2019
Loris Benito 26 D/WB L £11k £3m £2m 30-06-2019
Shaun Hutchinson 27 D C £8k £4m £8m 30-06-2020
Pablo 27 D C £12k £5m £2m 30-06-2021
Hamari Traoré 26 D/WB R £14k £4m £3m 30-06-2021
Lars Unnerstall 27 GK £5k £3m £3m 30-06-2019
Liam Cooper 26 D C £7k £5m £6m 30-06-2021
Marc Dal Hende 27 D/WB/AM L £3k £2m £2m 30-06-2021
Lucas Galvão 27 D LC £10k £2m £5m 30-06-2021
Sean Morrison 27 D C £25k £9m £4m 30-06-2022
Renaud Emond 26 AM/F C £11k £5m £2m 30-06-2024
Benjamin Kololli 26 D/WB R, AM RL £5k £3m £2m 30-06-2021
Manuel Gulde 27 D C £8k £3m £3m 30-06-2020
Emir Dilaver 27 D RC, DM £9k £7m £1m 15-06-2021
Facundo Barceló 25 ST £10k £1m £375k 31-12-2019
Fabian Holland 27 D/WB L £8k £1m £2m 30-06-2020
Philipp Mwene 24 D/WB RL £11k £3m £1m 30-06-2021
Milan Rodic 27 D/WB L £4k £1m £3m 30-06-2020
Fanendo Adi 27 ST £29k £2m £832k 31-12-2019
Cristian Palacios 27 ST £11k £1m £3m 31-12-2019
Edis Ibargüen 26 AM R, ST £0 £250k
Nigel Hasselbaink 27 AM RLC, F C £9k £1m £2m 31-05-2021
Madson 27 DM £4k £1m £900k 30-06-2020
Gyasi Zardes 26 AM RL, ST £9k £3m £1m 31-12-2019
Strahil Popov 27 D/WB R £5k £2m £850k 31-05-2021
Danny Ward 27 AM LC, F C £19k £3m £1m 30-06-2020
Rasmus Thelander 26 D C £4k £2m £925k 30-06-2021
Antonio Marchesano 27 AM RC £3k £900k £1m 30-06-2020
Marvin Knoll 27 D C, DM £9k £928k £3m 30-06-2022
Alemão 27 D RC, DM £10k £3m £4m
Nemanja Miletic 27 D RC £1k £636k £925k 30-06-2020
Nemanja Nikolic 25 ST £2k £423k £550k 30-06-2021
Kevin Mensah 27 AM RLC, F C £4k £685k £140k 30-06-2020
Serdar Dursun 26 ST £5k £492k £425k 30-06-2021
John Mary 25 ST £10k £1m £650k 31-12-2019
Dusan Jovancic 27 DM £1k £379k £325k 30-06-2020
Nicolás Miracco 27 AM/F C £2k £353k £2m 30-06-2019
Cristian Souza 22 AM R £1k £90k £85k 31-12-2019
Julian Börner 27 D C £4k £630k £550k 30-06-2019
Fafà Picault 27 AM RL, ST £2k £2m £1m 31-12-2019
Gerrit Nauber 26 D C £2k £497k £1m 30-06-2019
Scott Caldwell 27 DM £2k £2m £2m 31-12-2019
Martin Broberg 27 AM RC £1k £656k £400k 30-11-2021
Ayoub Abdellaoui 25 D L £3k £926k £750k 30-06-2021
Jeppe Tverskov 25 D C, DM £3k £686k £300k 30-06-2020
Saša Živec 27 AM RLC £2k £450k £220k 31-05-2021
Aleksandar Scekic 26 DM £1k £358k £180k 30-06-2021
Gary Madine 27 ST £18k £2m £825k 30-06-2019
Renan Mota 26 AM RLC £0 £160k
Jasmin Mesanovic 26 AM RL, ST £1k £246k £350k 30-06-2020
Pascal Testroet 27 AM/F C £5k £582k £240k 30-06-2021
Andreas Geipl 26 DM £1k £553k £325k 30-06-2020
Guillermo Ferracuti 27 D/WB/M L £2k £136k £66k 30-06-2019
Erik Tønne 27 D/WB L, AM RLC, F C £420 £136k £45k 31-12-2021
Ben Zolinski 26 WB R, AM RC, F C £3k £492k £180k 30-06-2020
Marcel Rømer 26 M C £2k £617k £140k 30-06-2022
Steeven Willems 27 D LC £3k £1m £525k 30-06-2019
Amir Dervisevic 25 DM £990 £257k £220k 30-06-2020
Kristoffer Tokstad 26 AM R £2k £138k £60k 30-06-2020
Temurxo'ja Abduxoliqov 26 ST £1k £81k £35k 31-12-2019
Zarek Valentin 26 D RLC £2k £2m £2m 31-12-2019
Timo Beermann 27 D LC £4k £281k £325k 30-06-2020
Joni Kauko 27 DM £2k £686k £95k 30-06-2021
Filip Ozobić 27 AM RC £1k £725k £897k
Ryota Noma 26 AM RLC £450 £264k £210k 31-12-2019
Aleksei Shchetkin 27 ST £7k £506k £242k 31-12-2019
Daniel Kajzer 26 GK £200 £222k £220k 30-06-2019
Kasper Enghardt 26 D RC, DM £2k £378k £70k 30-06-2019
Anton Maglica 26 ST £4k £1m £210k
Steve Rouiller 27 D RC, DM £2k £191k £300k 30-06-2020

These Young Players are some of the best young players in FM19 but they have all maxed out their CA and will not develop any further in Football Manager 2019.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Cristian Souza 22 AM R £1k £90k £85k 31-12-2019
Conrado 21 D/WB/M L £800 £50k £110k 30-11-2019
Agustín Marín 19 D RC £690 £29k £13k
Kristian Eriksen 22 D/WB R, AM RL £370 £440 £45k 31-12-2020
Nebojsa Ivancevic 23 ST £110 £18k £18k
Moussa Diawara 23 AM RC £2k £49k £21k 31-07-2021
Lautaro Coluccio 19 ST £0 £30k £49k
Jang Chul-Yong 22 D/WB RL £660 £24k £45k 31-12-2021
Jon Hodnemyr 22 D/WB R, AM RL £0 £0 £0
Alex Yamoah 23 AM LC £100 £18k £17k 30-06-2019
Lee Gun-Yeop 23 AM L £0 £0
Daniel Lundholm 23 D RLC £0 £0 £13k
Martin Conley 23 DM £250 £6k £3k 31-12-2019
Charlie Machell 23 M C £80 £4k £2k 31-12-2019
Mahmoud Wadi 23 ST £2k £39k £34k 31-07-2020
Mikhail Golovko 22 D RC £130 £4k £5k
Yvan Médénou 18 D C, DM £30 £2k £920
Noam Clarisse 22 GK £0 £0 £0
Milan Tesevic 20 D/WB L £0 £0
Guillermo Pedelacq 22 GK £310 £19k £7k
Jacob Linnet 23 D RL, DM £0 £0 £0
Adnan Zuga 20 DM, AM RLC £0 £0
Tim-Alexander Meier 19 DM £180 £19k £1k 30-06-2019
Victory Omodiagbe 23 ST £180 £26k £10k 31-07-2021
Lee Sang-Heun 22 D R £0 £30k
Park Han-Jun 20 M R £0 £0
Lee Joong-Seo 23 ST £0 £0
Kim Ji-Soo 23 M C £0 £0
Emrah Özyaylaz 23 M C £120 £5k £8k 31-05-2019
Bjørn Arvad 20 AM LC £0 £0
Federico Gallio 22 WB/AM L £0 £0
Rafael Machado 23 D R, DM £30 £19k £7k 30-06-2019
Nikola Ciric 22 D/WB R £20 £1k £460
Son Won-Gil 19 M L £0 £0
Frederik Høgh 23 ST £0 £0 £25k
Thomas Helledi 22 AM R, ST £0 £0
Cameron Moore 18 ST £0 £0
Seo Jeong-Ho 20 ST £0 £0
Alessio Frezza 22 ST £0 £0
Branimir Macina 22 D C, DM £360 £2k £2k 30-09-2017
Kristoffer Gaarde 23 DM £0 £0 £0
Mafa Moreomoholo 23 D C £0 £0 £0
Raz Rahamim 21 GK £210 £2k £2k 31-05-2019
Nguyen Tuan Anh 17 AM/F C £260 £21k £21k
Kevyn Catalano 23 AM/F C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Martin Dam 19 AM C £130 £410 £410
Lasse Meyer 23 M RL, ST £0 £0 £0
Riccardo Bertolini 19 GK £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Michele Rota 23 M C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Giuseppe Camassa 22 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Daniele Antonacci 19 D L £250 £3k £3k
Luca Maletti 22 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Erik Mellgren 23 DM £0 £0 £0
Daniel Gonçalves 19 D C £20 £890 £1k 30-06-2019
Giuseppe Volpe 21 D R £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Ilario Ratta 23 M R £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Marco Vigliotti 23 D L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Andrea Ciurlia 22 D L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Tom Haigh 22 M C £0 £0 £0
Michael Carrara 23 AM R £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Alessio Bizzarri 22 D LC, M L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Nicolai Holt 21 M R £0 £0
Mattia Pozzatello 23 M C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Henrique Martins 21 GK £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Omari Delgado-Hibbert 23 AM L, ST £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Tó Zé 18 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2018
José Carrilho 19 ST £0 £0 £0 30-06-2018
Kyle Stovell 21 ST £0 £0 £0
Brian López 18 D C £0 £0 £0
Johnny Gerondis 18 D C, DM £0 £0 £0
Eemeli Mälkönen 21 GK £0 £0 £0
Kristian Bonde Krognes 20 GK £0 £0
Hachim Elhadad 22 GK £0 £0 £0 31-12-2018
Djamaldine Rachade 19 AM RL, ST £0 £0 £0 31-12-2018
Mmadi Moustakima 23 ST £0 £0 £0 31-12-2018
Ali Chaarani 22 GK £0 £0 £0 31-12-2018
Saandi Zaounoudine 20 ST £0 £0 £0 31-12-2018
Abdillah Najib 20 D R £0 £0 £0 31-12-2018
Ahamada Salim 20 D C £0 £0 £0 31-12-2018
Matteo Bucciarelli 22 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Neil Grech 22 D L £0 £0 £0
Miguel Lampreia 23 M C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Domenico Messina 23 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2019
Matty Brown 23 D L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2018
Javier Gonzales Mistura 23 ST £0 £0 £0
Teariki Anitonia 22 GK £0 £0 £0
Mattia Boccaccio 22 DM £0 £0
Sandro Jesus 23 DM £0 £0
Per Are Svela 22 ST £0 £0 £0
Torjus Espedal 22 D LC £0 £0 £0
Hugo Cordeiro 23 GK £0 £0 £0 30-06-2018
Sérgio Sousa 23 D C £0 £0
Jack Kobolo 18 ST £0 £0 £0
Dan-Remy Dahl 21 D RLC £0 £0 £0
Jordan Dixon 21 M C £0 £0 £0 01-07-2019
Kiko 23 D C £0 £0
Alex 23 DM £0 £0
Fredrik Tørum 20 D L £0 £0 £0
Andreas Slettebø 22 AM RL £0 £0 £0
Even Wærnes 23 ST £0 £0 £0

These players can all be signed as a free transfer FM19 but they have all maxed out their CA and will not develop any further in Football Manager 2019.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Edis Ibargüen 26 AM R, ST £0 £250k
Renan Mota 26 AM RLC £0 £160k
Stefan Marinovic 26 GK £0 £300k
Luis Solignac 27 AM RL, ST £0 £575k
Emil Jonassen 25 D/WB L £0 £55k
Taylor Kemp 27 D L £0 £400k
Toni Tipuric 27 D C, DM £0 £130k
Aaron Maund 27 D RC, DM £0 £240k
Carlos Pertuz 27 DM £0 £210k
Nicolás Trulls 27 D LC £0 £28k
Hendrik Somaeb 25 AM RC £0 £15k
Abdoul Kader Coulibaly 25 DM £0 £0
Daniel Gómez 27 DM £0 £30k
Pape Faye 27 AM RL, ST £0 £3k
Lee Gun-Yeop 23 AM L £0 £0
Ilan Rankevich 27 AM/F C £0 £20k
César Borja Sánchez 27 D C £0 £0
Mthokozisi Cele 26 D C £0 £0
Armin Pasagic 27 AM/F C £0 £0
Dantony Rodríguez 27 ST £0 £0
Daniel Krog 27 GK £0 £0
Milan Tesevic 20 D/WB L £0 £0
Andrey Vshivtsev 24 ST £0 £3k
Neo Segatle 27 D R £0 £0
Sercan Sevinç 27 DM £0 £3k
Adnan Zuga 20 DM, AM RLC £0 £0
Lennart Nielsen 27 AM RC, F C £0 £0
Ahmed Younes 27 D C £0 £0
Chuck Yiu Kwok 24 AM L, ST £0 £3k
Philipp Cherkasov 27 AM R £0 £0
Choi Dong-Hyuk 24 AM R £0 £0
Lee Sang-Heun 22 D R £0 £30k
Park Han-Jun 20 M R £0 £0
Lee Joong-Seo 23 ST £0 £0
Kim Ji-Soo 23 M C £0 £0
Steffen Sørensen 27 D/WB/AM R £0 £0
Bjørn Arvad 20 AM LC £0 £0
Federico Gallio 22 WB/AM L £0 £0
Kattawy 27 AM RL £0 £0
Gilberto Ulloa 27 ST £0 £0
Andreas Juul-Olesen 24 M C £0 £0
Mica Svilar 25 AM R, ST £0 £0
Dogancan Akkaya 26 D R £0 £0
Rodrigo 27 ST £0 £0
Giacomo Buson 26 DM £0 £0
Son Won-Gil 19 M L £0 £0
Jonas Kristiansen 26 D RC, DM £0 £0
Malte Kastrup 25 D RL £0 £0
Thomas Helledi 22 AM R, ST £0 £0
Cameron Moore 18 ST £0 £0
Seo Jeong-Ho 20 ST £0 £0
Christian Eliasson 27 M C £0 £0
Ramazan Kaya 26 DM £0 £0
Jakob Riber 26 AM RC, F C £0 £0
Alessio Frezza 22 ST £0 £0
Abdel Rahman Hassaan 24 D R, M RC £0 £0
Kyriakos Vasileiou 25 ST £0 £0
Christian Larsson 27 AM L, ST £0 £0
Tobias Larsen 25 D C £0 £0
Bjørn Naustdaliri 26 AM C £0 £0
Matt Lyell 27 D L £0 £0
Horst Siegl 27 ST £0 £0
Jan Krizek 26 ST £0 £0
Nikolaj Kristensen 25 AM RC £0 £0
Kasper Emil Kristensen 26 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Sebastian Frank 24 D/WB/M R £0 £0
Ramon Braz dos Santos 27 ST £0 £0
Antti Ruostekoski 25 GK £0 £0
Josiño 27 ST £0 £0
Isa Tastemir 26 M C £0 £0
Nick Trier 27 ST £0 £0
Marios Theodorou 27 AM R £0 £0
Alessandro Ginatta 25 AM L, ST £0 £0
Patrick Støckel 27 AM R, ST £0 £0
Kristoffer Andersson 27 M R £0 £0
Mads Isaksen 25 ST £0 £0
Lasse Bramvel Christensen 25 AM L £0 £0
Mahmut Bektas 27 ST £0 £0
Patrick Kofoed 27 D C, M R £0 £0
Anders Madsen 27 ST £0 £0
Thomas Mølgaard 27 M C £0 £0
Nicolai Holt 21 M R £0 £0
Christian Engholm 25 GK £0 £0
Nicklas Pedersen 27 ST £0 £0
Celso 27 D C £0 £0
Yannick Winkel 24 D RC £0 £0
Martin Hochheim 27 D C £0 £0
Liam Hickey 24 D C £0 £0
Kristian Bonde Krognes 20 GK £0 £0
Bruno Martinho 26 M C £0 £0
Allan 26 ST £0 £0
Tyrus Gordon-Young 27 ST £0 £0
Mattia Boccaccio 22 DM £0 £0
Sandro Jesus 23 DM £0 £0
Jefferson Luiz Costa 24 GK £0 £0
Edin Skeja 26 M L £0 £0
Sérgio Sousa 23 D C £0 £0
Kiko 23 D C £0 £0
António 27 D C £0 £0
Alex 23 DM £0 £0
Duarte Costa 27 GK £0 £0

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