Whenever you're scouting for a player in Football Manager 2020 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 FM20, 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 FM20 but they have all maxed out their CA and will not develop any further in Football Manager 2020.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Nicolás Tagliafico 26 D/WB/M L £22k £22m £24m 30-06-2022
Thorgan Hazard 26 AM RLC, F C £83k £35m £15m 30-06-2024
Thomas Delaney 27 DM £83k £21m £21m 30-06-2022
Filip Kostic 26 WB L, AM RL £41k £16m £20m 30-06-2023
Munas Dabbur 27 ST £58k £14m £10m 30-06-2024
Marcel Halstenberg 27 D LC £50k £12m £14m 30-06-2022
Jonas Hofmann 26 AM RLC £50k £10m £10m 30-06-2023
Diego Demme 27 DM £61k £11m £14m 30-06-2024
Hans Vanaken 26 AM C £34k £9m £15m 30-06-2024
James Tavernier 27 D/WB/M R £14k £11m £15m 30-05-2022
Alejandro Pozuelo 27 DM, AM C £57k £5m £12m 31-12-2021
Ángel Romero 26 AM RL, ST £6k £3m £4m 30-06-2022
Vincenzo Grifo 26 AM RLC £17k £7m £10m 30-06-2023
John Lundstram 25 DM £4k £13m £9m 30-06-2020
Mbwana Samatta 26 ST £30k £17m £8m 30-06-2024
Mykyta Shevchenko 26 GK £8k £3m £6m
Jean-Pierre Nsamé 26 ST £18k £7m £8m 30-06-2023
Loris Benito 27 D LC £22k £5m £5m 30-06-2022
Hendrik Van Crombrugge 26 GK £17k £5m £2m 30-06-2023
Renato Santos 27 AM RL £7k £4m £4m 30-06-2021
Christophe Hérelle 26 D RC £5k £5m £3m 30-06-2023
Sebastian Andersson 27 ST £16k £4m £3m 30-06-2022
Miha Blazic 26 D RC £2k £813k £1m 30-06-2022
Yeimar Gómez Andrade 27 D C £0 £0 £2m 31-12-2021
Lucas Höler 24 ST £8k £4m £2m 30-06-2022
Simon Hedlund 26 AM RL, ST £5k £1m £2m 30-06-2023
Everaldo 27 ST £9k £2m £3m
Javi Manquillo 25 D/WB R £35k £8m £4m 30-06-2020
Philipp Klement 26 AM C £12k £3m £4m 30-06-2023
Uğur Çiftçi 27 D/WB/M L £3k £3m £400k 31-05-2023
Tornike Okriashvili 27 AM RL £3k £2m £2m 31-05-2021
Fernando Andrade 26 AM RL, ST £8k £2m £2m 30-06-2020
Aaron Appindangoyé 27 D C £6k £3m £2m 31-05-2021
Torgeir Børven 27 ST £2k £692k £750k 01-08-2020
Sebastian Schonlau 25 D C, DM £4k £3m £2m 30-06-2021
Gastón Álvarez Suárez 26 AM C £400 £2m £3m 30-06-2020
Jonathan Clauss 26 D/WB/AM R £4k £2m £150k 30-06-2020
Ricardo Gomes 27 AM RL, ST £19k £4m £4m 30-06-2020
Cho Hyeon-Woo 27 GK £6k £717k £425k 31-12-2023
Bart Schenkeveld 27 D C £4k £2m £2m 30-06-2021
Andreas Bouchalakis 26 DM £13k £3m £3m 30-06-2022
Manuel Prietl 27 DM, AM C £4k £2m £950k 30-06-2021
Dorian Dessoleil 26 D C £5k £2m £2m 30-06-2023
Gyasi Zardes 27 AM RL, ST £22k £3m £4m 31-12-2021
Rasmus Thelander 27 D C £3k £716k £475k 30-06-2022
Franck Ohandza 27 AM RL, ST £0 £2m
Juan Manuel García 26 ST £3k £1m £875k 30-06-2020
Streli Mamba 25 ST £690 £944k £400k 30-06-2022
Aleksandar Scekic 27 DM £1k £330k £140k 30-06-2021
Jakub Czerwiński 27 D C £3k £772k £975k 30-06-2021
Jorge Félix 27 AM RLC £2k £709k £170k 30-06-2020
Damián Arce 27 AM LC £3k £1m £1m 30-06-2020
Geraldo 27 AM RLC, F C £7k £267k £400k 30-06-2022
Jeppe Tverskov 26 D C, DM £3k £566k £775k 30-06-2020
Abdoulaye Seck 27 D C £4k £643k £525k 30-06-2020
Stefan Aškovski 27 AM RL £670 £2m £1m 30-06-2022
Ovidiu Popescu 25 DM £2k £2m £600k 30-06-2022
Mikkel Kirkeskov 27 D/WB L £2k £729k £350k 31-12-2020
Craig Goodwin 27 D/WB/AM L £13k £4m £1m 30-06-2021
Abdülkerim Bardakcı 24 D LC £5k £1m £2m 30-06-2020
Andreas Geipl 27 DM £2k £759k £925k 30-06-2020
Edson Rivera 27 M C £3k £306k £120k 30-06-2020
Antoni Ivanov 23 M C £2k £2m £475k 30-06-2023
Damjan Bohar 27 AM RL £2k £858k £1m 30-06-2021
Bruno Godeau 27 D LC £4k £778k £450k 30-06-2023
Alexandre De Bruyn 25 AM L, ST £2k £645k £275k 30-06-2021
Renan Mota 27 AM RLC £0 £375k
Gäetan Paquiez 25 D RL, DM £2k £1m £725k 30-06-2022
Nenad Lukic 26 AM RC, F C £680 £268k £180k 31-12-2020
Ben Sweat 27 D LC £3k £2m £725k 31-12-2020
Marcel Rømer 27 M C £2k £591k £625k 30-06-2023
Tobias Kainz 26 D R, DM £2k £274k £550k 30-06-2021
Moritz Kuhn 27 D/WB/AM R £3k £492k £425k 30-06-2021
Thibaut Peyre 26 D RC £2k £1m £775k 30-06-2021
Temurxo'ja Abduxoliqov 27 ST £2k £1k £170k 31-12-2021
Bryan Smeets 26 AM RC £1k £1m £1m 30-06-2021
Nicolò Bianchi 27 M C £4k £438k £110k 30-06-2021
Alexey Nikitin 27 D C £10k £484k £300k 31-05-2019
Yuriy Yakovenko 25 ST £2k £553k £525k 31-12-2021
Zarek Valentin 27 D RLC £2k £2m £758k 31-12-2020
František Plach 27 GK £1k £257k £180k 31-12-2020
Chris David 26 AM C £1k £45k £85k 30-06-2021
Samir Ramizi 27 AM RL, ST £2k £165k £160k 30-06-2020
Michael Smith 27 ST £3k £759k £1m 30-06-2022
Hilmar Árni Halldórsson 27 DM, AM LC, F C £2k £110k £160k 16-10-2021
Patrick Pedersen 27 ST £1k £108k £190k 16-10-2023
Deon Hotto 27 AM RL £650 £34k £23k
Daniel Lovitz 27 D/WB/M L £1k £1m £60k 31-12-2020
Dejan Milicevic 27 AM C £250 £157k £90k 30-06-2020
Fabricio Reyes 25 ST £1k £341k £220k
Vladimir Siladji 26 AM/F C £250 £190k £190k
Lazar Jovanovic 25 AM RL, ST £300 £137k £110k 30-06-2020
Mario Jurcevic 24 D L, M C £860 £98k £74k 30-06-2020
Giorgi Diasamidze 27 AM/F C £320 £90k £450k 31-12-2021
Adi Mehremić 27 D LC, M L £1k £453k £200k 30-06-2022
Nikola Andric 27 D RLC, M R £400 £161k £275k 30-06-2022
Ramy Rabia 26 D C, DM £3k £99k £121k 30-06-2020
Nikola Boranijasevic 27 D/WB R £2k £134k £130k 30-06-2021
Josip Vukovic 27 DM £1k £507k £275k 30-06-2021
Daniel Luxbacher 27 AM RLC £3k £279k £220k 30-06-2022

These Young Players are some of the best young players in FM20 but they have all maxed out their CA and will not develop any further in Football Manager 2020.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Antoni Ivanov 23 M C £2k £2m £475k 30-06-2023
Kristian Eriksen 23 D/WB R, AM RLC £340 £250 £20k 31-12-2020
Agustín Marín 20 D RC £1k £222k £99k
Mikkel Pedersen 23 AM C £450 £22k £95k 30-06-2023
Furkan Mızrak 23 AM C £770 £23k £3k 31-05-2020
Mark Kongstedt 23 D C, DM £580 £17k £7k 30-06-2020
Felipe Gregório 22 D RC £550 £19k £3k
Jon Hodnemyr 23 D/WB R, AM RL £0 £0 £0
Birkan Öksüz 23 D/WB/M L £380 £19k £8k 31-05-2021
Mert Ilıman 23 D/WB/M L £450 £17k £3k 31-05-2020
Nicolás Grasso 22 D L £860 £159k £66k
Adrian Ciul 23 D RL £110 £84k £3k 30-06-2020
Mikhail Golovko 23 D RC £100 £7k £8k
Adnan Zuga 21 DM, AM RLC £0 £0
Giorgi Kurmashvili 21 AM RL £100 £23k £9k
Marcus Johansen 22 AM RLC, F C £0 £250 £90 31-12-2020
Maxime Afonso 23 D/M L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2021
Jacopo Cassandro 21 D/WB L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Bjørn Arvad 21 AM LC £0 £0
Dustin Rengifo 18 DM £60 £19k £8k
Luca Gazzetta 21 D R £240 £3k £3k 30-06-2020
Nikola Ciric 23 D/WB R £40 £1k £440
Diogo Dinis 23 M C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Thomas Helledi 23 AM R, ST £0 £0
Haris Salihovic 18 AM RL, ST £100 £4k £7k 30-06-2020
Jordan Lambi 23 ST £0 £0 £0 31-12-2019
Ömer Hot 20 D L £260 £1k £1k 30-06-2020
Filippo Boem 21 M C £0 £0
Tommaso Cottafavi 21 GK £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Dylan Brent 23 WB L £340 £990 £1k
Tor Davenport-Petersen 20 M C £0 £480 £580
Ilaisa Vulimainavuso 22 M C £0 £0 £0
Waltteri Peltola 23 DM, AM C £0 £0 £0 15-11-2018
Charlie Bailey 22 AM C £100 £4k £4k 30-06-2020
Branimir Macina 23 D C, DM £340 £2k £2k 30-09-2017
Andriy Savitskyi 17 AM L £100 £38k £64k
Vincenzo Centrella 22 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Gianluca Coppotelli 22 GK £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Giordano Quarta 22 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Simone Cristofaro 22 D/WB R £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
David Gnoli 22 M R £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Matteo Morbidelli 22 M R £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Federico Polato 22 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Jan Nikodem 21 AM L £170 £40k £35k 30-06-2020
Farsedu Logan 21 AM C £100 £500 £510
Matt Lyell 19 D L £0 £0
Mattia Topao 22 DM £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Antonio Amitrano 22 D RC £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Alberto Rigato 22 AM RL £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Luca Calvaruso 22 GK £0 £0
Martin Dam 20 AM C £0 £500 £580 31-10-2021
Robin Pummer 16 M RC £30 £330 £20 30-06-2021
Darren Niaman 17 ST £0 £0 £0
Richie Biaro 20 M C £10 £3k £3k
May Epale 21 DM £10 £3k £2k
Joshua Oscar 22 AM C £0 £3k £2k
Daniel Tobem 22 M C £10 £3k £2k
Solomon Leonard 23 ST £0 £0 £0
Raphael Tavinp 22 M C £0 £0 £0
Kenny Amule 21 AM C £0 £0 £0
Aporosa Yada 16 M C £30 £4k £8k
Sitiveni Rakai 23 D C £0 £0 £0
Inia Vetaukula 22 D C £0 £0 £0
Manuel Vestri 23 M R £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Giuseppe Camassa 23 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Daniel Gonçalves 20 D R £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Willie Gobana 21 ST £0 £0 £0
Duncan Busame 20 AM R £0 £0 £0
Albert Mesulam 17 AM RC £0 £0 £0
Inai Russell 16 ST £0 £2k £3k
Willie Napina 19 M C £0 £0 £0
Awan Pomiris 20 D C £0 £0 £0
Adrian Strand 22 M C £0 £0 £0 31-12-2020
Mats Steinsland 21 AM/F C £0 £0 £0 31-12-2020
Håkon Bådsvik 21 GK £0 £0 £0 31-12-2020
Luís Santos 22 M C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Paul Peterson 23 D C £0 £0 £0
Ronald Lelei 21 AM RC, F C £0 £0 £0
Timothy Mali 21 M C £0 £0 £0
Pala Vele 18 ST £0 £0 £0
Dave Tomare 21 GK £0 £0 £0
Andrea Varano 22 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Tiberio Granati 22 M RL £120 £2k £3k 30-06-2020
Giovanni Giaquinta 21 GK £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Nelson Sam 20 M C £0 £0 £0
Andrea Sacchelli 21 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Andrea Brasi 22 M C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Federico Retini 21 ST £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Marco Marinelli 22 GK £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Samuele Montanino 21 DM, M L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Nicholas Amoriello 22 AM LC £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Giovanni Riente 21 AM R £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Giacomo Avanzi 22 GK £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Mattia Anastasi 22 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Luca Pucci 22 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Leeroy Kageni 20 D C, DM £0 £0 £0
Riku Siilos 16 DM £0 £240 £420
Simone Leoni 22 D L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Alessio Bizzarri 23 D LC, M L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020
Avelino Epandi 23 AM R £0 £0 £0 30-06-2020

These players can all be signed as a free transfer FM20 but they have all maxed out their CA and will not develop any further in Football Manager 2020.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Franck Ohandza 27 AM RL, ST £0 £2m
Renan Mota 27 AM RLC £0 £375k
Rebin Sulaka 27 D C £0 £18k
Julián Montenegro 27 D/WB/M R £0 £3k
Santiago Pavisich 27 ST £0 £0
Rodolfo Ferraris 27 D/WB R £0 £0
Hendrik Somaeb 26 AM RC £0 £10k
Daniel Carr 25 AM L, ST £0 £45k
Lucas Gomes 25 AM/F C £0 £8k
Henning Romslo 27 DM £0 £10k
Joaquim Adão 26 DM £75k £35k
Einar Logi Einarsson 27 D LC, M LC £0 £13k
Eduard Serbul 26 D RC £0 £5k
Mthokozisi Cele 27 D C £0 £0
Aljosa Zoric 25 M C £0 £0
Kevin Lynch 27 D/WB/M L £0 £40k
Corentin Leymonie 26 D C £0 £0
José Peláez 27 GK £0 £0
Neo Segatle 27 D R £0 £0
Andrey Vshivtsev 25 ST £0 £0
Jacob Linnet 24 D RL, DM £0 £3k
Elton Barros 27 ST £0 £0
Pavel Capek 27 AM RC, F C £0 £5k
Adnan Zuga 21 DM, AM RLC £0 £0
Jérémy Randaxhe 26 AM L, ST £0 £0
Petter Stolsmo 27 D/WB RL £0 £0
Árni Arnarson 27 AM C £0 £0
Bjørn Arvad 21 AM LC £0 £0
Dmitry Litvinov 24 AM RL, ST £0 £8k
Stefan Radovic 27 WB/AM L £0 £0
Mica Svilar 26 AM R, ST £0 £0
Róbert Örn Ólafsson 27 D C, M C £0 £0
Arnar Geir Halldórsson 27 D RL £2k £0
Andreas Juul-Olesen 25 M C £0 £0
Dogancan Akkaya 27 D R £0 £0
Carlos Guajardo 26 AM R £0 £0
Ramazan Kaya 27 DM £0 £0
Arnór Björnsson 27 ST £0 £0
Jonas Kristiansen 27 D RC, DM £0 £0
Thomas Helledi 23 AM R, ST £0 £0
Artem Lygin 27 AM/F C £0 £5k
Filippo Boem 21 M C £0 £0
Japhet Tiampo 27 D/WB L £0 £0
Jakob Riber 27 AM RC, F C £0 £0
Bjørn Naustdaliri 27 AM C £0 £0
Tobias Larsen 26 D C £0 £0
Kyriakos Vasileiou 26 ST £0 £0
Sámal Jákup Joensen 26 D RL £0 £0
Abdel Rahman Hassaan 25 D R, M RC £0 £0
Jonas Johansen 27 D LC £0 £0
Giorgi Sepashvili 26 ST £0 £0
Sebastian Frank 25 D/WB/M R £0 £0
Pedrinho 27 D R £0 £0
Bruno Mbonu 25 ST £0 £0
Antti Ruostekoski 26 GK £0 £0
Isa Tastemir 27 M C £0 £0
Nikolaj Kristensen 26 AM RC £0 £0
Kasper Emil Kristensen 27 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Zoltán Toth 26 ST £0 £0
Christian Casini 27 AM L, ST £0 £0
Jan Krizek 27 ST £0 £0
Matt Lyell 19 D L £0 £0
Luca Calvaruso 22 GK £0 £0
Alessandro Ginatta 26 AM L, ST £0 £0
Nélson Santos 27 M C £0 £0
Friðrik Örn Ásgeirsson 26 D C, DM £0 £0
Corneliu Apostol 25 GK £0 £0
André Padrão 27 AM R, ST £0 £0
Francesco Frijia 27 AM RLC £0 £0
Lasse Bramvel Christensen 26 AM L £0 £0
Jónas Ástþór Hafsteinsson 27 DM £0 £0
Jerry Liluce 26 AM/F C £500 £480
Bekir Halil 27 D RC, DM £0 £0
Nuno Duarte 26 M C £0 £0
Teitur Olsen 27 ST £0 £0
Haitam Taha 25 AM C £0 £0
Christian Engholm 26 GK £0 £0
Omari Delgado-Hibbert 23 AM L, ST £0 £0
Gareth Partridge 27 M C, ST £0 £0
Jono Steele 27 DM £0 £0
Niklas Ahlqvist 25 D RC £0 £0
Allan 27 ST £0 £0
Kristian Bonde Krognes 21 GK £0 £0
Steve Vainalepa 19 GK £0 £0
Sandro Jesus 24 DM £0 £0
Jefferson Luiz Costa 25 DM £0 £0
Omer Zec 23 AM/F C £0 £0
Edin Skeja 27 M L £0 £0
Malcolm Waltå 27 ST £0 £0
Guilherme Fortes 25 AM C £0 £0
Matteo Amato 22 ST £0 £0
Hugo Cordeiro 24 GK £0 £0
Alex 24 DM £0 £0
Kiko 24 D C £0 £0

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