Have you taken on a difficult save in Football Manager 2022 at a club with no money to spend? If so, you're going to need to find some cheap free players to buy. We have lists of both the best free agents in FM2022 as well as the free players with the highest potential in FM22. Every player on this page is uncontracted and not at a club in FM 22, so you can buy them for completely free.

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These are the best free players in Football Manager 2022 as rated by their current ability. If you're looking for young players with potential that you can still buy on a free, you'll want our list of Best Young Players on a free transfer below.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Sergio Agüero 33 AM C, ST £0 £300m
Lieven Maesschalck 51 £0
Gabi (Gabriel Fernández Arenas) 38 DM, M C £0
Thomas Vermaelen 35 D C £0 31-12-2021
Sami Khedira 34 DM, M C £0
Diego Costa (Diego da Silva Costa) 32 ST £0 £0
David Zurutuza 34 M/AM C £0 30-06-2020
Aritz Aduriz 40 ST £0
Markel Susaeta 33 M/AM R £0
Yaroslav Rakitskyi 31 D C £0 £0
Davy Pröpper 30 M/AM C £20k £13m £13m
Bruno (Bruno Soriano) 37 DM, M C £0
Rémy Cabella 31 AM RLC £0 £0
Miguel Ángel Moyà 37 GK £0 £0
Karim El Ahmadi 36 DM £0 £0
Mateo Musacchio 30 D C £0 £0
Saphir Taïder 29 DM £0 £0
Fredy Guarín 35 DM £0 £0
Jardel (Jardel Nivaldo Vieira) 35 D C £0 £0
Paulo Wanchope 44 £0
Amaranto Perea 42 £0
Alexis Henríquez 38 D C £0
Paolo Guerrero 37 ST £0 £0
Laurent Koscielny 35 D C £0 £0
Juanfran (Juanfran Torres) 36 D/WB R £0
Beñat (Beñat Etxebarria) 34 M/AM C £0
Ander Iturraspe 32 DM, M C £0 30-06-2020
Esteban Cambiasso 40 £0
Filipe Augusto (Filipe Augusto Carvalho Souza) 27 DM £0 £0
Edgar Ié 27 D RC £0 £0
Viktor Claesson 29 AM L £0 £0
Pablo Guiñazú 42 £0
Iván Ramis 36 D C £0
Claudio Pizarro 42 ST £0
Nicolás Sánchez 36 D C £4k £26m
Carlos Tevez 38 AM C, ST £36k £0
Wilson (Wilson Rodrigues de Moura Júnior) 37 GK £0 £0
David Abraham 35 D C £103k £9k
Vedran Ćorluka 35 D C £0
Fernandinho (Fernando Henrique da Conceição) 28 AM RLC, F C £0 £0 30-06-2023
Kellyn Acosta 25 DM £0 £0 £0 31-12-2022
Ibai Gómez (Ibai Gómez Pérez) 31 AM RL £0 £0
Nigel de Jong 36 DM £0 £0
Jonathan (Jonathan Cícero Moreira) 35 D/WB/M R £0 £0 28-02-2021
Ahmed Elmohamady 33 D/WB/M R £0 £0
Hamza (Hamza Barry) 26 DM, AM C £0 £0
Mista (Miguel Ángel Ferrer) 42 £0
Marc Grosjean 62 £0
Glenn Murray 37 ST £0
Leandro Desábato 42 £0
Maxym Kalinichenko 42 £0
Sergio Álvarez 34 GK £0
Dragan Skočić 52 £0
Gorka Iraizoz 40 GK £0
Mayer Candelo 44 £0
Ricardo Álvarez 33 DM, M C £1m £1m
Alejandro Bernal 33 D/WB R, DM £0 £0
Ramon Azeez 28 DM, AM C £0 £0
Ignacio Piatti 37 M L, AM LC, ST £174k £158k
Ramires (Ramires Santos do Nascimento) 34 DM, M RC £0 £0 30-06-2023
Pará (Marcos Rogério Ricci Lopes) 35 D/WB RL £0 £0
Gervinho (Gervais Yao) 34 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Cédric Carrasso 39 £0
Mbaye Diagne 29 ST £0 £0
Sebastian Langkamp 33 D C £0 £0
Senad Lulić 35 D/WB L, AM LC £0 £0
Samuel Eto'o 40 £0
Hudson (Hudson Rodrigues dos Santos) 33 D/WB R, DM £0 £0
Ewerton (Ewerton José Almeida Santos) 32 D C £0 £0
Elkeson (Elkeson de Oliveira Cardoso) 31 AM L, ST £0 £0 30-06-2023
Iván (Iván López Mendoza) 27 D/WB R £0 £0
Joao Rojas 32 AM RL £0 £0
Leyvin Balanta 30 D/WB L £0 £0
Mbark Boussoufa 36 AM RLC £0 £0
Aaron Hunt 34 AM C £0 £0
Ken Reichel 34 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Kwadwo Asamoah 32 D/WB L £0 £0
Rafael (Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro) 39 GK £0 £0
John Boye 34 D C £0 £0
Samuel Grandsir 24 AM RLC £0 £0 £0 31-12-2023
Giedrius Arlauskis 33 GK £0 £0
Tongo Doumbia 31 DM £0 £0
Wesley Lautoa 33 D C, DM £0 £0
Robert Berić 30 ST £0 £0
Marcelo Cirino (Marcelo Cirino da Silva) 29 AM RC, F C £0 £0
César (César Bernardo Dutra) 29 GK £0 £0
David Navarro 41 £0
Juan Pablo Ángel 46
Juan Pablo Ramírez 42 GK £0
Gaizka Toquero 36 £0
Breno (Breno Vinícius Borges) 31 D C £0 £0
Victor Ferraz (Victor Ferraz Macedo) 33 D/WB R £0 £0
Leandro Castán (Leandro Castán da Silva) 34 D C £0 £0
Winston Reid 33 D C £0 £0
Daniel Villalva 29 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Diego Tardelli (Diego Tardelli Martins) 36 AM RLC, F C £0 £0 31-12-2021
Leonardo (Leonardo Rodrigues Pereira) 34 AM RL £0 £0
Romain Amalfitano 31 M C £0 £0
Lamine Sané 34 D C, DM £0 £0
Franck Tabanou 32 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Othman El Kabir 30 AM L £0 £0
Luis Delgado 40 GK £0
Felipe Baloy 40 £0
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 32 D C £0 £0
David Quiroz 38 £0
Reinhold Yabo 29 DM, M/AM C £0
Ricardo Silva (Ricardo César Dantas da Silva) 28 D C £0 £0
Marquinhos Gabriel (Marcos Gabriel do Nascimento) 30 AM RLC £0 £0
Alan (Alan Douglas Borges Carvalho) 32 AM RL, ST £0 £0 31-12-2023
Odil Ahmedov 33 DM £0 £0
Víctor Rodríguez (Víctor Rodríguez) 31 AM RLC £0 £0
Borja Lasso 27 M C, AM LC £0 £699k £734k
Edílson (Edílson Mendes Guimarães) 34 D/WB R, DM £0 £0 31-12-2021
Cícero (Cícero Santos) 36 DM, AM LC £0 £0 28-02-2021
Elias (Elias Mendes Trindade) 36 AM RC £0 £0
Gabriel Gómez 37 DM £0 £0
Júlio César (Júlio César Jacobi) 34 GK £0 £0
Graziano Pellè 35 ST £0 £0
Diego Cavalieri (Diego Cavalieri) 38 GK £0 £0 31-12-2021
Thiago Neves (Thiago Neves Augusto) 36 AM RC £0 £0
Anier Figueroa 33 D RC £0 £0
Fabián Rinaudo 34 DM £0 £0
Michael Rensing 37 GK £0 £0
Yohann Pelé 38 GK £0 £0
Adriano (Adriano Correia Claro) 36 D/WB RL £0 £0
Guillermo Sara 34 GK £264k £22k
Rafael Silva (Rafael da Silva) 29 AM LC, F C £0 £0 31-12-2022
Ariel Garcé 41 £0
William Owusu 31 AM R, ST £0 £0
Andrés Palop 47 £0
Diego Benaglio 37 GK £0
Reza Ghoochannejhad 33 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Kike Sola 35 £0
Raúl Rodríguez (Raúl Rodríguez Navarro) 33 D RC £0 £0
Latif Blessing 24 AM RLC £0 £0 £0 31-12-2022
Olmes García 28 ST £0 £0
Johnny Acosta 37 D C £0 £0 30-06-2021
Washington Camacho 35 WB/AM L £0 £0
Jota (José Ignacio Peleteiro) 30 AM RLC £0 £0
Víctor Álvarez (Víctor Álvarez) 28 D/WB L £0 £0
Juan Daniel Roa 29 DM £0 £0
Rodrigo Braña 42 £0
Lucas Bernardi 43 £0
Fran Yeste 41 £0
Paulo Ferrari 39 £0
Bernardo Romeo 43 £0
Diego Cagna 51 DM, M RC £0
Salomon Kalou 35 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Juan Pablo Carrizo 37 GK £0 £0
Leonardo Ulloa 34 ST £0 £0
Mohamed Diamé 34 DM £0 £0
Stéphane Sessegnon 37 DM, AM RC £0 £0
William Vainqueur 32 DM £0 £0
Medhi Benatia 34 D C £0 £0
Bruno (Bruno Vieira do Nascimento) 36 D/WB R £30k £0
Fabio Pisacane 35 D RLC £0 £0
Branislav Ivanović 37 D RC £0 £0
Jean (Jean Raphael Vanderlei Moreira) 35 D/WB R, DM £0 £0
Hernanes (Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Andrade Lima) 36 DM, AM C £0 £0
Adrián (Adrián López Álvarez) 33 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Jonathan Cristaldo 32 AM L, ST £0 £0
Franco Mussis 29 DM £0 £0
Geuvânio (Geuvânio Santos Silva) 29 AM RL £0 £0
Alexis (Alexis Ruano) 35 D C £0
Marcelo Oliveira (Marcelo Oliveira Ferreira) 34 D LC, WB L, DM £0
Miguel Vieira 30 D C £0 £0
Marcelo Goiano (Marcelo Augusto Ferreira Teixeira) 33 D/WB R £0 £0
Aljaž Struna 30 D RC £0 £0
Aldo Duscher 42 £0
Franklin Anangonó 46 £0
Nicolas Bénézet 30 AM RLC £0 £0
Gonzalo Bau 34 £0
Juan Ignacio González 37 D C £0
Gerardo Alcoba 36 D C £0
Omar Pérez 40 M/AM RC £0
Martín Romagnoli 43 £0
Daniel Noriega 44 £0
John Javier Restrepo 43 £0
Molla Wagué 30 D RC £0 £0
Cheik M'Bengue 32 D LC £0 £0
Stefano Celozzi 32 D/WB R, DM £0 £0
Juan Agudelo 28 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Darwin Andrade 30 D/WB L £0 £0
Wilson Palacios 36 M C £0 £0
Giovani dos Santos 32 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Dame N'Doye 36 ST £0 £0
Renaud Cohade 36 DM, AM C £0 £0
Romain Genevois 33 D RC £0 £0
Fabian Johnson 33 D/WB RL, AM L £0 £0
Ilombe Mboyo 34 AM L, ST £0 £0
Franck Ohandza 29 AM RL, ST £0 £0 31-12-2019
Yoan Cardinale 27 GK £0 £0
Jefferson Orejuela 28 DM £0 £0
Abel Balbo 55 ST £0
Freddy Grisales 45 £0
Giampaolo Pazzini 36 ST £0
Jorge Cabrera 48
Riccardo Montolivo 36 £0
Fábio Coentrão 33 D/WB L, AM RLC £0 £0
William Jebor 29 ST £0 £0

These are the best free players aged under 23 in Football Manager 2022 as rated by their potential ability. Some of these players may not be very good at the start but have the potential to grow still due to their age.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Gianluca Tomasini 23 GK £0 £0
Han Kwang-Song (Kwang-Song Han) 22 ST £0 £0
Hacen (El Hacen El Id) 23 DM £0 £0
Julian Araujo 19 D/WB/M R £0 £0 £0 31-12-2025
Francisco Ginella 22 DM £0 £0 £0 31-12-2022
Hernán Luna 21 AM C £0 £0
Leo Mazis 21 AM C £0 £0
Bobby Carroll 19 M C £0 £0
Jorge Echeverría 21 AM LC £0 £0
Henrique Luro (Henrique Luro Teodoro Mendes) 20 D C £0 £0 31-12-2021
Diego Talisca (Diego Santana de Souza) 20 D C £0 £0 10-11-2021
Ally Msengi 19 AM C £0 £0
Kevin Cortés 20 AM C £0 £0
Dandy Choles 22 ST £0 £0
Juan David Vélez 22 D/WB R £0 £0
Keiner Angulo 21 ST £0 £0
Julián Caro 21 AM C £0 £0
Žan Kolmanič 21 D L £0 £0 £0 31-12-2024
Lucas Necul 21 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Mateus Bastos (Mateus de Oliveira Bastos) 22 AM L, ST £0 £0 15-11-2021
Michel Borges (Michel Borges de Jesus) 21 AM C £0 £0
Marko Zivkovic 22 GK £0 £0
Filipe (Filipe Gonçalves dos Santos) 23 GK £0 £0
Mascarenhas (Matheus Mascarenhas dos Santos Raimundo) 22 D/WB L £0 £0
Gian Casaccio 21 D C £0 £0
Facundo Capellino 22 DM £0 £0
Gabriel Majela (Gabriel Augusto Cesar Majela) 19 DM, AM C £0 £0
Miguel Genes 21 M C £0 £0
Jeim Botero 21 AM R £0 £0
Daniel-Edward Daniliuc 21 GK £0 £0
Ignacio Perrotta 21 D C £0 £0
Alan Cardoso (Alan Cardoso de Andrade) 23 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Laércio (Laércio da Silva Carvalho) 22 AM R, ST £0 £0 31-12-2022
Oliver Ottesen 22 GK £0 £0 30-06-2021
Lautaro Centurión 21 D C £0 £0
Mauro Fernández 21 GK £0 £0
Jasser Khmiri 23 D C £0 £0
Thomás Chacón 20 AM RLC £0 £0
Hugo Mesbah 23 D C £0 £0
Tord Salte 22 D C £0 £0
Dennis Stojković 18 AM LC £0 £0
Iván Iseda 22 AM C £0 £0
Jhon Labastidas 23 AM RL £0 £0
Cristhian Canizales 22 AM/F C £0 £0
Franklin Navarro 22 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
José Luis Gamboa 21 AM LC £0 £0
Tyler Freeman 18 ST £0 £0
Juan Silgado 22 D/WB L £0 £0
Gilbert Fuentes 19 AM C £0 £0 £0 31-12-2022
Jhon Ramírez 20 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Juan Figueroa 22 M C £0 £0
Kevin Salazar 22 AM L £0 £0
Breyner Zapata 21 D C £0 £0
David Gómez 22 D/WB RL £0 £0
Felipe Caballero 20 AM/F C £0 £0
Jeison Gamboa 20 D C £0 £0
Carlos Sánchez 21 ST £0 £0
Juan Zapata 22 D C £0 £0
Juan David Montaño 21 D C £0 £0
Diego Gómez 22 M C £0 £0
Yeisson Mosquera 21 ST £0 £0
Junior Nare 19 ST £0 £0
Bongolwethu Siyasi 18 D RC £0 £0
Junah Zucculotto 18 M C £0 £0
Noah Solskjær 21 DM £0 £0
Alessio Andreottola 17 AM C £0 £0
Ferhat Çogalan 19 AM RC £0 £0
Silly Sankharé 20 AM L, ST £0 £0
Diego Torres 18 M LC £0 £0
Thomas Huanchuli 21 AM R, ST £0 £0
Adel Al-Chadli 21 AM RL £0 £0
Jerson Lora 19 DM £0 £0
Juan José Aguilar 20 D C £0 £0
Brian Gyan 18 D C, DM £0 £0 30-06-2021
Danilo (Danilo Augusto da Silva Magalhães) 17 AM RC £0 £0
Elian Villalobos 21 M C £0 £0
Patrick Finger 20 D/WB L, DM, AM C £0 £0 30-06-2021
Jairo Quinteros 20 D C £0 £0 £0 31-12-2025
Billy Arce 23 AM LC, F C £0 £0
Marian Prinz 21 GK £0 £0
Jordi Bongard 20 D C, DM £267k £574k
Abraham Bahachille 20 D C, DM £0 £0
Veldin Subasic 22 D L £0 £0
Tobias Heiland 21 D RL, DM, AM C £0 £0
Moussa Traoré 22 DM £0 £0
Juan Camilo Ruiz 17 ST £0 £0
Yanis Beghdadi 16 AM L £0 £0
Noel Buck 16 M C £0 £0 £0 31-12-2025
Luiz Henrique (Luiz Henrique Dória dos Santos) 17 AM RL £0 £0
Matheus Magnusson (Matheus Henrique Magnusson) 17 DM £0 £0
Diogo (Diogo Aparecido Gonçalves Bueno) 20 AM RL £0 £0
Roller Díaz 20 AM L £0 £0
Zakaria Maknoun 21 AM C £0 £0
Brooklyn Raines 16 DM £0 £0 £0 31-12-2023
Luis Miguel Andrade 21 GK £0 £0
Bandiougou Diallo 17 ST £0 £0
Juan Rivolta 20 D LC £0 £0
Juan Ángel Vera 22 D C, DM £0 £0
Nicolás Bardagi 21 GK £0 £0
Mohammed Gadafi 20 D L £0 £0
Mômô Fanyé Touré 19 ST £0 £0
Mario Mandrault 22 AM RLC £0 £0
Lukman Zakari 22 D C £0 £0
Collins Shichenje 17 D C, DM £0 £0
Viktor Anker 23 GK £0 £0
Marinos Tzionis 19 AM LC £0 £0 £0 31-12-2024
Yusuff Ojebode 21 M/AM R £400 £0
Oliver Bosworth 19 GK £0 £0
Basit Umar 21 AM R, ST £0 £0
Ethan Dekel-Daks 19 AM C £0 £0
Adam Bruce 21 GK £0 £0
Nathan Tormey 21 AM RL £0 £0 30-06-2022
Frederik Nørrestrand 19 D R, DM £0 £0
Alioune Camara 23 D C, DM £0 £0
Logan Ndenbe 21 D/WB/M L £0 £0 £0 31-12-2024
Lucas Sales (Lucas Pires Sales) 21 D C £0 £0
Hebert (Hebert Cristian Ferreira Conceição) 23 DM £0 £0 26-02-2020
Caio Emerson (Caio Emerson Pereira Marques da Silva) 22 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Thiago (Thiago Araújo Duarte) 19 AM L, ST £0 £0 31-01-2022
Eugênio (Eugênio Marques Ferreira) 22 GK £0 £0 31-12-2021
Reinis Reinholds 23 GK £0 £0
Andrea Bianchini 22 GK £0 £0
Nikolaj Lyngø 23 D RC £0 £0
Brian López 22 DM £0 £0
Yaya Koné 22 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Kai Koreniuk 23 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Ángel Alonzo 21 GK £0 £0
Manuel Felizzola 21 GK £0 £0
Mateo Sierra 21 GK £0 £0
Luis Ferreira 21 D C £0 £0
Hakim El Mokeddem 22 AM RLC £0 £0
Elvis Bwomono 22 D/WB R £0 £0
Ezequiel Bartolomeo 23 DM £0 £0
Rodrigo Sar 21 D C £0 £0
Matheus Cabral (Matheus Fernandes de Brito Cabral) 22 GK £0 £0
Wesley Soares (Wesley Soares Xavier) 23 DM £0 £0 31-12-2021
Edimundo (Edimundo Miranda Silva) 22 D/WB R £0 £0 27-02-2020
Diego Riechelmann (Diego Riechelmann Andrade) 21 GK £0 £0
Carlinhos (Carlos Henrique Ustulin Neves) 22 D/WB R £0 £0
Alisson (Alisson dos Santos Corrêa) 21 DM £0 £0
Rodrigo Freitas (Rodrigo dos Santos de Freitas) 23 D C £0 £0 31-12-2021
Luca Lobo (Luis Carlos Ramos Lobo Filho) 22 D/WB R £0 £0
Brian Leizza 21 D C £0 £0
Alan Luque 22 D RC £0 £0
Portuga (Guilherme Maciel Dantas) 22 AM RLC, F C £0 £0 30-11-2021
Lucas Cajes 21 AM R, ST £0 £0
Juan Christian (Juan Christian Pereira Coelho) 20 AM RL £0 £0
Luis Klante 22 GK £0 £0
Dominik Sollfrank 23 D RLC £0 £0
Emre Aslan 21 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Esteban Ruiz 23 GK £0 £0
José Martínez 21 D C £0 £0
Andrés Dussan 20 GK £0 £0
Antony Lavalle 23 D C £0 £0
Jordan Souza (Jordan William Silva Souza) 23 DM, AM C £0 £0
Enzo (Enzo Mateus Bastos de Oliveira) 21 GK £0 £0
Geovani (Geovani Eduardo Prado Marinho) 21 D C £0 £0
Matheus Dantas (Matheus de Jesus Dantas) 22 D C £0 £0
Danrlei (Danrlei José da Silva) 23 AM/F C £0 £0
João Pedro Ribeiro (João Pedro da Silva Ribeiro) 21 D/WB R £0 £0
Hasan Özkan 23 D C, DM £0 £0
Tyron Ivanof 23 AM RLC £0 £0
Rhuan (Rhuan da Silveira Castro) 21 AM LC, F C £0 £0
Gabriel Oliveira (Gabriel Souza Lima de Oliveira) 22 D C £0 £0
Bálint Vogyicska 23 M C £0 £0
Hachim Mastour 23 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Dominik Smékal 23 AM RL £0 £0
Riccardo Leoni 23 GK £0 £0
Sylvanus Nimely 22 ST £0 £0
Taylon (Taylon Vinicius dos Santos Carvalho) 21 D RC £0 £0
Marcos Paulo (Marcos Paulo Honório Alves Júnior) 21 DM £0 £0
Fred Opoku 23 AM RL £0 £0
Franco Lo Tártaro 21 GK £0 £0
Matías Miguel 23 D C £0 £0
Samir Casasola 21 DM £0 £0
Facundo Espósito 21 ST £0 £0
Brian Giménez 20 AM LC £0 £0
Gouné Niangadou 23 AM RLC £0 £0
Martin Ako 21 AM LC £0 £0
Alexander Snäcke 22 D C £0 £28k £2k
Felipe Meza 20 AM C £0 £0
Santiago Ramírez 22 D/WB RL £0 £0
Yeison Cruz 20 DM £0 £0
Blessing Sarupinda 22 DM £0 £0
Yhonatan Murgas 21 M C £0 £0
Pavel Hezoučký 22 AM L £42k £43k
Erik Pineda 22 GK £0 £0
Gian Paul Martínez 21 M C £0 £0
Alejandro Suárez 21 GK £0 £0
Cristian Rueda 21 M C £0 £0
Esteban Muñoz 21 M C £0 £0
Joke Schuermans 23 £0
Mariano Cáceres 20 D C £0 £0
Eduardo Manjarrés 23 AM C £0 £0
Omar Molina 23 DM £0 £0
Duván Sevillano 22 DM £0 £0
Jean Luca Rivera 23 AM RL £0 £0
Camilo Velásquez 23 DM £0 £0
Javier Barrios 22 DM £0 £0
Esteban Orozco 23 D C £0 £0

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