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
Jardel (Jardel Nivaldo Vieira) 35 D C £0 £0
Fredy Guarín 35 DM £0 £0
Amaranto Perea 42 £0
Paulo Wanchope 44 £0
Alexis Henríquez 38 D C £0
Paolo Guerrero 37 ST £0 £0
Laurent Koscielny 35 D C £0 £0
Beñat (Beñat Etxebarria) 34 M/AM C £0
Juanfran (Juanfran Torres) 36 D/WB R £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
Pablo Guiñazú 42 £0
Viktor Claesson 29 AM L £0 £0
Iván Ramis 36 D C £0
Nicolás Sánchez 36 D C £4k £26m
Claudio Pizarro 42 ST £0
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
Mista (Miguel Ángel Ferrer) 42 £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
Ramon Azeez 28 DM, AM C £0 £0
Alejandro Bernal 33 D/WB R, DM £0 £0
Ignacio Piatti 37 M L, AM LC, ST £174k £158k
Ricardo Álvarez 33 DM, M C £1m £1m
Pará (Marcos Rogério Ricci Lopes) 35 D/WB RL £0 £0
Ramires (Ramires Santos do Nascimento) 34 DM, M RC £0 £0 30-06-2023
Gervinho (Gervais Yao) 34 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Glenn Murray 37 ST £0
Cédric Carrasso 39 £0
Gorka Iraizoz 40 GK £0
Mayer Candelo 44 £0
Sergio Álvarez 34 GK £0
Dragan Skočić 52 £0
Leandro Desábato 42 £0
Marc Grosjean 62 £0
Maxym Kalinichenko 42 £0
Samuel Eto'o 40 £0
Mbaye Diagne 29 ST £0 £0
Sebastian Langkamp 33 D C £0 £0
Senad Lulić 35 D/WB L, AM LC £0 £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
John Boye 34 D C £0 £0
Tongo Doumbia 31 DM £0 £0
Wesley Lautoa 33 D C, DM £0 £0
Ken Reichel 34 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Kwadwo Asamoah 32 D/WB L £0 £0
Aaron Hunt 34 AM C £0 £0
Mbark Boussoufa 36 AM RLC £0 £0
Rafael (Rafael de Andrade Bittencourt Pinheiro) 39 GK £0 £0
Samuel Grandsir 24 AM RLC £0 £0 £0 31-12-2023
Giedrius Arlauskis 33 GK £0 £0
Iván (Iván López Mendoza) 27 D/WB R £0 £0
Leyvin Balanta 30 D/WB L £0 £0
Joao Rojas 32 AM RL £0 £0
Robert Berić 30 ST £0 £0
Leandro Castán (Leandro Castán da Silva) 34 D C £0 £0
Victor Ferraz (Victor Ferraz Macedo) 33 D/WB R £0 £0
Breno (Breno Vinícius Borges) 31 D C £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
Daniel Villalva 29 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Winston Reid 33 D C £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
Gaizka Toquero 36 £0
Romain Amalfitano 31 M C £0 £0
Lamine Sané 34 D C, DM £0 £0
Juan Pablo Ramírez 42 GK £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
Elias (Elias Mendes Trindade) 36 AM RC £0 £0
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
Júlio César (Júlio César Jacobi) 34 GK £0 £0
Gabriel Gómez 37 DM £0 £0
Graziano Pellè 35 ST £0 £0
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 32 D C £0 £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
David Quiroz 38 £0
Reinhold Yabo 29 DM, M/AM C £0
Víctor Rodríguez (Víctor Rodríguez) 31 AM RLC £0 £0
Borja Lasso 27 M C, AM LC £0 £699k £734k
Odil Ahmedov 33 DM £0 £0
Latif Blessing 24 AM RLC £0 £0 £0 31-12-2022
Johnny Acosta 37 D C £0 £0 30-06-2021
Olmes García 28 ST £0 £0
Raúl Rodríguez (Raúl Rodríguez Navarro) 33 D RC £0 £0
Rafael Silva (Rafael da Silva) 29 AM LC, F C £0 £0 31-12-2022
Diego Benaglio 37 GK £0
Ariel Garcé 41 £0
Andrés Palop 47 £0
William Owusu 31 AM R, ST £0 £0
Reza Ghoochannejhad 33 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Thiago Neves (Thiago Neves Augusto) 36 AM RC £0 £0
Diego Cavalieri (Diego Cavalieri) 38 GK £0 £0 31-12-2021
Michael Rensing 37 GK £0 £0
Yohann Pelé 38 GK £0 £0
Fabián Rinaudo 34 DM £0 £0
Guillermo Sara 34 GK £264k £22k
Adriano (Adriano Correia Claro) 36 D/WB RL £0 £0
Anier Figueroa 33 D RC £0 £0
Kike Sola 35 £0
Gonzalo Bau 34 £0
Medhi Benatia 34 D C £0 £0
Bruno (Bruno Vieira do Nascimento) 36 D/WB R £30k £0
Salomon Kalou 35 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Juan Pablo Carrizo 37 GK £0 £0
Leonardo Ulloa 34 ST £0 £0
William Vainqueur 32 DM £0 £0
Stéphane Sessegnon 37 DM, AM RC £0 £0
Mohamed Diamé 34 DM £0 £0
Fabio Pisacane 35 D RLC £0 £0
Branislav Ivanović 37 D RC £0 £0
Adrián (Adrián López Álvarez) 33 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Hernanes (Anderson Hernanes de Carvalho Andrade Lima) 36 DM, AM C £0 £0
Jean (Jean Raphael Vanderlei Moreira) 35 D/WB R, DM £0 £0
Franco Mussis 29 DM £0 £0
Jonathan Cristaldo 32 AM L, ST £0 £0
Bernardo Romeo 43 £0
Diego Cagna 51 DM, M RC £0
Lucas Bernardi 43 £0
Fran Yeste 41 £0
Rodrigo Braña 42 £0
Paulo Ferrari 39 £0
Víctor Álvarez (Víctor Álvarez) 28 D/WB L £0 £0
Jota (José Ignacio Peleteiro) 30 AM RLC £0 £0
Washington Camacho 35 WB/AM L £0 £0
Juan Daniel Roa 29 DM £0 £0
Geuvânio (Geuvânio Santos Silva) 29 AM RL £0 £0
Aldo Duscher 42 £0
Nicolas Bénézet 30 AM RLC £0 £0
Franklin Anangonó 46 £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
Alexis (Alexis Ruano) 35 D C £0
Marcelo Oliveira (Marcelo Oliveira Ferreira) 34 D LC, WB L, DM £0
Freddy Grisales 45 £0
John Javier Restrepo 43 £0
Jefferson Orejuela 28 DM £0 £0
Yoan Cardinale 27 GK £0 £0
Abel Balbo 55 ST £0
Omar Pérez 40 M/AM RC £0
Daniel Noriega 44 £0
Martín Romagnoli 43 £0
Gerardo Alcoba 36 D C £0
Juan Ignacio González 37 D C £0
Renaud Cohade 36 DM, AM C £0 £0
Giovani dos Santos 32 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Romain Genevois 33 D RC £0 £0
Dame N'Doye 36 ST £0 £0
Fabian Johnson 33 D/WB RL, AM L £0 £0
Wilson Palacios 36 M C £0 £0
Ilombe Mboyo 34 AM L, ST £0 £0
Franck Ohandza 29 AM RL, ST £0 £0 31-12-2019
Cheik M'Bengue 32 D LC £0 £0
Stefano Celozzi 32 D/WB R, DM £0 £0
Molla Wagué 30 D RC £0 £0
Darwin Andrade 30 D/WB L £0 £0
Juan Agudelo 28 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Giampaolo Pazzini 36 ST £0
Riccardo Montolivo 36 £0
Jorge Cabrera 48
Fabian Giefer 31 GK £0 £0
Sam McQueen 26 D/M/AM L £0 £602k £525k

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
Francisco Ginella 22 DM £0 £0 £0 31-12-2022
Julian Araujo 19 D/WB/M R £0 £0 £0 31-12-2025
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
Juan David Vélez 22 D/WB R £0 £0
Keiner Angulo 21 ST £0 £0
Dandy Choles 22 ST £0 £0
Julián Caro 21 AM C £0 £0
Kevin Cortés 20 AM C £0 £0
Žan Kolmanič 21 D L £0 £0 £0 31-12-2024
Lucas Necul 21 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Michel Borges (Michel Borges de Jesus) 21 AM C £0 £0
Mateus Bastos (Mateus de Oliveira Bastos) 22 AM L, ST £0 £0 15-11-2021
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
Facundo Capellino 22 DM £0 £0
Gian Casaccio 21 D C £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
Jasser Khmiri 23 D C £0 £0
Lautaro Centurión 21 D C £0 £0
Mauro Fernández 21 GK £0 £0
Thomás Chacón 20 AM RLC £0 £0
Hugo Mesbah 23 D C £0 £0
Ferhat Çogalan 19 AM RC £0 £0
Silly Sankharé 20 AM L, ST £0 £0
Dennis Stojković 18 AM LC £0 £0
Tord Salte 22 D C £0 £0
Yeisson Mosquera 21 ST £0 £0
David Gómez 22 D/WB RL £0 £0
Kevin Salazar 22 AM L £0 £0
Carlos Sánchez 21 ST £0 £0
Juan Figueroa 22 M C £0 £0
Felipe Caballero 20 AM/F C £0 £0
Juan David Montaño 21 D C £0 £0
Iván Iseda 22 AM C £0 £0
Jhon Labastidas 23 AM RL £0 £0
Jhon Ramírez 20 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Jeison Gamboa 20 D C £0 £0
Cristhian Canizales 22 AM/F C £0 £0
Juan Zapata 22 D C £0 £0
Breyner Zapata 21 D C £0 £0
Juan Silgado 22 D/WB L £0 £0
Diego Gómez 22 M C £0 £0
Franklin Navarro 22 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Gilbert Fuentes 19 AM C £0 £0 £0 31-12-2022
José Luis Gamboa 21 AM LC £0 £0
Tyler Freeman 18 ST £0 £0
Diego Torres 18 M LC £0 £0
Bongolwethu Siyasi 18 D RC £0 £0
Junior Nare 19 ST £0 £0
Junah Zucculotto 18 M C £0 £0
Alessio Andreottola 17 AM C £0 £0
Noah Solskjær 21 DM £0 £0
Veldin Subasic 22 D L £0 £0
Bandiougou Diallo 17 ST £0 £0
Adel Al-Chadli 21 AM RL £0 £0
Thomas Huanchuli 21 AM R, ST £0 £0
Juan Rivolta 20 D LC £0 £0
Luis Miguel Andrade 21 GK £0 £0
Marian Prinz 21 GK £0 £0
Patrick Finger 20 D/WB L, DM, AM C £0 £0 30-06-2021
Jordi Bongard 20 D C, DM £267k £574k
Jairo Quinteros 20 D C £0 £0 £0 31-12-2025
Abraham Bahachille 20 D C, DM £0 £0
Billy Arce 23 AM LC, F C £0 £0
Tobias Heiland 21 D RL, DM, AM C £0 £0
Moussa Traoré 22 DM £0 £0
Danilo (Danilo Augusto da Silva Magalhães) 17 AM RC £0 £0
Elian Villalobos 21 M C £0 £0
Juan José Aguilar 20 D C £0 £0
Juan Camilo Ruiz 17 ST £0 £0
Roller Díaz 20 AM L £0 £0
Yanis Beghdadi 16 AM L £0 £0
Noel Buck 16 M C £0 £0 £0 31-12-2025
Jerson Lora 19 DM £0 £0
Brian Gyan 18 D C, DM £0 £0 30-06-2021
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
Brooklyn Raines 16 DM £0 £0 £0 31-12-2023
Zakaria Maknoun 21 AM C £0 £0
Mômô Fanyé Touré 19 ST £0 £0
Mohammed Gadafi 20 D L £0 £0
Collins Shichenje 17 D C, DM £0 £0
Nicolás Bardagi 21 GK £0 £0
Juan Ángel Vera 22 D C, DM £0 £0
Lukman Zakari 22 D C £0 £0
Mario Mandrault 22 AM RLC £0 £0
Viktor Anker 23 GK £0 £0
Marinos Tzionis 19 AM LC £0 £0 £0 31-12-2024
Ethan Dekel-Daks 19 AM C £0 £0
Frederik Nørrestrand 19 D R, DM £0 £0
Oliver Bosworth 19 GK £0 £0
Basit Umar 21 AM R, ST £0 £0
Yusuff Ojebode 21 M/AM R £400 £0
Adam Bruce 21 GK £0 £0
Nathan Tormey 21 AM RL £0 £0 30-06-2022
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
Alioune Camara 23 D C, DM £0 £0
Logan Ndenbe 21 D/WB/M L £0 £0 £0 31-12-2024
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
Kai Koreniuk 23 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Brian López 22 DM £0 £0
Yaya Koné 22 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Nikolaj Lyngø 23 D RC £0 £0
Andrea Bianchini 22 GK £0 £0
Ángel Alonzo 21 GK £0 £0
Luis Ferreira 21 D C £0 £0
Mateo Sierra 21 GK £0 £0
Manuel Felizzola 21 GK £0 £0
Hakim El Mokeddem 22 AM RLC £0 £0
Ezequiel Bartolomeo 23 DM £0 £0
Rodrigo Sar 21 D C £0 £0
Elvis Bwomono 22 D/WB R £0 £0
Carlinhos (Carlos Henrique Ustulin Neves) 22 D/WB R £0 £0
Edimundo (Edimundo Miranda Silva) 22 D/WB R £0 £0 27-02-2020
Wesley Soares (Wesley Soares Xavier) 23 DM £0 £0 31-12-2021
Matheus Cabral (Matheus Fernandes de Brito Cabral) 22 GK £0 £0
Diego Riechelmann (Diego Riechelmann Andrade) 21 GK £0 £0
Alisson (Alisson dos Santos Corrêa) 21 DM £0 £0
Luca Lobo (Luis Carlos Ramos Lobo Filho) 22 D/WB R £0 £0
Rodrigo Freitas (Rodrigo dos Santos de Freitas) 23 D C £0 £0 31-12-2021
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
Dominik Sollfrank 23 D RLC £0 £0
Luis Klante 22 GK £0 £0
Emre Aslan 21 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Esteban Ruiz 23 GK £0 £0
Antony Lavalle 23 D C £0 £0
Andrés Dussan 20 GK £0 £0
José Martínez 21 D C £0 £0
Jordan Souza (Jordan William Silva Souza) 23 DM, AM C £0 £0
Geovani (Geovani Eduardo Prado Marinho) 21 D C £0 £0
Enzo (Enzo Mateus Bastos de Oliveira) 21 GK £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
Rhuan (Rhuan da Silveira Castro) 21 AM LC, F C £0 £0
Gabriel Oliveira (Gabriel Souza Lima de Oliveira) 22 D C £0 £0
Hasan Özkan 23 D C, DM £0 £0
Tyron Ivanof 23 AM RLC £0 £0
Marcos Paulo (Marcos Paulo Honório Alves Júnior) 21 DM £0 £0
Fred Opoku 23 AM RL £0 £0
Taylon (Taylon Vinicius dos Santos Carvalho) 21 D RC £0 £0
Riccardo Leoni 23 GK £0 £0
Dominik Smékal 23 AM RL £0 £0
Hachim Mastour 23 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Bálint Vogyicska 23 M C £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
Martin Ako 21 AM LC £0 £0
Gouné Niangadou 23 AM RLC £0 £0
Sylvanus Nimely 22 ST £0 £0
Alexander Snäcke 22 D C £0 £28k £2k
Blessing Sarupinda 22 DM £0 £0
Cristian Rueda 21 M C £0 £0
Esteban Muñoz 21 M C £0 £0
Yhonatan Murgas 21 M C £0 £0
Yeison Cruz 20 DM £0 £0
Santiago Ramírez 22 D/WB RL £0 £0
Joke Schuermans 23 £0
Pavel Hezoučký 22 AM L £42k £43k
Gian Paul Martínez 21 M C £0 £0
Mariano Cáceres 20 D C £0 £0
Alejandro Suárez 21 GK £0 £0
Erik Pineda 22 GK £0 £0
Juan Lozano 22 AM C £0 £0
Luis Fernando Velásquez 21 AM C £0 £0
Juan Moscoso 22 GK £0 £0
Ryan Pole 21 D/WB R £0 £0
Felipe Gómez 21 AM C £0 £0
Yunior Campo 21 D/WB L £0 £0
Andrés Daza 21 DM £0 £0
Eduardo Manjarrés 23 AM C £0 £0

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