Whenever you're scouting for a player in Football Manager 2023 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 FM23, 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 FM23 but they have all maxed out their CA and will not develop any further in Football Manager 2023.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Rodri 26 D C, DM £160k £300m 30-06-2027
James Ward-Prowse 27 DM, AM C £100k £60m £76m 30-06-2026
Solly March 27 WB/AM RL £45k £41m £49m 30-06-2024
Hwang In-Beom 25 DM, AM C £20k £12m £14m 30-06-2025
Miguel Crespo 25 DM £9k £9m £9m 31-05-2024
Luan Peres 27 D C £21k £7m £7m 31-05-2025
Paulo Díaz 27 D RC £16k £5m £5m 31-12-2024
Marvin Schwäbe 27 GK £12k £4m £4m 30-06-2024
Lucas Merolla 27 D C £4k £2m £179k 30-06-2023
David Von Ballmoos 27 GK £11k £4m £3m 30-06-2025
Emil Krafth 27 D/WB R £35k £2m £2m 30-06-2024
Kristoffer Zachariassen 27 AM RC £5k £1m £1m 30-06-2024
Lucas Chaves 26 GK £4k £3m £305k 31-12-2024
Luis Amarilla 26 ST £13k £5m £415k 31-12-2023
Camilo Cándido 27 D/WB/AM L £7k £2m £2m 31-07-2025
Ulisses Garcia 26 D/WB L £12k £3m £3m 30-06-2024
Jean Butez 27 GK £13k £3m £3m 30-06-2026
Domingo Blanco 27 AM RLC £5k £3m £304k 30-06-2025
Loïc Lapoussin 26 WB/AM L £4k £7m £574k 30-06-2025
Kenji Gorré 27 AM RL £3k £1m £1m 30-06-2023
Igor Vujačić 27 D C £2k £606k £548k 30-06-2025
Carlos Rotondi 25 AM L £880 £19k £9k 30-06-2026
Julián Fernández 27 DM £5k £3m £3m 31-12-2024
Nicolás Fernández 24 D/WB R, DM, M RL £510 £47k £4k
Dániel Gazdag 26 AM/F C £15k £6m £6m 31-12-2025
Lucas Villalba 27 D LC £6k £3m £236k 31-12-2024
Alexis Castro 27 AM LC £8k £1m £124k 31-12-2023
Mathieu Maertens 27 AM LC £7k £2m £145k 30-06-2026
Shahab Zahedi 26 AM RL, ST £3k £3m £273k 31-12-2024
Jhonatan Candia 27 ST £2k £1m £1m 31-12-2025
Luca Mazzitelli 26 DM £15k £854k £759k 30-06-2025
Juan Espínola 27 GK £5k £1m £111k 31-12-2024
Hervin Ongenda 27 AM C £2k £2m £127k 30-06-2024
Tobias Salquist 27 D C £2k £1m £91k 31-12-2025
Mattia Maita 27 DM £990 £1m £96k 30-06-2025
Caju 26 D/WB L £3k £725k £61k 31-05-2024
Teenage Hadebe 26 D C £20k £2m £2m 31-12-2023
Eyad Abu-Abied 27 D RC £5k £968k £81k 31-05-2024
Andreas Hansen 26 GK £1k £1m £90k 30-06-2027
Diego Fagúndez 27 AM RLC £9k £6m £495k 31-12-2025
Gustavo Turraca 26 DM £4k £1m £121k 31-12-2023
Franco Negri 27 D/WB/M L £7k £2m £1m 31-12-2024
Leandro Ciccolini 27 AM RL £3k £2m £188k 31-12-2024
Juan Andrada 27 DM £3k £717k £60k 31-12-2023
Tobias Mølgaard 25 D/WB R £3k £687k £57k 30-06-2025
Ijiel Protti 27 AM/F C £4k £2m £190k 31-12-2024
Philipp Förster 27 AM C £6k £931k £808k 30-06-2024
Sean Goldberg 27 D RLC £4k £1m £1m 31-05-2026
Nilson Loyola 27 D/WB/M L £2k £302k £262k 31-12-2024
Alexis Rodríguez 26 AM RL, ST £5k £733k £632k 31-12-2024
Agustín Doffo 27 DM £1k £580k £48k 30-06-2024
Patrick Zubczuk 27 GK £2k £171k £14k 31-12-2023
Lautaro Palacios 27 ST £3k £455k £37k 31-12-2024
Ray Sandoval 27 AM RLC, F C £2k £216k £18k 31-12-2023
Gustaf Nilsson 25 ST £4k £1m £109k 30-06-2025
Jack Elliott 26 D C £13k £4m £4m 31-12-2024
Fabian Schubert 27 ST £4k £423k £365k 30-06-2024
Kevin Yamga 25 D R, AM RL £100 £816k £67k 30-06-2022
Mykyta Burda 27 D C £4k £1m £1m 30-06-2023
Mohammed Al-Kuwaykibi 27 AM R £16k £6m £464k 30-06-2024
Tasos Donis 25 AM L, ST £12k £559k £479k 30-06-2024
Moustapha Name 27 DM £2k £3m £210k 31-05-2024
Lucas Taylor 27 D/WB/M R £9k £336k £146k 30-06-2024
Julián Bartolo 26 AM RLC £2k £790k £65k 30-06-2025
Eirik Hestad 27 AM RC £7k £582k £48k 31-05-2024
Charis Charisis 27 DM £2k £1m £977k 31-05-2026
Martin Frese 24 D/WB/AM L £1k £798k £65k 30-06-2024
Andy Polo 27 AM RL £8k £260k £21k 31-12-2023
Fabián Henríquez 27 DM, M LC £2k £1m £98k 31-12-2023
Muamer Tankovic 27 AM RL £2k £437k £36k 31-05-2023
Kyriakos Savvidis 27 DM, AM C £1k £446k £36k
Brian Onyango 27 D C £420 £13k £1k
Valentín Perales 26 D C £3k £898k £73k 31-12-2023
Axel Lindahl 27 D/WB/M R £1k £515k £42k 31-12-2024
Yordi Vílchez 27 D C £1k £278k £239k 31-12-2024
Matan Baltaxa 27 D LC, AM L £5k £1m £880k 30-06-2025
Steven Rivadeneyra 27 GK £2k £156k £13k 31-12-2024
Boris Cespedes 27 DM, AM C £3k £368k £30k 30-06-2023
Brandon Bye 26 D/WB/M R £6k £2m £1m 31-12-2024
Alexander Succar 26 ST £2k £227k £18k 31-12-2024
Tuur Dierckx 27 AM RL £3k £343k £28k 30-06-2023
Adrián Spörle 26 D/WB/AM L £3k £1m £88k 31-12-2023
Jan Van Den Bergh 27 D C £4k £553k £44k 30-06-2024
Philipp Pomer 24 AM RLC £900 £313k £354k 30-06-2023
Josué Estrada 27 D/WB R £2k £190k £15k 31-12-2023
Leonardo Landriel 27 AM LC £3k £1m £95k 31-12-2023
Facundo Monteseirín 27 D C £3k £354k £28k 31-12-2023
Robert Ivanov 27 D C, DM £1k £181k £14k 30-06-2023
Alexis Cossío 27 D/WB L £1k £190k £15k 31-12-2023
Vasilis Papafotis 26 AM RC £2k £388k £31k 31-05-2025
Brian White 26 ST £8k £1m £88k 31-12-2025
Rubin Seigers 24 D RC, DM £1k £978k £78k 30-06-2024
Lucas Abascia 26 D LC £480 £136k £11k
Miladin Stevanović 26 D RC £900 £290k £23k 30-06-2024
Kenan Bajrić 27 D C, DM £870 £141k £118k 30-06-2023
Facundo Castelli 27 ST £2k £916k £73k 31-12-2024
Evgeniy Yablonskiy 27 DM £2k £249k £20k 31-05-2023
Matías Budiño 27 GK £3k £418k £33k 31-12-2024
Höskuldur Gunnlaugsson 27 D R, AM RL £2k £121k £10k 31-10-2024
Nicolás Ayala 26 D C, DM £300 £50k £4k 30-06-2024

These Young Players are some of the best young players in FM23 but they have all maxed out their CA and will not develop any further in Football Manager 2023.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Okan Erdoğan 23 D C, DM £720 £470k £37k 31-05-2026
Enrico Celeghin 23 DM £2k £157k £101k
Marko Šarić 23 AM R, ST £420 £205k £16k 30-06-2024
Kosovar Sadiki 23 D C £1k £68k £41k 30-06-2025
Dejan Račić 23 AM/F C £100 £41k £3k 30-06-2023
Rashed Salem Mubarak 23 ST £7k £72k £41k
Adrián Jaraba 18 ST £20 £736k £1m
Shachar Amsalem 23 GK £1k £75k £5k 31-05-2022
Harvey Ndicka 23 D C £0 £0 £0 30-06-2023
Enrick Reuperné 23 AM LC, F C £60 £34k £2k
Niklas Jahn 21 AM RL, ST £380 £53k £4k 30-06-2023
Ben Litona 20 ST £0 £0
Brais Parada 20 D C £150 £23k £1k
Robert Dănescu 21 D R £170 £87k £88k 30-06-2023
Emīls Emulovs 22 GK £470 £8k £6k
Samuel 23 DM £110 £11k £6k 30-06-2023
Mihai Irimiea 20 GK £170 £90k £6k 30-06-2025
Facundo Di Biasi 17 M C £20 £286k £561k
Conor O'Keefe 23 AM LC, F C £200 £3k £1k 31-05-2023
Alexandru Stoian 21 ST £170 £37k £2k 30-06-2023
Gitay Sofer 22 AM C £100 £39k £31k 31-05-2024
Antonio Demarcus 21 AM/F C £180 £7k £470 30-06-2023
Çağatay Yılmaz 22 AM RC £80 £4k £3k 31-05-2024
Mohammed Mahajne 23 AM R £0 £0 £0 31-05-2023
Salifu Senghore 21 GK £0 £0
Michael Tapera 23 ST £20 £0 £0
Kim Tae-Hun 23 AM R £0 £0
Stiven Añón 23 D R, ST £0 £0
Harvey Marchant 21 AM R £0 £0 £0
Sean McManus 23 AM R, ST £390 £0 £0 30-09-2022
Davyd Alexeev 19 GK £12k £670
Semyon Zamyshlyaev 23 M C £90 £5k £330
Andrei Belaşcu 21 M C £70 £14k £850 30-06-2023
George Sîrbu 21 AM RL £0 £0 £0 30-06-2023
Ahmet Karataş 19 DM £70 £2k £2k 31-05-2024
Omar Abdullah 22 M L £0 £0
Isaac 20 ST £0 £0 £0
Carlos Robinson 19 GK £100 £0 £0
Ionuţ Alexandru 20 GK £100 £31k £35k 30-06-2024
Alexandru Ţărmure 22 GK £60 £10k £560 30-06-2023
Rafael 21 D C, DM £0
Riley Caswell 20 D C £0 £0 £0
Omario Henry 17 ST £100 £0 £0
Mark Mclauchlan 20 D/WB L, DM £100 £2k £140 30-06-2025
Tom Howard 21 D RC £0 £0 £0
DeAndre Gallimore 16 M C £60 £0 £0
Jahmina Korley 20 AM C £0 £0 £0
Kivie Kapai 23 ST £20 £8k £440
Caiçara 22 D L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2023
Mykola Rohulin 20 ST £230 £1k £70
Archie Cunningham 17 GK £180 £6k £11k 30-06-2023
João Marques 19 GK £0 £0 £0 30-06-2023
Luís Paixão 22 D C £0 £0
Anxhelo Ibrahimi 19 GK £0 £0 £0
Alin Pucheanu 22 M C £100 £19k £1k 30-06-2023
Martín Rodríguez 23 D RLC £0 £0
Robin Pummer 19 M RC £80 £0 £0 30-06-2023
Martin Dam 23 AM LC £0 £0 £0
Alberto Gomes 21 M C £0 £0 £0
Giulio Patrignani 16 DM £190 £6k £11k 30-06-2026
Florin Stanca 21 D L £50 £10k £8k 30-06-2023
Vladyslav Shershen 16 D RC £60 £2k £3k
Pedro Fonseca 23 M C £0 £0
Andrii Shalabay 16 M RC £60 £1k £3k
Eray Yüksel 21 AM LC £70 £0 £0 31-05-2023
Noam Marelly 18 D L £100 £0 £0 31-05-2025
Riku Siilos 17 DM £0 £0 £0
Pietro Longo 16 AM/F C £30 £2k £3k 30-06-2030
Daniel Gonçalves 23 D R £0 £0
Scott Robson 22 ST £280 £1k £60 31-05-2023
Jami Sjögren 21 GK £0 £0
Erdem Karahan 18 GK £70 £0 £0 31-05-2025
Brian Semedo 20 ST £0 £0
Josh Steele 21 D L £0 £0 £0
Shane Dixson 23 AM C £0 £0 £0
Diogo Ribeiro 20 M C £0 £0
Paulo Sousa 22 AM R, ST £0 £0
João Terra 20 GK £0 £0 £0
Saandi Zaounoudine 17 D C £0 £0 £0
Pål Ringen 23 GK £0 £0 £0
Robin Escorne 20 GK £0 £0
Ahamada Salim 20 ST £0 £0 £0
El-Fallah Mmadi 17 DM £0 £0 £0
Zawal Djouma 21 WB L £0 £0 £0
Mahamoud Moustoifa 18 GK £0 £0 £0
Chhing Sokphanny 22 D RC £20 £0 £0 31-12-2023
Arona Matau 21 AM C £0 £0 £0
Jamie Cotter 23 M C £0 £0
Jake Cairns 22 D C £0 £0 £0
Tiago Duarte 21 D L £0 £0 £0 30-06-2023
Steve Vainalepa 19 GK £0 £0 £0
Anthony Plant 22 D R £0 £0
Travis Ah Fook 20 GK £0 £0
Timote Hala 20 GK £0 £0
Andie Sammut 21 AM L £0 £0 £0
James Olmos 19 ST £0 £0 £0
Kim Man-Su 19 ST £0 £0 £0
Lawrence Batangan 16 ST £0 £0 £0

These players can all be signed as a free transfer FM23 but they have all maxed out their CA and will not develop any further in Football Manager 2023.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Diawandou Diagne 27 D RC, DM £0 £0
Jeremías Bogado 27 AM LC £0 £0
Matías Sosa 27 AM C £0 £0
Saúl Salas 27 D/WB RL £0 £0
Fernando Catube 26 ST £0 £0
Leandro Cuomo 26 DM £0 £0
Miguel Pabón 26 AM RL £0 £0
Bruno Mota 26 ST £0 £0
Franco Pérez 26 ST £0 £0
Abdoulaye Fall 27 ST £0 £0
Mor Pouye 27 AM LC £0 £0
Cristian Veliz 26 AM/F C £0 £0
Ezequiel Martino 26 D/WB R £0 £0
Chris Hubbard 27 GK £0 £0
Emerson Correa 27 GK £0 £0
Matt Bolduc 27 D/WB/M R £0 £0
Youssou Paye 26 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Javi Ontiveros 26 ST £0 £0
Mariano Fazio 27 D C £0 £0
Ibrahima Dramé 26 ST £0 £0
Franco Rodas 26 AM/F C £0 £0
Alan Sack 27 AM L, ST £0 £0
Cheikh Coly 27 DM £0 £0
Adramé Diallo 27 AM RL £0 £0
Konrad Frölich 27 D C, DM £0 £0 30-06-2023
Lucio Culler 25 ST £0 £0
Agustín Somaglia 27 AM LC £0 £0
Eduardo Flores 27 GK £0 £0
Diego Montalvo 26 GK £0 £0
Kalminté Corréa 27 D C, DM, AM LC £46k £3k
Mansour Cissé 27 D RC £31k £2k
Ricardo Cabrera 27 D RC £0 £0
Hugo Paniagua 27 D/WB L, M LC £0 £0
Nicolás Grasso 25 D L £0 £0
Nicolás Rodríguez 27 AM C £83k £6k
Cédric Mingiedi 27 D C, DM £0 £0
Alex Ayoví 27 ST £0 £0
Khadim Sall 27 M C £0 £0
Ibrahima Niass 27 GK £0 £0
Enzo Goya 26 M R £0 £0
Javier Gregorezyn 27 ST £0 £0
Franco Chacón 26 ST £0 £0
Chris Espeso 27 GK £0 £0
Maximiliano Ramos 26 D RC £0 £0
Matías Amaro 25 AM RL £0 £0
Franco Moscaritolo 27 GK £0 £0
Agustín Durán Ledesma 27 AM/F C £0 £0
Gastón Rodas 27 ST £0 £0
Andrés Sena 27 AM R, ST £0 £0
Emmanuel Corchete 27 GK £0 £0
Daði Bergsson 27 AM R, ST £0 £0 31-10-2023
Lev Cohen 26 D RC, AM R £0 £0
Giorgi Gogolashvili 24 ST £0 £0
Ahmet Papaker 27 DM £0 £0
Andreas Madsen Holm 27 DM £0 £0
Matheus Cambuci 26 D C £0 £0 09-11-2022
Dimas Iglesias 26 ST £0 £0
Jesús Acevedo 26 ST £0 £0
Joel Silva 27 D L £0 £0
Nazareno Marinelli 26 D C £0 £0
David Prochal 27 D R £0 £0
Daniel Ensinger 27 D C £0 £0 30-06-2023
Ferdinand Takyi 27 ST £0 £0
Ben Litona 20 ST £0 £0
Ezequiel Laserna 26 ST £0 £0
Mikhail Shibun 26 D R, M RL £0 £0
Sergey Vodyanovich 27 D/WB/M R £0 £0
Ólafur Aron Pétursson 26 D C, DM £0 £0
Mamadou Niang 27 WB L £0 £0
Nick 25 ST £0 £0
Forpense 25 AM L £0 £0
Facundo Cardozo 26 D/WB L £0 £0
Esteban Soraire 26 AM C £0 £0
Franco Merigo 27 DM £0 £0
Evgeniy Lebedev 27 ST £0 £0 31-12-2021
Antoñito 27 D/WB R £0 £0
Federico Freire 26 ST £0 £0
Maxim Shishlov 26 GK £0 £0
Semen Smunev 26 D C, DM £0 £0
Pavel Zuevich 25 AM RC, F C £0 £0
Salifu Senghore 21 GK £0 £0
Abu Rajah 25 D/WB/AM R £0 £0
Evgeny Alferov 27 D/M L £0 £0
Erdin Üzer 27 D C £0 £0
Yegor Skvortsov 26 D RC £0 £0
Juan Cruz Levato 27 AM LC, F C £0 £0
Mykhaylo Zakharov 27 AM RL £0 £0
Molpe 25 DM, M C £0
Kristopher Tshiteya 25 ST £0 £0
Marko Zekonja 27 M C £0 £0
Kevin Wolf 26 AM C £0 £0
Faruk Zeric 27 D/M R £0 £0
Lukas Carrer 27 D L £0 £0 30-06-2022
Philip Oslev 27 D R £0 £0
Kim Tae-Hun 23 AM R £0 £0
David Stangl 27 D R £0 £0
Kylian Yrnard 27 D C £0 £0
Stiven Añón 23 D R, ST £0 £0
Evgeniy Rakomsin 27 GK £0 £0
Evgeniy Morozov 27 D RC £0 £0
Anton Panov 25 D C £0 £0
Dmitry Litvinov 27 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Marko Simić 26 D L £0 £0
Mark Krasnov 26 ST £0 £0
Ramesh James 24 D RC £0 £0
Jani Kaukomaa 27 D C, DM £0 £0
Davyd Alexeev 19 GK £12k £670
Hugo Rhoads 27 D L £0 £0
Ibrahim Al-Darmaki 27 D R £0 £0
Nikita Metlitskiy 27 AM C £0 £0
Omar Abdullah 22 M L £0 £0
Sigurður Þráinn Geirsson 27 D C, DM £0 £0
Martí Just 27 AM R, ST £0 £0
Bedirhan Ay 27 D LC £0 £0
Eldar Atabiev 27 AM R £0 £0
Ömer Karakus 27 M R £0 £0 01-07-2022
Philipp Epple 27 D RC £0 £0
Sihad Thahir 27 DM £0 £0 01-07-2022
Nicolás Morán 27 M RC £0 £0
Branimir Macina 26 D C, DM £0 £0
Hinrik Atli Smárason 26 M L £0 £0
Bjartur Aðalbjörnsson 27 AM RC £0 £0
Ilja Vinogradov 26 AM R, ST £0 £0
Rui Rodrigues 27 AM C £0 £0
Adam Spinks 26 D/WB R, AM RLC £0 £0
Rafael 21 D C, DM £0
Alex O'Keefe 25 AM RC £0 £0
Vladislav Pogodin 27 D RC £0 £0
Conor Hudnott 26 GK £0
Andri Þór Þórunnarson 27 GK £0 £0
Vilhjálmur Ingi Ingólfsson 27 D RC £0 £0
Gylfi Steinn Guðmundsson 26 M L £0 £0
Martín Rodríguez 23 D RLC £0 £0
Artur Zhabinskiy 27 D L £0 £0
Artem Gerasimov 27 ST £0 £0
Pavel Pavlovich 27 AM R £0 £0
Luís Paixão 22 D C £0 £0
Sölvi Pálsson 25 D/WB L £0 £0
Silvio Mendes 27 GK £0 £0
Mouhamed Dione 26 ST £0 £0
Marco Vaccà 26 ST £0 £0
Isa Tasurkaew 27 ST £0 £0 30-06-2020
Eusebio 27 M RLC £0 £0
Ivan Danilkovich 27 D RC £0 £0
Ivan Smolyanik 27 M RC £0 £0
Sigurður Andri Jóhannsson 27 D R £0 £0
Ómar Örn Reynisson 26 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Connor Doe 26 M C £0 £0
Pedro Fonseca 23 M C £0 £0
Andrey Demjan 27 AM L £0 £0
Jacoqes Pakoa 27 D C £0 £0
Técnica 27 AM L £0 £0
Daniel Gonçalves 23 D R £0 £0
Jami Sjögren 21 GK £0 £0
Daniel Nylund 24 ST £0 £0 15-11-2020
Sindri Geirsson 27 GK £0 £0
Cameron Heffernan 25 D/WB R £0 £0
Evgeniy Chekel 27 M C £0 £0
Brian Semedo 20 ST £0 £0
Maxime Poussard 27 D C £0 £0
Giovanni Riente 24 AM R £0 £0
Paulo Sousa 22 AM R, ST £0 £0
Jone Tagime 25 D/M R £0 £0
Vladislav Dyrov 26 D RC £0 £0
Diogo Ribeiro 20 M C £0 £0
Belhadji Tarik 27 D C £0 £0
Tuukka Laitinen 25 D R £0 £0
Dylan Baglietto 25 D L £0 £0
Robin Escorne 20 GK £0 £0
Toni Ciocani 25 M C £0 £0
Jamie Cotter 23 M C £0 £0
Patrick Ott 26 ST £0 £0 01-07-2022
Ly Arifin 26 D C £0 £0
Mattia Boccaccio 26 DM £0 £0
Omer Zec 26 AM/F C £0 £0
Peniamina Aleni 25 GK £0 £0
Koulamsavanh Xaiyasith 27 ST £0 £0
Anthony Plant 22 D R £0 £0
Timote Hala 20 GK £0 £0
Travis Ah Fook 20 GK £0 £0
Lauina Vaitagutu 26 ST £0 £0
Chey Chitra 24 ST £0 £0
Vincenzo Leo 25 M L £0 £0
Siosifa Fonua 27 ST £0 £0
Fredrik Tørum 24 D L £0 £0

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