Looking for the best wonderkid Central Midfielders in FM23? We've got a shortlist of all the best Central Midfielders Wonderkids in Football Manager 2023, Central Midfielders wonderkids are the best young players aged under 21 with high potential ability that are guaranteed to be good Central Midfielders in FM2023.

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These are the best young Central Midfielders in Football Manager 2023 as rated by their potential ability in the Central Midfielder position. Some of these are wonderkid Central Midfielders in FM23 meaning they are guaranteed to develop to be one of the best Central Midfielders in FM2023. Don't be put off by the fact that some of these Central Midfielders may not be very good Central Midfielders at the start of FM 2023, they have potential to develop and become one of the top Central Midfielders in FM2023. Others will already have high current abilities and be some of the best Central Midfielders in FM 2023 already.

Name Age Position Wage Value Cost Expires Rating Potential
Eduardo Camavinga 19 DM £128k £68m £220m 30-06-2027
Pedri 19 AM RLC £149k £114m £248m 30-06-2026
Gavi 17 DM, AM C £124k £49m £193m 30-06-2026
Moisés Caicedo 20 DM £25k £83m £102m 30-06-2025
Jude Bellingham 19 DM £49k £93m £300m 30-06-2025
Enzo Fernández 21 DM, AM C £180k £96m £207m 30-06-2031
Harvey Elliott 19 AM RLC £45k £57m £173m 30-06-2027
Danilo 21 DM £30k £31m £35m 30-06-2029
Archie Gray 16 M C £180 £19m £55m 30-06-2024
João Veloso 17 AM C £2k £2m £5m 30-06-2025
Désiré Doué 17 AM C £7k £28m £82m 30-06-2025
Takuhiro Nakai 18 AM C £2k £9m £23m 30-06-2025
Alfie Devine 17 DM, AM C £7k £34m £101m 30-06-2027
Alex Scott 18 DM, AM RC £2k £11m £962k 30-06-2025
Ilaix Moriba 19 DM, AM C £24k £46m £136m 30-06-2026
Fabio Miretti 18 AM C £9k £21m £66m 30-06-2026
Cesare Casadei 19 DM, AM C £35k £18m £47m 30-06-2026
Ryan Gravenberch 20 DM, AM C £141k £32m £84m 30-06-2027
Dominik Szoboszlai 21 AM LC £33k £39m £95m 30-06-2026
Nicolas Seiwald 21 DM £13k £16m £37m 30-06-2026
Lazar Samardžić 20 AM C £8k £16m £41m 30-06-2026
Manu Koné 21 DM £38k £24m £77m 30-06-2025
Antonio Blanco 21 DM £6k £12m £24m 30-06-2024
Samuele Ricci 20 DM £31k £42m £109m 30-06-2026
Curtis Jones 21 AM LC £65k £56m £130m 30-06-2027
Adrián Bernabé 21 DM £11k £6m £13m 30-06-2024
Kristjan Asllani 20 DM, AM C £24k £9m £10m
Nicolò Rovella 20 DM £31k £15m £37m 30-06-2024
Matt O'Riley 21 DM, AM C £15k £21m £46m 31-05-2026
Khephren Thuram 21 DM £21k £20m £46m 30-06-2025
Orkun Kökçü 21 AM C £8k £44m £31m 30-06-2025
André 20 DM £13k £17m £44m 31-12-2026
Morten Frendrup 21 DM £8k £7m £5m 30-06-2026
Oliver Skipp 21 DM £50k £35m £80m 30-06-2027
Marc Cucalón 17 DM £890 £3m £8m
Tiago Freitas 15 AM C £60 £800k £2m 30-06-2025
Assan Ouédraogo 16 AM C £60 £1m £101k 30-06-2027
Kees Smit 16 DM £90 £6m £16m 30-06-2024
André Oliveira 16 M C £60 £666k £2m 30-06-2025
Lucas Bergvall 16 DM, AM C £10 £1m £3m 31-12-2025
Tom Bischof 17 AM C £60 £4m £9m 30-06-2025
Victor Eletu 17 DM £560 £1m £3m 30-06-2025
Ayman Kari 17 M C £2k £8m £24m 30-06-2025
Pablo Barrios 19 DM £4k £14m £38m 30-06-2028
Kobbie Mainoo 17 DM, AM C £10k £29m £91m 30-06-2027
Gustavo Puerta 18 M C £5k £4m £10m 30-06-2028
Aaron Ciammaglichella 17 AM C £220 £3m £7m 30-06-2025
Guilherme Santos 17 AM C £2k £1m £3m 30-06-2024
Sammy Braybrooke 18 DM £8k £17m £41m 30-06-2026
Samuel Justo 18 AM C £2k £1m £2m 30-06-2025
Charlie Patino 18 DM £4k £9m £25m 30-06-2023
Silvano Vos 17 D C, DM £3k £4m £13m 30-06-2024
Gabriël Misehouy 16 AM C £100 £12m £37m 30-06-2024
João Neves 17 AM C £6k £2m £6m 30-06-2028
Mohamed El Arouch 18 DM, AM C £2k £7m £19m 30-06-2025
Williot Swedberg 18 AM RLC, F C £3k £10m £25m 30-06-2027
Andrey Santos 18 DM £50k £19m £55m 30-06-2028
Kacper Kozłowski 18 AM C £10k £29m £71m 30-06-2026
Amadou Onana 20 D C, DM £35k £66m £75m 30-06-2027
Fabian Rieder 20 AM C £7k £12m £30m 30-06-2025
Mateus Fernandes 18 AM C £3k £2m £5m 30-06-2027
Rafael Luís 17 DM £2k £2m £6m 30-06-2025
Heorhii Sudakov 19 AM LC £6k £27m £75m 31-12-2026
Gabri Veiga 20 AM C £8k £19m £49m 30-06-2026
Xavi Simons 19 AM C £26k £79m £245m 30-06-2027
Nico 20 DM £11k £28m £73m 30-06-2024
Ivan Ilić 21 DM, AM C £4k £27m £30m 30-06-2026
Billy Gilmour 21 DM £35k £27m £59m 30-06-2026
Sivert Mannsverk 20 DM £2k £4m £5m 31-12-2025
Koba Lein 20 M C £2k £9m £20m 30-06-2025
Nicolò Fagioli 21 DM, AM C £31k £11m £24m 30-06-2026
Kenneth Taylor 20 DM, AM C £22k £29m £107m 30-06-2027
Yunus Musah 19 AM RC £9k £10m £27m 30-06-2026
Carney Chukwuemeka 18 AM C £100k £18m £54m 30-06-2028
Tommy Doyle 20 DM £10k £34m £83m 30-06-2025
Martin Baturina 19 AM C £3k £6m £18m 15-06-2027
Aster Vranckx 19 DM £25k £8m £20m 30-06-2025
Luka Sučić 19 AM C £4k £17m £43m 31-05-2025
Pape Matar Sarr 19 M C £30k £32m £89m 30-06-2027
Arnau Puigmal 21 AM RC £6k £8m £18m 30-06-2025
Rodrigo Villagra 21 DM £6k £5m £11m 31-12-2025
Quinten Timber 21 D C, DM £9k £15m £33m 30-06-2026
Gabriel Menino 21 D/WB R, DM, M RC £10k £9m £20m 31-12-2025
Telmo Arcanjo 21 AM RLC £1k £2m £162k 30-06-2023
Tom Krauß 21 DM £17k £9m £16m 30-06-2025
Kevin López 20 DM, AM C £5k £3m £7m 31-12-2025
Julien Ponceau 21 AM C £8k £7m £15m 30-06-2025
Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe 21 WB R, DM, M RC £12k £9m £18m 30-06-2024
Mohammed Diomandé 20 AM LC £1k £4m £295k 31-12-2024
Amir Richardson 20 DM £5k £6m £14m 30-06-2027
Joan González 20 DM £15k £3m £3m 30-06-2027
Ebrima Darboe 21 DM £12k £2m £5m 30-06-2026
Filippo Ranocchia 21 DM £660 £7m £13m 30-06-2026
Enzo Loiodice 21 AM C £7k £3m £2m 30-06-2025
Filip Krastev 20 AM C £2k £7m £623k 30-06-2025
Theo 20 AM C £1k £235k £493k 30-06-2023
Albert Grønbæk 21 AM RLC £2k £3m £6m 31-12-2026
Tanner Tessmann 20 DM £4k £3m £5m 30-06-2025
Carlos Dotor 21 M C £2k £4m £7m 30-06-2024
Wouter Burger 21 DM £7k £5m £12m 30-06-2025
Matthäus Taferner 21 AM C £2k £3m £6m 30-06-2023
Danila Kozlov 17 AM C £240 £840k £2m 30-06-2026
Figueiredo 16 DM, AM C £50 £192k £508k 08-09-2025
Reuben McAllister 16 AM C £500 £88k £172k 31-05-2026
Jobe Bellingham 16 M C £180 £8m £19m 30-06-2024
Fodé Sylla 16 M C £560 £4m £9m 30-06-2024
André Gomes 16 AM C £60 £638k £2m 30-06-2025
Alfie Harrison 16 AM C £180 £937k £3m 30-06-2026
Pape Fuhrer 16 AM C £60 £947k £3m
Michael Golding 16 DM, AM C £180 £6m £18m 30-06-2025
Saïmon Bouabré 16 M C £60 £2m £4m
Daniel Kelly 16 M C £500 £11m £764k 31-05-2025
Jovan Šljivić 16 AM C £90 £3m £7m
Carlos Baleba 18 DM, AM C £3k £3m £7m 30-06-2026
Breno Bidon 17 DM £560 £1m £4m 31-01-2025
Dani Pérez 16 AM C £350 £2m £5m 30-06-2026
Stefano Dalla Riva 17 DM £220 £714k £2m 30-06-2025
David Ozoh 16 DM £180 £3m £7m 30-06-2026
Luka Vrbančić 17 AM C £0 £2m £5m 15-02-2024
Daniel Gore 17 DM £1k £9m £25m 30-06-2024
Ismaël Koné 20 DM, AM C £15k £13m £31m 30-06-2027
Lewis Hall 17 D LC, DM, AM C £10k £22m £69m 30-06-2025
Kevin Zeroli 17 M C £220 £3m £7m 30-06-2025
Alexandr Kovalenko 18 DM, AM C £16k £14m £34m
Tygo Land 16 DM, AM C £90 £6m £16m 30-06-2025
Emirhan İlkhan 18 AM C £6k £4m £11m 30-06-2026
Mike Kleijn 17 M C £810 £6m £15m 30-06-2024
Robert Wagner 18 AM RLC £2k £4m £9m 30-06-2026
Karim Dermane 18 DM £1k £3m £6m 30-06-2026
Ramón Terrats 21 DM £3k £3m £6m 30-06-2024
Martín Tejón 18 AM RLC £330 £801k £2m 30-06-2023
Adam Wharton 18 DM £3k £6m £13m 30-06-2027
Hugo Álvarez 19 AM C £250 £338k £602k 30-06-2025
Salim El Jebari 18 AM C £290 £542k £1m 30-06-2025
George Hall 17 DM, AM C £700 £13m £29m 30-06-2024
Jhon Solís 17 M C £1k £986k £2m 30-06-2024
Cameron Humphreys 18 DM, M LC £3k £4m £319k 30-06-2026
Giacomo Faticanti 17 DM £690 £4m £12m 30-06-2026
Cher Ndour 17 AM C £3k £10m £30m 30-06-2023
Syver Aas 18 M C £700 £2m £4m 30-06-2024
Hugo Larsson 18 DM £960 £2m £4m 31-12-2026
Charlie Webster 18 DM, AM C £15k £6m £17m 30-06-2024
Darko Gyabi 18 AM C £5k £5m £12m 30-06-2026
Filip Rønningen Jørgensen 20 DM £960 £2m £156k 31-12-2024
Isak Hansen-Aarøen 17 AM C £1k £19m £55m 30-06-2024
Lesley Ugochukwu 18 DM £2k £3m £7m 30-06-2025
Warren Bondo 18 AM C £2k £3m £6m 30-06-2025
Tim Iroegbunam 19 DM £15k £17m £41m 30-06-2027
Benjamin Tahirovic 19 DM, AM C £780 £3m £8m 30-06-2026
Denis Huseinbašić 21 AM C £4k £3m £5m 30-06-2025
Mathias Olesen 21 DM £3k £4m £6m 30-06-2025
Andrés Romero 19 M RC £580 £233k £18k 31-12-2022
Telasco Segovia 19 DM £810 £603k £49k 31-12-2024
Pedro Vite 20 AM LC £0 £0 £0 31-12-2025
Marco Cruz 18 D L, M C £2k £585k £1m 30-06-2024
Martim Neto 19 M C £3k £2m £5m 30-06-2023
Bernardo Folha 20 AM C £1k £11m £25m 30-06-2024
Paulo Bernardo 20 M C £6k £8m £19m 30-06-2027
Fabricio Díaz 19 DM £1k £1m £113k 31-05-2026
Gianluca Busio 20 DM, AM C £7k £8m £13m 30-06-2025
Yehor Yarmoliuk 18 AM C £3k £15m £45m 30-06-2025
Burak İnce 18 AM C £6k £6m £13m 30-06-2025
Yasin Salmani 20 DM, AM C £8k £2m £133k 30-06-2023
Christos Zafeiris 19 DM, AM C £630 £4m £9m 30-06-2027
Ismaïla Coulibaly 21 DM, AM RLC £3k £8m £15m 30-06-2023
Tobias Gulliksen 19 AM LC £610 £2m £135k 30-06-2024
Andy Diouf 19 DM, AM C £4k £8m £18m 30-06-2025
Fares Chaïbi 19 AM RLC £3k £5m £15m 30-06-2025
Abdoullah Ba 18 AM C £4k £11m £23m 30-06-2027
Johann Lepenant 19 DM £14k £6m £16m 30-06-2027
Enzo Millot 19 AM RLC £7k £2m £4m 30-06-2025
Lucien Agoume 20 DM, AM C £6k £4m £9m 30-06-2025
Adil Aouchiche 19 AM C £5k £4m £10m 30-06-2026
Naouirou Ahamada 20 DM £30k £18m £43m 30-06-2026
Han-Noah Massengo 21 DM £5k £10m £845k 30-06-2023
Giovanni Fabbian 19 DM £12k £4m £10m 30-06-2023
Tommaso Milanese 19 AM C £740 £4m £7m 30-06-2026
Edoardo Bove 20 DM £6k £4m £10m 30-06-2025
Mattia Viviani 21 DM £3k £2m £2m 30-06-2024
Kian Fitz-Jim 19 WB RL, DM, M LC £5k £10m £26m 30-06-2024
Sotiris Alexandropoulos 20 DM £13k £4m £8m 30-06-2027
Liam Gibbs 19 DM, AM C £2k £18m £49m 30-06-2025
Jacob Ramsey 21 AM C £70k £27m £62m 30-06-2027
Jason Knight 21 AM C £10k £8m £638k 30-06-2023
Tyler Morton 19 DM £15k £25m £67m 30-06-2027
Harvey White 20 DM £10k £25m £55m 30-06-2024
James Garner 21 DM £40k £42m £95m 30-06-2026
Mads Bidstrup 21 DM £18k £14m £30m 30-06-2024
Jacob Christensen 21 DM £1k £4m £304k 30-06-2023
Gabriel Pirani 20 M C £2k £11m £28m 31-12-2025
Vinicius Zanocelo 21 DM £6k £4m £8m 31-10-2027
Sandry 19 M C £5k £13m £36m 31-05-2026
Eliot Matazo 20 DM, M RC £5k £3m £6m 30-06-2026
Nicolas Raskin 21 DM £20k £10m £21m 31-05-2027
Juan Ignacio Nardoni 19 DM £1k £4m £12m 31-12-2027
Carlos Alcaraz 19 AM C £50k £17m £49m 30-06-2027
David Ayala 19 DM £7k £6m £15m 31-12-2025
Gino Infantino 19 DM, AM C £2k £4m £10m 31-12-2023
Bruno Zapelli 20 AM C £3k £4m £366k 31-12-2025
Jean N'Guessan 19 M C £3k £6m £13m

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