Looking for the best wonderkid Defenders in FM24? We've got a shortlist of all the best Defenders Wonderkids in Football Manager 2024, Defenders wonderkids are the best young players aged under 21 with high potential ability that are guaranteed to be good Defenders in FM2024.
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These are the best young Defenders in Football Manager 2024 as rated by their potential ability in the Defender position. Some of these are wonderkid Defenders in FM24 meaning they are guaranteed to develop to be one of the best Defenders in FM2024. Don't be put off by the fact that some of these Defenders may not be very good Defenders at the start of FM 2024, they have potential to develop and become one of the top Defenders in FM2024. Others will already have high current abilities and be some of the best Defenders in FM 2024 already.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Joško Gvardiol | 21 | D LC | £200k | £98m | £238m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nuno Mendes | 21 | D/WB L | £34k | £132m | £300m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Alejandro Balde | 19 | D/WB/AM L | £123k | £53m | £169m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Destiny Udogie | 20 | D/WB L | £80k | £86m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Castello Lukeba | 20 | D LC | £66k | £89m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Giorgio Scalvini | 19 | D C | £24k | £79m | £249m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Levi Colwill | 20 | D LC | £75k | £113m | £297m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Rico Lewis | 18 | D/WB R, DM | £25k | £114m | £300m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Piero Hincapié | 21 | D LC | £58k | £60m | £196m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Leny Yoro | 17 | D C | £6k | £49m | £142m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ousmane Diomande | 19 | D C | £23k | £48m | £149m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jorrel Hato | 17 | D LC | £5k | £64m | £222m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Michael Kayode | 19 | D/WB R | £3k | £23m | £68m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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António Silva | 19 | D C | £11k | £50m | £206m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Illia Zabarnyi | 20 | D C | £45k | £73m | £81m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Aaron Hickey | 21 | D/WB RL | £32k | £73m | £85m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Conor Bradley | 20 | D/WB R | £10k | £40m | £97m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tino Livramento | 20 | D/WB RL | £65k | £32m | £117m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Radu Drăguşin | 21 | D RC | £60k | £79m | £260m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Yan Couto | 21 | D/WB/AM R | £5k | £67m | £163m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Gonçalo Inácio | 21 | D C | £23k | £40m | £97m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Malick Thiaw | 21 | D C | £17k | £63m | £147m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Arouna Sanganté | 21 | D C | £5k | £9m | £10m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Maxime Estève | 21 | D C | £4k | £13m | £29m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Flavien-Enzo Boyomo | 21 | D RC | £9k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Willian Pacho | 21 | D LC | £25k | £52m | £120m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Miguel Gutiérrez | 21 | D/WB L | £28k | £30m | £37m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jarrad Branthwaite | 21 | D RLC | £40k | £67m | £76m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Abakar Sylla | 20 | D C | £22k | £18m | £46m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Rafa Marín | 21 | D C | £14k | £19m | £42m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marco Pellegrino | 20 | D C | £9k | £10m | £23m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kiliann Sildillia | 21 | D RC | £25k | £45m | £101m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Martin Vitík | 20 | D C, DM | £3k | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nathan Patterson | 21 | D/WB R | £40k | £56m | £63m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Lorenzo Pirola | 21 | D C | £9k | £9m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Amar Dedić | 20 | D RL | £7k | £17m | £44m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pau Cubarsí | 16 | D C | £690 | £10m | £31m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Amidou Doumbouya | 15 | D C, DM | £60 | £851k | £2m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Harry Amass | 16 | D/WB L | £220 | £10m | £29m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Luka Vušković | 16 | D C | £7k | £12m | £32m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Héctor Fort | 16 | D RLC | £850 | £11m | £37m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jaime Vázquez | 17 | D C | £250 | £11k | £25k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Vitor Reis | 17 | D C | £260 | £2m | £4m | 30-11-2025 | ||
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Lucas Jetten | 16 | D LC | £430 | £7m | £21m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Bastien Meupiyou | 17 | D C, DM | £5k | £10m | £30m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Martim Fernandes | 17 | D/WB R | £2k | £10k | £27k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ashley Phillips | 18 | D C | £20k | £17m | £47m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Robert Renan | 19 | D C | £15k | £9m | £25m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ethan Butera | 17 | D C, DM | £3k | £13m | £38m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Alfie Dorrington | 18 | D C | £1k | £11m | £30m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Murillo | 21 | D LC, DM | £30k | £22m | £47m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jeanuël Belocian | 18 | D LC, DM | £5k | £22m | £55m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Dean Huijsen | 18 | D C | £12k | £7m | £20m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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El Chadaille Bitshiabu | 18 | D LC | £41k | £13m | £38m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Beraldo | 19 | D C, DM | £31k | £20m | £57m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Arnau Martínez | 20 | D RC | £12k | £9m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Chadi Riad | 20 | D C | £3k | £17m | £41m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ibrahima Bamba | 21 | D C, DM | £35k | £11m | £25m | 31-05-2026 | ||
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Callum Doyle | 19 | D LC | £10k | £39m | £109m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Cristhian Mosquera | 19 | D RC | £3k | £19m | £54m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Miloš Kerkez | 19 | D/WB/M L | £25k | £51m | £56m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Bećir Omeragić | 21 | D C | £8k | £9m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Malo Gusto | 20 | D/WB R, M C | £100k | £79m | £206m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Quentin Merlin | 21 | D/WB/AM L | £15k | £17m | £36m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tanguy Nianzou | 21 | D C, DM | £66k | £64m | £140m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Matteo Ruggeri | 21 | D/WB L | £3k | £31m | £75m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Giorgio Cittadini | 21 | D C | £6k | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Riccardo Calafiori | 21 | D LC | £18k | £26m | £29m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Patrick Dorgu | 18 | D/WB/M L | £2k | £6m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Patryck Lanza | 20 | D/WB L | £1k | £7m | £13m | 30-04-2027 | ||
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Zeno Debast | 19 | D C | £11k | £14m | £33m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Samson Baidoo | 19 | D C, DM | £2k | £13m | £30m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alessandro Marcandalli | 21 | D C | £8k | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Josh Doig | 21 | D/WB L | £19k | £10m | £23m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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José Marsà | 21 | D LC, DM | £3k | £3m | £245k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Adrien Truffert | 21 | D/M L | £20k | £55m | £127m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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José Ángel Carmona | 21 | D RC | £8k | £13m | £28m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Tiago Santos | 20 | D/WB/AM R | £11k | £12m | £30m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ilario Monterisi | 21 | D RC | £5k | £4m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Killian Sardella | 21 | D RC | £6k | £11m | £18m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Stelios Andreou | 20 | D C | £3k | £10m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Adamo Nagalo | 20 | D RC | £5k | £9m | £805k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Márton Dárdai | 21 | D C, DM | £12k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Tomás Araújo | 21 | D C | £6k | £8m | £17m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Víctor Guzmán | 21 | D C | £11k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Bradley Locko | 21 | D/WB L | £9k | £7m | £16m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Caleb Okoli | 21 | D C | £17k | £10m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Quilindschy Hartman | 21 | D/WB L | £5k | £39m | £91m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Andrew Omobamidele | 21 | D C | £40k | £23m | £49m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Elias Jelert | 20 | D/WB RL | £9k | £9m | £21m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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James Gomez | 21 | D C | £4k | £5m | £392k | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Thomas Kristensen | 21 | D C | £5k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Brandon Soppy | 21 | D/WB RL, M R | £15k | £6m | £11m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Victor Kristiansen | 20 | D/WB L | £30k | £22m | £25m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Abdoulaye Ndiaye | 21 | D C | £4k | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kike Salas | 21 | D C | £7k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mauro Perković | 20 | D LC | £880 | £4m | £9m | 18-01-2028 | ||
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Leonidas Stergiou | 21 | D RC | £3k | £4m | £3m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Eduardo Quaresma | 21 | D RC | £4k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Julián Araujo | 21 | D/WB/M R | £5k | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Alejandro Francés | 20 | D RC | £6k | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Youte | 21 | D C | £7k | £4m | £4m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Sepp van den Berg | 21 | D RC | £12k | £20m | £41m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Luizão | 21 | D C | £20k | £15m | £26m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Omar Campos | 20 | D/WB/M L | £8k | £8m | £19m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Allan Tchaptchet | 21 | D C | £2k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Adam Obert | 20 | D LC | £6k | £5m | £12m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Hugo Siquet | 21 | D/WB R | £6k | £7m | £12m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Daouda Guindo | 20 | D LC | £2k | £11m | £23m | 31-05-2025 | ||
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Santiago Mouriño | 21 | D RC | £7k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Kenneth Schmidt | 21 | D LC | £13k | £5m | £8m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alexandre Penetra | 21 | D RC | £7k | £15m | £34m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Joe Scally | 20 | D/WB RL | £25k | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Saïdou Sow | 21 | D C | £3k | £4m | £6m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Botond Balogh | 21 | D C | £6k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Vanderlan | 20 | D/WB L | £5k | £10m | £24m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Nasser Djiga | 20 | D C | £4k | £5m | £9m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Álex Pérez | 16 | D C | £300 | £452k | £1m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ariel | 16 | D LC | £300 | £228k | £589k | 01-07-2026 | ||
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Montolío | 16 | D C | £300 | £538k | £1m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Leo Shahar | 16 | D R | £220 | £4m | £12m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Borja Cortina | 17 | D C | £250 | £232k | £506k | |||
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Emanuel Benjamin | 15 | D/WB R | £60 | £247k | £674k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Hugo Barrachina | 16 | D C | £140 | £485k | £1m | |||
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Andrii Stefanyshyn | 16 | D C | £60 | £230k | £452k | |||
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Jesús Fortea | 16 | D/WB R | £320 | £452k | £1m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Rui Silva | 16 | D C | £60 | £883k | £3m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Bradel Kiwa | 17 | D C | £80 | £892k | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Yaël Thébault | 16 | D C, DM | £60 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Frederick Reuter | 16 | D C | £80 | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Joachim Kayi Sanda | 16 | D C | £420 | £490k | £1m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Noa Mikić | 16 | D/WB R | £0 | £2m | £6m | 15-06-2025 | ||
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Tobías Palacio | 16 | D C | £120 | £7m | £20m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Duarte Nogueira | 16 | D C, DM | £60 | £522k | £1m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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El Hadji Malick Diouf | 18 | D LC | £630 | £8m | £19m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Eman Kospo | 16 | D C | £690 | £5m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Givairo Read | 17 | D/WB RL, M R | £710 | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marvin Akahomen | 15 | D C | £220 | £4m | £302k | |||
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Gonzalo Escudero | 16 | D C | £20 | £5m | £14m | |||
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Jon Martín | 17 | D C | £640 | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Roi Torres | 17 | D/WB R | £250 | £216k | £513k | |||
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Elyaz | 17 | D LC | £250 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Esquerdinha | 17 | D/WB L | £270 | £2m | £4m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Ishé Samuels-Smith | 17 | D LC | £8k | £7m | £20m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jacobo Ramón | 18 | D C | £1k | £5m | £14m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Álex Jiménez | 18 | D/WB R | £2k | £4m | £12m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tiago Parente | 17 | D/WB L | £2k | £720k | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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João Fonseca | 16 | D C | £90 | £39k | £118k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Adam Aznou | 17 | D/WB L | £4k | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jayden Meghoma | 17 | D L | £1k | £15m | £37m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Travis Akomeah | 17 | D C | £3k | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Davide Bartesaghi | 17 | D/WB L | £7k | £4m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Elijah Dijkstra | 16 | D/WB RL | £390 | £6m | £16m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Pascal Klemens | 18 | D C, DM | £8k | £5m | £12m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kosta Nedeljković | 17 | D/WB R | £10k | £20m | £56m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Madi Monamay | 17 | D C | £8k | £3m | £9m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ismaël Baouf | 17 | D RC | £1k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tarek Buchmann | 18 | D C | £8k | £108k | £282k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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John Mellberg | 16 | D C | £60 | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Abdukodir Khusanov | 19 | D C | £3k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Christian McFarlane | 16 | D/WB L | £2k | £4m | £11m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Iván Fresneda | 18 | D/WB R | £25k | £21m | £67m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Aleksander Hammer Kjelsen | 17 | D C | £720 | £2m | £4m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Jair | 18 | D C | £820 | £15m | £35m | 15-06-2025 | ||
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Xavi Grande | 18 | D/WB R | £300 | £688k | £1m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Tom Rothe | 18 | D/WB L | £14k | £3m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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João Muniz | 18 | D C | £3k | £431k | £917k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Harvey Araujo | 18 | D LC | £400 | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Reuell Walters | 18 | D RLC | £2k | £11m | £31m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Christian Mawissa | 18 | D LC | £2k | £4m | £11m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Antoine Mendy | 19 | D RC | £2k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Everardo López | 18 | D C | £170 | £303k | £635k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Josh Feeney | 18 | D C | £5k | £14m | £33m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Charlie McArthur | 18 | D C | £800 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Aarón Anselmino | 18 | D C, DM | £640 | £6m | £14m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Filippo Mané | 18 | D RC | £5k | £3m | £223k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Fabio Chiarodia | 18 | D LC | £14k | £16m | £38m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Nathan Zeze | 18 | D C | £8k | £9m | £27m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mamadou Sarr | 17 | D C, DM | £2k | £5m | £14m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Saël Kumbedi | 18 | D/WB R | £7k | £3m | £10m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marc Pubill | 20 | D/WB R | £4k | £8m | £20m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Wisdom Amey | 17 | D RC | £220 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jérémy Jacquet | 17 | D C | £1k | £5m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Andrei Borza | 17 | D/WB L | £1k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Sebastián Boselli | 19 | D RC | £7k | £7m | £15m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Jan-Carlo Simić | 18 | D C | £5k | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Àlex Valle | 19 | D/WB/M L | £2k | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Matteo Baldi | 21 | D C | £2k | £623k | £48k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Valentín Gómez | 20 | D LC | £2k | £5m | £5m | 31-12-2024 | ||
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Arthur | 20 | D/WB R | £26k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Niko Vukančić | 21 | D LC | £2k | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nathaniel Brown | 20 | D/WB L | £16k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Emir Ortakaya | 19 | D C | £2k | £3m | £7m | 31-05-2027 | ||
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Ayoub Amraoui | 19 | D/WB L | £560 | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Rainey Breinburg | 17 | D/WB L | £710 | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Carles Llario | 21 | D R, AM R, ST | £220 | £30k | £2k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Agustín Giay | 19 | D/WB R | £5k | £8m | £22m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Serdar Saatçı | 20 | D C | £6k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rubén Iranzo | 20 | D RC | £1k | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Facundo González | 20 | D C | £8k | £4m | £339k | 30-06-2026 |
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