Have you taken on a difficult save in Football Manager 2024/25 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 FM2024/25 as well as the free players with the highest potential in FM24 Update. Every player on this page is uncontracted and not at a club in FM24 Data Update, so you can buy them for completely free.

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These are the best free players in Football Manager 2024/25 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 Ramos
39 D C £0 £0
Simon Kjær
36 D C £0 £0
Toby Alderweireld
36 D RC £0 £0
Kevin Kampl
34 DM £2m £4m
Rafinha 32 AM RC £0 £0
Étienne Capoue
37 DM £0 £0
Philippe Coutinho
33 AM LC £0 £0
Jesús Navas
39 D/WB/AM R £252k £384k
Óscar De Marcos
36 D/WB/AM R £0 £0
Giacomo Bonaventura 35 AM C £0 £0
Alessandro Florenzi
34 D/WB/M R £2m £640k
Hirving Lozano
29 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Rafael Carioca 36 DM £0 £0
Fernandinho
40 DM £0 £0
Antonio Candreva
38 AM RLC £0 £0
Rick Karsdorp
30 D/WB R £0 £0
Marcel Halstenberg
33 D LC £824k £922k
Hugo Mallo
34 D RC £0 £0
Pavel Bucha
27 AM C £0 £0
Anders Dreyer
27 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Jan Vertonghen
38 D LC £0 £0
Fernando
33 DM £0 £0
Moisés
37 DM, AM C £161k £183k
Mário Rui
34 D/WB/M L £0 £0
Rui Patrício 37 GK £0 £0
Jaume Domènech 34 GK £0 £0
Renato Augusto 37 DM, AM RLC £0 £0
Lucas Pérez
36 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Fernando
37 DM £0 £0
Iván Marcano
38 D LC £0 £0
Jordi Masip
36 GK £0 £0
Diego Costa 36 ST £0 £0
Grzegorz Krychowiak
35 DM £0 £0
Dries Mertens
38 AM/F C £0 £0
Steve Mandanda
40 GK £0 £0
Miralem Pjanić
35 DM £0 £0
Iago Falqué
35 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Rafinha 38 D/WB RL £0 £0
Nicolai Boilesen
33 D LC £0 £0
Aaron Ramsey
34 AM RC £0 £0
Felipe Carballo
28 DM £0 £0
Jonathan Rodríguez
32 AM L, ST £0 £0
Craig Dawson
35 D C £0 £0
Koffi Djidji
32 D C £0 £0
Kévin Denkey
24 ST £0 £0
Cote
35 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Álvaro Aguado
29 AM C £0 £0
Harold Preciado
31 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Mário Fernandes 34 D/WB R £0 £0
Jaílson
29 D C, DM £0 £0
Jonathan Orozco
39 GK £0 £0
Lewis Morgan
28 AM RLC £0 £0
Felipe Melo
42 D C, DM £129k £147k
Vicente Guaita
38 GK £0 £0
Federico Fazio
38 D C £0 £0
Gustavo Cuéllar
32 DM £0 £0
Manu Vallejo
28 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Manoel
35 D C £0 £0
Ismaily
35 D/WB L £0 £0
Ryan Fredericks
32 D/WB/AM R £0 £0
Jeppe Tverskov
32 D C, DM £0 £0
Manuel Gulde
34 D C £725k £345k
Perr Schuurs
25 D C £0 £0
Eran Zahavi 37 AM LC, F C £0 £0
Fernando Miguel
40 GK £194k £17k
Samuel Umtiti 31 D C £0 £0
Karim Bellarabi
35 AM RL £0 £0
Bruno Wilson
28 D C £0 £0
Amahl Pellegrino
35 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Dodô
33 D LC £0 £0
Omar Abdulrahman
33 AM RC £0 £0
Adama Soumaoro
33 D C £0 £0
José Martínez
30 DM £0 £0
Jack O'Connell
31 D C £0 £0
Marcus Ingvartsen
29 AM/F C £0 £0
Adam Masina
31 D LC, M L £0 £0
Kevin Gameiro 37 ST £0 £0
Adrian Mierzejewski
38 AM LC £0 £0
Mariano Andújar
41 GK £0 £0
Fabián Orellana
39 AM RLC £0 £0
Andreas Maxsø
31 D C £0 £0
Marlos
37 AM RC £26m
Jordan Amavi
31 D/WB/M L £0 £0
Mehdi Bourabia
33 DM £0 £0
Sanjin Prcić
31 DM £0 £0
Majeed Waris
33 AM L, ST £0 £0
Chofis
30 AM RC, F C £0 £0
Rodri Tarín
29 D C £0 £0
Fabricio
37 GK £0 £0
Leyvin Balanta
34 D/WB L £0 £0
Carlos Zambrano
36 D C £0 £0
Diego González
30 D C £0 £0
Marcelo
38 D C £0 £0
Jesiel
31 D C £0 £0
Diego Oliveira
35 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Hyoran
32 AM RLC £0 £0
José Pedro Fuenzalida
40 D/WB R, AM RC £0 £0
Teenage Hadebe
29 D LC £0 £0
Oscar Ustari
39 GK £0 £0
Santiago Toloza
22 AM C £0 £0
Darren Randolph
38 GK £0 £0
James McArthur
37 DM £0 £0
Sven Kums
37 DM £0 £0
Ryan Kent
28 AM RLC £0 £0
Nathan Redmond
31 AM RLC £0 £0
Francesco Caputo 36 ST £0 £0
Miguel Layún
37 D/WB RL, M R £0 £0
Jesús Dueñas
36 D/WB RL, M C £0 £0
Camilo Sanvezzo
36 AM L, ST £0 £0
Martin Linnes
33 D/WB RL £0 £0
Chicharito
37 ST £0 £0
Alexandre Pato
35 AM L, ST £0 £0
Javier Pastore 35 AM LC £0 £0
Oscar Murillo
37 D C £0 £0
Rafael Monti
25 AM LC, F C £0 £0
Guido Burgstaller
36 ST £341k £303k
Cristian Tello
33 AM RL £0 £0
Yoel
36 GK £0 £0
Gerard Deulofeu
31 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Ángelo Rodríguez
36 ST £0 £0
Andrés Reyes
25 D C £0 £0
Jemerson
32 D C £0 £0
Marcos Junior
32 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Léo Bonatini
31 ST £0 £0
Mattheus Oliveira
31 AM C £0 £0
Angelo Ogbonna
37 D C £0 £0
David Pavelka
34 D C, DM £0 £0
Jefferson Intriago
29 DM £0 £0
Edwin Aguilar
39 ST £3k £240
Rolando Blackburn
35 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Guillermo May
27 AM LC, F C £0 £0
Leonai Souza
30 DM £0 £0
Christoph Kramer
34 DM £0 £0
Yhormar Hurtado
28 D/WB/M R £0 £0
Felipe Caicedo
36 ST £0 £0
Marcus Danielson
36 D C £0 £0
César De la Hoz
33 D C, DM £0 £0
Javi Manquillo
31 D/WB RL £0 £0
Joseba Zaldua
33 D/WB R £0 £0
Diego Fagúndez
30 AM RLC £0 £0
Samuel Adegbenro
29 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Badou Ndiaye
34 DM £0 £0
Samuel Grandsir
28 AM RLC £0 £0
Yuya Kubo
31 AM C £0 £0
Julio Furch
35 ST £0 £0
Nicolás Gaitán
37 AM LC £0 £0
Andrés Desábato
35 GK £0 £0
Jimmy Cabot
31 WB R, AM RL £1m £3m
José de Jesús Corona
44 GK £343k £356k
James Tomkins
36 D C £0 £0
Andrés Vombergar
30 ST £0 £0
Lovre Rogić
29 GK £0 £0
Giuseppe Prestia
31 D C £0 £0
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
34 AM RL £0 £0
Brooks Lennon
27 D/WB/AM R £0 £0
Bas Dost
36 ST £0 £0
Jason Denayer
30 D C £0 £0
Nathan
29 AM RLC £0 £0
Rossi
32 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Carlos Lucumí
25 ST £0 £0
Lucas Biglia
39 DM £0 £0
Inês Pereira
29 D C, ST £0 £0
Ayman Kari
20 M C £0 £0
Samuel Gidi
21 DM £0 £0
Tobias Kempe
36 DM, AM C £0 £0
Saman Ghoddos
31 AM RLC £0 £0
Thomas Delaine
33 D/WB RL £0 £0
Romain Amalfitano
35 M C £0 £0
Harold Gómez
33 D/WB R £0 £0
Mender García
26 AM L, ST £0 £0
Christian Cueva
33 AM RLC £0 £0
Giorgi Zaria
27 DM, AM C £0 £0
Aleix Vidal
35 D/WB R, AM RL £0 £0
Fali
31 D C, DM £0 £0
Paco Alcácer
31 ST £0 £0
Luismi Quezada
29 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Alex Sandro
29 AM RL £0 £0
Pedro Augusto
28 DM £0 £0
Rodrigo Caio
31 D C £0 £0
Danilo Avelar
36 D LC £0 £0
Divock Origi
30 ST £0 £0
Renaud Emond
33 AM/F C £0 £0
Ahmad Nourollahi
32 DM £0 £0
Shahriyar Moghanlou
30 ST £0 £0
Suk Hyun-Jun
34 AM/F C £0 £0
Hirotsugu Nakabayashi
39 GK £0 £0
Anthony Modeste
37 ST £0 £0
Alexandre Oukidja
36 GK £0 £0
Didier Ndong
31 DM £0 £0
Dembo Darboe
26 ST £0 £0
Maxime Lestienne
33 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Remi Walter
30 DM £0 £0
Adam Maher
31 DM, AM C £0 £0
Stefano Gori
29 GK £0 £0
Mattia Caldara 31 D C £0 £0
Roberto Soriano
34 AM C £0 £0
Onni Valakari
25 AM C £0 £0
Erik Marxen
34 D LC £0 £0
Michael Rabušic
35 ST £0 £0
Tomáš Vaclík
36 GK £0 £0

These are the best free players aged under 23 in Football Manager 2024/25 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
Christopher Cupps
17 D C £0 £0
Juan González
21 ST £0 £0
Lazola Maku
19 DM, AM C £0 £0
Lucas Sanabria
21 DM £0 £0
Claudio Bettoni Katunda
18 AM R £0 £0
Simeon Shishkov
16 D C £0 £0
Délano van der Heijden
20 AM LC, F C £0 £0
Kyran Elbertsen
20 AM RL £0 £0
Pedro Antonio Rodriguez
19 GK £0 £0
Andrej Subotić
18 AM RLC £0 £0
Thomas Berenbruch
20 AM RL £0 £0
Ronaldo Dantas Fernandes
20 AM C £0 £0
Nicolás Dubersarsky
20 DM £0 £0
Agon Rexhaj
18 AM R £0 £0
Denis Zamazal
18 DM £0 £0
Matteo Spinaccè
18 AM/F C £0 £0
Samuel Gidi
21 DM £0 £0
Egor Greber
18 D C £0 £0
Damion Kim
16 DM £0 £0
Jack Kortkamp
17 GK £0 £0
Kebir Ali Canpolat
18 AM RL £0 £0
Seyed Morteza Sajadi
22 ST £0 £0
Oscar Kelly
18 AM LC £0 £0
Mattia Cappelletti
18 D/WB R £0 £0
Isaac Partida Robles
18 AM R £0 £0
José Julián Velásquez
23 M C £0 £0
José Navarro
22 ST £0 £0
Emerson Pata
21 AM R, ST £0 £0
Neo Rapoo
19 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Jerónimo Campos
20 D/WB/AM L £0 £0
Isaác Muñíz
22 AM L £0 £0
Samuel Dias Semedo
19 D R £0 £0
Tim Blaszczak
17 DM £0 £0
Emirhan Ağzıkara
18 D C £0 £0
Jykese Fields
18 ST £0 £0
Benjamin Džanović
17 AM/F C £0 £0
Óscar Llorca
19 DM, AM LC £0 £0
Argyris Liatsikouras
18 DM £0 £0
Oliwer Błaszczyk
18 D C £0 £0
Renyer
22 AM R £0 £0
Tom Mabon
21 GK £0 £0
Christian Brauzmann
21 D RC £0 £0
Romain Colombier
20 AM L £0 £0
Behar Ismaili
20 AM C £0 £0
Kacper Piórkowski
21 D C £0 £0
Salomon Cissé
20 ST £0 £0
Leo Hellenius
19 D/WB/M R £0 £0
Marwan Salah
21 GK £0 £0
Alexander Vasil Popovič
19 D C £0 £0
Libasse Ngom
21 AM C £0 £0
Mario Greco
18 AM/F C £0 £0
Darko Lötscher
19 ST £0 £0
Peterson
20 ST £0 £0
Bruno Martinez Crous
19 D C £0 £0
Nahuel Cantero
21 ST £0 £0
Jayden Braaf
22 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Rico Speksnijder
20 AM RC £0 £0
Vinicius Amaral
22 D C £0 £0
Alioune Niang
22 GK £0 £0
Christian Kouam
19 D C, DM £0 £0
Luciano Pronk
20 D/WB L £0 £0
Armin Midzic
19 D C £0 £0
Agustín Carreón
19 AM L £0 £0
Gilberto Flores
22 D C £0 £0
Juan Alvarez
20 AM/F C £0 £0
Alex Mighten
23 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Ilay Feingold
20 D RC £0 £0
Alam Garcete
23 ST £0 £0
Mahmoud Saber
23 D/WB R £0 £0
Luca Bombino
19 D L £0 £0
Yaël Nandjou Kwingoua
20 D C £0 £0
Riquelmy
20 ST £0 £0
Valon Cena
18 D R £0 £0
N'fanly Sylla
20 AM C £0 £0
Mateo González
20 D/WB R £0 £0
Matteo Heremans
19 M C £0 £0
Adam Špangr
20 ST £0 £0
Enzo Romero
21 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Sebastián Álvarez
23 AM C £0 £0
Kevin Zefi
20 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Santiago Toloza
22 AM C £0 £0
Ivan Marić
23 D C £0 £0
Randall Rodríguez
21 GK £0 £0
Dantouma Touré
21 AM RL, ST £0 £0
Siyabonga Mndebele
18 D C £0 £0
Emanuel Nzau
18 WB L £0 £0
Marvin Krumhaar
18 D C £0 £0
David Pina
18 D C £0 £0
Edin Etoski
18 AM RL £0 £0
Jasha Barry
18 AM RL £0 £0
Neil Joubij
19 D L £0 £0
Tim Degener
18 DM £0 £0
Vitor Lucas
19 AM L £0 £0
Karlo Simic
18 ST £0 £0
Jake Girdwood-Reich
21 D C, DM £0 £0
Ezequiel Soriano
23 D/WB R, DM £0 £0
Nabi Traoré
19 D C £0 £0
Mateusz Letkiewicz
21 D C, DM £0 £0
Nick Bodon
18 GK £0 £0
Gennaro Mewes
18 D R £0 £0
Matthew Moore
18 DM, AM C £0 £0
Madine Abdeldjabar
17 D C, DM £0 £0
Tobias Okafor
18 ST £0 £0
Imre Bech Hermansen
19 D R £0 £0
Ismael Cabrera
20 M R £0 £0
Vincent Augustus
19 AM RL £0 £0
Owen Walz
21 D C £0 £0
Riccardo Fogliata
21 AM C £0 £0
Aldo Llanas
22 DM £0 £0
Vicente Concha
23 D LC £0 £0
Dylan Torres
21 AM RLC £0 £0
Leonardo Cerri
22 ST £0 £0
Mattia Compagnon
23 AM R £0 £0
Kári Daníel Alexandersson
21 D R, M C £0 £0
José Acosta
21 D C £0 £0
Simone Scaglia
21 GK £0 £0
Levon Vardanyan
21 ST £0 £0
Mark Andros
23 M C £0 £0
Jeremías Pérez Tica
22 ST £0 £0
Silas Nwankwo
21 AM R, ST £0 £0
Franco Herrera
21 GK £0 £0
Kalazan Suárez
23 D/WB L £0 £0
Jared Harlock
22 DM £0 £0
Junior Nare
23 ST £0 £0
Yan Philipe
21 AM/F C £0 £0
Ahmed Qasem
22 AM RLC £0 £0
Jefferson
23 AM C £0 £0
Luke Musikiri
18 AM R, ST £0 £0
Ibrahim Junior Kuribara
23 ST £0 £0
Ayman Kari
20 M C £0 £0
Emiliano Rodríguez
21 ST £0 £0
Franco Martínez
22 D C £0 £0
Kwanele Jantjies
21 D C £0 £0
José Domínguez
21 ST £0 £0
Finn Seeliger
18 D C £0 £0
Ioan Boșneag
18 D R £0 £0
Ezequiel Meili
19 D C £0 £0
Mateo Ingratta
22 ST £0 £0
Vladimir Yeremyan
19 ST £0 £0
Taavi Koukkumäki
18 AM/F C £0 £0
Jannik Graf
20 ST £0 £0
Sean Petrie
18 AM RLC £0 £0
Agustín Lara
20 D C £0 £0
José Lozano
19 GK £0 £0
Dmytro Rashkivskyi
20 D C £0 £0
Pedro Soma
19 DM £0 £0
Rohan Alain
20 D RC, M R £0 £0
Sascha Meyer
19 AM C £0 £0
Medhi Harfi
20 ST £0 £0
Rodrigo Neri
20 ST £0 £0
Breno Caetano
21 GK £0 £0
Dylan Pedraza
22 D C £0 £0
Tomás Abregú
19 ST £0 £0
Jeremías Marchini
20 M C £0 £0
Anas Slimani
17 ST £0 £0
Julián García
21 M C £0 £0
Kevyn
19 ST £0 £0
Luis Melendrez
20 ST £0 £0
Marcel Zimba
19 ST £0 £0
Ariel Castro
20 M C £0 £0
Ondřej Penxa
18 AM L £0 £0
Yerar Azcarate
19 DM £0 £0
Juan Fernando Araiza
21 GK £0 £0
Hubert Kwolek
21 ST £0 £0
Diogo Fonseca
23 D C, DM £0 £0
Deivid Tegues
21 ST £0 £0
Moubarack Compaoré
22 AM RL £0 £0
Jayden Nelson
22 AM RLC, F C £0 £0
Oliver Jeppe
22 D C, DM £0 £0
Darluis Paz
23 AM RL £0 £0
Arón Sánchez
22 D C £0 £0
Omar Panuco
23 AM C £0 £0
Lisandru Tramoni
22 AM RLC £0 £0
Jhonatan Riascos
21 ST £0 £0
Gwendal Degorce
20 D LC £0 £0
Louis Valentin Aboua
20 D C, DM £0 £0
Keny Mbala
21 D LC £0 £0
Mihajlo Butraković
19 AM RLC £0 £0
Milyardo Asrat
19 AM RL £0 £0
Abraão
21 AM/F C £0 £0
Martin Hrubý
21 GK £0 £0
Lautaro Ruiz Díaz
20 D R £0 £0
Christian Osinaga
21 D C £0 £0
Adama Bamba
19 D R £0 £0
Dario Stöber
18 AM L, ST £0 £0
Niklas Sørensen
21 D C £0 £0
Naké Youssouf
19 D C £0 £0
Mateo Rodríguez
18 AM R, ST £0 £0
Filippo Di Maro
19 D C £0 £0
Gabriel Niculescu
21 D C £0 £0
Willy Kumado
22 D/WB/M R £0 £0
Édier Ocampo
21 D/WB/AM R £0 £0
Thabang Mahlangu
18 AM R £0 £0
Jashar Dema
19 DM £0 £0
Alassan Faye
21 DM £0 £0
Julian Bock
21 GK £0 £0
Nicolás Caicedo
19 ST £0 £0
Erfan Shahriari
23 AM RL £0 £0
Amadou N'Diaye
21 D L £0 £0
Putco Khoza
23 GK £0 £0

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