Looking for the best wonderkid Defenders in FM24/25 Update? We've got a shortlist of all the best Defenders Wonderkids in Football Manager 2024/25, Defenders wonderkids are the best young players aged under 21 with high potential ability that are guaranteed to be good Defenders in FM2024/25.
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These are the best young Defenders in Football Manager 2024/25 as rated by their potential ability in the Defender position. Some of these are wonderkid Defenders in FM24/25 Update meaning they are guaranteed to develop to be one of the best Defenders in FM2024/25. Don't be put off by the fact that some of these Defenders may not be very good Defenders at the start of FM 24/25 Update, they have potential to develop and become one of the top Defenders in FM2024/25. Others will already have high current abilities and be some of the best Defenders in FM 24/25 Update already.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Leny Yoro | 18 | D C | £26k | £95m | £212m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Destiny Udogie | 21 | D/WB L | £80k | £83m | £200m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Castello Lukeba | 21 | D LC | £66k | £94m | £230m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Giorgio Scalvini | 20 | D C | £24k | £66m | £159m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Levi Colwill | 21 | D LC | £75k | £75m | £155m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Chadi Riad | 21 | D C | £32k | £54m | £110m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Rico Lewis | 19 | D/WB R, DM | £25k | £107m | £210m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pau Cubarsí | 17 | D C | £21k | £64m | £143m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Giovanni Leoni | 17 | D C | £219 | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Davide Bartesaghi | 18 | D/WB L | £4k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ousmane Diomande | 20 | D C | £23k | £49m | £95m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Michael Kayode | 20 | D/WB R | £3k | £14m | £28m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Illia Zabarnyi | 21 | D C | £45k | £73m | £152m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Alejandro Balde | 20 | D/WB/AM L | £123k | £51m | £126m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Diego Coppola | 20 | D C | £8k | £17m | £36m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kostas Koulierakis | 20 | D C | £7k | £8m | £17m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tino Livramento | 21 | D/WB RL | £65k | £32m | £61m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Álvaro Fernández | 21 | D/WB L | £13k | £41m | £89m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Matías Moreno | 20 | D C | £20k | £9m | £19m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ismaël Doukouré | 20 | D C | £14k | £19m | £37m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Abakar Sylla | 21 | D C | £22k | £21m | £45m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Martin Vitík | 21 | D C, DM | £3k | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Devyne Rensch | 21 | D RLC | £19k | £61m | £121m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Bashir Humphreys | 21 | D C | £30k | £25m | £52m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Arnau Martínez | 21 | D RC | £11k | £9m | £17m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ronnie Edwards | 21 | D C | £29k | £25m | £45m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Amidou Doumbouya | 16 | D C, DM | £553 | £5m | £8m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Yaël Thébault | 17 | D C, DM | £80 | £5m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joane Gadou | 17 | D C | £2k | £9m | £16m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Harry Amass | 17 | D/WB L | £2k | £23m | £48m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Evertow | 18 | D C | £261 | £2m | £4m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Luka Vušković | 17 | D C | £7k | £14m | £25m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Gonzalo Escudero | 17 | D C | £25 | £3m | £7m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Héctor Fort | 17 | D RLC | £6k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jaime Vázquez | 18 | D C | £248 | £378k | £517k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Vitor Reis | 18 | D C | £7k | £10m | £20m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Álex Jiménez | 19 | D/WB R | £4k | £10m | £20m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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João Fonseca | 17 | D C | £1k | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Bastien Meupiyou | 18 | D C, DM | £18k | £9m | £18m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Martim Fernandes | 18 | D/WB R | £2k | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Finn Jeltsch | 17 | D C, DM | £2k | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Lukas Reich | 17 | D R, DM | £311 | £638k | £1m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Tim Drexler | 19 | D C | £7k | £10m | £18m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Yoram Zague | 18 | D/WB R | £5k | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Abdukodir Khusanov | 20 | D C | £3k | £27m | £56m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Robert Renan | 20 | D C | £15k | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alfie Dorrington | 19 | D C | £1k | £17m | £24m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Aarón Anselmino | 19 | D C, DM | £2k | £12m | £28m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jeanuël Belocian | 19 | D LC, DM | £10k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mamadou Mbacke | 21 | D C | £3k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Dean Huijsen | 19 | D C | £35k | £33m | £70m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jorrel Hato | 18 | D LC | £9k | £87m | £191m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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El Chadaille Bitshiabu | 19 | D LC | £41k | £52m | £114m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pietro Comuzzo | 19 | D C | £31k | £9m | £20m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Beraldo | 20 | D C, DM | £47k | £15m | £28m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Emir Ortakaya | 20 | D C | £2k | £6m | £11m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Matteo Dams | 20 | D C, DM | £8k | £17m | £32m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Callum Doyle | 20 | D LC | £10k | £23m | £45m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Cristhian Mosquera | 20 | D RC | £3k | £25m | £54m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Juanlu | 20 | D/WB/M R | £14k | £17m | £35m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Alessandro Circati | 20 | D C | £11k | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Kaiky | 20 | D C | £10k | £7m | £16m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Maxim Dekker | 20 | D C | £3k | £10m | £21m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Miloš Kerkez | 20 | D/WB/M L | £25k | £41m | £93m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Aurèle Amenda | 20 | D C | £20k | £13m | £29m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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António Silva | 20 | D C | £11k | £42m | £97m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Malo Gusto | 21 | D/WB R, M C | £100k | £69m | £165m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Emmanuel van de Blaak | 19 | D C | £1k | £13m | £23m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Conor Bradley | 21 | D/WB R | £10k | £44m | £82m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Jarell Quansah | 21 | D C | £4k | £19m | £40m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Patrick Dorgu | 19 | D/WB/M L | £2k | £12m | £26m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Patryck Lanza | 21 | D/WB L | £1k | £6m | £13m | 30-04-2026 | ||
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Zeno Debast | 20 | D C | £2k | £11m | £25m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mika Faye | 19 | D LC | £14k | £28m | £55m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Isaak Touré | 21 | D C | £9k | £11m | £24m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tiago Santos | 21 | D/WB/AM R | £22k | £13m | £31m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alejandro Francés | 21 | D RC | £6k | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Elias Jelert | 21 | D/WB RL | £5k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Victor Kristiansen | 21 | D/WB L | £30k | £56m | £133m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Oliver Provstgaard | 21 | D C | £2k | £6m | £11m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Omar El Hilali | 20 | D/WB R | £4k | £9m | £17m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Albian Hajdari | 21 | D C | £7k | £8m | £15m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Emin Bayram | 21 | D C | £5k | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Filippo Terracciano | 21 | D/WB RL, M R | £24k | £12m | £26m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ryan Flamingo | 21 | D C, DM | £5k | £10m | £20m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tomás Palacios | 21 | D C | £14k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Arthur | 21 | D/WB R | £26k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mauro Perković | 21 | D LC | £783 | £3m | £6m | 18-01-2027 | ||
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Adamo Nagalo | 21 | D RC | £4k | £10m | £19m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Davide Veroli | 21 | D LC | £8k | £787k | £1m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Youri Baas | 21 | D LC | £6k | £14m | £29m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Kevin Mantilla | 21 | D C | £4k | £4m | £9m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Samuel Dahl | 21 | D/WB/M L | £12k | £5m | £11m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Luca Netz | 21 | D/WB L | £30k | £7m | £14m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nicolò Savona | 21 | D/WB R | £31k | £5m | £12m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Nicolò Bertola | 21 | D C | £7k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ibane Bowat | 21 | D C | £4k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Amar Dedić | 21 | D RL | £7k | £18m | £38m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Elias Baum | 18 | D/WB RL | £6k | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mihajlo Ilić | 21 | D C | £5k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Àlex Valle | 20 | D/WB/M L | £4k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Frans Krätzig | 21 | D/WB L, DM, AM C | £12k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Luca Jaquez | 21 | D C | £5k | £5m | £11m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Omar Campos | 21 | D/WB/M L | £8k | £8m | £20m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Joe Scally | 21 | D/WB RL | £25k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Adam Obert | 21 | D LC | £6k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Aaron Zehnter | 19 | D/WB L | £3k | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Max Finkgräfe | 20 | D/WB L | £4k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Rubén Iranzo | 21 | D RC | £1k | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Finn van Breemen | 21 | D C, DM | £3k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Bright Arrey-Mbi | 21 | D LC | £1k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mattia Zanotti | 21 | D/WB/M R | £6k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Edoardo Pieragnolo | 21 | D/WB L | £6k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lorenzo Lucchesi | 21 | D C | £4k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Vanderlan | 21 | D/WB L | £6k | £8m | £19m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Nasser Djiga | 21 | D C | £858 | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ben Nink | 17 | D C | £55 | £81k | £144k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ariel | 17 | D LC | £248 | £26k | £41k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Montolío | 17 | D C | £248 | £174k | £266k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Leo Shahar | 17 | D R | £1k | £7m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Mathys Angely | 17 | D C | £1k | £420k | £682k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Borja Cortina | 18 | D C | £274 | £401k | £611k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Emanuel Benjamin | 16 | D/WB R | £300 | £443k | £724k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Joan | 16 | D C | £300 | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Calum Logan | 17 | D LC | £1k | £351k | £688k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Alexis Olmedo | 18 | D RC | £463 | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Landry Farré | 17 | D RLC | £390 | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Hugo Barrachina | 17 | D C | £248 | £269k | £375k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Jesús Fortea | 17 | D/WB R | £513 | £444k | £769k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Rui Silva | 17 | D C | £55 | £583k | £978k | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Bradel Kiwa | 18 | D C | £1k | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Veljko Milosavljević | 17 | D C | £256 | £881k | £2m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Joachim Kayi Sanda | 17 | D C | £796 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Mikhail Ryadno | 18 | D LC | £551 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Noa Mikić | 17 | D/WB R | £5 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Tobías Palacio | 17 | D C | £443 | £7m | £14m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Aaron Bouwman | 16 | D C | £85 | £6m | £10m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Matteo Cocchi | 17 | D/WB L | £219 | £823k | £1m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Pedro Lima | 18 | D/WB R | £3k | £9m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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El Hadji Malick Diouf | 19 | D LC | £2k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Givairo Read | 18 | D/WB RL, M R | £1k | £7m | £13m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marvin Akahomen | 16 | D C | £1k | £3m | £6m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Matías Schulz | 18 | D C | £25 | £3m | £6m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Benjamin Arthur | 16 | D C | £220 | £24m | £41m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Jon Martín | 18 | D C | £567 | £17m | £43m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Roi Torres | 18 | D/WB R | £248 | £655k | £981k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Maeson King | 17 | D L | £220 | £13m | £25m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Elyaz | 18 | D LC | £248 | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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JP Chermont | 18 | D/WB R | £727 | £4m | £9m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Ishé Samuels-Smith | 18 | D LC | £8k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jacobo Ramón | 19 | D C | £1k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Bruno Ogbus | 18 | D C, ST | £3k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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William Magiezi | 18 | D C | £70 | £405k | £711k | 31-05-2024 | ||
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Souza | 18 | D/WB L | £4k | £10m | £15m | 31-05-2024 | ||
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Pierre Ismaelo Ganiou | 19 | D C | £861 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Lucas Jetten | 17 | D LC | £1k | £7m | £13m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Tiago Parente | 18 | D/WB L | £2k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Lovro Golič | 18 | D C | £750 | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Jayden Meghoma | 18 | D L | £3k | £10m | £18m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Elias Haug | 18 | D C | £299 | £1m | £2m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Harrison Murray-Campbell | 17 | D RLC | £145 | £10m | £20m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Travis Akomeah | 18 | D C | £3k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Ollie Scarles | 18 | D LC, DM, AM L | £1k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Maximilian Hennig | 17 | D/WB L | £2k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Almugera Kabar | 18 | D/WB/M L | £3k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Pascal Klemens | 19 | D C, DM | £8k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Dies Janse | 18 | D LC | £4k | £5m | £11m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Julian Pauli | 18 | D C | £6k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Kosta Nedeljković | 18 | D/WB R | £10k | £13m | £31m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Iván Fresneda | 19 | D/WB R | £25k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Zachary Athekame | 19 | D R | £3k | £6m | £11m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jair | 19 | D C | £816 | £17m | £31m | 15-06-2024 | ||
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Tom Rothe | 19 | D/WB L | £15k | £9m | £18m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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João Muniz | 19 | D C | £216 | £580k | £1m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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James Abankwah | 20 | D RC | £1k | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Santiago Daniele | 18 | D C | £5 | £1m | £3m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Julio César Soler | 19 | D/WB L | £546 | £6m | £13m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Yarek Gąsiorowski | 19 | D LC | £5k | £5m | £8m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Harvey Araujo | 19 | D LC | £400 | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Ashley Phillips | 19 | D C | £20k | £12m | £28m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marco Palestra | 19 | D/WB/M R | £4k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Christian Mawissa | 19 | D LC | £3k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Antoine Mendy | 20 | D RC | £3k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Håkon Røsten | 19 | D C | £823 | £2m | £4m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Josh Feeney | 19 | D C | £5k | £5m | £9m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Ethan Butera | 18 | D C, DM | £3k | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2025 | ||
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Charlie McArthur | 19 | D C | £800 | £263k | £384k | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Fabio Chiarodia | 19 | D LC | £14k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Nathan Zeze | 19 | D C | £9k | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Caleb Wiley | 19 | D/WB/AM L | £9k | £14m | £31m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mamadou Sarr | 18 | D C, DM | £2k | £7m | £14m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Filipe Bordon | 19 | D C | £420 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Saël Kumbedi | 19 | D/WB R | £4k | £11m | £23m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marc Pubill | 21 | D/WB R | £4k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Yoan Koré | 19 | D RC | £3k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Matteo Pérez Vinlöf | 18 | D/WB L | £3k | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Valentín Gómez | 21 | D LC | £2k | £5m | £12m | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Nathaniel Brown | 21 | D/WB L | £16k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Colin Kleine-Bekel | 21 | D C | £2k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2024 | ||
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Rafel Obrador | 20 | D/WB/M L | £1k | £713k | £1m | 30-06-2028 |
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