Looking for the best wonderkid Defensive Midfielders in FM26? We've got a shortlist of all the best Defensive Midfielders Wonderkids in Football Manager 26, Defensive Midfielders wonderkids are the best young players aged under 21 with high potential ability that are guaranteed to be good Defensive Midfielders in FM2026.
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These are the best young Defensive Midfielders in Football Manager 26 as rated by their potential ability in the Defensive Midfielder position. Some of these are wonderkid Defensive Midfielders in FM26 meaning they are guaranteed to develop to be one of the best Defensive Midfielders in FM2026. Don't be put off by the fact that some of these Defensive Midfielders may not be very good Defensive Midfielders at the start of FM 2026, they have potential to develop and become one of the top Defensive Midfielders in FM2026. Others will already have high current abilities and be some of the best Defensive Midfielders in FM 2026 already.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Marc Bernal | 18 | DM | £15k | £96m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Adam Wharton | 21 | DM | £45k | £64m | £77m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Aleksandar Pavlović | 21 | DM | £116k | £64m | £154m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Carlos Baleba | 21 | DM | £26k | £60m | £72m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Chema Andrés | 20 | DM | £20k | £56m | £144m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Roméo Lavia | 21 | DM | £70k | £64m | £146m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Nathan De Cat | 16 | DM | £4k | £38m | £123m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kennet Eichhorn | 15 | DM | £5k | £10m | £38m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Ngal'Ayel Mukau | 20 | DM, AM C | £9k | £28m | £71m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jack Hinshelwood | 20 | D/WB R, DM | £36k | £42m | £29m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Shea Charles | 21 | D C, DM | £21k | £33m | £36m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marc Casadó | 21 | DM | £19k | £68m | £160m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lucas Gourna-Douath | 21 | DM | £5k | £11m | £24m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Soungoutou Magassa | 21 | D C, DM | £45k | £24m | £53m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Leon Avdullahu | 21 | DM | £33k | £46m | £52m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Marlon Gomes | 21 | DM, AM LC | £0 | £22m | £50m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Lorenzo Amatucci | 21 | DM | £3k | £13m | £22m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Christ Inao Oulaï | 19 | DM | £8k | £18m | £53m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Christos Mouzakitis | 18 | DM | £6k | £16m | £47m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Yuto Ozeki | 20 | DM, AM C | £720 | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Joshua Nga Kana | 16 | DM, AM RC | £0 | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Zé Lucas | 17 | DM | £0 | £12m | £30m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Djibril Coulibaly | 16 | DM | £0 | £8m | £23m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Arthur Vermeeren | 20 | DM | £66k | £82m | £211m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Noah Sadiki | 20 | DM | £45k | £40m | £46m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jhon Solís | 20 | DM | £8k | £43m | £108m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Dário Essugo | 20 | DM | £45k | £21m | £51m | 30-06-2032 | ||
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Lennon Miller | 18 | DM, AM C | £12k | £48m | £151m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Stefan Bajčetić | 20 | D C, DM | £13k | £22m | £53m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Matvey Kislyak | 19 | DM | £2k | £9m | £27m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jorthy Mokio | 17 | D LC, DM | £9k | £30m | £88m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Taufik Seidu | 17 | DM | £0 | £6m | £17m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Toby Collyer | 21 | DM | £10k | £15m | £31m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Noël Aséko | 19 | DM | £8k | £9m | £25m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Hamzat Ojediran | 21 | DM | £9k | £5m | £383k | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Lesley Ugochukwu | 21 | DM | £35k | £26m | £28m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Lorenzo Scipioni | 20 | DM | £0 | £11m | £23m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Freddie Potts | 21 | DM | £5k | £20m | £45m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Nikolas Sattlberger | 21 | DM | £6k | £11m | £22m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jacob Wright | 19 | DM | £12k | £9m | £24m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Aljoscha Kemlein | 20 | DM | £17k | £37m | £92m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Emirhan İlkhan | 21 | DM, AM C | £6k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Riku Yamane | 21 | WB R, DM | £2k | £7m | £580k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Yellu Santiago | 21 | DM, AM C | £6k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Facundo Bernal | 21 | DM | £0 | £11m | £26m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Rafel Bauzà | 20 | DM | £2k | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Dayana Pierre-Louis | 21 | DM, AM C | £495 | £253k | £557k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Santiago Castañeda | 20 | DM | £3k | £3m | £216k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mathias De Amorim | 20 | DM | £1k | £23m | £2m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Eliás Montiel | 19 | DM | £0 | £9m | £25m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Leonel Pérez | 20 | DM | £0 | £7m | £17m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Lamine Fanne | 21 | DM | £0 | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Lass Kourouma | 21 | DM | £2k | £8m | £12m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Denzell García | 21 | D R, DM | £0 | £4m | £358k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kasper Davidsen | 20 | DM | £6k | £4m | £326k | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Cauan Barros | 21 | DM | £0 | £10m | £22m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Mika Baur | 21 | DM, AM LC | £4k | £3m | £255k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jorge Cestero | 19 | D C, DM | £0 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Eiji Kubo | 17 | DM | £0 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Halam Loboa | 19 | DM | £0 | £977k | £3m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Demir Ege Tıknaz | 20 | DM | £0 | £35m | £84m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Lamare Bogarde | 21 | D RC, DM | £8k | £17m | £36m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Amadou Koné | 20 | DM | £66k | £21m | £2m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Cajetan Lenz | 19 | DM | £2k | £9m | £24m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Thiago Helguera | 19 | DM | £7k | £6m | £17m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Harrison Armstrong | 18 | DM, AM C | £12k | £13m | £40m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Philipp Maybach | 17 | DM | £801 | £9m | £23m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Andrija Bulatović | 18 | DM | £0 | £6m | £16m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Samuel Nibombé | 17 | D C, DM | £0 | £3m | £10m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Fabian Merién | 16 | D RC, DM | £2k | £7m | £21m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nejc Viher | 17 | DM | £0 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Luis Otávio | 18 | DM | £7k | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Bailey Rice | 18 | DM | £3k | £1m | £3m | 31-05-2026 | ||
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Cheveyo Tsawa | 18 | DM | £0 | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Yunus Emre Konak | 19 | DM | £14k | £13m | £34m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Salih Malkoçoğlu | 20 | D C, DM | £0 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mirza Ćatović | 18 | DM | £3k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Milton Delgado | 20 | DM | £4k | £13m | £27m | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Kasper Boogaard | 19 | DM | £2k | £12m | £27m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Valentin Atangana | 19 | DM | £66k | £13m | £14m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nicolás Dubersarsky | 20 | DM | £4k | £3m | £7m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Edu Altozano | 18 | DM | £0 | £9m | £26m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Raphael Kofler | 20 | D RC, DM | £0 | £3m | £262k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Enoch Mastoras | 19 | D RC, DM | £0 | £26m | £59m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ebu Bekir İş | 16 | DM | £2k | £2m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pau Prim | 19 | DM | £35k | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Matias Siltanen | 18 | DM | £2k | £5m | £377k | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Boris Mamuzah Lum | 17 | DM | £6k | £4m | £11m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Daniel Daga | 18 | DM | £1k | £6m | £13m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Luca Lipani | 20 | DM | £3k | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Luke Fahrenhorst | 16 | DM | £0 | £2m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Sebastian Rodriguez | 17 | DM | £1k | £6m | £14m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Yu Takada | 19 | DM | £0 | £1m | £2m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Eduardo Felicíssimo | 18 | D C, DM | £6k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Sam Alabi | 16 | DM, AM C | £1k | £8m | £22m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Landon Emenalo | 17 | D LC, DM | £4k | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mussa Kaba | 16 | DM | £0 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Diogo Sousa | 19 | DM | £432 | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Miguel Figueiredo | 16 | DM | £1k | £7m | £22m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Camilo Rey Domenech | 19 | DM | £296 | £4m | £9m | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Bernardo Lima | 17 | DM | £2k | £43k | £118k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Fodé Sylla | 19 | DM | £0 | £7m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jaygo van Ommeren | 17 | DM | £0 | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Miguel Agámez | 16 | DM | £0 | £791k | £2m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Alexis Vossah | 17 | DM | £0 | £5m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Santiago Espíndola | 17 | DM | £0 | £7m | £18m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Sandro Gambôa | 16 | DM | £1k | £4m | £11m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Rafael Quintas | 17 | DM | £2k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Alessandro Romano | 19 | DM | £0 | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Matteo Cichella | 19 | DM | £0 | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Guy Noël Zohouri | 18 | DM | £0 | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kenan Doganay | 16 | DM | £0 | £2m | £6m | |||
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Ederson Castillo | 16 | DM | £0 | £1m | £3m | |||
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Ilja Yeremeev | 17 | DM | £0 | £1m | £3m | |||
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Rory Finneran | 17 | DM | £5k | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Isaac Soji | 20 | D C, DM | £0 | £0 | £0 | 31-12-2025 | ||
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Gabriel Moscardo | 19 | DM | £15k | £6m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Noah Mbamba | 20 | DM | £13k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mauricio Amaro | 19 | DM | £937 | £1m | £2m | 31-07-2028 | ||
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Mattes Hansen | 21 | D C, DM | £4k | £2m | £3m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Pape Demba Diop | 21 | DM | £14k | £18m | £38m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Santiago Sosa Yung | 20 | DM | £370 | £11m | £18m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Moussa Diakité | 21 | DM | £3k | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Izan González | 20 | DM, AM C | £0 | £363k | £29k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Youri Regeer | 21 | D/WB RL, DM | £9k | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Diogo Prioste | 21 | DM | £3k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jordan Mendes | 21 | DM | £0 | £1m | £91k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jamie McDonnell | 21 | DM | £8k | £4m | £305k | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Noé Lebreton | 21 | DM | £3k | £3m | £4m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Damián García | 21 | DM | £18k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Denil Castillo | 21 | DM | £9k | £3m | £6m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Henry Cartwright | 20 | DM | £3k | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sammy Braybrooke | 21 | DM | £5k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Silas Andersen | 21 | DM | £4k | £3m | £293k | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Alexsander | 21 | D L, DM | £0 | £10m | £22m | 31-12-2029 |
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