Looking for the best wonderkid Central Midfielders in FM26? We've got a shortlist of all the best Central Midfielders Wonderkids in Football Manager 26, Central Midfielders wonderkids are the best young players aged under 21 with high potential ability that are guaranteed to be good Central Midfielders in FM2026.
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These are the best young Central Midfielders in Football Manager 26 as rated by their potential ability in the Central Midfielder position. Some of these are wonderkid Central Midfielders in FM26 meaning they are guaranteed to develop to be one of the best Central Midfielders in FM2026. 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 2026, they have potential to develop and become one of the top Central Midfielders in FM2026. Others will already have high current abilities and be some of the best Central Midfielders in FM 2026 already.
| Name | Age | Position | Wage | Value | Cost | Expires | Rating | Potential | |
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Ayyoub Bouaddi | 17 | DM | £17k | £78m | £277m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Lucas Bergvall | 19 | DM, AM C | £50k | £56m | £226m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Warren Zaïre-Emery | 19 | D/WB R, DM | £140k | £75m | £241m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Adam Wharton | 21 | DM | £45k | £64m | £77m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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João Neves | 20 | DM | £151k | £254m | £300m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mateus Fernandes | 21 | AM C | £60k | £56m | £65m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Archie Gray | 19 | D R, DM | £75k | £56m | £220m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Gavi | 20 | DM, AM C | £156k | £87m | £248m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Tom Bischof | 20 | DM, AM C | £99k | £37m | £97m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Carlos Baleba | 21 | DM | £26k | £60m | £72m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Rodrigo Mendoza | 20 | AM C | £0 | £80m | £209m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Mikel Jauregizar | 21 | AM C | £0 | £140m | £300m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Andrey Santos | 21 | DM | £50k | £34m | £75m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nico O'Reilly | 20 | D L, AM C | £60k | £58m | £161m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Carlos Macià | 16 | DM | £0 | £18m | £61m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Yehor Yarmoliuk | 21 | DM, AM C | £45k | £50m | £59m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Johan Manzambi | 19 | DM, AM C | £20k | £67m | £46m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Senny Mayulu | 19 | AM/F C | £12k | £28m | £82m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kobbie Mainoo | 20 | DM, AM C | £10k | £65m | £248m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Assan Ouédraogo | 19 | AM LC | £41k | £97m | £293m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kees Smit | 19 | DM, AM C | £2k | £56m | £39m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Abdellah Ouazane | 16 | AM C | £4k | £23m | £66m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Alex Scott | 21 | DM, AM RC | £55k | £59m | £71m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Valentín Barco | 20 | D/WB L, DM, AM LC | £0 | £57m | £65m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kévin Danois | 21 | AM C | £4k | £21m | £24m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Lamine Camara | 21 | DM | £15k | £65m | £212m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Niccolò Pisilli | 20 | DM, AM C | £55k | £50m | £127m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Petar Sučić | 21 | DM | £46k | £50m | £116m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Hugo Larsson | 21 | DM | £41k | £65m | £150m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jack Hinshelwood | 20 | D/WB R, DM | £36k | £42m | £29m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Carney Chukwuemeka | 21 | DM, AM C | £99k | £55m | £123m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Yasin Ayari | 21 | DM | £9k | £45m | £52m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Peio Canales | 20 | AM C | £0 | £17m | £42m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Gustavo Sá | 20 | AM C | £3k | £43m | £4m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mario Martín | 21 | DM | £0 | £34m | £76m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Christian Ordoñez | 20 | DM | £15k | £18m | £44m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Habib Diarra | 21 | DM, AM C | £65k | £27m | £19m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Arthur Avom Ebong | 20 | DM, AM C | £0 | £10m | £10m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Marco Company | 16 | AM LC | £0 | £6m | £16m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Luciano Valente | 21 | AM RLC | £8k | £27m | £62m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Hugo Sotelo | 21 | DM, M RC | £0 | £17m | £39m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Matteo Prati | 21 | DM | £7k | £12m | £26m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Félix Lemaréchal | 21 | AM C | £0 | £18m | £40m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mads Enggård | 21 | DM | £4k | £6m | £12m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Tommaso Berti | 21 | AM C | £0 | £5m | £445k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ezechiel Banzuzi | 20 | DM, AM C | £41k | £44m | £109m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Christ Inao Oulaï | 19 | DM | £8k | £18m | £53m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Caleb Yirenkyi | 19 | DM | £0 | £13m | £1m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Thiago | 17 | AM C | £0 | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jobe Bellingham | 19 | DM, AM C | £83k | £69m | £195m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Zé Lucas | 17 | DM | £0 | £12m | £30m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Lewis Miley | 19 | D R, DM, AM C | £36k | £35m | £104m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Victor Froholdt | 19 | DM, AM C | £30k | £73m | £300m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Noah Sadiki | 20 | DM | £45k | £40m | £46m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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João Simões | 18 | DM, AM C | £11k | £60m | £184m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Lennon Miller | 18 | DM, AM C | £12k | £48m | £151m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Josh King | 18 | DM, AM C | £10k | £46m | £52m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Trey Nyoni | 18 | DM, AM C | £8k | £8m | £23m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Chris Rigg | 18 | DM, AM RC | £38k | £14m | £44m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Gonçalo Moreira | 19 | AM C | £3k | £8m | £20m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Louis Page | 17 | DM, AM C | £10k | £10m | £31m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Luka Topalović | 19 | AM C | £0 | £5m | £387k | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Sean Steur | 17 | AM C | £6k | £44m | £123m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Christian Comotto | 17 | AM C | £0 | £11m | £33m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Sverre Nypan | 18 | AM C | £40k | £14m | £41m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Fabio Miretti | 21 | DM, AM LC | £31k | £32m | £72m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Warren Bondo | 21 | DM | £32k | £9m | £20m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Reda Belahyane | 21 | DM | £28k | £300m | 30-06-2029 | |||
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Dani Requena | 21 | M C | £0 | £23m | £48m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Djaoui Cissé | 21 | DM | £0 | £10m | £17m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Lucas Sanabria | 21 | DM | £10k | £8m | £18m | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Gustavo Puerta | 21 | DM | £0 | £17m | £2m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kodai Sano | 21 | AM LC | £5k | £18m | £2m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lazola Maku | 18 | DM, AM C | £0 | £32k | £60k | |||
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Gomolemo Kekana | 19 | M C | £0 | £243k | £492k | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Kacper Urbański | 20 | DM, AM C | £10k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lesley Ugochukwu | 21 | DM | £35k | £26m | £28m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Umut Tohumcu | 20 | DM | £17k | £8m | £21m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Freddie Potts | 21 | DM | £5k | £20m | £45m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Timothy Ouma | 21 | DM | £2k | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Aleix Garrido | 21 | DM | £5k | £7m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Arne Engels | 21 | DM, AM C | £25k | £24m | £52m | 31-05-2028 | ||
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Mahamadou Doumbia | 21 | DM | £51k | £46m | £100m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Breno Bidon | 20 | DM, AM C | £3k | £13m | £33m | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Yacine Titraoui | 21 | DM | £3k | £14m | £19m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Cher Ndour | 20 | AM C | £18k | £4m | £9m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Jordan James | 21 | DM, AM C | £11k | £32m | £71m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Emirhan İlkhan | 21 | DM, AM C | £6k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Oscar Højlund | 20 | DM | £14k | £25m | £63m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Matteo Francesconi | 21 | DM | £0 | £4m | £301k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mikel Amondarain | 20 | DM | £1k | £12m | £29m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Mathias Delorge | 20 | DM | £4k | £16m | £39m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Mamadou Coulibaly | 21 | M C | £0 | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Medon Berisha | 21 | DM, AM C | £6k | £8m | £17m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Lorenzo Ignacchiti | 21 | M C | £0 | £4m | £8m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Gvidas Gineitis | 21 | DM | £25k | £10m | £21m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mario Dorgeles | 20 | AM LC | £11k | £43m | £110m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Dermane Karim | 21 | DM, AM C | £2k | £3m | £214k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Matteo Dagasso | 21 | DM | £0 | £5m | £9m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jens Castrop | 21 | DM | £20k | £5m | £12m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mathias De Amorim | 20 | DM | £1k | £23m | £2m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nicolas Pereira | 16 | AM C | £0 | £462k | £1m | |||
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Serigne Ndiaye | 16 | M C | £0 | £614k | £2m | |||
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Holger Quintero | 15 | AM C | £0 | £4m | £12m | |||
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Oscar Schwartau | 19 | AM LC | £5k | £10m | £26m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Rokas Pukstas | 20 | AM C | £4k | £6m | £15m | 31-05-2027 | ||
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Patrik Mercado | 21 | DM, AM C | £0 | £2m | £2m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Manuel Ángel | 21 | AM C | £0 | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Rafael Luís | 20 | DM | £3k | £9m | £22m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Samuel Gidi | 21 | DM | £9k | £4m | £8m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Issa Doumbia | 21 | M C | £6k | £4m | £7m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Cauan Barros | 21 | DM | £0 | £10m | £22m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Abdoulkarim Traoré | 20 | D/WB R, DM | £17k | £13m | £31m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Halam Loboa | 19 | DM | £0 | £977k | £3m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Aleksandar Stanković | 19 | DM | £0 | £18m | £43m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Harrison Armstrong | 18 | DM, AM C | £12k | £13m | £40m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jim Thwaites | 17 | DM, AM C | £1k | £4m | £12m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Nico Guillén | 17 | DM | £0 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Tyrese Noubissie | 16 | DM | £0 | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Noah Nartey | 19 | DM, AM C | £0 | £300m | 30-06-2030 | |||
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Luis Maturana | 15 | DM, AM C | £0 | £601k | £2m | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Thomas Jørgensen | 19 | M C | £0 | £6m | £544k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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André | 19 | DM | £0 | £15m | £34m | 31-12-2029 | ||
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Alex Tóth | 19 | DM, AM C | £40k | £19m | £20m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Cheveyo Tsawa | 18 | DM | £0 | £8m | £16m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Obed Vargas | 19 | DM | £0 | £22m | £60m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Renato Nhaga | 18 | DM | £16k | £14m | £38m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Gjivai Zechiël | 21 | DM | £3k | £10m | £18m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Diego Rodrigues | 20 | M C | £6k | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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João Veloso | 20 | DM | £3k | £5m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Benja Cremaschi | 20 | DM, M RC | £7k | £5m | £10m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Kjell Wätjen | 19 | DM | £10k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Jens Hjertø-Dahl | 19 | DM, AM C | £615 | £6m | £10m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Noel Buck | 20 | AM RC | £2k | £8m | £11m | 31-12-2026 | ||
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Manuel Mendonça | 20 | AM RLC | £3k | £7m | £15m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Luis Engelns | 18 | DM | £10k | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Gabriel Bontempo | 20 | AM C | £0 | £11m | £28m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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João Teixeira | 19 | DM | £3k | £6m | £13m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Kenshin Yasuda | 20 | DM | £0 | £1m | £74k | 31-01-2027 | ||
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Callum Olusesi | 18 | DM, AM C | £8k | £7m | £18m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Reggie Walsh | 16 | DM, AM C | £3k | £10m | £32m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Tiago Poller | 18 | DM, AM C | £8k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Louis Leroux | 19 | D/WB L, M C | £0 | £14m | £37m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Jiří Panoš | 17 | AM C | £1k | £3m | £9m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Dave Kwakman | 20 | DM, AM C | £3k | £13m | £26m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Mahamadou Diawara | 20 | DM | £7k | £14m | £32m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Khalis Merah | 18 | DM, AM C | £0 | £4m | £12m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Sebastian Olderheim | 18 | AM RC | £723 | £2m | £142k | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Dani Pérez | 19 | AM C | £0 | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Luca Lipani | 20 | DM | £3k | £4m | £10m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ethan Bruchez | 17 | DM, AM C | £0 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Thijs Kraaijeveld | 18 | D C, DM | £0 | £3m | £8m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Miha Matjašec | 16 | DM | £0 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Izan | 19 | M LC | £0 | £1m | £3m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Ebenezer Akinsanmiro | 20 | DM, AM C | £12k | £13m | £30m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Aleksander Borgersen | 16 | AM RC | £0 | £4m | £10m | |||
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Diogo Sousa | 19 | DM | £432 | £6m | £15m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Charlie Holland | 16 | DM, AM C | £3k | £2m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jamal Jimoh-Aloba | 18 | AM C | £7k | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Seth Ridgeon | 16 | DM | £1k | £3m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Hessel de Wit | 18 | AM C | £0 | £6m | £14m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Miguel Figueiredo | 16 | DM | £1k | £7m | £22m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jayce Fitzgerald | 18 | DM, AM C | £2k | £2m | £6m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Federico Steffanoni | 16 | DM, AM C | £0 | £3m | £236k | |||
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Chinaza Nwosu | 17 | DM | £1k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Bernardo Lima | 17 | DM | £2k | £43k | £118k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Jona Benkotić | 16 | DM | £0 | £2m | £7m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Mattia Mannini | 19 | D/WB RL, M RC | £0 | £5m | £12m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Salim Laghzaoui | 19 | AM C | £1k | £4m | £7m | 31-12-2030 | ||
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Adrian Lahdo | 17 | AM RLC | £0 | £10m | £28m | 30-06-2031 | ||
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Miguel Agámez | 16 | DM | £0 | £791k | £2m | 31-12-2027 | ||
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Jill Stiel | 17 | DM | £0 | £3m | £244k | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Gaël Lafont | 19 | AM C | £0 | £2m | £4m | |||
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Alexander Odefalk | 16 | AM/F C | £0 | £3m | £8m | |||
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Bop Guèye | 18 | AM LC | £723 | £514k | £1m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Thomas Berenbruch | 20 | M C | £0 | £6m | £433k | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Aleksander Wyganowski | 16 | DM | £305 | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2026 | ||
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Pietro Candelari | 20 | AM C | £0 | £3m | £5m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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João Brito | 16 | DM | £2k | £1m | £4m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Wassim Slama | 16 | AM C | £0 | £2m | £7m | |||
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Darryl Bakola | 17 | DM, AM C | £0 | £9m | £23m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Paul Eymard | 17 | M C | £0 | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Billy-Paul Mavudia | 16 | DM, AM C | £0 | £2m | £5m | |||
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Iker Fimbres | 20 | M C | £0 | £5m | £9m | |||
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Ronald Kaye | 20 | M C | £0 | £0 | ||||
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Hasan Yakub İlçin | 16 | AM C | £0 | £933k | £2m | |||
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Rory Finneran | 17 | DM | £5k | £5m | £13m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Aidan Borland | 18 | DM, AM C | £2k | £2m | £5m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Bence Dárdai | 19 | DM, AM C | £14k | £8m | £23m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Malick Yalcouyé | 19 | DM, AM C | £10k | £16m | £45m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Tygo Land | 19 | DM, AM C | £5k | £16m | £37m | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Eggert Aron Guðmundsson | 21 | AM RC | £0 | £4m | £7m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Rafael Lubach | 20 | DM | £4k | £2m | £4m | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Japa | 21 | AM C | £0 | £7m | £11m | 31-12-2030 | ||
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Luis Hasa | 21 | AM LC | £0 | £488k | £921k | 30-06-2029 | ||
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Darko Gyabi | 21 | DM, AM C | £9k | £5m | £6m | 30-06-2028 | ||
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Pape Demba Diop | 21 | DM | £14k | £18m | £38m | 30-06-2030 | ||
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Mauricio Benítez | 21 | DM | £624 | £5m | £8m | 31-12-2028 | ||
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Izan González | 20 | DM, AM C | £0 | £363k | £29k | 30-06-2027 | ||
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Marius Wörl | 21 | DM, AM LC | £7k | £2m | £2m | 30-06-2029 |
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