Low on cash but keen to build for the future? Valentin Macovei has trodden the hard yards to find a clutch of promising youngsters who won’t decimate your transfer budget
10. Fredrik Oldrup Jensen
Available for: £800k In-game stats:
Need to know: Young yet experienced deep-lying playmaker who’s played 140 senior matches for Odds. He was a regular starter at the age of 20 and has played in nine Europa League qualifiers since 2015/16.
9. Dhurgham Ismail
Available for: £1 million In-game stats:
Need to know: Marauding Iraqi wing-back with 39 caps for the senior national team, having debuted at the age of just 18. Has been first choice for Turkish top-flight club Rizespor for the past season.
8. Guillermo Vernetti
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Available for: £800k In-game stats:
Need to know: Hard-working Argentine right midfielder who plays for lowly Ferro Carril Oeste in the second tier, despite being a confessed Newell’s Old Boys fan. In 2015 he won the division’s young player of the year award from Clarin magazine.
7. Marius Lundemo
Available for: £100k In-game stats:
Need to know: Norwegian box-to-box midfielder who made his senior debut in March 2010. The 6ft 2in imposing all-arounder has scored five times in 60 appearances for Lillestrom.
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6. Adrián Ortolà
Available for: £500k In-game stats:
Need to know: Former Spain youth international goalkeeper who couldn’t break into Barcelona’s first-team squad and subsequently joined Alaves, where he is currently awaiting his La Liga debut.
5. Nik Kapun
Available for: £350k In-game stats:
Need to know: Talented central midfielder who started playing for Slovenian top-flight outfit Olimpija Ljubljana aged 18. Kapun won the league last season, featuring 29 times and scoring four goals. He also received his first call-up for the senior Slovenian national team in September 2015.
4. Helibelton Palacios
Available for: £450k In-game stats:
Need to know: A 2015 Colombian champion who has played for Deportivo Cali since 2011. The attacking wing-back has Copa Libertadores experience and has also been capped once by José Pékerman against Argentina in 2018 World Cup qualifying.
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3. Dejan Meleg
Available for: £550k In-game stats:
Need to know: Former European U19 champion who couldn’t find his place in Ajax’s team and was loaned out to Cambuur, where he picked up 10 Eredivisie apps. The flairy and versatile left-footed attacker has currently returned to his youth club Vojvodina, where he scored 10 times and carved out 10 assists during the last year.
2. Arnel Jakupovic
Available for: £1 million In-game stats:
Need to know: An all-around No.9 who scored 20 goals in 20 appearances for Middlesbrough’s development side last season. The Austria youth international has scored for fun at all levels so far, but is yet to debut at senior level.
1. Harold Preciado
Available for: £1 million In-game stats:
Need to know: The spectacular Deportivo Cali striker netted 25 goals in 2015 to help his side secure the 2015 Apertura. Despite Preciado’s efforts to help Colombia’s U23 team qualify for the Rio Olympics, his side were no match for Neymar’s Brazil, who defeated them in the semis.
