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Football Manager has returned for another season and, as ever, the race is on to unearth the best wonderkids in the game.

Every player faces a tough decision as they begin their virtual managerial career: do you start with a rich super-club such as Manchester United or Real Madrid, or do you instead try and lead a much more modest club up the football pyramid?

If you choose the latter option then you’re going to need to become an expert in the transfer market – and you’re almost certainly going to need to pick up a wonderkid or two on the cheap.

A wonderkid is a player aged 20 or below who has the potential to go on and become a world-class player in the game.

There are the usual recognisable names in our list – such as AC Milan’s Gianluigi Donnarumma, Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappé and Atlético Madrid’s João Félix – but also some youngsters with a much smaller profile. Snap them up early, and they could help take your team to the next level.

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

The new Football Manager game is finally out – which means it’s time to unearth and develop some more wonderkids.

Here, we run through some of the best wonderkids in the game, featuring players in every position and to suit a range of different budgets.

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

GK: Gianluigi Donnarumma

AC Milan, £29m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

Alessandro Plizzari

AC Milan, £570k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

GK: Alban Lafont

Fiorentina, £4.1m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

GK: Ivan Martinez

Atletico Pamplona, £150k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

GK: Diogo Costa

FCP, £1.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

GK: Marcin Bulka

PSG, £140k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Matthijs de Ligt

Juventus, £35m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Jean-Clair Todibo

Barcelona, £5.4m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Dayot Upamecano

RB Leipzig, £6.9m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Malang Sarr

OGC Nice, £4.7m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Ethan Ampadu

Chelsea, £10.6m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: William Saliba

Arsenal, £5.8m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Dan-Axel Zagadou

Borussia Dortmund, £6.9m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Alessandro Bastoni

Inter Milan, £4.7m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Ibrahima Konate

RB Leipzig, £6.3m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Jules Kounde

Sevilla, £3.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Panagiotis Retsos

Bayer Leverkusen, £5.8m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Thomas Basila

Nantes, £1.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Loic Mbe Soh

PSG, £500k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Jonathan Panzo

Monaco, £400k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Leonardo Balerdi

Borussia Dortmund, £3m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Reece Oxford

FC Augsburg, £2.4m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Eric Garcia

Manchester City, £800k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Benoit Badiashile

Monaco, £600k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Lee O’Connor

Celtic, £100k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Tanguy Nianzou-Kouassi

PSG, £300k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Timothee Pembele

PSG, £240k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DC: Devyne Rensch

Ajax, £130k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DL: Luca Pellegrini

Zebra Turin, £5.8m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DL: Marc Cucurella

Barcelona, £6.6m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DL: Ruben Vinagre

Wolves, £12.7m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DL: Brandon Williams

Manchester United, £2.7m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DL: Lewis Gibson

Everton, £340k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Trent Alexander-Arnold

Liverpool, £43m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Max Aarons

Norwich, £17m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Diogo Dalot

Manchester United, £17m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Moussa Wague

Barcelona, £19.1m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Reece James

Chelsea, £17.8m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Jayden Bogle

Derby, £7.2m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Yan Valery

Southampton, £10.7m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Dodo

Shakhtar, £4.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Ki-Jana Hoever

Liverpool, £300k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Sergino Dest

Ajax, £1.3m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Kayne Ramsay

Southampton, £700k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DR: Dujon Sterling

Chelsea, £4.9m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DM: Florentino Luis

SLB, £15.3m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DM: Declan Rice

West Ham, £23m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DM: Adrian Fein

Bayern Munich, £3.8m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DM: Ronaldo Vieira

Sampdoria, £4.7m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DM: Weston McKennie

Schalke 04, £6.6m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DM: Oriol Busquets

Barcelona, £3.2m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DM: Oliver Skipp

Tottenham Hotspur, £4.3m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

DM: Trevor Chalobah

Chelsea, £3.2m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Matteo Guendouzi

Arsenal, £29m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Mickael Cuisance

Bayern Munich, £4.3m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Morgan Gibbs-White

Wolves, £11m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Yacine Adli

Bordeaux, £1.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Eduardo Camavinga

Rennes, £3.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Mason Mount

Chelsea, £25m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Tyler Adams

RB Leipzig, £5.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Jude Bellingham

Birmingham, £4m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Joe Willock

Arsenal, £21.8m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Jamie Shackleton

Leeds United, £4.6m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Conor Gallagher

Chelsea, £5.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: James Garner

Manchester United, £6.7m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Kenneth Taylor

Ajax, £400k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Billy Gilmour

Chelsea, £600k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Tommy Doyle

Manchester City, £290k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Rekeem Harper

West Brom, £7.2m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

CM: Manolo Portanova

Zebra Turin, £300k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Jadon Sancho

Borussia Dortmund, £26.7m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Vinicius Jr.

Real Madrid, £22.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Rodrygo

Real Madrid, £6m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Rayan Cherki

Lyon, £180k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Naci Unuvar

Ajax, £180k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Callum Hudson-Odoi

Chelsea, £25m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Ansu Fati

Barcelona, £840k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Arnor Sigurdsson

CSKA Mosvow, £1.7m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Bryan Gil

Sevilla, £770k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Justin Kluivert

Roma, £11.3m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Emile Smith Rowe

Arsenal, £20m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Bukayo Saka

Arsenal, £15.9m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Moussa Diaby

Bayer Leverkusen, £4.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Curtis Jones

Liverpool, £540k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Gabriel Martinelli

Arsenal, £11m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Ryan Sessegnon

Tottenham Hotspur, £20m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Alphonso Davies

Bayern Munich, £3.8m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Dwight McNeil

Burnley, £10.2m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Mirko Antonucci

Roma, £700k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

LW: Timothy Weah

Lille, £1.3m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Kylian Mbappe

PSG, £86m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Emanuel Vignato

Chievo, £600k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Harvey Elliott

Liverpool, £600k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Manor Solomon

Shakhtar, £5.2m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Christian Pulisic

Chelsea, £25m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Jacob Bruun Larsen

Borussia Dortmund, £10.8m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Reiss Nelson

Arsenal, £20m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Tete

Shakhtar, £4.4m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Ferran Torres

Valencia, £2.4m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Jack Clarke

Tottenham Hotspur, £5.2m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Pedro Neto

Wolves, £6.4m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

RW: Isaac Lihadji

Marseille, £360k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Joao Felix

Atletico Madrid, £28.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Kai Havertz

Bayer Leverkusen, £34m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Phil Foden

Manchester City, £35m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Martin Odegaard

Real Madrid, £15m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Nicolo Zaniolo

Roma, £18.5m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Angel Gomes

Manchester United, £8.8m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Hannes Wolf

RB Leipzig, £6.4m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Brahim Diaz

Real Madrid, £3.4m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Josh McPake

Rangers, £30k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Lazar Samardzic

Hertha Berlin, £250k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Sontje Hansen

Ajax, £180k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Callum Slattery

Southampton, £960k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Nathan Young-Coombes

Rangers, £20k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Steven Alzate

Brighton, £7m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Morgan Rogers

Manchester City, £600k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Giovanni Reyna

Borussia Dortmund, £70k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

AM: Ben Knight

Manchester City, £130k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Mason Greenwood

Manchester United, £20m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Fiete Arp

Bayern Munich, £2.9m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Fabio Silva

FCP, £1.4m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Sebastiano Esposito

Inter Milan, £1.6m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Troy Parrott

Tottenham Hotspur, £500k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Erling Braut Haaland

RB Salzburg, £5.1m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Pietro Pellegri

Monaco, £1.3m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Moise Kean

Everton, £23m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Eddie Nketiah

Arsenal, £15m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Rhian Brewster

Liverpool, £5.8m

Action Images via Reuters

Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Joshua Zirkzee

Bayern Munich, £400k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Abel Ruiz

Barcelona, £800k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Ben Woodburn

Liverpool, £5.2m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Willem Geubbels

Monaco, £470k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Patson Daka

RB Salzburg, £1.1m

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Naoufal Bannis

Feyenoord, £300k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Tyreece John-Jules

Arsenal, £960k

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Football Manager 2020 wonderkids

ST: Michael Obafemi

Southampton, £880k

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Check the above gallery to see the top wonderkids in the game.

Football Manager 2020 was released on PC, Mac and Linux on November 19 2019.