Plenty of you fine folks will be getting FIFA 18 off Santa on Christmas Day, so we thought it would be worthwhile pointing you in the direction of some of the best young starlets to sign on career mode.
This year, Career Mode has seen the introduction of release clauses, resale clauses and signing on fees in what has been a major revamp of transfers and the way you do your business, but the chance to recruit high-quality young gems who will then blossom into top-level players is still very much there.
Every year there's always a good chunk of youngsters who you can pick up and improve on Career Mode, but I'd go as far as saying that this year features the most stacked list, with so many household names seeing enormous growth if all goes well.
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Using data from EA Sports, here is a selection of some of the big hitters that you definitely need to snap up:
Goalkeepers:
Gianluigi Donnarumma
Club: AC Milan
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Age: 18
Current rating: 82
Potential rating: 94
Growth: 12
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Alban Lafont
Club: Toulouse
Age: 18
Current rating: 77
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Potential rating: 89
Growth: 12
Alex Meret
Club: Spal
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Age: 20
Current rating: 74
Potential rating: 88
Growth: 14
Bartłomiej Drągowski
Club: Fiorentina
Age: 20
Current rating: 71
Potential rating: 86
Growth: 15
Christian Früchtl
Club: Bayern Munich
Age: 17
Current rating: 65
Potential rating: 86
Growth: 21
Andre Onana
Club: Ajax
Age: 21
Current rating: 78
Potential rating: 85
Growth: 7
Defenders:
Andreas Christensen
Club: Chelsea
Age: 21
Current rating: 81
Potential rating: 89
Growth: Seven
Matthijs de Ligt
Club: Ajax
Age: 18
Current rating: 76
Potential rating: 89
Growth: 13
Jonathan Tah
Club: Bayer Leverkusen
Age: 21
Current rating: 82
Potential rating: 88
Growth: 6
Davinson Sanchez
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Age: 21
Current rating: 81
Potential rating: 88
Growth: 7
Malang Sarr
Club: OGC Nice
Age: 18
Current rating: 75
Potential rating: 88
Growth: 13
Grimaldo
Club: Benfica
Age: 21
Current rating: 80
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 7
Lucas Hernandez
Club: Atletico Madrid
Age: 21
Current rating: 76
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 11
Issa Diop
Club: Toulouse
Age: 20
Current rating: 76
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 11
Benjamin Henrichs
Club: Bayer Leverkusen
Age: 20
Current rating: 76
Potential rating: 86
Growth: 10
Midfielders:
Youri Tielemans
Club: AS Monaco
Age: 20
Current rating: 80
Potential rating: 90
Growth: 10
Dani Ceballos
Club: Real Madrid
Age: 21
Current rating: 78
Potential rating: 88
Growth: 10
Alena
Club: FC Barcelona
Age: 19
Current rating: 71
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 16
Julian Weigl
Club: Borussia Dortmund
Age: 21
Current rating: 81
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 6
Mahmoud Dahoud
Club: Borussia Dortmund
Age: 21
Current rating: 79
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 8
Lucas Tousart
Club: Lyon
Age: 20
Current rating: 78
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 9
Amadou Diawara
Club: Napoli
Age: 20
Current rating: 77
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 10
Ruben Neves
Club: Wolves
Age: 20
Current rating: 77
Potential rating: 86
Growth: Nine
Renato Sanches
Club: Swansea City (on loan from Bayern)
Age: 20
Current rating: 76
Potential rating: 86
Growth: 10
Attacking players/forwards:
Kylian Mbappe
Club: PSG
Age: 18
Current rating: 83
Potential rating: 94
Growth: 11
Marco Asensio
Club: Real Madrid
Age: 21
Current rating: 84
Potential rating: 92
Growth: 8
Gabriel Jesus
Club: Manchester City
Age: 20
Current rating: 81
Potential rating: 92
Growth: 11
Thomas Lemar
Club: AS Monaco
Age: 21
Current rating: 83
Potential rating: 91
Growth: 8
Leroy Sane
Club: Manchester City
Age: 21
Current rating: 82
Potential rating: 91
Growth: 11
Dele Alli
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Age: 21
Current rating: 84
Potential rating: 90
Growth: 6
Ousmane Dembele
Club: Barcelona
Age:
Current rating: 83
Potential rating: 90
Growth: 7
Anthony Martial
Club: Manchester United
Age: 21
Current rating: 82
Potential rating: 90
Growth: 8
Ezequiel Barco
Club: Independiente
Age: 18
Current rating: 72
Potential rating: 90
Growth: 18
Christian Pulisic
Club: Borussia Dortmund
Age: 18
Current rating: 78
Potential rating: 89
Growth: 11
Julian Brandt
Club: Bayer Leverkusen
Age: 21
Current rating: 80
Potential rating: 88
Growth: 8
Marcus Rashford
Club: Manchester United
Age: 19
Current rating: 79
Potential rating: 88
Growth: 9
Kasper Dolberg
Club: Ajax
Age: 19
Current rating: 78
Potential rating: 88
Growth: 10
Breel Embolo
Club: Schalke
Age: 20
Current rating: 76
Potential rating: 88
Growth: 12
Timo Werner
Club: RB Leipzig
Age: 21
Current rating: 82
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 5
Patrik Schick
Club: AS Roma
Age: 21
Current rating: 77
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 10
Viktor Kovalenko
Club: Shakhtar Donetsk
Age: 21
Current rating: 75
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 12
Federico Chiesa
Club: Fiorentina
Age: 19
Current rating: 75
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 12
Amath Ndiaye Diedhiou
Club: Getafe
Age: 21
Current rating: 74
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 13
Ismaila Sarr
Club: Rennes
Age: 19
Current rating: 73
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 14
Marcus Edwards
Club: Tottenham Hotspur
Age: 18
Current rating: 65
Potential rating: 87
Growth: 22
To see the rest of the top talents, check out the full list on EA Sports.
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