The best wonderkids to sign in Football Manager 2023, featuring Joe Gelhardt and Endrick

It's here. The Football Manager 2023 beta officially dropped on Thursday night and already, hundreds and thousands of players are scampering to find the most talented wonderkids for their squad.

Last year, we got to see the likes of Lorenzo Lucca, Thiago Almada and Noni Madueke flourish into the world's best players; not to mention Emre Demir, Ryan Gravenberch and Ilaix Moriba.

So what about this year's edition? Who will run the show when 2028 comes around?

Well, we've put together a list of wonderkids with the highest potential rating [34 in total] to snap up on FM23. And if want a full lowdown of what to expect from Football Manager 2023, we've put together a detailed piece on new features and improvements.

Anyway, let's get started on this wonderkid list.

Goalkeepers

Gabriel Slonina: Potential ability: 160-169

17-years-old, Chelsea

Elia Caprile: Potential ability: 150-159

20-years-old, Bari

Gavin Bazunu: Potential ability: 150-159

20-years-old, Southampton

Centre-backs

Giorgio Scalvini: Potential ability: 160-169

18-years-old, Atalanta

Antonio Silva: Potential ability: 160-169

18-years-old, Benfica

Caleb Okoli: Potential ability: 160-169

20-years-old, Atalanta

Tanguy Nianzou: Potential ability: 150-159

20-years-old, Sevilla

Malick Thiaw: Potential ability: 150-159

20-years-old, AC Milan

Right-backs

Tino Livramento: Potential ability: 160-169

19-years-old, Southampton

Nathan Paterson: Potential ability: 160-169

20-years-old, Everton

Martim Fernandes: Potential ability: 150-159

16-years-old, FC Porto

Left-backs

Josko Gvardiol: Potential ability: 160-169

20-years-old, RB Leipzig

Nuno Mendes: Potential ability: 160-169

20-years-old, Paris Saint-Germain

Destiny Udogie: Potential ability: 160-169

19-years-old, Tottenham

Defensive midfielders

Eduardo Camavinga: Potential ability: 180+

19-years-old, Real Madrid

Warren Zaire-Emery: Potential ability: 170-179

16-years-old, Paris Saint-Germain

Romeo Lavia: Potential ability: 160-169

18-years-old, Southampton

Central midfield

Jude Bellingham: Potential ability: 170-179

18-years-old, Borussia Dortmund

Gavi: Barcelona: Potential ability: 170-179

17-years-old, Barcelona

Cesare Casadei: Potential ability: 170-179

19-years-old, Chelsea

Attacking midfield left

Ansu Fati: Potential ability: 170-179

19-years-old, Barcelona

Andreas Schjelderup: Potential ability: 160-169

18-years-old, FC Nordsjælland

Alberto Moleiro: Potential ability: 160-169

18-years-old, Las Palmas

Attacking midfield right

Bukayo Saka: Potential ability: 170-179

20-years-old, Arsenal

Yeremy Pino: Potential ability: 170-179

19-years-old, Villarreal

Kayky: Potential ability: 160-169

19-years-old, Pacos de Ferreira [on loan from Manchester City]

Attacking midfield centre

Jamal Musiala: Potential ability: 180+

19-years-old, Bayern Munich

Pedri: Potential ability: 170-179

19-years-old, Barcelona

Arda Guler: Potential ability: 160-169

17-years-old, Fenerbahce

Strikers

Endrick: Potential ability: 180+

16-years-old, Palmeiras

Youssoufa Moukoko: Potential ability: 170-179

17-years-old, Borussia Dortmund

Karim Adeyemi: Potential ability: 170-179

20-years-old, Borussia Dortmund

Rodrigo Ribeiro: Potential ability: 160-169

17-years-old, Sporting CP

Joe Gelhardt: Potential ability: 150-159

20-years-old, Leeds

We need to talk about Endrick in FM23. pic.twitter.com/WBtthqQuwT

— Out of Context Football Manager (@nocontextfm1) October 21, 2022

Who will be your first wonderkid signing of the game?

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