FIFA 18 best young players: career mode’s top strikers, midfielders, defenders and goalkeepers
FIFA 18: BEST YOUNG MIDFIELDERS
| NAME | AGE | CLUB | PO. | CR | PR | VA. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y Tielemans | 20 | Monaco | CM, CAM | 80 | 90 | £20.6m |
| D Ceballos | 20 | Real Madrid | CM, LM, CDM, CAM | 78 | 88 | £14.5m |
| Alena | 19 | Barca B | CM, CAM, RM | 71 | 87 | £4.4m |
| L Tousart | 20 | Lyon | CDM, CM | 78 | 87 | £12.3m |
| A Diawara | 19 | Napoli | CDM, CM | 77 | 87 | £10.5m |
| F Kessie | 20 | AC Milan | CM, CDM | 76 | 86 | £11m |
| R Neves | 20 | Wolves | CDM, CM | 77 | 86 | £10.5m |
| T Ndombele | 20 | Lyon | CDM, CM | 74 | 86 | £8m |
| S Ascacibar | 20 | Stuttgart | CDM | 73 | 86 | £6m |
| R Sanches | 19 | Swansea City (loan) | CM | 76 | 86 | £10.5m |
| M Locatelli | 19 | AC Milan | CDM | 74 | 86 | £7.5m |
| J Onomah | 19 | Aston Villa (loan) | CAM, RM, CM | 72 | 86 | £6m |
| D Zakaria | 20 | Gladbach | CM, CDM | 72 | 86 | £6m |
| W Ndidi | 20 | Leicester City | CDM, CM | 77 | 86 | £10.5m |
| N Barella | 20 | Cagliari | CM | 70 | 86 | £3.4m |
What is it with French football and wonderkids? Youri Tielemans, formerly of Anderlecht, is a young midfielder with bags of potential, as evidenced by this very list. He won't come cheap in career mode, with a base value of just over £20m, but any outlay will be worth it - he could reach a rating of 90.
Dani Ceballos and Alena could soon have a rivalry of the ilk of Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in Spanish Clasicos, as they can reach ratings of 88 and 87 respectively.
A number of players in English football could reach the level of 86. Ruben Neves, amazingly of Wolverhampton Wanderers, is one of the highest-rated players in Europe, while Renato Sanches will spend the season on loan at Swansea City from Bayern Munich. Josh Onomah - an English talent - is on loan at Aston Villa from Tottenham, while Wilfred Ndidi could become a star at Leicester City.
FIFA 18: BEST YOUNG FORWARDS
| NAME | AGE | CLUB | PO. | CR | PR | VA. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K Mbappe | 18 | Monaco | ST | 83 | 94 | £36.5m |
| G Jesus | 20 | Man City | ST | 81 | 92 | £27.3m |
| O Ddembele | 20 | Barca | RW, LW, CAM | 83 | 92 | £35.2m |
| A Gomes | 16 | Man Utd | CAM, LW, RW, CM | 64 | 90 | £0.8m |
| L Martinez | 19 | Racing | ST, CAM, RM | 72 | 88 | £5.7m |
| K Dolberg | 19 | Ajax | ST, CAM | 78 | 88 | £14.5m |
| B Embolo | 20 | Schalke | ST, RW | 76 | 88 | £12.3m |
| Malcom | 20 | Bordeaux | RW, RM | 81 | 87 | £21.5m |
| A Ndiaye Diedhio | 20 | Getafe | ST, LM, CAM | 74 | 87 | £9.6m |
| J Sancho | 17 | B. Dortmund | LW, RW | 63 | 86 | £0.7m |
| J Kluivert | 18 | Ajax | RW, LW | 73 | 86 | £6m |
| Han Kwang Song | 18 | Perugia | ST | 67 | 86 | £1.4m |
| K Iheanacho | 20 | Leicester City | ST | 75 | 86 | £10m |
| T Abraham | 19 | Swansea City (loan) | ST | 73 | 86 | £6.6m |
| M Odegaard | 18 | Heerenveen (loan) | RW, CAM | 74 | 86 | £8.3m |
This won't have been a hard one to predict.
Superstar France striker Mbappe has the world at his feet after joining PSG on loan - ahead of a massive transfer next year - and has the joint-highest potential rating in the game, along with Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Gabriel Jesus, Manchester City's Brazilian sensation, is another fantastic attacking prospect, while Ousmane Dembele could well turn out to be the best possible successor to Neymar, who headed to PSG before Mbappe.
Manchester United's Angel Gomes, at the age of 16, is the youngest player on the list, and could become one of the best Premier League players in the game.
Further down the line, Jadon Sancho - formerly of Manchester City - is a superb prospect, along with Tammy Abraham, a member of Chelsea's loan army.
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