FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Aaron Leya Iseka

Name: Aaron Leya Iseka

Nationality: Belgium/DR Congo
Contract: Anderlecht
Age: 16
Value: 8,5k£
Salary: 50£/week
Position: ST

Summary: Another Belgian talent on the making. He is the younger brother of Michy Batshuayi who is already a recognized striker in FM and IRL (though I failed to find out why their last names differ, anyone who knows why please write in the comment section, I'd like to know). Aaron is only 16 at start of the game and you should view him as a future investment rather than a competent striker. His determination attribute is at maximum 20, this almost guarantees he will fulfill his potential. He is good in the air and can certainly be a target man, but looking through his development he could equally play as a complete or advanced striker, in my save he is even leathal as a Deep Lying Forward so don't get hung up about his aerial stats. This lad will in the future guaranty goals for every team, top class. The downside is, he isn't going to be world class. He will definitely be a good and even classy striker, but not enough to be a "world class" player. Still he is so cheap and he doesn't ask for much for a salary.
Recommendation: 9/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Hiroshi Ibusuki

Name: Hiroshi Ibusuki

Nationality: Japan
Contract: Valencia CF
Age: 22
Value: 350k£
Salary: 2000£/week
Position: ST

Summary: I'll admit, he isn't looking like a world class player at the age of 22. Hiroshi Ibusuki is one of the footballers that comes through huge academies (in this case Valencia's) but they aren't good enough for the first team, but they are still too good to just release. He is far from useless, in fact using him as a Target Man (like in my Modern 4-4-2 Tactic) can get the better of him. He is steady developing into a leathal striker. I would describe him as a very effective striker and gives good service for teammates with headers. He isn't a speedy striker so don't waste time if you need a striker to round goalie, Hiroshi plays best as Target Man. To be fair he isn't any way near world class. He will develop to a good striker eventually and I'm sure he will please the midtable teams or lower. For English teams (maybe others aswell) work permit might be a problem. Otherwise he is cheap both transfer and salary-wise. Cannot give him more than a 6 out of ten
Recommendation: 6/10

Note, I had a better screenshot of him when he was at his best at age 29, problem was that I had forgot to turn the language to English (as I play in Swedish). Two FM years has passed on since then and in this screenshot he has lost a little bit of  his aerial, just wanted to notify.

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Humam Tariq

Name: Humam Tariq

Nationality: Iraq
Contract: Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Age: 18
Value: 250£
Salary: 425£/week
Position: AMC/AML

Summary: Don't you dare doubt Humam Tariq. Can you buy him, then do so because there is no way you could get disappointed. He is very chead, whatever you pay him will be a huge salary rise and you must almoast try to destroy his career on purpus if you don't want him to be a bargain. Very rarly I find world class wonderkid player but when I do they are usually very expensive, this guy isn't. IRL he is a huge talent, at the age of 18 he has already made 15 appearances and 3 goals for his national team! In Iraq were my parents come from the football society there consider him the biggest Iraqi talent yet, partly because he plays for an Iraqi football club he isn't as recognized around the world. Now you probably think, if he is as great super talent as you describe, why haven't any top football club signed him? Well he has actually been rumored that for example Manchester City, Feynoord and Lille tried to sign him but the problem is his nationality, he is Iraqi and therefor it's difficult to get a work permit and thats also a major problem in the game. To get him a work permit is a lot harder than you might think although it is not impossible to buy him and loan him to another EU-country if you have an afflicted club there. The thing is that I can't include the difficulty with the work permit in my recommendation rating, therefor I give this guy top recommendation. In my saved game he got an average rating of 7.03 in the Premier League. By the way IRL this guy eventually signed for a Dubai based club (Al-Ahli Sports) and I guess that alongside an emirate work permit he got a fat paycheck (I'm just guessing).
Recommendation: 10/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Alberto Brignoli

Name: Alberto Brignoli

Nationality: Italy
Contract: Ternana
Age: 21
Value: 550k£
Salary: 4800£/week
Position: GK

Summary: This guy is very special, he seems like an ordinary Serie B goalie but don't worry about what your scouts have to say about this guy. Alberto is like a secret wonderkid. I've never heard of him before, neither IRL nor in FM- world, which is why he is so important to bring up. First of all, he is playing in Serie B so he can't demand to much club reputation which helps if you try to sign him as a smaller team. He isn't asking for too much when it comes to salary and he isn't expensive to buy either. What you can expect from this guy is a cheap close-to-world-class-goalkeeper. He is very good at saving penalties (saved 4/5 penalties for me so far). He isn't bothering you at all, he is just a solid and great goalie. If there is one negative thing to say to this guy it is that he never really gets to be wold class. I recommend this guy, you won't regret buying him. He starts of with quit good determination stats and he is professional and therefor you can be safe to know that he will develop, all he needs is some match time. If only he could be a little better speed stats he would be a 10/10, but thats not the situation and I'm force to give this marvelous bargain a nine.
Recommendation: 9/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Dória

Name: Matheus Dória Macedo

Nationality: Brazil
Contract: Botofago
Age: 18
Value: 6.25M£
Salary: 5 750£/week
Position: DC

Summary: The easiest way to describe Dória is world class. He is absolute world class and would be a superstar wherever he goes. He is tall, strong and quick, anytime your defense is leaking you can be sure Dória has nothing to do with it. IRL this guy has already played a match for Brazil, at age 18! I can't say anything bad about him and he is a stable defender which mean bad form is a rarity. So what's the problem? Economical, He is already at start of the game a great defender and is valuated at 6.25M£, expect to pay far more than 6.25M£ and he isn't going to ask for a small salary. But at the same time the best thing with him could besides that he is a world class defender also be that his value is rising (as you can see on my save game he is valuated 27M£ in 2018). I doubted my decision to give him a 10 out of 10 but he is one of the few world class talents out there and he isn't that expensive either (we're not talking about a galactico buy here) so in the end he gets a tad weak 10/10.
Recommendation: 10/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Daniel Amartey

Name: Daniel Amartey

Nationality: Ghana
Contract: Djurgårdens IF
Age: 18
Value: 300k£
Salary: 1300£/week
Position: DC/DMC/MC

Summary: What is this guy doing in Sweden? Daniel Amartey is a great wonderkid playing in Swedish Djurgårdens IF. He is an all rounder defensively. He develops steady but needs to play and because he isn't world class at the start of the game. Given enough play time he will be a class defender. Very high lowest level, he has everything you could ask for in a defender. Even though he is great defender he will not be the world class type. What makes up for his limits is that he is cheap, you can easily get him for 1.2M£ at start of the game, I managed to get him after two seasons for 0,9M£ and he is a bargain. Daniel is not a risky buy, he will develop and he is also a fairly good defender at the start so no worries. As for the salary he is asking for small amounts around 5k£/week. I've seen him play IRL both in matches and in training (My younger brother trains with Djurgarden IF's youth academy, in the winter first and academy teams share the same ground) and to me it is only a matter of time until he moves to a bigger club, no mistake by SI-scouts here at all!
Recomendation: 8/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Jerome Williams

Name: Jerome Williams

Nationality: England
Contract: Crystal Palace
Age: 18
Value: 89k£
Salary: 800£/week
Position: DL

Summary: In Crystal Palace there are two Williams, one is named Jon Williams the other Jerome Williams. Jon is in the first team, Jerome plays for the reserves. Jon is worth 3.1M£, Jerome is worth 89k£. Jon is the star youngster and scouts report that this is a promising four star talent, Jerome usually has no scouts on him, but when he has they give him no more than two and a half stars. But believe me, Jon is not even half the talent of Jerome. I've had Jerome in my team for six years or something and never have I had any problemn with him. He is a very offensive lefb back, I though converted him into LWB which suited my tiki taka tactic more. Anyhow he is developing steady, just be patient with him. As I stated earlier he is a very talented player but tutoring is strongly recommended to help him reach his potential. Try not to have too high expectations on him in the beginning as he is a slow bloomer. In my game he is making huge improvements even though he is 24, let him develop in his own pace. One special thing I love about this guy is unlike many other full/wingbacks good with his head but at the same time technical. When he is fully developed you will see him as an allrounder. His asking price isn't too high and initially in the game he ask for a very small wage both big plus.
Recomendation: 8/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Zeli Ismail

Name: Zeli Ismail

Nationality: England/Albania
Contract: Wolverhampton Wanderers
Age: 19
Value: 220k£
Salary: 500£/week
Position: MR/AMR

Summary: Ever heard of this guy? No? Well he isn't the most famous player in neither the real world nor in the FM communities. But this guy isn't nobody, he has represented England U16 and U17 and is about to break through in the lower divisions as a 19 year old talent. In FM this guy starts off as a pretty poor player, I am not going to lie to you, when I managed Wolves in FM 2014 the only reason I kept him was because of the lack of alternatives. Zeli Ismail isn't the biggest talent in the game but he isn't that bad either, he develops ok and he has some potential, never world class but he'll be a descent midfielder in the Premier League. He is quick and strong with an okay technique. I schooled him to be an AML were he plays as an inner forward, that way I believe you get the most out of him. The thing is if you have a very tight budget and can't get those supertalents, you might be looking for this guy because he is very cheap and he is willing to leave his League One team. Unfortunately he isn't top class or even close even when he reaches his top potential, but as I previously wrote he is a good signing if we are talking about really stretched budgets.
Recomendation: 5/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Memphis Depay

Name: Memphis Depay

Nationality: Holland
Contract: PSV
Age: 19
Value: 2,7M£
Salary: 4800£/week
Position: AML/AMR/ST

Summary: Great player overall for his position. Like many wonderkid he starts off pretty decent but even at start you can pretty much guess what his strong abilities will be: Set piece. This guy is all you need for your set piece. I signed him pretty early in the game and now he is imensive as a free kick and corner taker but since I've used my my corner tactic this guy scores a lot of assists. I use him on the left side as an inner forward and that role suits him perfectly. Though I recommend you to use in as a inner forward in a AML position I must make it clear, he is fully capable playing on the right side and as striker but the risk is you won't use his full capacity. He is a weaker version of Cristiano Ronaldo if you ask me. This guy is otherwise all-round good only one thing he lacks: defending abilities. But even if you ignore his defending stat which most of the time isn't used by him if you position him right, the biggest problem for this guy is that besides free kicks and corners he hasn't any other specialties. He is absolutely on of the top offensive wingers in the world if he reach his potential but we aren't looking at any miracle player here, he is one in the line in a top club. He always produce assists and goals, but we aren't talking about a goal machine, more a safe card. In other words he always gets assists and goals every season, but is never the player of the year for your team. He isn't a bargain, be prepared to pay something in the region of 9M£ early in the game and more if youy attempt later, still he is good enough to be worth every penny.
Recomendation: 7/10

I mean look at his free kick stats in 2019: 20 FK, 18 Long Shots. Perfect guy for the job!

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Rodrigo Gómez

Name: Rodrigo Gómez

Nationality: Argentina
Contract: Argentinos
Age: 20
Value: 1,1M£
Salary: 1900£/week
Position: AMR/MC/MR

Summary: At start he is already 20 years old, very mediocre stats and playing for Argentinos a team usually at the bottom half.of the league Doesn't sound like a world class talent? Well Rodrigo Gómez is a world class talent. Playing for Maradona's old team Argentinos he is available for a bid around 3M£. What happens to this 20 years old midfielder is a mystery because his development is as fast as it gets on FM. Give Gómez regular match time and he'll do the rest and become the best talent from Argentinos since Diego Maradona. You will end up with a midfielder that is good allround except for his Aerial stats which are very poor and he is a very short (165 cm, which is exactly Maradona's height) player. To compensate his poor aerial stats he is outstanding when it comes to speed and technique. The only negative thing about Gómez is his age wich means he cannot wait at all to get rugular match time and a season long injury at start could be fatal for Gómez's career as a top-side footballer.
Recomendation: 9/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: Thiago Casasola

Name: Thiago Matías Casasola

Nationality: Argentina
Contract: Boca Juniores
Age: 17
Value: 175K£
Salary: 725£/week
Position: DC

Summary: Three words for you: BUY! BUY BUY! So where should I start? Well perhaps I should tell you he is not looking especially talented at start, therefor he is valued 175K£. The only special thing with this mediocre Boca Juniores talent is that he litterally develops nonstop. There is just a little twist to this devoloping nonstop thing, Casasola has the ambition and professionalism but lacks the determination. Luckily determination is the "easiest" attribute to develop for a player, the only thing you do is give him a tutor with high levelof determination and hope that Casasola gets along with the tutor (Normally this isn't a problem). Aside from the tutoring stuff I can say nothing negative about him. Just remember although Casasola is valued 175K£ you still would need to pay around 4M£ for him, but consider what beast he becomes it's unarguably a bargin. Thiago Casasola will be a world class defender and starts as a very cheap player to sign, the only reason i can't give this guy a 10/10 is because he NEEDS tutoring to be world class.

Recomendation: 9/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: ALI ADNAN AL TAMEEMI

Name: Ali Adnan Al-Tameemi

Nationality: Iraq
Contract: Caykur Rizespor
Age: 19
Value: 1,2M£
Salary: 4900£/week
Position: DL/DWL/ML

Summary: This guy is really something. Ali Adnan was part of the Iraqi U20 team that surprised by almoast reaching to the final of 2013 U20 World Cup, Iraq lost the semifinal against Uruguay after giving Uruguay a late equalizer, but Iraq had the lead for a while and the scorer was no other than Ali Adnan with an amazing free kick in a limeted angel. It is the free kick stat of Ali Adnan that stands out the most. This guy is really an allroander, not amazing stat at aything (except FK) but good stat on all stat. I really really like this guy because he has such a high lowest level. The only downside is that he is somewhat Injury prone but he is not the worst case but expect him to be injured for about two weeks/season. He is actually quite cheap to buy, i bought him for 3,1M£ the only problem is as an Iraqi player it's difficult with work permission but I aquired one even for UK, so nothing is impossible. The fact that he always get you some goals and assists each season is a big plus.

Recomendation: 8/10

FM 2014 PLAYER TO SIGN: TIAGO ILORI

Name: Tiago Ilori

Nationality: Portugal/England
Contract: Liverpool FC
Age: 20
Value: 825K
Salary: 2500£/week
Position: DC

Summary: He has been a wonderkid in the FM- series for a while now but this year he is better than ever. His potential has risen since previous FM editions. At start he is actually not that bad but pretty far from world top so he is good to have on the bench but not more if you are playing as a top club. But if you haven't defenders already that outclass him be sure to give him many opportunities, he wont let you down. This player is one that will develop, just give him the chance. He is an allround defender and will continue to develop as an alround defender.  When he has developed Tiago Ilori would be good player in any team but to be honest he isnt this world class player you might be hoping him to be. Besides don't be fooled by his valuation, I loaned him and still had to pay 10M£ to get him, considering he isn't a top class player at start he is quite expensive but worth the. In other words he isn neither a bargin and unless you don't pay more than 15M£ nor a bargin.

Recomendation: 7/10