From Varane to Pogba by way Umtiti and De Sciglio, here's what happened to the 10 best Football Manager 2014 wonderkids.
. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original.Football Manager is known for its uncanny ability to spot young talent. Every year, they seem to crown a future star who goes on to become one of the world’s best. They called it with players like Marco Verratti, Romelu Lukaku, and Vincent Kompany before the rest of us caught on.
But, hey, nobody’s perfect. For every Messi, there’s a Freddy Adu who didn’t quite hit those dizzying heights, and a Cherno Samba who still hasn’t won a Ballon d’Or. Let’s rewind to the wonderkids of 2014 and see how they’ve fared. We’ll be using FM Scout’s ‘personal recommendation rating’ to choose the top 10 wonderkids and see if Football Manager got it right.Okay, fair play — Football Manager nailed this one.
Here we go with a player who didn’t quite reach those wonderkid expectations. Though, to be fair, he was at Manchester United, so maybe this is actually what weexpect. Currently, Januzaj is at Las Palmas in La Liga, so not a total flop, but certainly not the superstar we anticipated.Few on this list have had a fall from grace like Jesé. He began at Real Madrid’s youth academy and even earned tons of caps at youth level for Spain. But after moving to PSG, things took a downward turn.
Maybe Football Manager’s predictive powers aren’t as psychic as we’d like to think — or at least they weren’t in 2014. Plenty of these players were tipped for stardom but settled for solid careers. That said, FM’s record for picking World Cup winners is impressively high. Did we miss any wonderkids from this list?Will is the admin of Out of Context Football Manager, an X account that focuses on FM news. He's worked for LADbible Group and is VG's resident FM expert.
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