football manager 2008 wonderkids

An ideal feature for any bedroom manager who built his team around the wonderkids of the year, only to see them move on for huge profits. Now turning out for Aston Villa in The Championship aged 29, it would seem Richards chances of adding to his 13 England caps and medal collection are slim, a return to Premier League is on the cards, perhaps a chance to show he can deliver at the highest level once again will strengthen his justification as a Wonderkid. cheers lads will give some of these a try! I have marcelo, sakho, saviet and the feyenord youngster.

It is fair to say Michael Johnson has not lived up to the wonderkid tag, perhaps through no fault of his own. Beginning his career at Cruzeiro, Kerlon would make 75 league appearances in 3 years and secure the u17 World Cup Golden Boot, before Europe came calling. Indeed, he only scored a single goal for the Gunners before being released on a free in 2017. Hi all, im playing fm08 and trying to remember all the wonderkids there is that you can buy if you can all help me. All Football Manager Forums. He has since moved to the MLS with San Jose Earthquakes, but now 25, maybe he won’t develop into one of the world’s best strikers after all. Often they would choose the second option which rarely alleviated the issues as Kerlon was a dead-ball master, regularly scoring free kicks from anywhere up to 25 yards out.

Another player who was highly rated across several games – and in real life – Youri Tielemans is still only 23 with plenty of time to fulfil his potential. Ruben Neves' goal from the North Bank #WWFC [@_AlanLeese]pic.twitter.com/nW3PCrXhfo, — George Rinaldi (@GeorgeRinaldi) February 4, 2018. He may not have been able to perform his incredible act in FM, but his stats in the 2006 edition made him a world-beater on the virtual pitches. Dayro Moreno after season 1, Rene Mehelic, Lubos Kalouda. Unfortunately, the Mexican only showed flashes of his ability after getting his big move to Arsenal and has gone on to have a career which has been good but certainly not as good as was hoped. Championship Manager and Football Manager have correctly predicted the future success of several superstars over the years – but not every player has lived up to their potential.

In real life, he was signed by Millwall aged just 13 on the back of 132 goals in 32 games for his school team, was tipped to win the World Cup for England, and was wanted by the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United, such was his talent. The same can’t be said for everyone, though. Did they have the careers predicted for them? We’re focusing on the Football Manager era of 2005 onwards, but we have to start with the ultimate Championship Manager wonderkid. He was playing for Portsmouth that day and in 2017 signed for Congolese side TP Mazembe after reversing his decision to retire aged 29. fergie83, January 24, 2011 in Football Manager General Discussion. In the game, Cherno Samba was your go-to striker if you wanted guaranteed success. However, rather than move to one of Europe’s biggest clubs as Football Manager fans might have expected, Fierro remained in Mexico, joining Cruz Azul. Neoseeker Forums » Xbox 360 Games » Football Manager 2006 » Wonderkids. plz if you no who to get? What if Kerlon hadn’t invented the seal dribble and resulting crippling injuries, what if Johnson had the mental strength to cope and recover from his physical injuries, it’s likely they would have cemented the careers, in reality, they’d successfully managed in the virtual world.

New features would include an overhauled Finance System, FaceGen for Re-Gen players, Improved Match Engine and the addition of All-Time Best Elevens, giving you the ability to track the careers of the players that achieved legendary status and perhaps moved on. Powered by Invision Community, Football Manager General Discussion Forums.

Wonderkids by the name of Micah Richards and Michael Johnson both graduates of Manchester City Academy would be heavily touted as long-term replacements for the ageing Gary Neville and Frank Lampard. The seal dribbler? There are a number of players who are listed as wonderkids in the game but they go on to have mediocre careers. It would prove to be the catalyst for major change, an extended stay in The Priory Clinic for Addiction and removal from the public eye did Johnson the world of good. Falcao, Ochoa and Matias Fernandez were wonderkids in FM07. Given Real Madrid signed Martin Odegaard as a 16-year-old in 2015, it’s fair to say the Football Manager scouts weren’t the only ones who saw the Norwegian’s potential.

In 2017, it was a certain Gabriel Barbosa, also known as ‘Gabigol’, that had fans excited. He would win The FA Cup and Premier League, receive 3 nominations as PFA Young Player and Players Player of The Season as well as captain the side on several occasions, a great honour for someone so young.

And you’d probably forgotten even that was Vanden Borre. A major knee injury suffered in one of many tackles during a seal dribble in the March prior to his move would recur to devastating effect. The move to Inter would come with conditions, Kerlon would spend the first year on-loan to Chievo as Inter had already filled their Non-EU quota. Not that he has any regrets.

A journeyman career would follow in Japan, USA, Slovakia and back home in Brazil before retiring aged 29. Kerlon would invent a skill so audacious it would command a viewership of millions and he would remain the only player in the world to perform the skill regularly in the game. As it turns out, regularly scoring thirty-plus goals in the game doesn’t necessarily translate into greatness in real life. A beta patch was released two weeks later which fixed a majority of the larger bugs, but the […] The shine of The Golden Generation had well and truly worn off, two bore draws with Macedonia and Israel and defeats to Croatia early in 2007 led to calls for Steve McLaren sacking and a shot in the arm for the Senior Side. He would never make such a high-profile transfer, however, and eventually retired aged 30 having never played above the Championship. Who remembers Kerlon?

Micah might not have hit the heights he did for me at Hamburg, but in the grand scheme of things he’s done well to have made so many appearances for a top club through its rise up the Premier League, and at a time they could have bought anyone in the world. His first season brought 43 goals in 59 games so there’s time yet for him to make his mark. Championship Manager and Football Manager have correctly predicted the future success of several superstars over the years – but not every player has lived up to their potential. Qualifying for the Europa League in year 4, 5 and 6, winning it at the 3rd time of asking. Youri Tielemans on his return to Leicester pic.twitter.com/VOyxvuDiDN. “It’s just the expectation that was put on me that it looks like a failed career, but I played in the Championship, I played in Spain, how many people can say that?” he told us on The Broken Metatarsal podcast. He picked up the ball on the halfway line, dribbled in-field beating three players, a one-two with Elano, before finishing with the outside of his boot from 20 yards. Fati overtook Messi and Bojan Krkic to become Barcelona’s youngest ever goalscorer in La Liga, and he is also the youngest ever goalscorer in the Champions League. Available to sign for around £1million as an 18-year-old at Anderlecht in FM07, Vanden Borre was guaranteed to become the best right-back in the game, but his biggest claim to fame in reality is probably being the player Chris Kamara didn’t realise had been sent off when commentating on a game in 2008. Technically, the game gives the description to players that are below the age of 20 and have the highest possible potential. © Sports Interactive 2016 It would be the beginning of a 12 season stint, in which Johnson would become club captain in his 3rd year and make the team tick.

We can confirm he’s a lovely, lovely man. The centre-back moved to Juventus for £67.5million after leading Ajax to a domestic double and the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2018-19. Unfortunately for Kerlon, his genius would be the cause of his downfall. Johnson was also in trouble with the law, three drink driving offences accumulated in a £5000 fine and a ban. A £6m bid from Tottenham that summer was not considered a “huge bid” although it has to be said I signed him for Hamburg for half as much, where he would become club captain in year 4 and carry the team to several Bundesliga Titles, DFB Pokal and a Champions League Trophy. 2007/08 Season was an interesting time for English Football, capped by the failure to qualify for the European Championship hosted jointly by Austria and Switzerland. It’s forbidden by law to discuss FM wonderkids without at least mentioning Freddy Adu’s astonishing story.

READ: The seven stages of Carlos Vela’s career: From Arsenal wonderkid to LA star.

A goalscoring machine in both FM13 and FM14, Carlos Fierro made his first transfer in real life at the end of 2017.

He’s still only 27, but there are already plenty of reasons to ask what could have been – he’s scored 12 times in two seasons at Toulouse. In our realm, he stayed in Scotland until 2012 before jumping over to Coventry City and eventually to Sheffield United, where he’s established himself as an important player for Chris Wilder’s Premier League Blades. In real life, however, he only made 51 appearances throughout his career after leaving Brazil in 2008. Phil Neville is always a wonderkid, no matter the vintage. As we all know, potential isn’t always fulfilled, but the developers behind the Football Manager series have a decent track record when it comes to the crystal ball: the 2005 edition’s so-called “golden generation” featured such names as Carlos Tevez, Philipp Lahm, Wesley Sneijder, Javier Mascherano and Vincent Kompany.

He joined Monaco from Anderlecht in 2018 before moving to the Premier League with Leicester City where he has been a real success, turning his loan deal permanent in the summer of 2019. He left after four months. The Seal Dribble or “drible da foquinha” was a wonder to behold, Kerlon would flick the ball up into the air, delicately balance the ball on his head and run full steam ahead, leaving opposition players with only two choices, be beaten or chop Kerlon down and concede a freekick. Reading would finish 11th with Johnson being amongst my best players that season, so the decision to purchase him for £4m at the start of the next season was an easy one. If you were willing to be patient in FM10, you could sign Khouma Babacar as a 16-year-old from Fiorentina and eventually end up with the world’s best striker. He was labelled as ‘the next Pelé’ after starting his professional career at the age of 14, scoring four times at the 2003 U17 World Championship. In the 2018 edition, it was another Brazilian, Vinicius Junior, with perhaps the highest potential out of all the young players in the game. It didn’t matter which club you were managing in FM16, if you wanted a world-class defensive midfielder, you signed Ruben Neves. He trialled for Manchester United in 2006, but it wasn’t to be: his career saw him play for 13 different teams in eight countries, never scoring more than 10 goals at any of them apart from his initial appearances at D.C. United – and even then he only scored 11 in 87 games. The Spaniard has already made 24 appearances in his debut season and looks set for a bright future at the Camp Nou.

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