Football Manager 2024 free agents: best players you can hire without a fee

You can build a strong squad without paying a dime

Contents

1. What is a free agent in Football Manager 2024?
2. Best free agents in Football Manager 2024

Nothing in the world is free – usually. In Football Manager 2024, though, some players can indeed be hired without paying their current club a transfer fee, which can be a saving grace if your team is operating on a shoestring budget. Yeah, not everyone can draw upon a full war chest filled with petrodollars provided by the state for some good old sportswashing.

That’s why we dove deep into the transfer market and scouted for players you can pick up with a clean conscience – here are the best free agents in Football Manager 2024 you can hire.

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What is a free agent in Football Manager 2024?

Put very simply, a free agent is a player whose latest contract with a club has expired, which in turn means that they can be hired without having to pay a transfer fee to the team.

Of course, one has to wonder why this contract was allowed to expire in the first place: Did the player command too high a salary or has their history of injuries become a point of concern? All of these reasons must be considered by a wise manager.

For this list, we’ve tried to stick with players at or below the maximum age of 35 – while free transfers are great and all in the short term, you always need to think of how you can make sustainable investments that last well into the future.

Best free agents in Football Manager 2024

• David De Gea – 32 years old
• José Campana – 30 years old
• Markel Susaeta – 35 years old
• Sergio Asenjo – 34 years old
• Fabian Delph – 33 years old
• Victor Sanchez – 35 years old
• Eduardo Bauermann – 27 years old
• Javier Pastore – 34 years old
• Yann M'Vila – 33 years old
• Adrien Silva – 34 years old
• Felipe Caicedo – 34 years old
• Jang Hyun-soo – 31 years old
• Jerome Boateng – 34 years old
• Andros Townsend – 31 years old
• Iago Falqué – 33 years old
• Rodriguinho – 35 years old
• Rodrigo Lindoso – 34 years old
• Xeka – 28 years old
• Jesse Lingard – 30 years old
• Roberto Soriano – 32 years old
• Ryan Bertrand – 33 years old
• Phil Jones – 31 years old
• Didac Vilà – 34 years old
• Almamy Touré – 27 years old
• Mousa Dembelé – 35 years old
• Aleix Vidal – 33 years old
• Karim Bellarabi – 33 years old
• Timo Horn – 30 years old
• Digao – 35 years old
• Peter Etebo – 27 years old
• Jean-Paul Boetius – 29 years old
• Sime Vrsaljko – 31 years old
• Andé Almeida – 32 years old
• Jack O'Connell – 29 years old
• Son Jun-ho – 31 years old
• Diego Perotti – 34 years old
• Andé Ayew – 33 years old
• Christian Bernardi – 33 years old
• Anderson Carvalho – 33 years old
• Marlos – 35 years old
• Marvin Plattenhardt – 31 years old
• Shkodran Mustafi – 31 years old
• Romain Amalfitano – 33 years old
• Camilo Mancilla – 30 years old
• Diego Rolan – 30 years old
• James McArthur – 35 years old
• Marvin Zeegelaar – 32 years old
• Renan Ribeiro – 33 years old
• Alan – 33 years old
• Theo Walcott – 34 years old
• Jean Pyerre – 25 years old
• Ismael – 28 years old
• Pablo Hervias – 30 years old
• Kemar Lwarence – 30 years old
• Lucas Orban – 34 years old
• Jeremy Pied – 34 years old
• Oscar Murillo – 35 years old
• Tanguy Coulibaly – 22 years old
• Alfred N'Diaye – 33 years old
• Junior Stanislas – 33 years old
• David Hovorka – 29 years old
• Dale Stephens – 33 years old
• Théo Valls – 27 years old
• Kostas Stafylidis – 29 years old
• Hélder Costa – 29 years old
• Peniel Mlapa – 32 years old
• Nico Schulz – 30 years old
• Daniel Caligiuri – 35 years old
• Opa Nguette – 28 years old
• Kevin Malcuit – 31 years old
• Ismail El Haddad – 32 years old
• Nicola Kalinic – 35 years old
• Lewis Grabban – 35 years old
• Johnathan Goiano – 33 years old
• Omar El Kaddouri – 32 years old
• Luiz Gustavo – 35 years old
• Inigo Eguaras – 31 years old
• Zouhair Feddal – 33 years old
• Ermin Bicakcic – 33 years old
• Tristan Dingomé – 32 years old
• Filip Novak – 33 years old
• Daniel Ayala – 32 years old
• Jean-Phillippe Gbamin – 27 years old
• Molla Wagué – 32 years old
• Jed Steer – 30 years old
• Jairo – 29 years old
• Edis Ibarguen – 31 years old
• Yuver Asprilla – 30 years old
• Harold Gomez – 31 years old
• Mauricio Cuero – 30 years old
• Harrinson Mojica – 30 years old
• Volodymyr Adamiuk – 31 years old
• Khama Billiat – 32 years old
• Jorge Hernandez – 34 years
• Valon Berisha – 30 years old
• Suk Hyun-jun – 32 years old
• Alessandro Tuia – 33 years old
• Stefan Ilsanker – 34 years old
• Leo – 35 years old
• Sada Thioub – 28 years old
• Jimmy Giraudon – 31 years old
• Jano Ananidze – 30 years old

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