Football Manager 2024: worst players you should avoid buying

These athletes are so injury-prone, you’ll end up regretting your purchase

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1. Injury-prone players to avoid in Football Manager 2024
2. Injury-prone wonderkids to avoid in Football Manager 2024

Football Manager 2024 is finally available, and coaches are already jumping through hoops to make ends meet while performing well on the field. Naturally, this means that every investment you make needs to be worthwhile and every player should carry their weight – budgets aren’t endless these days.

One of the worst things that can happen is purchasing a player’s services and them suffering an injury that takes them out of action for weeks or even months. Worse, this repeatedly happens to some players, who are especially injury-prone. As we’ve explained in our Football Manager 2024 review, the game has a bit of an issue with minor injuries popping up quite often and taking some players out of commission continuously.

Some players would hurt themselves by landing badly after cheering for their goal / Sports Interactive

We’ve compiled a list of the worst players in Football Manager 2024 you should avoid buying under any circumstances aside from making your run more challenging, perhaps, so you can dodge these ticking time bombs.

Injury-prone players to avoid in Football Manager 2024

• Raphael Varane - Manchester United - 30 years old
• José Gimenez - Atlético Madrid - 28 years old
• Paulo Dybala - Roma - 29 years old
• Domenico Berardi - Sassuolo - 28 years old
• Callum Wilson - Newcastle - 31 years old
• Dani Carvajal - Real Madrid - 31 years old
• Wesley Fofana - Chelsea - 22 years old
• Marco Reus - Borussia Dortmund - 34 years old
• Dominic Calvert-Lewin - Everton - 26 years old
• Chris Smalling - Roma - 33 years old
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek - AC Milan - 27 years old
• David Neres - Benfica - 26 years old
• Erik Lamela - Sevilla - 31 years old
• Adam Lallana - Brighton - 35 years old
• Giovani Lo Celso - Tottenham - 27 years old
• Marcos Acuna - Sevilla - 31 years old
• Miralem Pjanic - Sharjah - 33 years old
• Ivan Marcano - Porto - 36 years old
• Goncalo Guedes - Benfica - 26 years old
• Leonardo Spinazzola - Roma - 30 years old
• Philippe Coutinho - Al-Duhail - 31 years old
• Giorgio Chiellini - LAFC - 38 years old
• Stephan El Shaarawy - Roma - 30 years old
• Danny Welbeck - Brighton - 32 years old
• Arthur - Fiorentina - 26 years old
• Justin Bijlow - Feyenoord - 25 years old
• Jerry St. Juste - Sporting CP - 26 years old
• Naby Keita - Werder Bremen - 28 years old
• Anthony Martial - Manchester United - 27 years old
• Youssouf Sabaly - Real Betis - 30 years old
• Rafinha - Al-Arabi - 30 years old
• Mattia Perin - Juventus - 30 years old
• Evanilson - Porto - 23 years old
• Douglas Costa - LA Galaxy - 32 years old

Injury-prone wonderkids to avoid in Football Manager 2024

• Noni Madueke - Chelsea - 21 years old
• Faustino Anjorin - Portsmouth - 21 years old
• Filip Stankovic - Sampdoria - 21 years old
• Amourricho van Axel Dongen - Ajax - 18 years old
• Fodé Fofana - Vitesse - 20 years old
• Kaio Jorge - Frosinone - 21 years old
• Dennis Collander - Hammarby - 21 years old

Make sure to check out the best Football Manager 2024 wonderkids for a comprehensive list of all the young talents on the market.

Of course, if you have no budget problems because you have chosen one of the clubs with the highest transfer budgets in Football Manager 2024, you have the luxury of ignoring our suggestions and happily being able to gamble on your players’ health.

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