Football Manager 25 is delayed until March 2025 due to technical challenges with the new game engine. But don’t worry, we have a list of potential free agents to help you build a winning team on a budget!
Free Agents by Positions
Key Points: FM 25 Free Agents
- Football Manager 25 is delayed until March 2025 due to game engine changes
- Free agents provide immediate squad depth without transfer fees
- Top free agents include Sergio Ramos (DC), Keylor Navas (GK), and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (ST)
- Scouting filters help find unattached players matching specific criteria
- Balance experienced free agents with younger talents when building your squad
FM25 Database Free Agents Shortlist
In front of you is a unique list of free agents arranged by position. Install the unique Football Manager 25 database in FM24 and start a new save. The following good experienced players are available for free:
Goalkeepers
| Position | Name | Age | CA | PA |
| GK | Keylor Navas | 37 | 80% | 80% |
| GK | Antonio Adán | 37 | 76% | 76% |
| GK | Martín Campaña | 35 | 76% | 76% |
| GK | Jordi Masip | 35 | 78% | 78% |
| GK | Edgar Badía | 32 | 77% | 78% |
| GK | Jonathan Orozco | 38 | 73% | 73% |
| GK | Darren Randolph | 37 | 77% | 77% |
| GK | Etrit Berisha | 35 | 75% | 75% |
| GK | Tomáš Vaclík | 35 | 75% | 75% |
| GK | Antonio Mirante | 40 | 73% | 73% |
| GK | Tomáš Koubek | 31 | 73% | 75% |
| GK | Anton Shunin | 37 | 75% | 75% |
| GK | Loris Karius | 31 | 74% | 75% |
| GK | Eiji Kawashima | 41 | 71% | 71% |
| GK | Diego Alves | 39 | 73% | 73% |
| GK | Benoit Costil | 36 | 71% | 71% |
| GK | Diego | 25 | 71% | 76% |
| GK | Kiko Casilla | 37 | 75% | 75% |
| GK | William Yarbrough | 35 | 72% | 72% |
| GK | Luis Ojeda | 34 | 73% | 73% |
Defenders
| D C | Simon Kjær | 35 | 84% | 84% |
| D C | Sergio Ramos | 38 | 81% | 81% |
| D C | Koffi Djidji | 31 | 75% | 76% |
| D C | Ibrahim Drešević | 27 | 75% | 80% |
| D C | Álvaro | 34 | 75% | 75% |
| D C | Marcelo | 37 | 78% | 78% |
| D C | Jack O’Connell | 30 | 74% | 79% |
| D C | Juan Sebastián Quintero | 29 | 72% | 73% |
| D C | Rodri Tarín | 27 | 71% | 77% |
| D C | Federico Fazio | 37 | 78% | 78% |
| D C | Vitor Mendes | 25 | 71% | 73% |
| D C | Adama Soumaoro | 32 | 75% | 75% |
| D C | Alexander Hack | 30 | 75% | 77% |
| D C | Timo Baumgartl | 28 | 74% | 77% |
| D C | Oscar Murillo | 36 | 71% | 71% |
| D C | James Tomkins | 35 | 76% | 76% |
| D C | Manuel da Costa | 38 | 72% | 72% |
| D C | Santiago García | 35 | 74% | 74% |
| D C | Filip Benković | 26 | 75% | 78% |
| D C | Felipe Aguilar | 31 | 72% | 73% |
| D C | Bubacarr Sanneh | 29 | 73% | 74% |
| D C | Kastriot Dermaku | 32 | 72% | 73% |
| D C | Luis Neto | 36 | 73% | 73% |
| D C | Antolín Alcaraz | 41 | 75% | 75% |
| D C, DM | Oumar Solet | 24 | 75% | 78% |
| D C, DM | Cheikhou Kouyaté | 34 | 74% | 74% |
| D C, DM | Merveille Bokadi | 28 | 71% | 71% |
| D C, DM | Stefan Ilsanker | 35 | 72% | 72% |
| D C, DM | Dénys Bain | 30 | 71% | 72% |
| D C, DM | Jake Livermore | 34 | 71% | 71% |
| D C, DM | Mario Vušković | 22 | 69% | 73% |
| D C, DM | Rafael Vaz | 35 | 69% | 69% |
| D RC, DM | Timothy Fosu-Mensah | 26 | 72% | 76% |
Defender Wing Backs
| D/WB R | Serge Aurier | 31 | 79% | 81% |
| D/WB R | Mário Fernandes | 33 | 77% | 77% |
| D/WB R | Kévin Malcuit | 32 | 71% | 71% |
| D/WB R | Jordan Ikoko | 30 | 70% | 72% |
| D/WB R | Mehdi Zeffane | 32 | 74% | 75% |
| D/WB R | Cédric Brunner | 30 | 73% | 77% |
| D/WB R | Santiago Roa | 29 | 73% | 73% |
| D/WB L | Ghislain Konan | 28 | 73% | 74% |
| D/WB L | Layvin Kurzawa | 31 | 72% | 74% |
| D/WB L | Filip Novák | 34 | 71% | 71% |
| D/WB L | Moraes | 26 | 72% | 75% |
| D/WB L | Mariano Bittolo | 34 | 76% | 76% |
| D/WB L | Jorge | 28 | 74% | 80% |
| D/WB L | Luis Fuentes | 37 | 73% | 73% |
| D/WB L | Nicola Murru | 29 | 74% | 78% |
| D/WB L | Henrique | 30 | 73% | 77% |
| D LC | Paul Dummett | 32 | 76% | 77% |
| D LC | Danilo Avelar | 35 | 71% | 71% |
| D LC | Teenage Hadebe | 28 | 74% | 75% |
| D RL | Simen Alexander Santos | 26 | 77% | 81% |
| D/WB RL | Cédric | 32 | 76% | 77% |
| D/WB RL | Brandon Williams | 23 | 79% | 85% |
| D/WB RL | Hiroki Sakai | 34 | 72% | 72% |
| D/WB R, DM | Léo Gomes | 28 | 74% | 78% |
| D/WB RL, DM | Kostas Stafylidis | 30 | 72% | 76% |
| D/WB/M L | Patrick van Aanholt | 33 | 74% | 74% |
| D/WB/M L | Andreas Ulmer | 38 | 74% | 74% |
| D/WB RL, M C | Jesús Dueñas | 35 | 74% | 74% |
| D/WB RL, M R | Miguel Layún | 36 | 69% | 69% |
| D/WB RL, M R | Ibrahima Mbaye | 29 | 71% | 74% |
| D/WB/AM R | Ryan Fredericks | 31 | 72% | 74% |
| D/WB/AM R | Bouna Sarr | 32 | 72% | 72% |
| D/WB/AM R | José Pedro Fuenzalida | 39 | 71% | 71% |
| D/WB/AM R | Ander Capa | 32 | 72% | 73% |
| D/WB/AM R | Marlon Piedrahita | 39 | 72% | 72% |
| D/WB R, AM RL | Aleix Vidal | 34 | 72% | 72% |
| D/WB/AM L | Nacho | 35 | 70% | 70% |
Defensive Midfielders
| DM | Étienne Capoue | 35 | 78% | 78% |
| DM | Christian Rivera | 26 | 74% | 78% |
| DM | Christoph Kramer | 33 | 79% | 79% |
| DM | Sanjin Prcić | 30 | 74% | 78% |
| DM | Adrien Silva | 35 | 74% | 74% |
| DM | Son Jun-Ho | 32 | 73% | 74% |
| DM | James McArthur | 36 | 74% | 74% |
| DM | Mickaël Malsa | 28 | 73% | 78% |
| DM | Edouard Michut | 21 | 75% | 82% |
| DM | Leonardo Lopes | 25 | 72% | 74% |
| DM | Jorge Hernández | 35 | 71% | 71% |
| DM | Yeison Gordillo | 32 | 71% | 72% |
| DM | Marc Pedraza | 37 | 73% | 73% |
| DM | Maxime Gonalons | 35 | 73% | 73% |
| DM | Patrick Yazbek | 22 | 71% | 78% |
| DM | Fernando Godoy | 34 | 71% | 71% |
| DM | Claudio Yacob | 36 | 73% | 73% |
| DM | Oriol Rosell | 31 | 70% | 71% |
| DM | Alexis Hinestroza | 35 | 68% | 68% |
| DM, M RC | Francis Coquelin | 33 | 78% | 78% |
| DM, M RC | Roque Mesa | 35 | 75% | 75% |
| DM, M LC | Celso Ortiz | 35 | 73% | 73% |
| DM, AM RLC | Daniel | 28 | 72% | 73% |
Midfielders / Attacking Midfielders
| M RC | Steven Davis | 39 | 75% | 75% |
| MC | Romain Amalfitano | 34 | 76% | 76% |
| AM RC | Rafinha | 31 | 81% | 83% |
| AM RC | Marlos | 36 | 81% | 81% |
| AM RC | Tristan Dingomé | 33 | 71% | 71% |
| AM RC | Ulises Dávila | 33 | 75% | 75% |
| AM RC | Salva Sevilla | 40 | 75% | 75% |
| AM RC | Brian Farioli | 26 | 73% | 75% |
| AM LC | Jonathan Viera | 34 | 79% | 79% |
| AM LC | Adrian Mierzejewski | 37 | 76% | 76% |
| AM LC | Alejandro Gómez | 36 | 80% | 80% |
| AM LC | Jean-Paul Boëtius | 30 | 73% | 77% |
| AM LC | Dadá Belmonte | 27 | 73% | 76% |
| AM LC | Javier Pastore | 35 | 80% | 80% |
| AM LC | Timothy Tillman | 25 | 73% | 76% |
| AM LC | Moussa Doumbia | 29 | 72% | 75% |
| AM RLC | Antonio Candreva | 37 | 77% | 77% |
| AM RLC | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 30 | 76% | 79% |
| AM RLC | Adam Ounas | 27 | 73% | 76% |
| AM RLC | Emiliano Rigoni | 31 | 73% | 75% |
| AM RLC | Roberto Torres | 35 | 75% | 75% |
| AM RLC | Samu Castillejo | 29 | 72% | 77% |
| AM RLC | Seydouba Soumah | 33 | 75% | 75% |
| AM RLC | Juan Cazares | 32 | 74% | 74% |
| AM RLC | Kader Bamba | 30 | 72% | 75% |
| AM RLC | Cristian Chávez | 38 | 75% | 75% |
| AM RLC | Borja García | 33 | 77% | 77% |
| AM C | Mateusz Bogusz | 22 | 74% | 78% |
| AM C | Marco van Ginkel | 31 | 73% | 75% |
| AM C | Marco Benassi | 29 | 73% | 78% |
| AM C | Victor Kovalenko | 28 | 69% | 72% |
| AM C | Nelson Barahona | 36 | 69% | 69% |
| AM C | Samuel Kalu | 26 | 70% | 79% |
| AM C | Sherman Cárdenas | 34 | 73% | 73% |
| AM/FC | Marouane Fellaini | 36 | 79% | 79% |
Attacking Wingers
| AM RL | Karim Bellarabi | 34 | 73% | 73% |
| AM RL | Nacer Chadli | 34 | 77% | 77% |
| AM RL | Opa Nguette | 29 | 72% | 74% |
| AM RL | Nelson Quiñones | 21 | 68% | 69% |
| AM RL | Luis Ángel Mendoza | 34 | 72% | 72% |
| AM RL | Rober Ibáñez | 31 | 72% | 73% |
| AM RC, F C | Chofis | 29 | 73% | 79% |
| AM RC, F C | Marcelo Cirino | 32 | 70% | 70% |
| AM LC, F C | Guillermo May | 26 | 73% | 74% |
| AM LC, F C | Juanjo Narváez | 29 | 71% | 74% |
| AM RLC, F C | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | 35 | 78% | 78% |
| AM RLC, F C | Kemar Roofe | 31 | 75% | 76% |
| AM RLC, F C | Diego Rolan | 31 | 69% | 71% |
| AM RLC, F C | Miler Bolaños | 34 | 72% | 72% |
| AM RLC, F C | Fernando Forestieri | 34 | 75% | 75% |
| AM L ST | Majeed Waris | 32 | 73% | 73% |
| AM L ST | Camilo Sanvezzo | 35 | 77% | 77% |
| AM L ST | Alexandre Pato | 34 | 76% | 76% |
| AM L ST | Feiver Mercado | 34 | 72% | 72% |
| AM RL ST | Achraf Bencharki | 29 | 75% | 78% |
| AM RL ST | Sada Thioub | 29 | 70% | 73% |
| AM RL ST | Jáder Obrian | 29 | 71% | 74% |
| AM RL ST | Samuel Kalu | 26 | 70% | 79% |
| AM RL ST | Lucas Melano | 31 | 68% | 69% |
| AM RL ST | Lucas Barcelos | 25 | 71% | 72% |
| AM RL ST | Bart Ogbeche | 39 | 68% | 68% |
| AM RL ST | Aliyu Ibrahim | 22 | 67% | 73% |
| AM RL ST | Ismael Tajouri-Shradi | 30 | 70% | 74% |
Strikers
| ST | Wissam Ben Yedder | 33 | 85% | 85% |
| ST | Felipe Caicedo | 35 | 77% | 77% |
| ST | Maximiliano Gómez | 27 | 78% | 84% |
| ST | Lebo Mothiba | 28 | 74% | 75% |
| ST | Mariano | 30 | 74% | 78% |
| ST | Francesco Caputo | 36 | 77% | 77% |
| ST | Jhon Jairo Cifuente | 31 | 72% | 73% |
| ST | Cheick Diabaté | 36 | 74% | 74% |
| ST | Mario Balotelli | 33 | 73% | 73% |
| ST | Jarosław Niezgoda | 29 | 71% | 76% |
| ST | Álvaro Negredo | 38 | 78% | 78% |
| ST | Anthony Modeste | 36 | 75% | 75% |
| ST | Luiz Adriano | 37 | 73% | 73% |
| ST | Stefano Okaka | 34 | 77% | 77% |
| ST | Moussa Koné | 27 | 69% | 74% |
| ST | Dúvier Riasco | 38 | 72% | 72% |
| ST | Kevin Gameiro | 37 | 79% | 79% |
| ST | Bas Dost | 35 | 78% | 78% |
Why Are Free Agents Important in FM 25?
Free agents are like hidden treasures in Football Manager. Here’s why they’re cool:
- You don’t have to pay to sign them
- Many are experienced and can help your team right away
- If they don’t work out, you won’t lose any money, except salary
- Young free agents can get better and be sold for profit later
- You can sign them anytime, not just during transfer windows
- They’re great for filling gaps in your team
Real-World Impact of Free Transfers in Football
Free transfers can be strategic for clubs. Here’s a look at the financial savings, player value growth, and their performance contributions to teams.
Average Savings
Clubs save an average of €10M per player in transfer fees by signing free agents.
Market Value Growth
Free agents’ market value increases by 20% on average within a season.
Transfer Savings (€10M per player)
Value Appreciation (+20% within 1 season)
Performance Contribution (Average Goals/Assists)
Average Age of Free Agents (29 years)
How to Find and Sign Free Agents
Here’s how to find and sign free agents in Football Manager:
- Go to the Scouting tab and select ‘Players in Range’ or ‘Scouted Players’
- Use the ‘Contract Status’ filter to see players without a team
- Set what you’re looking for (age, position, skills)
- Offer trials to players you like
- Be careful when offering contracts, think about wages and how long
- Make sure the player’s goals match your team’s goals
- Check if they’ve been injured a lot
- Think about how they’ll fit in with your team’s playing style
Remember, you can sign free agents anytime, not just during transfer windows!
Building Your Team with FM 25 Free Agents Shortlist
When using free agents to build your team, think about these things:
- Mix older, experienced players with young talents
- Look for players who fit your team’s playing style
- Don’t spend too much on salaries
- Versatility players who can play different positions are very useful
- Experienced free agents can teach younger players
While waiting for FM 25, practice finding free agents in FM 24. Building a good team isn’t just about spending lots of money. Free agents can help your team immediately, give you more players to choose from, and even become stars in the future.
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