If you’re managing one of the world’s top teams in Football Manager 2023, then you can’t rest on your laurels. You have to keep improving your team in order to be able to compete with the other top teams in your home nation league, and in the Champions League. There’s only one way to do that, and that’s to buy some of the best players in the world. Investing in young talent is one thing, but your fans won’t wait; they want you to win league titles and cups now.
The best players in the world don’t come cheap, and some of them won’t be for sale at all, at least at the start of the 22/23 season. But if you want to be the best team in the world, then here are the best players you’ll need to sign.
Goalkeepers
Alisson
Age: 30Nationality: BrazilianClub: LiverpoolTransfer Value: Not for saleWage: £190K p/wTop ratingsNatural Fitness: 17Positioning: 18Determination: 19
Ederson
Age: 29Nationality: BrazilianClub: Man CityTransfer Value: £87M – 95MWage: £180K p/wTop ratingsKicking: 20Composure: 20Bravery: 18
Defenders
Alphonso Davies
Age: 22Nationality: CanadianClub: FC BayernTransfer Value: £81MWage: £150K p/wTop ratingsDribbling: 17Acceleration: 19Pace: 19
Ruben Dias
Age: 25Nationality: PortugeseClub: Man CityTransfer Value: £104M – 115MWage: £175K p/wTop ratingsTackling: 18Determination:18Stamina: 18
Reece James
Age: 23Nationality: EnglishClub: ChelseaTransfer Value: Not for saleWage: £250K p/wTop ratingsCrossing: 18Balance: 19Strength: 19
Midfielders
Kevin de Bruyne
Age: 31Nationality: BelgianClub: Man CityTransfer Value: £156M – 170MWage: £350K p/wTop ratingsVision: 20Crossing: 19Passing: 18
Luis Diaz
Age: 25Nationality: ColombianClub: LiverpoolTransfer Value: £267M – 294MWage: £90K p/wTop ratingsFlair: 19First Touch: 18Dribbling: 18
Mohamed Salah
Age: 30Nationality: EgyptianClub: LiverpoolTransfer Value: Not for saleWage: £350K p/wTop ratingsOff the Ball: 18Acceleration: 18Balance: 18
Strikers
Erling Haaland
Age: 22Nationality: NorwegianClub: Man CityTransfer Value: £228M – 252MWage: £350K p/wTop ratingsDerermination: 20Natural Fitness: 19Pace: 19
Robert Lewandowski
Age: 34Nationality: PolishClub: BarcelonaTransfer Value: Not for saleWage: £300K p/wTop ratingsPenalty Taking: 20Determination: 20Natural Fitness: 20
Kylian Mbappe
Age: 23Nationality: FrenchClub: PSGTransfer Value: Not for saleWage: £825K p/wTop ratingsDribbling: 18Acceleration: 20Pace: 20
