Best Free Agents of FM 21

by FM Guru Team FM Guru Team · Published 28 February 2021 · Updated 27 June 2022

Friends of Football Manager Guru, welcome back with news about our favourite game. Today we are going to give you the list of the best FM 21 free agents at the start of the game in August 2020.

We will follow the same style we used to tell you who the best FM 20 players with expiring contracts, giving you a general overview of the criteria used to create the selection, a brief focus on the top 3 players and with the inevitable summary table containing the best FM 21 free agents.

Evaluation method

The evaluation method chosen to build Football Manager 2021’s best released players list was created following the following basic rules:

Only players without a team and without a contract at the start date of the game
Players with a current skill index (CA) between 120 and 150.

Free Agents of FM 21

Mario Mandzukic

Mario Mandžukić is a Croatian footballer, born in Slavonski Brod on 21 May 1986. A striker, he is currently unemployed after his last spell at Al-Duhail, a Qatari club based in Doha where the Croatian star arrived after many years of victories with Juventus. Things didn’t go as planned in Arabia, and after just six months Mandžukić decided to break his contract and become a free agent. Don’t let him slip through your fingers!

Ezequiel Garay

An experienced Argentine defender, Garay is currently untied after his last spell in the Spanish La Liga with Valencia, where he played from 2016 to 2020. A guarantee to take home especially if you start the season with a small-medium club with a good financial capacity to pay his wages.

Kwadwo Asamoah

In third place is Kwadwo Asamoah, former teammate of Mario Mandžukić in Allegri’s Juventus. Asamoah is a Ghanaian footballer, a defender or midfielder who is currently unemployed. With Juventus he won 6 consecutive league titles, 4 Italian Cups and 3 Italian Super Cups, while with the Ghanaian national team he took part in 2 World Championships and 5 African Cups. A lot of experience at the service of the team.

FM 21’s top free agents list

Below you will find the table with the complete list of the best 82 FM 21 free agents selected according to their current ability index, i.e. CA = Current Ability.

Name	Position	Age	CA	PA	Fitness	Condition
Mario Mandzukic	AM (L), ST	34	150	166	61	100
Ezequiel Garay	D (C)	33	144	160	61	100
Kwadwo Asamoah	D (L), WB (L), M (LC)	31	136	159	48	100
Víctor Sánchez	D (R), DM, M (C)	33	135	148	65	100
Alexandre Pato	AM (L), ST	30	134	162	61	100
Ivan Strinic	D (L), WB (L), M (L)	33	134	144	48	100
Antonio Valencia	D (R), WB (R)	35	134	158	64	100
Jack Wilshere	AM (C), M (C)	28	133	157	60	100
Pablo De Blasis	AM (LR), M (RL)	32	131	131	62	100
Fabio Borini	AM (LRC), ST	29	131	145	64	100
Mario Balotelli	ST	30	130	180	55	100
Fredy Guarín	DM, M (C)	34	130	157	61	100
Danijel Subasic	GK	35	130	151	64	100
Blerim Dzemaili	AM (C), M (C)	34	130	149	46	100
Daniel Sturridge	ST	30	130	168	46	100
Ahmed Musa	AM (LR), ST	27	130	140	67	100
Daryl Janmaat	D (R), WB (R)	31	129	147	35	70
Samu	AM (LRC), M (R)	30	128	136	47	100
Julian Korb	D (R), WB (R)	28	128	132	63	100
Jucilei	DM, M (C)	32	128	147	50	100
Jefferson Farfán	AM (R), ST	35	128	163	63	100
Miiko Albornoz	D (L), WB (L)	29	127	135	63	100
Fernando Uribe	ST	32	127	134	62	100
Marco Ruben	ST	33	127	142	63	100
Matthias Ostrzolek	D (L), WB (L)	30	127	134	67	100
Wilfried Bony	ST	31	126	150	59	100
Raúl Albentosa	D (C)	31	126	139	50	100
Hamza	DM, M (C)	25	126	132	62	100
Javi López	D (R), WB (R), M (R)	34	125	141	47	100
Dani Pacheco	AM (LC), ST	29	125	131	35	70
Yohan Cabaye	M (C)	34	125	158	66	100
Sebastian Langkamp	D (C)	32	125	127	50	100
Anel Hadzic	DM, M (C)	31	125	146	59	100
Daniel Torres	DM, M (C)	30	125	145	47	100
Bakary Sako	AM (LR)	32	125	130	45	100
André Pinto	D (C)	30	125	135	63	100
Dani Giménez	GK	37	125	130	63	100
Heurelho Gomes	GK	39	125	141	64	100
Jozo Simunovic	D (C)	26	125	138	47	100
Ørjan Nyland	GK	29	125	130	65	100
Iván	D (R), WB (R)	26	124	136	63	100
Gaël Clichy	D (L), WB (L)	35	124	155	65	100
Caiuby	AM (L), M (L), ST	32	124	131	46	100
Rene Krhin	DM, M (C)	30	124	136	65	100
Samir Nasri	AM (LRC), M (RL)	33	124	164	58	100
Francisco Molinero	D (RC)	35	124	133	50	100
Javi Moyano	D (R), WB (R)	34	124	130	48	100
Lamine Sané	D (C)	33	123	134	46	100
Mandi	DM, M (C)	31	123	130	47	100
Renato Santos	AM (R), M (R)	28	123	129	62	100
Raffael	AM (C), ST	35	123	148	47	100
Tito	D (R), WB (R)	35	123	138	51	100
Diogo Viana	D (R), WB (R), AM (R), M (R)	30	122	135	61	100
Franck Tabanou	D (L), M (L)	31	122	136	45	100
Víctor Vázquez	AM (C), M (C)	33	122	130	60	100
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa	D (C)	31	122	128	63	100
Ibrahim Afellay	AM (LRC), M (RLC)	34	122	150	42	100
Danilo Silva	D (RC), WB (R)	33	121	145	63	100
Léo Lacroix	D (C)	28	121	127	62	100
Aarón Ñíguez	AM (LC), M (L)	31	121	130	57	100
Pape Souaré	D (L), WB (L)	30	121	142	63	100
Benjamin Corgnet	AM (C), M (C)	33	121	135	64	100
Michael Rensing	GK	36	121	138	66	100
Warner Hahn	GK	28	121	128	61	100
Rob Elliot	GK	34	121	130	59	100
Danny Williams	DM, M (C)	31	121	135	48	100
Raúl Rodríguez	D (C)	32	121	131	49	100
Jonatan Soriano	ST	34	120	143	48	100
Mariano Barbosa	GK	36	120	136	46	100
Nasser El Khayati	AM (LRC), M (C), ST	31	120	127	62	100
José Cañas	DM, M (C)	33	120	137	64	100
Ricardo Laborde	AM (LR)	32	120	125	46	100
William Vainqueur	DM, M (C)	31	120	130	63	100
Remi Walter	DM, M (C)	25	120	131	63	100
Wellington Nem	AM (LRC)	28	120	130	62	100
Alexis	D (C)	35	120	145	45	100
Wilfrid Kaptoum	M (C)	24	120	135	61	100
Víctor Álvarez	D (L)	27	120	127	61	100
Alen Halilovic	AM (RC), M (RC)	24	120	136	46	100
Stéphane Sessegnon	AM (RC), M (RC)	36	120	150	65	100
José Manuel Jurado	AM (LC), M (C)	34	120	147	58	100
Baiano	D (R), WB (R)	33	120	120	62	100

Conclusions

We hope that you will enjoy the list of the best FM 21 players available at the beginning of the season and that it will be useful for you during your career.

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