Best Low Cost Central Midfielders in FM 20

by FM Guru Team FM Guru Team · Published 16 March 2020 · Updated 28 June 2022

Dear Football Manager Guru readers, welcome to a new post dedicated to the best Football Manager bargains. Today we are going to discover the best low cost central midfielders in Football Manager 2020, in order to offer you some new options when building your team.

This selection of midfielders is very useful as it includes the best players for skill and potential under €5 million.

Best Low Cost Central Midfielders in FM 20

Below you will find the table with the complete selection of the best low-cost central midfielders of FM20.

Within it you’ll find big names from the past who are still active, such as Daniele De Rossi (who has since decided to retire in this strange 2020), Argentine legend Mascherano, Biglia, Nasri and Felipe Melo, all of whom have played at the highest level in their careers.

Should you be able to sign them on loan or buy them cheaply they could be big hits in the dressing room too. So don’t miss out on any of Football Manager’s potential deals.

How to read the table

*CA = Current Ability
*PA = Potential Ability

Name	Club	Age	CA	PA
Daniele De Rossi	Boca Juniors	35	146	178
Javier Mascherano	HB China Fortune	35	141	169
Santi Cazorla	Villarreal	34	149	165
Samir Nasri	Anderlecht	32	130	164
Lucas Biglia	Milan	33	144	161
Diego	Flamengo	34	132	160
Gabi	Al-Sadd	35	146	159
Felipe Melo	Palmeiras	35	134	158
Borja Valero	Inter	34	140	158
Yohan Cabaye	Saint-Étienne	33	131	158
Hernanes	São Paulo	34	138	157
Exequiel Palacios	River Plate	20	132	156
Augusto Fernández	Renhe	33	130	156
Manuel Fernandes	Krasnodar	33	140	155
Enzo Pérez	River Plate	33	134	155
Emre Belözoğlu	Fenerbahçe	38	130	155
Evander	Midtjylland	21	133	155
Bruno	Villarreal	35	144	155
Thiago Neves	Cruzeiro	34	138	154
Marco Parolo	Lazio	34	146	153
Senad Lulic	Lazio	33	145	152
Pablo Hernández	Independiente	32	130	151
Edwin Cardona	Pachuca	26	138	151
Juraj Kucka	Parma	32	136	150
Gonzalo Castro	Stoccarda	32	132	150
Nenê	Fluminense	37	130	150
Hany Mukhtar	Brøndby IF	24	131	150
Fernando Gago	Vélez	33	133	150
Michael Bradley	Toronto FC	31	141	149
Mati Fernández	Junior	33	136	149
Ander Iturraspe	Espanyol	30	130	149
Elias	Atlético Mineiro (MG)	34	131	149
Blerim Dzemaili	Bologna	33	131	149
Lucas Robertone	Vélez	22	130	148
Roman Eremenko	Rostov	32	132	148
Pablo Guiñazú	Acción Juvenil TyG	40	130	148
Jonathan dos Santos	LA Galaxy	29	140	148
André André	Vitória Guimarães	29	131	147
Juan Fernando Quintero	River Plate	26	143	147
Karim El Ahmadi	Al-Ittihad (KSA)	34	144	147
José Manuel Jurado	Cádiz	33	130	147
Ralf	Corinthians	35	132	147
Michael Krohn-Dehli	–	36	130	146
Fernando Belluschi	San Lorenzo	35	133	146
José Sosa	Trabzonspor	34	145	146
Mauricio Isla	Fenerbahçe	31	130	146
Daniel Baier	Augusta	35	135	146
Daniel Torres	Alavés	29	130	145
Nicolás Lodeiro	Seattle	30	140	145
Guillermo Fernández	Cruz Azul	27	132	145
Rasmus Falk	Copenaghen	27	139	145
Federico Mancuello	Toluca	30	130	145
Scott Brown	Celtic	34	139	145
Zlatko Junuzovic	Salisburgo	31	132	145
Javi Fuego	Sporting Gijón	35	130	145
Saphir Taïder	Montreal Impact	27	134	144
Sebastián Blanco	Portland	31	137	144
Pape Cheikh Diop	Celta Vigo	21	132	144
Pape Diop	Eibar	33	133	144
Sebastian Vasiliadis	Paderborn 07	21	130	143
Carlos Sánchez	West Ham	33	130	143
Anton Miranchuk	Lokomotiv Mosca	23	130	143
Zeca	Copenaghen	30	143	143
Danilo Cataldi	Lazio	24	131	143
Matías Zaracho	Racing Club	21	137	143
Robin Quaison	Magonza	25	131	142
Steven Davis	Rangers	34	132	142
Jesús Molina	Chivas	31	130	142
Carlos Sánchez	Santos	34	141	142
Iván Marcone	Boca Juniors	29	135	142
Rômulo	Brescia	32	132	142
Ignacio Fernández	River Plate	29	138	142
Fran Rico	–	31	131	141
Carlos Gruezo	Augusta	24	130	141
Bibars Natcho	Partizan Belgrado	31	130	141
Felipe Gutiérrez	Sporting Kansas City	28	133	141
Lucas Castro	Cagliari	30	130	140
Oscar Trejo	Rayo Vallecano	31	131	140
Lasse Schöne	Genoa	33	137	140
Daler Kuzyaev	Zenith	26	134	140
Christian Noboa	Sochi	34	135	140
Sékou Sanogo	–	30	138	140
Atiba Hutchinson	Beşiktaş	36	130	140
Alan Dzagoev	CSKA Mosca	29	130	140
Gaku Shibasaki	Deportivo La Coruña	27	130	140
Hamza	Hajduk Spalato	24	131	140
Charles Kaboré	Dinamo Mosca	31	130	139
Diego Valeri	Portland	33	133	139
James Igbekeme	Real Saragozza	23	130	138
Pablo Pérez	Independiente	33	131	138
Jason Puncheon	Pafos	33	130	138
Lucas Romero	Independiente	25	134	137
Alaixys Romao	Reims	35	131	137
Lucas Silva	–	26	132	137
Diego Castro	Perth Glory	36	130	137
Alejandro Pozuelo	Toronto FC	27	136	136
Marcelo Díaz	Racing Club	32	136	136
Yury Gazinskiy	Krasnodar	29	136	136
Robin Koch	Friburgo	22	130	136
Maximiliano Meza	Monterrey	27	133	136
Kwon Chang-Hoon	Friburgo	25	131	136
Fabian Frei	Basilea	30	131	136
Mauricio Pereyra	Orlando City	29	135	135
Makoto Hasebe	Eintracht Francoforte	35	135	135
Maurício	PAOK	30	130	135
Damián Musto	Huesca	32	130	135
Josef Husbauer	Slavia Praga	29	130	135
Pontus Wernbloom	PAOK	33	130	135
Nicolae Stanciu	Slavia Praga	26	130	135
Mijo Caktas	Hajduk Spalato	27	131	134
Dominik Kohr	Eintracht Francoforte	25	130	134
Danny Latza	Magonza	29	131	134
Luca Zuffi	Basilea	29	131	134
Marco Höger	Colonia	29	130	133
Adrián González	Málaga	31	133	133
Alexandr Yerokhin	Zenith	29	133	133
Rubén Rayos	Anorthosis	33	130	133
Guélor Kanga	Sparta Praga	28	130	132
Stefan Ilsanker	RB Lipsia	30	130	132
Fernando Gaibor	Al-Wasl	27	130	131
Tomas Horava	Viktoria Plzen	31	130	130
Magnus Wolff Eikrem	Molde	28	130	130
Mahmut Tekdemir	Başakşehir	31	130	130