Top 5 Football Manager wonderkids ever - No. 1 isn't Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo Newspoint  |  2025-10-23T18:39:10+08:00

For Football Manager fans, the wait is finally over. After FM25 was cancelled last year, a new addition is set to arrive. Sports Interactive confirmed that those who pre-ordered FM26 with beta access will get their hands on the game on the evening of Thursday, September 23.

And the question on everyone's lips is, who will be the top wonderkid this year? Lamine Yamal will surely be out of reach, unless you're starting with a Barcelona save. For the rest of us, we will be scouring every corner of the globe to find someone just as talented.

But we've been here before and discovered some incredible gems. Here, Express Sport has taken a look at some of the top wonderkids of yesteryear - but did they live up to the hype?

"It will stay with me until the last day of my life," Samba, 40, told The Telegraph in April. "I could be 101 with a stick and people will still come and talk to me about Championship Manager."

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