Football Manager 2023 free transfers: Best goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and forwards

James Shearman

Updated: 19 Oct 2023 16:20 BST
3 min read

One of the quickest ways to bolster your team on Football Manager 2023 is by dipping into the free transfer market.

At the start of the game, there are plenty of veterans available that could offer both talent and experience to your squad.

These individuals can be found on the ''players in range'' tab and by selecting contract status "unattached" or ''expired''.

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But to save you some time, we've already made a list of the best free agents on FM23.

Best Football Manager 2023 free agent goalkeepers

Name	Position	Age
Fabricio	GK	34
Ruben	GK	38
Ernestas Setkus	GK	37
Benjamin van Leer	GK	30
Renan Ribeiro	GK	32

At 34 years young, Fabricio is no spring chicken, but he's probably the best of the goalkeeping options available on the new game.

Having been a back-up at Fulham in recent years, he would certainly welcome the chance to keep goal as a first choice option at this late stage in his career.

Best Football Manager 2023 free agent defenders

Name	Position	Age
Santiago Arias	RB	30
Salif Sane	CB	31
Gary Cahill	CB	36
Roman Hubnik	CB	38
Faouzi Ghoulam	LB	31
Elaquim Mangala	CB	31
Jetro Willems	LB	28
Adriano	LB	37
Daniel Carrico	CB	33
Mateo Musacchio	CB	31

Former Atletico Madrid defender Santiago Arias deserves his place at the top of this list.

Eliaquim Mangala is a surprisingly good player to be available still in what should be the peak years of his career at 31.

Former Newcastle man Jetro Willems is probably the pick of the left-backs on the list, but has suffered with injury problems.

Best Football Manager 2023 free agent midfielders

Name	Position	Age
Mousa Dembele	CM	34
Daniel Didavi	AMC	32
Saphir Taider	CM	30
Nemanja Radoja	DM	29
Danny Drinkwater	CM	32
Havard Nordtveit	DM	32
Filipe Augusto	CM	28

Former Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele is the pick of the players available on this list but is set to retire at the end of the calendar year.

Of the more defensive-minded midfielders, former Benfica player Filipe Augusto is probably the pick of the bunch.

Best Football Manager 2023 free agent forwards

Name	Position	Age
Graziano Pelle	ST	36
Paul-Jose Mpoku	AML	30
Giovani dos Santos	AMR	33
Jose Izquierdo	AML	29
Daniel Sturridge	ST	32
Simone Zaza	ST	31
Hal Robson-Kanu	ST,	33
Eljero Elia	AML	35
Roman Zozulya	ST	32
Zakaria Labyad	AML	29

A number of former Premier League frontmen feature in this list with Graziano Pelle and Daniel Sturridge the most famous of the names.

Out wide, ex-Brighton man Jose Izquierdo could have a lot to offer should you be able to keep him fit.

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