FIFA 22: Highly-Rated Current and Future Prospects to Watch Out for

Published 09/24/2021, 2:06 PM EDT

The next installment of one of EA’s biggest franchises, FIFA 22, launches in less than a week. And just like the previous titles, the developers are offering early access trials for EA Play members and letting them hit the pitch for 10 hours.

As far as player ratings are concerned, Lionel Messi has once again obtained the crown and the highest rating, beating the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski to it. But many football enthusiasts and FIFA fans already know that. What most might not know are the players who have the highest potential in-game.

From the sport’s best young ballers to underrated and upcoming players, here is the list of players you should look to sign to get your career mode booming.

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FIFA 22: young Players with the highest potentials

These top-of-the-line players are amongst the best in the world at the moment and are said to be leading the sport into the future. But less than a handful will turn out to be the face of the sport. Irrespective of the competition, each player is yet to hit their prime and there’s nothing to stop any of them from striving to be the best. In a blog post, EA revealed all the young leading footballers and their potentials.

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1	Kylian Mbappé	Paris Saint-Germain	ST	91	95	4
2	Erling Haaland	Borussia Dortmund	ST	88	93	4
3	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Paris Saint-Germain	GK	89	93	4
4	Kai Havertz	Chelsea	CAM	84	92	8
5	Phil Foden	Manchester City	CAM	84	92	8
6	Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	RB	87	92	5
7	Pedri	FC Barcelona	CM	81	91	10
8	João Félix	Atlético de Madrid	CF	83	91	8
9	Matthijs de Ligt	Piemonte Calcio	CB	85	91	6
10	Jadon Sancho	Manchester United	RM	87	91	4
11	Ansu Fati	FC Barcelona	LW	76	90	14
12	Ryan Gravenberch	Ajax	CM	78	90	12
13	Vinícius Jr.	Real Madrid	LW	80	90	10
14	Dayot Upamecano	Bayern München	CB	82	90	8
15	Ferran Torres	Manchester City	RW	82	90	8
16	Federico Valverde	Real Madrid	CM	83	89	6
17	Federico Chiesa	Piemonte Calcio	RW	83	89	6
18	Mason Mount	Chelsea	CAM	83	89	6
19	Jules Koundé	Sevilla FC	CB	83	89	6
20	Marcus Rashford	Manchester United	LM	85	89	4

While Manchester United fans would be disappointed not to see Mason Greenwood on the list, FC Barcelona fans would be over the moon seeing their academy player, Ansu Fati, with the highest potential rise of 14.

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FIFA 22: lesser known players with great potential

Now, if you really are a career mode player, you would know how hard it is to sign players that play for the biggest clubs in Europe. Let alone the thought of getting Mbappe and Haaland.

It is next to impossible if you’re not managing either of the top clubs. But if you are one to sign players at the early stages of their career and nurture them into rising talents, you’ve come to the right place. Here is the list of all transfer market bargains to be in search of:

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1	Chris Brady	Chicago Fire FC	GK	51	77	26
2	Fred Emmings	Minnesota United FC	GK	48	73	25
3	Osvaldo Cisneros	Sporting KC	CAM	49	74	25
4	Ben Chrisene	Aston Villa	CM	51	76	25
5	Aidan Denholm	Hearts	RW	52	77	25
6	Antwoine Hackford	Sheffield United	ST	59	84	25
7	Matteo Campagna	Vancouver Whitecaps	CB	49	73	24
8	Rav van den Berg	PEC Zwolle	CB	59	83	24
9	Tayvon Gray	New York City FC	CB	51	74	23
10	Jean-Aniel Assi	CF Montréal	ST	52	75	23
11	Nikolas Muci	FC Lugano	ST	53	76	23
12	José Herrera	Bolívar	CB	53	76	23
13	Griffin Yow	D.C. United	RM	54	77	23
14	Alex Robertson	Ross County	CM	58	81	23
15	Dane Scarlett	Tottenham Hotspur	ST	63	86	23

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Now that you know who to sign, pre-order FIFA 22 and get a head start on your friends, and get the UCL trophy before they do. Electronic Arts‘ FIFA 22 launches on October 1, 2021, on all platforms.

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Tanay Grover, an eSports writer for EssentiallySports, is currently pursuing his Bachelors of Technology. Before finding his way into the world of eSports, he worked on Social Media management. An enthusiastic football player who never played any other game except FIFA, he found his calling when he started playing Valorant and Pokemon GO.

FIFA 22: Highly-Rated Current and Future Prospects to Watch Out for

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