Football Manager 2015: The all-time best and worst wonderkids

Lock the door, remember to feed the cat and get the tracksuit/suit ready depending on what sort of manager you are because Football Manager 2015 is here.

This means we are preparing to spend the rest of the year hidden away trying to devise a plan to carry Basingstoke Town into the Champions League.

But first we'll need a couple of whizz-kids to help us. The game has a history of brilliant kids available to buy, but not all of them have turned out to be the hits we thought they would.

Above are eight players who were aged between 16 and 20 in the version they are listed under.

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