FML Youth Development part 2

Hi guys, sorry the second part is a little later than I promised, although they say all good things come to those who wait! That is, if you consider this a good thing of course!

Anyway, enough jabbering. Part 2 will be about the young midfielders and their progress as well as a young striker who's developing well.

As before, I cannot stress that I actually started with some of these in my initial squad and bought in a lot of the others. I have had a distinct advantage with being able to choose who I want, which has changed with the recent update.

First midfielder I want to talk about is my central midfielder, Adrien. He was my first buy, shortly after getting my squad together and I've not looked back since. He's been instrumental in helping me get the XFA Division 1A title last season. He starts at just 19 years old.

He cost me £150k, with Transfer Negotiation 3 (a skill that reduced the acquisition fee you pay for free players or contract expiring players). When I got him originally, he was instantly in my first team squad. He usually ends up with around the same amount of goals as my striker.


Sherman Cardenas is my second central midfielder that I use on a regular basis. He starts off at just 19 years old. Earlier on in my FML Clough Gameworld Managerial career, I played him on the left wing (He's a natural (A)ML and (A)MC.), and he performed well there. But I moved him into the central midfield and he's gone from strength to strength. Currently my penalty taker, as I have nobody better. He, alongside Adrien, scores around the same amount of goals as my striker. At the end of last season, my striker and my two central mids were on a level par with each other for goals. They're also the future of my club, and will probably be my midfield for the next 5 seasons.

A special mention goes out to this Charlton youth player, Jonjo Shelvey. When I signed him, he was only 16, now he's 18 and is pushing for a place in my first team squad. Right now he's a bench warmer, but pretty soon he'll be forming an essential part of my team. His reputation rose all the way to 3.5* recently.

He will, no doubt, become a fantastic central mid in the foreseeable future. Right now he's a bench warmer for the first team and a regular for the U21's. I started with him and, I believe, he only cost me £20k at the start of the Gameworld.


I used to have this player, Emmanuel Sarki. The Chelsea youngster is a great right winger. He has bags of pace and acceleration, he's also a good crosser and dribbler of the ball. He has lots of technique, and this was even before any real training took place. He starts of at just 20 years old and is an excellent prospect.

He would be a great first team right winger, even when he starts off. He's a natural AMR but can play as a Wingback, a Midfield Central, a Defensive Mid or Right Midfielder. He starts off at just 20 years old.


The Arsenal Left Winger and Left Wingback Armand Traore is a great prospect to have if you could afford to get him. I was lucky to get him when the manager who previously had him was in need of money. Starts of at just 18 years old.

Starts off good enough to be in the first team, and he developed into a really pacey winger for me. His natural position is ML, but he can play anywhere on the left side. Starts off with bags of pace and acceleration and he will keep improving. Probably one of the best young left midfielders/wingers you could get.


Up front, I have the Manchester United starlet Danny Welbeck. When you start in a new Gameworld, he is only 18 years of age. Right now, he's only 20 years old and he's my first team striker. He starts off with a lot of pace and acceleration, with a lot of Technique and Dribbling for someone so young. Development wise, he's gone up to 20 pace and will soon hit 20 acceleration. That is fantastic for someone who's only 20 years of age! He will definitely be a star striker for the foreseeable future.


This is my substitute striker, Pablo Ochoa. He starts off at just 17 years old and he has some fantastic attributes for someone so young. Currently he's only 19 and he's a serious contender to replace Welbeck if he keeps developing well. For me, he plays as a senior substitute and usually comes on when Welbeck isn't on form. He starts when Welbeck is injured (he rarely gets suspended for me) and he always performs well.

Well that's a basic starting lineup of 12 players (11 starters plus 1 sub), most of whom are on my squad. Only real reason most of them come from my squad is because I chose to start with youths right from the off. Plus, having some knowledge on how they developed and how well they play, I can use this information to go into more detail than I normally would on the players in question.

Next post will probably be a few more lesser-known youth players. Also if you want to see profiles of certain youths a few seasons in, feel free to leave a comment on the player you want to see and I'll see if I can get a screenshot of their profile posted up here.