Football Manager 2016: 14 English Wonderkids You Have To Sign

By Michael Potts /

6. Jordan Pickford

Young goalkeepers are a tricky prospect to identify. They generally develop and peak later than outfield players, but Jordan Pickford is already looking like a stellar option for the future with a stunning loan spell for Preston in the real world which saw the keeper earn 13 clean sheets in 27 games. That form, and the decline of Costel Pantilimon's, has earned Pickford a recall to his parent club Sunderland with a view to handing him the reins in the coming weeks. You can snap him up for a fraction of what he will be worth in future editions of the game, and his potential suggests Joe Hart will have some competition during the latter years of his career.