Football Manager 2022: 10 Bargain Strikers You NEED To Sign

4. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Club: Bayern Munich

Nationality: Cameroonian

Price: £900,000

Yes, some people will forever remember Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting as a total flop at Stoke City as the Potters were relegated from the Premier League in his one season at the Potteries. Despite that, the Cameroon international has actually had a pretty decent career, and he is a brilliant bargain option on FM22.

After departing Stoke, Choupo-Moting was somewhat surprisingly signed up by Paris Saint-Germain. In two years in Paris, he notched up over 50 appearances for PSG, picked up four trophies, and was a Champions League runner-up.

For those who thought the hard-working forward had bizarrely fluked himself that move to PSG, he signed for fellow European giants Bayern Munich when it came to depart Parc des Princes in 2020. An impressive 9 goals in 31 games followed in his first season back in the Bundesliga - Choupo-Moting having previously played for Hamburg, Mainz, and Schalke - and he's so far bagged 8 games in 12 goals in the current season.

So, rather than judging the player on one rough year in a rough Stoke City side, put those thoughts to one side. Available for as low as £900,000 on FM22, this is a great option to bring some power to your frontline.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

Senior Writer

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Posted On: 10th Feb 2022

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