Football Manager 2022: 10 European Wonderkids You Must Sign

10. Ivan Martinez

Club: Castellon (on loan from Atletico Pamplona)

Nationality: Spanish

Price: £1.8 million

When it comes to the best wonderkid goalkeeper on Football Manager 2022, it's the relatively well known Maarten Vandevoordt who is still the go-to name. But while it'll cost you upwards of £20 million to convince Genk to part with Vandevoort, a far cheaper wonderkid GK is Ivan Martinez.

He may be on loan at Castellon when you start a new FM22 game, but there's nothing stopping you from agreeing a future transfer with Atletico Pamplona, aka Osasuna, for Ivan. And how much would such a transfer cost? That should be in the modest region of £1.8 million or possibly even less.

That low price combined with steady starting stats for someone still only 19 years of age, that all makes Martinez such an appealing proposition for major clubs looking to sign up their long-term #1 of the future. Within a couple of seasons, this stopper will be ready for first team football in a top league, and from there he'll be able to remain as your starting goalkeeper for easily another decade if needed.

Authored by Andrew Pollard

Senior Writer

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Posted On: 2nd Mar 2022

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