Football Manager 2016: 20 Strikers You Must Sign

18. Ezequiel Ponce

Mauro Icardi
Sports Interactive

You look at Ezequiel Ponce's stats and think he'd make a decent backup striker in top flight football, then you realise he's just turned 18, and that changes everything. He's already a well-rounded footballer which is a great feature in itself for any young starlet. If you can pick him up straight away, you could potentially get 15 years out of him.

That is undeniably ambitious, but it's true. Ponce isn't all about that pace, he's got skill, strength, and a good aerial presence, something that people actually overlook. It's too soon to completely lay out where his perfect role lies, but I'd say Ponce would be a perfect foil alongside a small, nippy poacher.

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