Football Manager 2018: 20 Transfer Bargains You Should Snap Up
3. Jose Maria Basanta (Monterrey)
Age: 28
Position: D (C)
Fee: £4.5-5m
Adding a South American firebrand to your backline is one way to sure up your defence, and Monterrey's hard-tackling Argentina international Jose Maria Basanta ticks all of the right boxes here.
The 28-year-old may not have cut it in Serie A with Fiorentina in 2014, but he's been one of the most reliable performers in the Mexican league ever since. His stats for heading and tackling reflect this in the game, but he'll do a job for you on penalty duties too, with a 16 in this department. That's plenty of return for £5 million.