Football Manager 2022: 10 Centre-Backs You Must Sign

3. Gonçalo Inácio

Football Manger 2022 Josko Gvardiol
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Club: Sporting Lisbon

Nationality: Portuguese

Price: £26 million

When starting a new FM22 career, Gonçalo Inácio is a true superstar waiting to explode onto the global scene.

If wanting to land this 19-year-old, you have to strike early and be prepared to put up around £26 million to prise him from Sporting Lisbon. Of course, the reason why you have to make a move for Inácio quicksmart is because a who's who of European football's biggest teams will soon show an interest in him - with PSG, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Zebre/Juventus all usually amongst the clubs sniffing around Gonçalo.

While has 0 senior Portugal caps when FM22 starts, Inácio will soon start amassing cap after cap as he becomes a staple of his national team for years to come. As it stands in the real world, Cristiano Ronaldo is Portugal's most-capped player at 180 appearances, but young Gonçalo Inácio has a genuine chance of catching the legendary CR7 in Football Manager 2022 lore.

Should you leave it too late and miss out on Inácio, you'll be left screaming at your PC screen while he tears it up elsewhere for the next decade or more.

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