Football Manager 2022: 10 Left-Backs You Must Sign

2. Ridvan Yilmaz

Football Manager 2022 Ian Maatsen
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Club: Besiktas

Nationality: Turkish

Price: £10 million

Ridvan Yilmaz represents a great first season purchase who is able to fit straight into your first team squad whilst also having huge scope to vastly improve his stats as the years go on.

At 20 years of age, Yilmaz already has a couple of senior Turkey appearances to his name by the time FM22 starts, with him a part of Şenol Güneş' squad at Euro 2020. In the real world, the Besiktas youth product has now picked up five caps for his country, and he's expected to be a major player for Turkey for the next several years.

On Football Manager 2022, this left-back can likewise become a major player for your side if you're prepared to stump up a fee of £10 million. That price will obviously increase as the seasons go on, and it's also worth noting that this is a LB who some of Europe's biggest clubs will be interested in as time goes by. The point being, you may need to get in quickly in order to add Ridvan Yilmaz to your ranks.

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