Football Manager 2022: 10 Strikers You Must Sign

7. Harold Preciado

Football Manager 2022 Matías Arezo
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Club: Deportivo Cali

Nationality: Colombian

Price: £150,000

The cheapest option on this list by far, Harold Preciado is a talent who represents far more than you've ever expect for his stupidly low starting value.

Plying his trade in the Colombian top flight with Deportivo Cali, this 27-year-old is a sturdy, steady player who can easily be plugged straight into the starting XI for a bunch of midtable top flight teams in Europe's biggest leagues - and all at a cost of somewhere in the region of £150,000.

That price is a bargain of the highest order. Sure, we're not talking about the next coming of Faustino Asprilla or Radamel Falcao, but Preciado is a brilliant player who will be worth infinitely more than £150K to your side. He is the very definition of reliable, with solid numbers across the board for his mental and physical numbers, with likewise decent stats for his key attacking attributes.

Also, to reiterate, the guy is £150,000! So, what's the worst that can happen if you take a punt on him? If for some reason Preciado ends up naff on your FM22 save, that cheap fee means you can simply discard him. But then, what if he does prove to be an utter hidden gem of the highest order...

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