With Football Manager 2021 now available on PC, Mac and Mobile, who are the best youngsters at Everton?
We've taken a deep dive into the game to find out the Goodison Park youngsters who have been given the highest potential ability rating on FM21, which is often a good barometer of indicating how far they could go in the game, but their actual development of course depends on a variety of factors.
The Toffees youth setup has produced some brilliant players, both historically and in recent seasons, with players like Wayne Rooney, Leon Osman, Ross Barkley, Tony Hibbert, Jack Rodwell, Tom Davies, Jonjoe Kenny, Anthony Gordon and James Vaughan all graduating from the Everton academy at some stage.
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We've rounded up the Blues youngsters with the highest potential ability rating and put them in order, so you don't have to.
The best wonderkids at Everton in FM21
If you are new to the Football Manager series, each player in the FM database is given a value out of 200 for both Current Ability (how good they are now) and Potential Ability (how good they can become).
Some players are also given a Potential Ability Range, which indicates that their potential may fluctuate depending on certain factors.
In our list, we've only included players aged 21 or younger.
- Jarrad Branthwaite (DC/DL/DR) - Potential Ability is -8 (130-160)
- Moise Kean (AMR/AML/ST) - Potential Ability is -8 (130-160)
- Anthony Gordon (AMR/AMC/AML/ST) - Potential Ability is -75 (120-150)
- Nicolas Hansen (GK) - Potential Ability is -75 (120-150)
- Ryan Astley (DC) - Potential Ability is -75 (120-150)
- Bobby Carroll (MC) - Potential Ability is -75 (120-150)
- Reece Welch (DC) - Potential Ability is -75 (120-150)
- Lewis Dobbin (AMR/AMC/AML/ST) - Potential Ability is -75 (120-150)
- Nathan Markelo (DR/WBR/DM/MC) - Potential Ability is -75 (120-150)
- Niels Nkounkou (DL) - Potential Ability is -75 (120-150)
- Josh Bowler (AMR/AML) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Beni Baningime (DM/MC) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Kyle John (DR/WBR/RM/AMR) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Ellis Simms (ST) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Mackenzie Hunt (MC/MR/AMR) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Harry Hagan (DC) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Tyler Onyango (MC) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Liam Higgins (DR/WBR/RM/AMR) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Tom Cannon (ST) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Katia Kouyate (AMR/AML/ST) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Imam Jagne (MC) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Zan-Luk Leban (GK) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Isaac Price (MC/AMC) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Charlie Whitaker (MC/AMC) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
- Sebastian Kristensen (DC) - Potential Ability is -7 (110-140)
According to FM21, Jarrad Branthwaite and Moise Kean are the players with the brightest potential future at Everton, with these players able to surpass Everton's best players, including James Rodriguez (153) and Allan (153).
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