Unless you’re playing as Roma or the 2014-15 Juventus team, chances are you won’t have two elite defensive midfielders on your team in Football Manager 2016.
But the game does a decent job at giving you plenty of options – young and old – who are free agents, if you find that your current group of defensive midfielders don’t include Nemanja Matic or Paul Pogba in their ranks.
Here are the 10 best defensive midfielders to get as Football Manager 16 free agents:
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10. Marco Da Silva
9. Ilan Boccara
8. Vasilis Pliatsikas
7. McDonald Mariga
A seldom-used talent on a Champions League-winning Inter Milan squad, Malaga is still in his prime and has plenty left to offer a team.
6. Gaby Mudingayi
5. Mahamadou Diarra
After winning six straight league titles between Lyon and Real Madrid, Diarra has pretty much fallen off the map – but his talent hasn’t. The African legend still has plenty left to contribute.
4. Christian Poulsen
The former Liverpool flop has played in six different countries in the last 10 years – including all of Europe’s big five leagues, and showed he still had some zip in his step last year with Copenhagen.
3. Daniele Conti
2. Hurriyet Gucer
1. Juan Manuel Torres