Football Manager 2018 free agents: Joey Barton and Bacary Sagna among 15 best free transfers to get you started

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A list of the best Football Manager 2018 free agents at the start of the game.

If you like a challenge and plan to start life on Football Manager 2018 with a club lacking that monster transfer budget available to so many in the Premier League these days, you might want to take a look at the best free agents on the game.

Plenty will start FM 2018 without a club, but could still have plenty to offer to your side if you’re looking for a seasoned veteran to give you some much-needed experience in a relegation scrap or promotion battle.

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If you tend to go for the easy option and manage one of the Premier League big-boys, then save yourself some time and get over to our list of Football Manager 2018 best finishers or, if you’re thinking ahead, get yourself clued up on the best Football Manager 2018 wonderkids.

For the more frugally-minded among you, check out our top Football Manager 2018 free agents below and save yourself a fortune in the virtual transfer market:

Giuseppe Rossi

Age: 30

Position: Striker

Last club: Fiorentina

Alessandro Diamanti

Age: 34

Position: Attacking midfielder

Last club: Palermo

Emir Spahic

Age: 37

Position: Centre-back

Last club: Hamburg

Marcin Wasilewski

Age: 37

Position: Centre-back

Last club: Leicester City

Bacary Sagna

Age: 34

Position: Right-back

Last club: Manchester City

Benoit Tremoulinas

Age: 31

Position: Left-back

Last club: Sevilla

Joey Barton

Age: 35

Position: Midfielder

Last club: Burnley

Ashkan Dejagah

Age: 31

Position: Attacking midfielder

Last club: Wolfsburg

Diego Capel

Age: 29

Position: Winger

Last club: Anderlecht

Jan Kirchhoff

Age: 27

Position: Centre-back

Last club: Sunderland

Youssouf Mulumbu

Age: 30

Position: Midfielder

Last club: Norwich City

Jose Antonio Reyes

Age: 34

Position: Attacking midfielder

Last club: Espanyol

Mirko Vucinic

Age: 34

Position: Striker

Last club: Al Jazira

Patrick Ebert

Age: 30

Position: Winger

Last club: Rayo Vallecano

Sebastien Bassong

Age: 31

Position: Centre-back

Last club: Norwich City