FIFA 18 best young players: career mode’s top strikers, midfielders, defenders and goalkeepers

FIFA 18: BEST YOUNG DEFENDERS

NAME	AGE	CLUB	PO.	CR	PR	VA.
M De Ligt	18	Ajax	CB	76	89	£10.1m
T Fosu-Mensah	19	Crystal Palace (loan)	CB, RB	76	88	£10.5m
M Sarr	18	Nice	CB, LB	75	88	£9.2m
I Diop	20	Toulouse	CB	76	87	£10.1m
K Amian Adou	19	Toulouse	RB	73	86	£5.7m
R Sessegnon	17	Fulham	LB, LW	67	86	£1.1m
J Foyth	19	Spurs	CB	68	86	£1.4m
D Upamecano	18	RB Leipzig	CB, CDM	69	86	£1.7m
B Henrichs	20	Bayer L'kusen	RB, LB	76	86	£9.6m
C Carter-Vickers	19	Shef. Utd (loan)	CB	68	85	£1.4m
M Saracchi	19	River Plate	LB, LWB	70	85	£3m
Jorge Saenz	20	CD Tenerife	CB, RB	71	85	£4.1m
T Alexander-Arnold	18	Liverpool	RB, RM, CM	69	85	£1.6m
Cucurella	18	Barca B	LB	67	85	£1.2m
Vallejo	20	Real Madrid	CB	77	85	£10m

Every great team is built on a solid defence, and there could be some absolute monsters in FIFA 18!

Ajax youngster Matthijs De Ligt leads the way, with a potential ability of 89, while Timothy Fosu-Mensah, who is on loan at Crystal Palace from Manchester United, could become one of the very best defenders in England.

Elsewhere, Ryan Sessegnon looks like a potential career mode bargain, starting out with a value of just over £1 million at Fulham, with a potential rating of 86, while Tottenham could have a central defensive partnership for the ages, with Juan Foyth and Cameron Carter-Vickers potentially reaching 86 and 85 respectively.

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