Career Mode has once again been given a big glo up by EA SPORTS as part of FIFA 21 – with long-term lovers of the format eager to know the players to buy early in order to build future teams around.

Every year, FIFA player freshen up the player databases of the game, and there's a host of new high-profile, high-potential additions this time around.

Everyone likes to feel like they can move like Highbury-era Don Wenger in the transfer market each time FIFA is released, with players with an astute eye for developing young players rewarded with bonafide superstars in seasons down the line.

There are a host of well-renowned young ballers making their debuts in FIFA 21 having just turned 17, with LFC starlet Harvey Elliott, Celtic wonderkid Karamoko Dembele and Lyon future-GOAT Rayan Cherki all officially in the game for the first time.

EA rave released a list of 'Hidden Gems' to cop on FIFA 21 Career Mode, unveiling some of the most essential transfer window cops in the next iteration of the game.

Take the below as your comprehensive list of the bargain ballers to invest in early – ranked by highest potential growth followed by potential OVR.

Danny Leyva - Seattle Sounders - CMCurrent OVR: 56Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +25

Luca Netz - Hertha BSC - LBCurrent OVR: 63Potential OVR: 86Potential Growth: +23

Malachi Fagan-Walcott - Tottenham Hotspur - CBCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 83Potential Growth: +23

Jarrad Branthwaite - Everton - CBCurrent OVR: 59Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +23

Eugenio Pizzuto - LOSC Lille - CDMCurrent OVR: 59Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +23

Ricky-Jade Jones - Peterborough United - STCurrent OVR: 59Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +23

Omar Rekik - Hertha BSC - CBCurrent OVR: 63Potential OVR: 85Potential Growth: +22

Dennis Cirkin - Tottenham Hotspur - LBCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 83Potential Growth: +22

Lucas Chevalier - LOSC Lille - GKCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 83Potential Growth: +22

Kays Ruiz-Atil - Paris Saint-Germain - CMCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +22

Tommy Doyle - Manchester City - CMCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +22

Juan Manuel Cuesta - Independiente Medellín - LMCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +22

Lilian Egloff - VfB Stuttgart - CAMCurrent OVR: 59Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +22

Daniel Hoyo-Kowalski - Wisła Kraków - CBCurrent OVR: 59Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +22

Melayro Bogarde - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - CBCurrent OVR: 58Potential OVR: 80Potential Growth: +22

Rayan Cherki - Olympique Lyonnais - CAMCurrent OVR: 67Potential OVR: 88Potential Growth: +21

Karamoko Dembélé - Celtic - RWCurrent OVR: 64Potential OVR: 85Potential Growth: +21

Yusuf Demir - Rapid Wien - RWCurrent OVR: 64Potential OVR: 85Potential Growth: +21

Paul Nebel - 1. FSV Mainz 05 - RWCurrent OVR: 62Potential OVR: 83Potential Growth: +21

Luke Matheson - Wolverhampton Wanderers - RBCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +21

J’Neil Bennett - Tottenham Hotspur - LMCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +21

Indiana Vassilev - Aston Villa - LWCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +21

David Ayala - Estudiantes de La Plata - CDMCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +21

Jacob Italiano - Borussia Mönchengladbach - LMCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +21

Iván Martínez - CA Osasuna - GKCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +21

Harvey White - Tottenham Hotspur - CDMCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +21

Nathan Wood - Middlesbrough - CBCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +21

Florian Wirtz - Bayer 04 Leverkusen - CAMCurrent OVR: 68Potential OVR: 88Potential Growth: +20

Sebastian Esposito - Inter - STCurrent OVR: 66Potential OVR: 86Potential Growth: +20

Aster Vranckx - KV Mechelen - CMCurrent OVR: 66Potential OVR: 86Potential Growth: +20

Harvey Elliott - Liverpool - RWCurrent OVR: 65Potential OVR: 85Potential Growth: +20

Troy Parrott - Millwall - STCurrent OVR: 65Potential OVR: 85Potential Growth: +20

Marco Kana - Anderlecht - CBCurrent OVR: 65Potential OVR: 85Potential Growth: +20

Curtis Jones - Liverpool - CMCurrent OVR: 64Potential OVR: 84Potential Growth: +20

Arvin Appiah - UD Almería - LMCurrent OVR: 64Potential OVR: 84Potential Growth: +20

Alan Velasco - Independiente - LMCurrent OVR: 64Potential OVR: 84Potential Growth: +20

Timothé Pembélé - Paris Saint-Germain - RBCurrent OVR: 63Potential OVR: 83Potential Growth: +20

Armel Bella-Kotchap - VfL Bochum - CBCurrent OVR: 62Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +20

Santiago Giménez - Cruz Azul - STCurrent OVR: 62Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +20

Alessio Riccardi - Generic Capitale - CMCurrent OVR: 62Potential OVR: 82Potential Growth: +20

Cody Drameh - Leeds United - RBCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +20

Victor Guzmán - Club Tijuana - CBCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +20

Malik Tillman - Bayern München II - STCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +20

Joe Gelhardt - Leeds United - STCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +20

Santiago Cartagena - Nacional de Montevideo - CDMCurrent OVR: 61Potential OVR: 81Potential Growth: +20

Folarin Balogun - Arsenal - STCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 80Potential Growth: +20

Jamie Bowden - Tottenham Hotspur - CDMCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 80Potential Growth: +20

Becir Omeragic - FC Zürich - CBCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 80Potential Growth: +20

Daishawn Redan - Hertha BSC - STCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 80Potential Growth: +20

Luca Oyen - Genk - CAMCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 80Potential Growth: +20

Xavier Amaechi - Hamburger SV - RWCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 80Potential Growth: +20

Marvin Tshibuabua - AS Saint-Étienne - CBCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 80Potential Growth: +20

Jofre - Girona FC - CMCurrent OVR: 60Potential OVR: 80Potential Growth: +20