Best Football Manager 2022 free agents - ex-Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea, and Tottenham stars available

Whether it's world stars or wonderkids, players will be busy forming their ideal squads and free agents always play a key role.

There are a host of household names without a contract right now and available for nothing, vital when boosting a squad with a limited transfer budget.

Many free agents are players coming to the end of their careers but there are some top names to be picked up.

Gamers will need to be quick though as the best freebies could be snapped up by AI-controlled teams fast.

But who should you pick up? talkSPORT.com takes a look…

Best Football Manager 22 Free Agents

Paulinho - DM/MC/AMC

Jack Wilshere - DM/MC/AMC/AMR/AML

Daniel Alves - DR/WBR/MC/MR

Iago Falque - AMR, AML, AMC, ST

Gaston Ramirez - AMR/AMC/AML/ST

Eliaquim Mangala - DC

Maicon - DC

Adriano - DR/DL/WBR/WBL

Emmanuel Adebayor - ST

Giovani dos Santos - AMR/AMC/AML/ST

Graziano Pelle - ST

Fernando - DM/MC

Fabio Coentrao - DL/WBL/ML/AMR/AMC

Salomon Kalou - MR/ML/AMR/AML/ST

Papiss Cisse - ST

Nabil Bentaleb - DM/MC

Winston Reid - DC

Yury Zhirkov - DL/WBL/ML/AML

Mateo Musacchio - DC

Giovanni Sio - AMR/AML/ST

Andy Carroll - ST

Fernando Llorente - ST

Ahmed Elmohamady - DR/WBR/MR

Hal Robson-Kanu - AMR/AMC/AML/ST

Willy Cabellero - GK

Henri Saivet - MC/AMR/AMC/AML

Cuco Martina - DR/DC/DL/WBR

Oumar Niasse - ST

Branislav Ivanovic - DC/DR

Neil Taylor - DL/WBL

Ramires - DM/MC/MR

Ibrahima Traore - MR/ML/AMR/AML

Collin Quaner - MR/AMR/ST

Carlos Tevez - AMC/ST

Sebastian Prodl - DC

Joe Ledley - DM/MC

Keiren Westwood - GK

Jerome Sinclair - AMR/AML/ST

Andre Wisdom - DR/DC/WBR

Jota - MR/AMR/AMC/AML

Adrian Mariappa - DR/DC

Football Manager 2022 review - What it's like with super rich Newcastle United now they have all that Saudi Arabia takeover money

Newcastle transfer fun, Manchester United legends as owners, and beating Steven Gerrard at Rangers - 10 careers to try on Football Manager 2022