LB
Weak starter
Your starter, Alex Bangura, rates 68 at LB: 4 below the club level (72).
- Free · €0
- Prospect
- Ready now · 3–4 seasons
FC 2720 Aug 2026▾
Middlesbrough FC
FC 27 · 20 Aug 2026 (upd. 1)
Overall72
AttackAtt.68
MidfieldMid.69
DefenseDef.69
Squad value90,4 M€
Transfer budget10,9 M€
Wages / week573 K€
DifficultyHard
Board objectiveAvoid relegation
Starting XI
official lineupThe most valuable
By market value
U-21 gems
Rating → potential
Contracts ending
Ending in 2027
Squad at a glance
Age, contracts and countries
Age
U-217
22–2819
29+4
Contracts ending
20278
20287
2029+15
12322+11 countries
Reinforcements
All free agents (238) →What the squad is missing and who covers it: a free agent (no transfer fee) and two signings that fit your estimated budget of 10,9 M€.
RB
No quality backup
You have no natural backup at RB. The club level is 72.
Backup nowNobody
- Free · €0
- Prospect
- Ready now · 3–4 seasons
CB
Succession needed
Your starter, Luke Ayling (73 at CB), is 34 years old and his contract ends in 2027.
- Free · €0
- Prospect
- Ready now · 3–4 seasons
How do we work it out?
- Club level: average of its best 16 (72). Starters are the game’s official line-up and the rating in each position is his official rating in his main position and EA’s formula in the others.
- Weak starter: the starter rates 68 or less in his position (level − 4).
- No quality backup: no natural backup in that position reaches 64 (level − 8).
- Succession needed: starter aged 32 or over (we say so if his contract ends this season).
- Free · €0: no club, no transfer fee. Beats your player by +2 or more; for a succession, at least 3 years younger and no more than 3 below.
- Prospect: 23 or younger, potential at least the club level and your starter, and already useful as a backup (60+ in the position).
- Ready now · 3–4 seasons: 23 to 28 years old, so he stays at a good level for 3–4 seasons. Rates at least your starter + 2 (weak starter), the level − 4 (no backup) or your starter − 1 (succession).
- Prospect and Ready now cost at most your estimated budget (10,9 M€, about 12 % of the squad value); wages are shown but not filtered. Everyone plays the position naturally and each player appears only once.
Squad30 players
Player
PACSHOPASDRIDEFPHY
Goalkeepers3
DIVHANKICREFSPDPOS
Defenders9
Midfielders12
Attack6
Arrivals12
S. BerhalterCDM · Transfer · Vancouver Whitecaps FC
76
A. MalandaCB · Transfer · Charlotte FC
72
D. StrelecST · New
70
J. SarmientoLM · Transfer · Brighton & Hove Albion
70
W. LankshearST · Transfer · Oxford United
70
K. JosephST · Transfer · Hull City
69
L. CastledineCAM · Transfer · Huddersfield Town
68
M. Peart-HarrisLM · Transfer · Brentford
68
J. McLaughlinGK · New
66
F. MunroeLB · Transfer · Swindon Town
65
C. IbehST · New
57
G. McCormickLB · New
57
Departures10
H. HackneyCM · Transfer · Everton FC
77
D. FryCB · Transfer · Birmingham City
72
M. TargettLB · Transfer · Hull City
72
D. LenihanCB · Removed
71
D. BarlaserCDM · Transfer · Milton Keynes Dons
70
M. ForssST · Removed
70
S. NypanCM · Transfer · Lommel SK
69
S. SilveraLM · Transfer · Milton Keynes Dons
68
T. GloverGK · Removed
66
A. GilbertLM · Removed
64
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