Tickipie

I don’t know a single person playing FM20 who doesn’t love developing youth players. It’s a great feeling when a talent you nurtured for multiple seasons finally gets first-team minutes. This short guide will tell you all you need to know about developing your highly talented youth prospects in FM20.

• Improve youth coaches
  • Hire coaches who specialize in a certain aspect of training
  • Good “Working With Youngsters”
• Hire a good Head of Youth Development
  • Look for a positive personality
• Look for key attributes
  • Determination
  • Work Rate
  • Natural Fitness
• Mentoring
  • Create groups with appropriate positions
  • Use influential players with high Determination
  • Use influential players with positive personalities
• Train your youth players appropriately
  • Mold the training to your tactical requirements
    • Correct roles
    • Correct individual training
• Game time is everything
  • If you can’t guarantee minutes for your youth prospects look for a loan where the player is a first-team player or even a key player
  • Look out for decent facilities at the clubs loaning your players
  • The higher the league, the better but a player should never be out of his depth
• Development Center
  • Keep tabs on your youth players via the Development Center