Football Manager 2016 Release Clause Bargains

Welcome to the list of Football Manager 2016 release clause bargains by FMSCOUT.com.

Football Manager 2016 good players with fair release clause fee

This list includes quality player with reasonable release fee in Football Manager 2016. You will notice that most players belong to Spanish clubs because setting a minimum fee release clause is required to be present in contracts there. This is part of our FM 2016 top bargains article series.

Top 140+ FM16 release clause bargains included.

Released: Nov 2, 2015

What are release clause bargains?

They are good players with a fair release clause fee that it's recommended to activate. Once you offer the release clause fee, the club where the player belongs is forced to accept your bid and let you negotiate a contract with the player. Some players on my list don't have a bargain release fee if you only consider their quality in the first season, but it could be reasonable 1-2 seasons later if it stays the same.

What does the rating (R) mean?

It's a personal recommendation system for your convenience. I'm using a 1-100 scale based on English divisions.

Important: For this particular list, I'm experimenting with a different ranking approach that's based on a player's best role instead of his overall quality.

87+ all-time elite player
84-86 great player for premiership
81-83 solid backup for premiership
78-80 top player for championship
75-77 top player for league one
72-74 top player for league two

FM 2016 Release Clause Bargains by position

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Goalkeepers (15)

R	Name	Nation	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	RC Fee (M)
87 G	Blanco, Ruben		19	Celta	10.5	2.3	21.5
81 G	Abad, Carlos		20	R. Madrid	5.1	0.4	2.1
80 SK(a)	Ortola, Adrian		21	Barcelona	2.1	0.28	8.5
81 G	Rico, Sergio		21	Barcelona	23.1	5.2	8.5
78 SK(a)	Jose Sa		22	Maritimo	0.7	0.9	2.9
85 SK(a)	Horn, Timo		22	Koln	28.8	8.5	6.5
81 SK(a)	Ryan, Matthew		23	Valencia	25	6.5	5
78 G	Olazabal, Oier		25	Granada	21.5	2.1	5.2
84 SK(a)	Zieler, Ron-Robert		26	Hannover	27.4	12.5	6.5
79 G	Juan Carlos		27	Rayo	10.3	2.1	5.2
79 SK(a)	Alvarez, Sergio		28	Celta	25	6.2	7.1
79 SK(a)	Ochoa, Guillermo		29	Malaga	25.8	6.2	15.5
80 SK(a)	Diego Alves		30	Valencia	35.6	18	21.5
79 G	Mandanda, Steve		30	OM	49.5	9.2	9.3
84 SK(a)	Bravo, Claudio		32	Barcelona	92.4	11.2	21.5

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Central Defenders (12)

R	Name	Nation	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	RC Fee (M)
74 CD/BPD	Costas, David		20	Celta	12.6	0.95	7.1
74 CD(s)/LD	Bailly, Eric		21	Villarreal	11.6	2.8	21.5
83 LD	Roco, Enzo		22	Espanyol	13.8	3.5	13.5
81 CD(c)/BPD(c)	Bartra, Marc		24	Barcelona	39.7	21.2	12
82 CD(d)	Inigo Martinez		24	R. Sociedad	5.5	13.5	21.5
78 LD	Aderllan Santos		26	Valencia	5.7	6.8	17
81 LD	Dominguez, Alvaro		26	BMG	40.7	7.2	10.7
77 LD/CD(d)	Ruiz, Victor		26	Villarreal	32	9.5	14.2
80 LD	Filipenko, Egor		27	Malaga	2.5	2.8	6.9
79 LD	Larsen, Jim		29	FC Midtjylland	4.9	0.6	1.1
83 LD	Ramis, Ivan		30	Eibar	13.2	1.4	4.3
83 CD/LD	Mustafi, Shkodran		23	Valencia	30.1	19.5	35
79 LD	Sviatchenko, Erik		23	FC Midtjylland	3.4	1.9	2.1

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Left Backs (7)

R	Name	Nation	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	RC Fee (M)
84 FB(a)/CWB	Gaya, Jose		20	Valencia	45.2	15	35
80 FB(d)	Ruiz, Salva		20	Valencia	2.7	0.23	5.2
86 WB(d)/LFB	Rodriguez, Ricardo		22	Wolfsburg	82.4	17.2	21.5
82 FB(s)/WB(d)	Planas, Carles		24	Celta	13.4	3.5	8.7
78 FB(a)	Jefferson		26	Sporting (POR)	7.1	6.2	14.2
80 FB(a)	Tremoulinas, Benoit		29	Sevilla	29.7	5.3	16.8
80 CWB	Siqueira, Guilherme		29	Atletico	28.6	9.3	17.8

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Right Backs (9)

R	Name	Nation	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	RC Fee (M)
84 FB(d)/WB(d)	Palencia, Sergi		19	Barcelona	1.6	0.23	8.5
80 FB(d)/WB(d)/LFB	Ivan		21	Levante	6.8	4.5	10.7
78 FB/WB(d)	Manquillo, Javi		21	Levante	11.4	4.1	10.7
82 FB(d)	Jonny		21	Celta	20.1	6	8.5
83 FB/WB(d)	Montoya, Martin		22	Barcelona	62.7	9.1	14.2
84 FB(d)/WB(d)	Mario		24	Villarreal	36.9	9.7	24.5
84 FB(d)/WB(d)	Mallo, Hugo		24	Celta	4.1	7.1	14.3
77 FB(a)/WB(a)	Suarez, Damian		27	Getafe	11	2.7	6.7
81 WB(d)/LFB	Mercado, Gabriel		28	River	6.9	2	2

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Defensive Midfielders (15)

R	Name	Nation	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	RC Fee (M)
85 AM	Fontas, Andreu		25	Celta	32.7	11	10.7
87 AM	Ruben Neves		18	FCP	5.8	7.9	28.5
83 DLP(d)/AM/HB	Borja Fernandez		19	Celta	2.5	0.5	7.1
97 DLP(d)	Samper, Sergi		20	Barcelona	11.8	7.1	8.6
80 BWM/DM	Kace, Ergys		21	PAOK	1.3	0.95	3.6
82 AM/DM	Radoja, Nemanja		22	Celta	18	5.2	7.1
81 DM	Sergio Alvarez		23	Sporting	2.3	5.7	8.6
89 AM	William Carvalho		23	Sporting (POR)	21.4	25.5	32
84 BWM	Guilavogui, Josuha		24	Atletico	82	8	20
89 BWM/DM	Camacho, Ignacio		25	Malaga	13.6	18	14.3
81 BWM	Fatau, Mohammed		25	Granada	8.9	1.2	3.6
88 BWM	Krychowiak, Grzegorz		25	Sevilla	61	17	21.5
84 BWM	Simao		26	Levante	7.5	7.6	4.3
88 DM/AM	Iborra, Vicente		27	Sevilla	35.4	9.5	4.3
81 BWM	Digard, Didier		28	R. Betis	9.7	1.4	4.4
81 DM	Canas, Jose		28	Espanyol	11.4	3.1	8.5

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Central Midfielders (29)

R	Name	Nation	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	RC Fee (M)
84 AP(s)/DLP(d)	Ceballos, Dani		18	R. Betis	4.2	1.2	15
88 DLP(d)	Merino, Mikel		19	Osasuna	3.6	0.7	21.5
86 AP(s)	Cotan, Antonio		19	Sevilla	2.5	0.4	8.6
79 DLP/AP	Fabian		19	R. Betis	0.5	0.1	4.2
90 DLP(d)/AP(s)	Cristante, Bryan		20	SLB	15.7	4.4	35
88 AP	Raphael Guzzo		20	SLB	3.1	0.75	32
82 CM(s)	Gumbau, Gerard		20	Barcelona	3.4	0.7	8.5
80 DLP(d)/AP(s)	Perez, Pablo		21	Sporting	3.4	1.3	7.1
85 CM(s)/DLP(d)/AP(s)	Cristoforo, Sebastian		21	Sevilla	15.5	3.8	18
84 CM(s)	Romero, Lucas		21	Velez	3	1.5	7.1
86 DLP/AP(s)	Geis, Johannes		21	Schalke	41.2	14.2	21.5
87 DLP/AP(s)	Xhaka, Granit		22	BMG	30.2	10.5	21.5
89 AP(s)	Pardo, Ruben		22	R. Sociedad	5.5	7.6	19
88 AP(s)	Espinosa, Javi		22	Villarreal	22.5	3.4	16.5
79 AP(s)	Rachid		22	Sporting	3.4	1.4	4.3
81 CM(d)	Partey, Thomas		22	Atletico	12.8	2.7	11.2
86 CM	Sergi, Roberto		23	Barcelona	20.5	9.5	21.5
83 CM(d)	Recio		24	Malaga	12.2	2.7	7.1
88 CM(d)	Illarramendi, Asier		25	R. Sociedad	39.3	14.2	28.5
83 DLP(d)/AP(s)	dos Santos, Jonathan		25	Villarreal	39.7	8.5	21.5
92 BWM	Luiz Gustavo		27	Wolfsburg	96.2	21.4	25
83 AP(s)	Natkho, Bibras		27	CSKA Moscow	21.4	3.8	5.7
82 DLP(s)/AP(s)	Alex Lopez		27	Celta	11	1.4	7.1
93 AP(s)	Joao Moutinho		28	Monaco	56.4	24.8	28.5
83 DLP/AP(s)	Benat		28	Athletic	35	8.6	14.3
81 AP(s)	Hernandez, Pablo		28	Celta	16.2	4.1	2.1
85 BWM	Diop, Pape		29	Espanyol	20.6	6.8	7.1
88 AP(s)	Medunjanin, Haris		30	Deportivo	9.3	1	3.2
78 AP(s)	Diarra, Souleymane		20	Ujpest	0.4	0.07	0.6

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Left Wingers (16)

R	Name	Nation	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	RC Fee (M)
84 W	Gray, Demarai		19	Birmingham	5	5.5	3.5
83 W(a)	Ruben Garcia		21	Levante	8.2	7.5	7.1
87 W	Ivan Cavaleiro		21	Monaco	21.7	12	21.5
87 W	Sarabia, Pablo		23	Getafe	27.7	7.3	27
79 W	Jony		23	Sporting	8.9	5.7	8.6
83 W(a)	Atsu, Christian		23	Chelsea	20	7.5	7.1
86 W	Tello, Cristian		23	Barcelona	79.4	10	18
83 AP	Portillo, Francisco		25	R. Betis	8.6	4.3	7.1
82 AP/IF(s)	Fabian, Marco		25	Chivas	19.2	3.8	6.7
84 AP/R	Vitolo		25	Sevilla	71.9	20	18
91 W(a)	Konoplyanka, Eugene		25	Sevilla	75	35	25
79 WM(a)	Mancuello, Federico		26	Independiente	7.2	2.8	3.3
88 W(a)	Gaitan, Nicolas		27	SLB	21.4	31	25
80 W	Guardado, Andres		28	PSV	10.1	5	10.7
87 AP	Nolito		28	Celta	10.7	20	13
83 AP	Shojaei, Masoud		31	Al-Gharrafa	24.5	2.6	1.8

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Right Wingers (13)

R	Name	Nation	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	RC Fee (M)
91 W/AP	Bernardo Silva		20	Monaco	14.5	14	21.5
81 W	Williams, Inaki		21	Athletic	26.4	7.5	14.3
80 W	Frederic Maciel		21	RMP	2	0.3	14.3
86 W(s)	Rafinha		22	Barcelona	32.9	17	21.5
87 AP(a)/IF(s)	Cartabia, Fede		22	Valencia	13.7	7.5	14.3
85 W	Carillo, Andre		24	Sporting (POR)	8.2	18.2	21.5
83 W	Msakni, Youssef		24	Lekhwiya	66.7	6	1.1
84 W/IF	Yarmolenko, Andriy		25	Dynamo Kyiv	36	19.5	21.5
83 AP(s)	Victor		25	Elche	33.2	8.5	10.7
87 IF	Vela, Carlos		26	R. Sociedad	30.1	28	28.5
83 WM(a)/DW	Fernandez, Augusto		29	Celta	5.5	7.3	10.7
87 AP(s)	Sosa, Jose		30	Besiktas	24.2	4.4	6.7
83 AP(s)/W(a)/IF(s)	Joaquin		33	R. Betis	28.9	1.3	3.3

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Central Attacking Midfielders (8)

R	Name	Nation	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	RC Fee (M)
89 E/T/AP	Pino, Yelko		18	Celta	2.5	0.3	13.4
84 AP	Miranchuk, Alexey		19	Lokomotiv Moscow	1.4	1.1	14.3
85 T/E	Correa, Angel		20	Atletico	26.5	7.5	32
78 AP/E	Martinez, Tomas		20	River	6.1	1.5	6.7
91 AP(s)	Oliver		20	Atletico	14.3	7.5	17.1
88 AP(s)	Canales, Sergio		24	R. Sociedad	22.3	13	21.5
81 AP(s)/E	Josue		24	FCP	8.6	4.7	5
84 AP(s)/E	Batalla, Pablo		31	Beijing	27.4	4.3	2.5

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Strikers (17)

R	Name	Nation	Age	Club	Wage (K)	Value (M)	RC Fee (M)
89 FN	Mina, Santi		19	Valencia	18.7	5	38
84 P	Andre Silva		19	FCP	1.4	2.1	18
84 P	Simeone, Giovanni		19	River	6.7	1.5	10
80 P	Castro, Carlos		20	Sporting	5.3	0.6	4.3
80 DLF/T	Willian Jose		23	Las Palmas	8.6	1.2	5.2
83 P	Moreno, Gerard		23	Espanyol	15.3	3.9	13.9
80 TM(a)	Guidetti, John		23	Celta	32.8	10	18
87 TM	Lasogga, Pierre-Michel		23	Hamburg	48.1	6.5	14.3
81 P	Johannsson, Aron		24	Bremen	20.6	4.6	8.6
75 P/AF/TM	Marega, Moussa		24	Maritimo	1.4	2.7	3.6
86 P	Aspas, Iago		27	Celta	55	17	21.5
89 P	Gameiro, Kevin		28	Sevilla	40.7	16.2	28.5
82 P/T/FN	Jonas		31	SLB	21.4	7.4	7.1
77 DLF/FN	Altintop, Halil		32	Augsburg	10.7	0.5	0.95
79 TM	Arruabarrena, Mikel		32	Eibar	12.3	0.35	0.14
77 P	Guerra, Javi		33	Rayo	14.3	0.45	1.5
83 P	Castro, Ruben		33	R. Betis	16.4	1	2.5

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