Soccer is a game of scoring goals, and you’ll find that a lot harder to do with poor strikers. On the other hand, most good strikers cost a ton of money—but not all of them. We’ll focus on the best cheap strikers in EA FC 25 Career Mode.
Having a solid defense and a top tier goalkeeper is the foundation for sustained success, but none of it will come to fruition if you don’t have quality up front. Not every team can afford to break 150 financial rules and get every player they want uninterrupted, so if you’re not Manchester City, you’ll have to maneuver in the transfer market swiftly.
Established strikers are anything but cheap, and we’ll need to go young if we want to find a bargain. Even then, there are different price tiers. You may find a $10 million fee to be out of reach even if it would net you a certified wonderkid. We assure you that you can still obtain tremendous striking talent under strict budgets too, and we have the absolute best striker bargains in EA FC 25 Career Mode all lined up.
Best striker wonderkids in EA FC 25 Career Mode
- Karim Konate (Red Bull Salzburg) – 73 OVR, 87 potential, $8 million
- Semih Kilicsoy (Besiktas) – 72 OVR, 88 potential, $7.5 million
- Evan Ferguson (Brighton & Hove Albion) – 74 OVR, 86 potential, $11 million
These three strikers still require a half-decent investment, but you get an already competent player that will become a goal-scoring machine by their second or third season at most. Basically, dishing out a bit more money cuts your new striker’s development time before he hits his prime by a couple of seasons. Some would say it’s worth it, but if you don’t want to or simply can’t spend that kind of money in your current Career Mode save, there are enticing options at the lowest price points.
Best cheap young strikers in EA FC 25 Career Mode
- George Ilenikhena (Monaco) – 70 OVR, 86 potential, $4.6 million
- Orri Oskarsson (Real Sociedad) – 69 OVR, 84 potential, $3.6 million
- Marc Guiu (Chelsea) – 67 OVR, 84 potential, $2.8 million
- Nelson Weiper (Mainz 05) – 66 OVR, 85 potential, $2.9 million
- Paris Brunner (Cercle Brugge) – 65 OVR, 87 potential, $2.5 million
- Mustafa Erhan Hekimoglu (Besiktas) – 62 OVR, 86 potential, $1.4 million
These buried gems have the potential to be equally good and even better than the wonderkids, but will need time and effort to bring out the best of them. Time and effort cost money, which is why you can acquire some of the best prospects in EA FC 25 Career Mode so cheaply. You won’t see the fruits of your smart investment for a few seasons, but these talented youngsters are ideal either for backups to established starters, or for low league saves where their abilities will improve along with the club’s progress through the divisions.
The new Rush mode is key to improving your young players, where you can also see just how great they can become at full potential. We advise making the most out of Rush and learning how the mode works in EA FC 25 Career Mode so your young strikers can start banging in goals for your club sooner rather than later.
