The full release of Football Manager 2018 is coming up thick and fast so it's about time you brushed up on your FM18 wonderkid knowledge.

There's nothing more satisfying than identifying a young hot prospect and developing him to one of the world's best ever players, but of course that's easier said than done.

When you first boot up the game it takes some time before you receive the first youth intake, which will then give you the chance to start scouting the globe for the newest wonderkids in world football. Before then, though, it's worth knowing which current young players have the potential to grow in to elite or world class players.

Thankfully you don't have to boot the game up and do all this research yourself. We've done that for you - with the help of Football Manager Blog - by identifying the top 50 young players aged between 15 and 20 who have the potential to become world class in FM18.

To help you out even further, we've listed each player's estimated cost (some can be picked up for peanuts from the start) and their potential rating so you know just how good your young target can become with the right training and development.

So, make yourself familiar with this lot and then see how many of them you can develop in to world beaters...

50. Berk Ozer - GK

Age:  17

Club: Altinordu

Nationality: Turkey

Value: £120k

Estimated Cost: £1.1m

Potential: 4 stars

49. Alex Centelles - D/WB (L)

Age:  17

Club: Valencia B

Nationality: Spain

Value: £31.5k

Estimated Cost: £1.2m

Potential: 4 stars

48. Patrick Cutrone - ST (C)

Age:  19

Club: AC Milan

Nationality: Italy

Value: £3.7m

Estimated Cost: £16.25m

Potential: 4 stars

47. Alessandro Bastoni - D (C)

Age:  18

Club: Inter Milan (On loan at Atalanta)

Nationality: Italy

Value: £550k

Estimated Cost: £17m

Potential: 4 stars

46. Kieran Tierney - D/WB (L)

Age:  20

Club: Celtic

Nationality: Scotland

Value: £10.75m

Estimated Cost: £19.75m

Potential: 4 stars

45. Alex Pinto - D (R)

Age:  18

Club: Benfica B

Nationality: Portugal

Value: £175k

Estimated Cost: £43m

Potential: 4 stars

44. Vitinho - D/WB/M (R)

Age:  17

Club: CEC

Nationality: Brazil

Value: £62k

Estimated Cost: £525k

Potential: 4 stars

43. Alex Robles - D (R)

Age:  18

Club: Malaga B

Nationality: Spain

Value: £210k

Estimated Cost: £6.5m

Potential: 4 stars

42. Rodrygo - AM (L), ST (C)

Age:  16

Club: SAN

Nationality: Brazil

Value: £29k

Estimated Cost: £1.2m

Potential: 4.5 stars

41. Amine Gouiri - ST (C)

Age:  17

Club: Lyon Reserves

Nationality: France

Value: £180k

Estimated Cost: £10.25m

Potential: 4.5 stars

40. Benjamin Henrichs - D (RL)

Age:  20

Club: Bayer Leverkusen

Nationality: Germany

Value: £10m

Estimated Cost: £126m

Potential: 4.5 stars

39. Marcus Rashford - AM (L), ST (C)

Age:  19

Club: Manchester United

Nationality: England

Value: £42.5m

Estimated Cost: £128m

Potential: 4.5 stars

38. Andrija Balic - DM, M/AM (C)

Age:  19

Club: Udinese

Nationality: Croatia

Value: £1.7m

Estimated Cost: £14.25m

Potential: 4.5 stars

37. Arthur - M (C)

Age:  20

Club: GRE

Nationality: Brazil

Value: £7.75m

Estimated Cost: £16.75m

Potential: 4.5 stars

36. Franck Kessie

Age:  20

Club: Atalanta (On loan at AC Milan, joining permanently on 1/7/2019)

Nationality: Ivory Coast

Value: £17.5m

Estimated Cost: £17.75m

Potential: 4.5 stars

35. Alessandro Plizzari - GK

Age:  17

Club: AC Milan (On loan at Ternana)

Nationality: Italy

Value: £350k

Estimated Cost: £22m

Potential: 4.5 stars

34. Florentino Luis - DM

Age:  17

Club: Benfica B

Nationality: Porugal

Value: £59k

Estimated Cost: £23m

Potential: 4.5 stars

33. Moise Kean - AM (L), ST (C)

Age:  17

Club: Juventus (On loan at Verona)

Nationality: Italy

Value: £1.8m

Estimated Cost: £24.5m

Potential: 4.5 stars

32. Flete Arp - ST (C)

Age:  17

Club: Hamburg

Nationality: Germany

Value: £450k

Estimated Cost: £26.5m

Potential: 4.5 stars

31. Diogo Dalot - D/WB (R)

Age:  18

Club: Porto B

Nationality: Portugal

Value: £190k

Estimated Cost: £27m

Potential: 4.5 stars

30. Wendel - DM, MC (C)

Age:  19

Club: FLU

Nationality: Brazil

Value: £4.6m

Estimated Cost: £28m

Potential: 4.5 stars

29. Felice D'Amico - AM (RLC)

Age:  16

Club: Palermo (On loan at Inter Milan)

Nationality: Italy

Value: £180k

Estimated Cost: £3.7m

Potential: 4.5 stars

28. Dayot Upamecano - D (C)

Age:  18

Club: Red Bull Leipzig

Nationality: France

Value: £5.25m

Estimated Cost: £31.5m

Potential: 4.5 stars

27. Amadou Diawara - DM, M (C)

Age:  19

Club: Napoli

Nationality: Guinea

Value: £17.5m

Estimated Cost: £34m

Potential: 4.5 stars

26. Alex Meret - GK

Age:  20

Club: Udinese (On loan at Spal)

Nationality: Italy

Value: £2.4m

Estimated Cost: £38m

Potential: 4.5 stars

25. Andrija Zivkovic - AM (R)

Age:  20

Club: Benfica

Nationality: Serbia

Value: £9m

Estimated Cost: £38m

Potential: 4.5 stars

24. Fabricio Oya - AM (C)

Age:  18

Club: COR

Nationality: Brazil

Value: £190k

Estimated Cost: £4.6m

Potential: 4.5 stars

23. Willem Geubbles - ST (C)

Age:  15

Club: Lyon

Nationality: France

Value: £325k

Estimated Cost: £4.8m

Potential: 4.5 stars

22. Panagiotis Retsos - D (C)

Age:  18

Club: Bayer Leverkusen

Nationality: Greece

Value: £3.8m

Estimated Cost: £49.5m

Potential: 4.5 stars

21. Reece Oxford - D (C)

Age:  18

Club: West Ham United (On loan at BMG)

Nationality: England

Value: £4.5m

Estimated Cost: £54m

Potential: 4.5 stars

20. Lewis Cook - DM, M (C)

Age:  20

Club: Bournemouth

Nationality: England

Value: £8.75m

Estimated Cost: £63m

Potential: 4.5 stars

19. Ben Chilwell - D/WB (L)

Age:  20

Club: Leicester City

Nationality: England

Value: £7.25m

Estimated Cost: £65m

Potential: 4.5 stars

18. Gianluigi Donnarumma - GK

Age:  18

Club: AC Milan

Nationality: Italy

Value: £13.75m

Estimated Cost: £67m

Potential: 4.5 stars

17. Renato Sanches - M (C)

Age:  19

Club: Bayern Munich (On loan at Swansea City)

Nationality: Portugal

Value: £10.25m

Estimated Cost: £88m

Potential: 4.5 stars

16. Luca Pellegrini - D (L)

Age:  18

Club: Roma

Nationality: Italy

Value: £140k

Estimated Cost: £7.75m

Potential: 4.5 stars

15. Dani Ceballos - M/AM (C)

Age:  20

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: Spain

Value: £9.5m

Estimated Cost: £72m

Potential: 4.5 stars

14. Breel Embolo - M/AM (R), ST (C)

Age:  20

Club: Schalke 04

Nationality: Switzerland

Value: £10.75m

Estimated Cost: £72m

Potential: 4.5 stars

13. Gabriel Barbosa - AM (R)

Age:  20

Club: Inter Milan (On loan at Benfica)

Nationality: Brazil

Value: £8m

Estimated Cost: £66m

Potential: 4.5 stars

12. Timothy Fosu-Mensah - D (RC), DM, M (C)

Age:  19

Club: Manchester United (On loan at Crystal Palace)

Nationality: Netherlands

Value: £14.75m

Estimated Cost: £74m

Potential: 4.5 stars

11. Pedrinho - AM (C)

Age:  19

Club: Corinthians

Nationality: Brazil

Value: £250k

Estimated Cost: £9.75m

Potential: 4.5 stars

10. Malcom - AM (RL)

Age:  20

Club: Bordeaux

Nationality: Brazil

Value: £18.25m

Estimated Cost: £63m

Potential: 4.5 stars

9. Theo Hernandez - D/WB (L)

Age:  19

Club: Real Madrid

Nationality: France

Value: £4.7m

Estimated Cost: £82m

Potential: 5 stars

8. Carlos Soler - M (C)

Age:  20

Club: Valencia

Nationality: Spain

Value: £8.25m

Estimated Cost: £71m

Potential: 5 stars

7. Kuki - AM (RC), ST (C)

Age:  19

Club: Malaga (On loan at Cartagena)

Nationality: Spain

Value: £825k

Estimated Cost: £5.25m

Potential: 5 stars

6. Ousmane Dembele - M/AM (RL), AM (C)

Age:  19

Club: Barcelona

Nationality: France

Value: £52m

Estimated Cost: £205m

Potential: 5 stars

5. Christian Fruchtl - GK

Age:  17

Club: Bayern Munich

Nationality: Germany

Value: £190k

Estimated Cost: £20.5m

Potential: 5 stars

4. Pietro Pellegri - ST (C)

Age:  16

Club: Genoa

Nationality: Italy

Value: £2.8m

Estimated Cost: £18m

Potential: 5 stars

3. Kylian Mbappe - AM (R), ST (C)

Age:  18

Club: Monaco (On loan at PSG, joining permanently on 1/7/2018)

Nationality: France

Value: £52m

Estimated Cost: £160m

Potential: 5 stars

2. Gabriel Jesus

Age:  20

Club: Manchester City

Nationality: Brazil

Value: £30m

Estimated Cost: £124m

Potential: 5 stars

1. Kai Havertz - M/AM (C)

Age:  18

Club: Bayer Leverkusen

Nationality: Germany

Value: £6.25m

Estimated Cost: £107m

Potential: 5 stars