Left-backs in Football Manager 2024 are defenders who play on the left side of back fours. These defenders are full-backs and wing-backs, with inverted variations. The difference between those roles is that full-backs are more defensive left-backs, whereas wing-backs venture further forward to support forwards. Tackling, marking, stamina, pace, positioning, natural fitness, and crossing are some of the more important attributes for left-backs. These are some of the great left-backs in Football Manager 2024 who are worth signing as first-team or squad players.
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Quilindischy Hartman (Feyenoord)
Hartman is an exciting 21-year-old left-back in Football Manager 2024 who’s most proficient in the wing-back role. This is a very quick and fit left-back with attribute ratings of 15-16 for pace, acceleration, and stamina. He’s a fine team player with terrific determination and an excellent work rate. Hartman’s decent crossing and tackling are also strengths of his game.
Quilindischy Hartman
The 39-56 million valuation is probably about right for Hartman. A 60 million transfer bid would be worth it for this left-back. He’s not especially cheap, but this is a quality left-back with good future potential.
Willian Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Willian Pacho is a great defensive full-back who can play on the left side or in the center of defense. Pacho has green attribute ratings of 16 for bravery and determination. He also has decent attribute ratings in the 15-14 range for tackling, marking, positioning, pace, strength, balance, and anticipation.
Willian Pacho
Pacho’s 52-65 million transfer valuation makes him slightly pricier than Hartman. Willian is a better defensive full-back than Hartman and is more flexible because he can also play as a central defender. However, Quilindischy is a superior left-sided wing-back who’s a much better crosser of the ball.
Lucas Hernandez (Paris SG)
Hernandez is a top-class left-back in Football Manager 2024 who’s most proficient in the more defensive full-back role. His work rate, bravery, and determination are exceptional, with ratings of 19-18 for those attributes. This player also has excellent tackling, marking, and positional play. Hernandez’s physical game isn’t too shabby either, as he has decent attribute ratings of 15-14 for stamina, pace, balance, strength, acceleration, and jumping reach.
Lucas Hernandez
Hernandez is very much a player in his prime at 27. The 84-101 million valuation for Lucas makes him an expensive signing. However, it’s worth splashing out 90 million for this left-back in Football Manager 2024.
Nuno Mendes (Paris SG)
Mendes is a very promising Hernandez understudy at Paris SG who can be a great wing-back or full-back for your team on the left of defense. This player has an excellent physical game with green attribute ratings of 17 and 16 for pace, acceleration, and natural fitness. His outstanding speed and decent crossing and dribbling make him a potent left-sided wing-back.
Nuno Mendes
Mendes has a 65-97 million transfer valuation, which is a fair reflection of his quality. His Paris SG counterpart Hernandez is an older player with a better all-round game. However, this 21-year-old player has considerable future potential and has already played 19 games for Portugal in FM24.
Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)
Alphonso Davies is a terrific attacking left-back in Football Manager 2024 to have in your team. This is primarily because he’s a player with exceptional pace and acceleration. His outstanding dribbling makes him a potent wing-back and winger further up the pitch. Alphonso also has high attribute ratings of 15-17 for stamina, work rate, flair, and determination.
Alphonso Davies
A transfer valuation of 75-112 million makes it hard to sign Davies in 2023/2024. It’s worth stumping up 80-90 million for this player if you’re looking for a top-notch attacking wing-back with good future potential. However, he’s not such a good full-back as there are marking and positional defensive weaknesses in his game.
Jorrel Hato (Ajax)
Jorrel Hato is among the most exciting wonder kid left-backs in Football Manager 2024, with great attribute ratings for a 17-year-old defender. Hato already has a very solid physical game with attribute ratings of 13-15 for strength, pace, natural fitness, jumping reach, and balance. Positioning, teamwork, determination, composure, and jumping are notable strengths of Hato’s game, for which he has attribute ratings of 14-15. This player also has numerous technical attribute ratings in the 12-13 range for tackling, marking, crossing, passing, first touch, and technique.
Jorrel Hato
With so much future potential, Hato can be a great full-back, wing-back, or even central defender, depending on training. Jorrel’s 30-44 million transfer valuation makes him affordable in 2023/2024. However, this value will likely double or triple in future seasons. So, it will be cheaper to snap up this rising star sooner rather than later.
The left-backs in Football Manager 2024 above will probably be invaluable additions to many teams’ left flanks. Great defensive left-backs like Hernandez and Pacho will make your sides less vulnerable to wide attacks in their full-back roles. Wing-backs like Davies and Mendes can enhance your teams’ attacking play with their potent crossing and dribbling down the left flank. So, they’re left-backs that can strengthen your teams in variable ways.
