| outlawauron said: Gah, with Charis's wages, no chance I'd be able to afford. Have to hope for a nice wage budget after promotion to Championship (fingers crossed). |
Timo Werner is also a good option, his wages are likely quite a bit lower! 
I also like Duncan Watmore (RW) and Ryan Gauld (Scotsman in Sporting CP I think, 5 star weak foot and good tech, really good potential). Mario Pasalic (CDM at Monaco, not first team and fairly low wages) also has a 5 star weak foot and is young, Edmilson Junior is a great catch for a Ligue 1 or Championship side, he also has a 5 star weak foot and plays both LM and RM and his potential is easily in the 80's, his salary should be quite low.
I played Portsmouth up to the PL, I got Gauld and Watmore pretty early on, and then bagged Mavrias on a free signing on contract end and could afford his salary. Other than those; I pretty much live and die by my yourh players, not only can you grow your own in the academy but after 3-4 seasons, there will be tons of youth players with insane potentials and stats available for purchase, most of them having only 500-2500 a week in wages and sometimes costing less than 200k in transfer fees, depending on positions. I've found that goalkeeper are among the most expensive youth players to get, just bought a 6'7" behemoth with a lowly 52 rating and had to shell out 700k for him after a long bargaining sessioon. Of course, with training, he is now a 64 rated goalie a few months later... 
I also recently bought a 54 rated CDM from Japan (playing for Bayern Munich) with 5 star weak foot and 4 star skill moves, 6'7" tall and great potential, he'll become my midfield bastion in 2-3 seasons and is currently 67 rated and getting some first team action. I think he cost me about 300k or so.
My best tip is to scour the "search player" and add tons to your shortlist, discard those with poor work rates and weak foot, you'll still be left with a bunch of gems as the seasons roll by and most of them will be cheap and have great potential! If you're short on cash, promote youth players or buy dirt cheap ones and sell them after 6 months or so of training, which should boost their overalls by at least-10-12 points.
