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Best CDM in FIFA 21
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Best CDM in FIFA 21 – top-rated players and best young prospects

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Published: Aug 11, 2021 08:47 pm

In other articles, we’ve gone over some of the best attacking players, like strikers and wingers, but this time we’re going to cover the most crucial part of your team: the midfield. CDM’s are arguably the most critical part of a football team, and yet they’re often neglected in favor of stronger defenders or more flashy strikers. 

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Regardless, having a strong presence in between your offensive and defensive lines can provide some immense benefits. That’s why we’ve decided to take a closer look at some of the top-rated CDM’s in FIFA 21 and some cheap prospects that we can develop into world-class footballers. 

Best CDM in FIFA 21

Top-rated CDM

These are the top-rated and best overall central defensive midfielders available in FIFA 21: 

  1. Casemiro (89) – Real Madrid/Brazil
  2. N’Golo Kante (88) – Chelsea/France
  3. Joshua Kimmich (88) – Bayern Munich/Germany
  4. Sergio Busquets (87) – Barcelona FC/Spain
  5. Fabinho (87) – Liverpool/Brazil
  6. Jordan Henderson (86) – Liverpool/England
  7. Rodri (85) – Manchester City/Spain
  8. Wilfred Ndidi (84) – Leicester City/Nigeria
  9. Lucas Pezzini Leiva (84) – Lazio/Brazil
  10. Axel Witsel (84) – Borussia Dortmund/Belgium
  11. Marcelo Brozovic (84) – Internazionale/Croatia
  12. Idrissa Gueye (84) – PSG/Senegal
  13. Fernando Reges (83) – Sevilla FC/Brazil
  14. Denis Zakaria (83) – Bayer 04 Leverkusen/Switzerland
  15. Blaise Matuidi (83) – Inter Miami/France
  16. Charles Aranguiz (83) – Bayer 04 Leverkusen/Chile
  17. Danilo Luis Helio Pereira (82) – PSG/Portugal
  18. Konrad Laimer (82) – RB Leipzig/Austria
  19. Javier Martinez (81) – Bayern Munich/Spain
  20. Lucas Torreira (81) – Arsenal/Uruguay
  21. Tomas Soucek (81) – West Ham United/Czech Republic
  22. Frederico de Paula Santos (81) – Manchester United/Brazil
  23. Marten de Roon (81) – Atalanta/Netherlands
  24. Thomas Delaney (81) – Borussia Dortmund/Denmark
  25. Asier Illarramendi (80) – Real Sociedad/Spain

Best Cheap CDM

This group consists of players all under 21 old that cost less than £10m to acquire and can turn into elite-level players given the proper training and development. 

  1. Tyler Adams (76-85) – RB Leipzig/United States – £9.9m
  2. Boubakary Soumare (76-85) – LOSC Lille/France – £9.9m
  3. Gustavo Assuncao (74-86) – Famalicao/Brazil – £8.6m
  4. Oscar Dorley (73-83) – Slavia Praha/Liberia – £5.4m
  5. Adrian Fein (72-83) – Bayern Munich/Germany – £4.2m
  6. Tudor Baluta (71-82) – Brighton/Romania – £3.4m
  7. Khephren Thuram (71-82) – OGC Nice/France – £3.3m
  8. Pape Gueye (70-84) – Olympique de Marseille/France – £3.3m
  9. Pepelu (70-82) – Vitoria Guimaraes/Spain – £2.7m
  10. Lewis Ferguson (69-84) – Aberdeen/Scotland – £2m
  11. Alhassan Yusuf (69-83) – IFK Goteborg/Nigeria – £1.9m
  12. Santiago Sosa (69-82) – River Plate/Argentina – £1.7m
  13. Nail Umyarov (68-84) – Spartak Moscow/Russia – £1.7m
  14. Cristian Casseres Jr. (68-83) – New York Red Bulls/Venezuela – £1.7m
  15. Oliver Skipp (68-84) – Norwich City/England – £1.6m
  16. Jesus Pretell (67-82) – Melgar FBC/Peru – £1.4m
  17. James Garner (66-84) – Watford/England – £1.2m
  18. Angelo Stiller (64-82) – Bayern Munich II/Germany – £810k 
  19. David Ayala (61-82) – Estudiantes/Argentina – £473k
  20. Eugenio Pizzuto (59-82) – LOSC Lille/Mexico – £293k
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