— Doubling down, not selling out
— The print magazines are back, baby
— What to expect from SCOUTED Notebook
— More transparency, strong community

@tomocurr, founder and lead editor, details our new direction to employee-owned, reader-supported publications, built by us for you. We've done lots of cool stuff over the past decade, but this is the next stage of our development.

We want to be funded by you, the reader, to build a sustainable, employee-owned entity. No ads, no corporate interests. We want you to be our boss.

Ligue 1 gives teenagers opportunities – players born 2004 or later, majority home-grown, have played over twice as much in France's top-flight than any other top-five league this season. Wilson Odobert (ESTAC Troyes) is the teenager that has played the most minutes in Ligue 1 so far this season, stepping into senior football from the PSG academy, while Stade Rennais continue to trust their home-grown talent.

Here it is! We've put together our squad for Football Manager 2023 featuring some lesser-known prospects from around the world.

◉ Details and attributes
◉ One club and one nation
◉ €10 million max price

Go on, get scouting and start signing. Starting line-up:

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🇪🇸 Emerging full-back
🇧🇫 Ball-playing centre-back
🇫🇷 Dynamic centre-back
🇨🇿 Powerful wing-back

🇨🇭 Deep-lying passer
🇧🇷 All-action midfielder
🇮🇱 Quick-footed creator

🇦🇷 Exciting attacker
🇳🇬 Well-rounded striker
🇳🇴 Inside forward

Have a guess...

A brief thread on a few under-the-radar Ligue 1 transfers so far this summer: 🇲🇦 Zakaria Aboukhlal (2000) to Toulouse:

Hit a wall at AZ Alkmaar; a move to promoted Toulouse is a fresh start in a new environment. Two-footed shift-and-shooter that can play across the forward line and support focal points. Solid mover and athlete. Untapped potential.

Albert Sambi Lokonga leaves RSC Anderlecht after a decade, where he developed from a breakout academy player to club captain and one of the best young players in Belgium. A brief thread on what he will add to Arsenal: In terms of role, Sambi is a pretty typical 6/8 hybrid. He's better suited to being the stand-in for Partey rather than his partner – but that isn't to say that they couldn't play together in certain situations. For a Xhaka replacement, Teun Koopmeiners makes a lot of sense.