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Forwards in Football Manager 2023 (FM23) is where you’ll likely drop a large amount of your budget. If you can find a player who is guaranteed goals, then it makes your life as manager much easier, but they’re set to cost you a fair amount.
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The best forwards in FM23 are already at pretty big clubs, the key really is to find a good wonderkid and try to shape them into the player you want.
Different strikers, of different profiles, will provide you with different things and they will dictate how you play going forward. A striker who is good in the air will require you to cross the ball more, whereas someone who is good at getting in behind will need you to adjust your tactics to enable them.
All of this is worth keeping in mind with your striker, and what kind of forward you want them to be.
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Who are the best Forwards in FM23?
| Name | Age | Club | Nationality | Position |
| Lionel Messi | 35 | PSG | Argentina | RW/ST/CF |
| Kylian Mbappe | 23 | PSG | France | ST/LW/RW |
| Robert Lewandowski | 33 | Barcelona | Poland | ST |
| Neymar | 30 | PSG | Brazil | LW/ST/CAM |
| Karim Benzema | 34 | Real Madrid | France | CF/ST |
| Erling Haaland | 21 | Manchester City | Norway | ST |
| Harry Kane | 28 | Tottenham Hotspur | England | ST |
| Mohamed Salah | 30 | Liverpool | Egypt | RW |
| Thomas Muller | 32 | Bayern Munich | Germany | CF/CAM |
| Sadio Mane | 30 | Bayern Munich | Senegal | ST/LW |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 37 | Manchester Utd | Portugal | ST |
| Heung-min Son | 29 | Tottenham Hotspur | South Korea | LW/ST |
| Vinicius Junior | 21 | Real Madrid | Brazil | LW |
| Lautaro Martinez | 25 | Inter Milan | Argentina | ST |
| Rafael Leao | 23 | Milan | Portugal | LW |
| Joao Felix | 22 | Atletico Madrid | Portugal | CF/CAM/LW/ST |
| Raheem Sterling | 27 | Chelsea | England | LW/RW/CF |
| Dusan Vlahovic | 22 | Juventus | Serbia | ST |
| Jadon Sancho | 22 | Manchester Utd | England | LW/RW |
A lot of forwards in FM23 can play in a variety of positions across the front line. Players like Messi and Kane even have the ability to drop deeper and play in the midfield if you really want them to.
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If you’re lucky enough to have any of the forwards on this list then it is likely you will be able to get them firing, scoring plenty of goals in no time.
Who is the best Forward in FM23?
This is a really difficult question to answer on FM23, and if you want to use a front three or two also needs to be considered. We would say that PSG star Mbappe is probably the best for a save on FM23, just because he is still so young, whilst also being incredibly versatile.
