FIFA 21 Ultimate Team: Best Underrated, Cheap Players for Starter Squads

For a few years now, Ultimate Team has been the most popular mode in FIFA. As players build their squad, they spend hundreds of hours playing and planning. So that you’re not wasting time building a squad from the start, we’ve run down the best underrated, cheap players for starter squads from each league in FIFA 21.

Below, none of the players cost more than 3k coins at the time of writing, with most of them being around the 1000 coins mark. Therefore, even if you’ve only got about 10k in your account, you should be able to afford a full, competitive team.

Best Underrated, Cheap Players for Starter Squads in FIFA 21 Ultimate Team

Premier League

• Victor Lindelof – CB – Manchester United – 80 OVR
• Martin Dubravka – GK – Newcastle United – 83 OVR
• Caglar Soyuncu – CB – Leicester City – 80 OVR
• Reece James – RB – Chelsea – 77 OVR
• Miguel Almiron – CAM – Newcastle United – 78 OVR
• Scott McTominay – CDM – Manchester United – 79 OVR
• Nick Pope – GK – Burnely – 82 OVR
• Ferran Torres – RM – Manchester City – 81 OVR
• Luke Shaw – LB – Manchester United – 81 OVR
• Tomas Soucek – CDM – West Ham – 81 OVR
• Mason Mount – CAM – Chelsea – 80 OVR
• Jack Grealish – LW – Jack Grealish – 80 OVR
• Emerson – LB – Chelsea – 79 OVR
• Callum Wilson – ST – Newcastle United – 78 OVR
• Bernard – LM – Everton – 78 OVR
• Cengiz Under – RM – Leicester City – 78 OVR

Serie A – Best Underrated, Cheap Players

• Gervinho – LW – Parma – 78 OVR
• Sandro Tonali – CDM – AC Milan – 77 OVR
• Federico Bernardeschi – CAM – Juventus – 80 OVR
• Nicolo Barella – CM – Inter Milan – 80 OVR
• Andrea Consigli – GK – Sassuolo – 81 OVR
• Thomas Strakosha – GK – Lazio – 83 OVR
• Aaron Ramsey – CM – Juventus – 82 OVR
• Robin Gosens – LM – Atalanta – 82 OVR
• Adrien Rabiot – CM – Juventus – 81 OVR
• Joaquín Correa – CF – Lazio – 81 OVR
• Nicolas Nkoulou – CB – Torino – 80 OVR
• Victor Osimhen – ST – Napoli – 79 OVR
• Luis Muriel – ST – Atalanta – 79 OVR
• Mário Rui – LB – Napoli – 79 OVR
• Kévin Malcuit – RB – Napoli – 79 OVR
• Federico Chiesa – CF – Fiorentina – 78 OVR

La Liga Players FIFA Ultimate Team

• Francis Coquelin – CM – Valencia – 80 OVR
• Aitor – GK – Levante – 83 OVR
• Héctor Herrera – CM – Atletico Madrid – 81 OVR
• Santiago Arias – RB – Atletico Madrid – 81 OVR
• Marc Cucurella Saseta – LM – Getafe – 81 OVR
• Lucas Vázquez – RW – Real Madrid – 81 OVR
• Rubén Peña Jiménez – RB – Villarreal – 80 OVR
• Alexander Isak – ST – Real Sociedad – 79 OVR
• Aïssa Mandi – CB – Real Betis – 79 OVR
• Ezequiel Ávila – ST – Osasuna – 79 OVR
• Emerson – RB – Real Betis – 78 OVR

Bundesliga

• Kevin Trapp – GK – Frankfurt – 83 OVR
• Jérôme Boateng – CB – Bayern Munich – 82 OVR
• Karim Bellarabi – RM – Bayer Leverkusen – 82 OVR
• Konrad Laimer – CDM – RB Leipzig – 82 OVR
• Moussa Diaby – LM – Bayern Leverkusen – 81 OVR
• Corentin Tolisso – CM – Bayern Munich – 80 OVR
• Stefan Lainer – RB – Borussia Monchengladbach – 80 OVR
• Christopher Nkunku – CAM – RB Leipzig – 80 OVR
• Jonathan Tah – CB – Bayer Leverkusen – 79 OVR
• Milot Rashica – CF – Werder Bremen – 79 OVR
• Tapsoba – CB – Bayer Leverkusen – 78 OVR
• Christian Günter – LB – Freiburg – 78 OVR
• Breel Embolo – ST – Borussia Monchengladbach – 78 OVR
• Kevin Vogt – CB – Hoffenheim – 77 OVR
• Hee Chan Hwang – ST – RB Leipzig – 77 OVR
• Ozan Kabak – CB – Schalke – 77 OVR
• Bouna Sarr – RB – Bayern Munich – 77 OVR

Ligue 1 – Best Underrated, Cheap Players for Starter Squads

• Mike Maignan – GK – Lille – 82 OVR
• Moussa Dembélé – ST – Lyon – 81 OVR
• Houssem Aouar – CM – Lyon – 81 OVR
• Alessandro Florenzi – RB – PSG – 81 OVR
• Julian Draxler – CAM – PSG – 80 OVR
• Andy Delort – ST – Montpellier – 79 OVR
• Hamari Traoré – RB – Rennes – 79 OVR
• Alexandr Golovin – CM – Monaco – 79 OVR
• Jonathan Ikoné – RM – Lille – 79 OVR
• Jonathan Bamba – LM – Lille – 78 OVR
• M’Baye Niang – ST – Rennes – 78 OVR
• Florent Mollet – CAM – Montpellier – 78 OVR
• Ruben Aguilar – RB – Monaco – 78 OVR
• Thilo Kehrer – CB – PSG – 77 OVR

Of course, as the year goes on, more and more players will become cheap and worth using. Keep checking the transfer market for the best options if you’re just starting your Ultimate Team journey.

If you’ve got any other cheap players you’d recommend, let us know who they are in the comments down below.

That’s it for our run down the best underrated, cheap players for starter squads from each league in FIFA 21. For more tips and tricks on the game, be sure to check out our wiki guide or search for Twinfinite.