The 13 most valuable players contracted to League One teams according to Football Manager - including Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday and MK Dons stars but no Portsmouth representation

Football Manager may just be a game to some, however, their huge database is a great tool that can be used to collate information about a huge range of players, clubs and leagues.

One of these pieces of information is a player’s transfer value. Often, younger players are valued higher because of their potential and as you will see in this list, that is no different in this year’s game.

But how do the values of Sunderland’s most valuable players compare to the rest of the division?

Here, we have listed the 13 most valuable players currently contracted to a League One club and how they each fared in a one season simulation to see if they could cope with the pressure of their price tag:

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