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[Ronaldo Beckham]

On 03/04/2024 at 09:18, ToMexico!! said:

I've moved on from Rangers after four seasons with four SPL titles, three UCL's and numerous other FA and League cup wins. Made plenty of money for the club only for the new manager to come in and spend £250m on all I can say is dross. 

I joined the Greek national team briefly for six months, winning three of my six games in charge before German side Freiburg offered me an interview. I got the job, they were down in 13th place after a poor start in the league but they're a Champions League side predicted to finish in 6th place. They got some good players with decent value who could be shipped if needed plus a plethora of young talent in the second team waiting to take a spot in the first team. 

I actually wanted to move to a Greek side hence the move into international football with Greece but my god international football is boring on FM. So maybe the plan changes as we go to Germany and then to Greece before moving back to Germany with one of the big three. 

I like managing an International side and try to nationize players there.

I unfortunately got sacked as the Poland national team manager on my save with Wisla Krakow but I have continued with Wisla with the hopes of getting the Poland national team job back eventually. 

Each to their own. I find your careers threads very enjoyable. 

Looking forward to seeing where you go next.

 

[ToMexico!!]

3 minutes ago, Ronaldo Beckham said:

I like managing an International side and try to nationize players there.

I unfortunately got sacked as the Poland national team manager on my save with Wisla Krakow but I have continued with Wisla with the hopes of getting the Poland national team job back eventually. 

Each to their own. I find your careers threads very enjoyable. 

Looking forward to seeing where you go next.

 

I managed to get Freiburg up to 7th, just below the predicted 6th place. Our finances are a shambles so had to cull a load of players on high wages but the board then decided to spend £150m on a new stadium which they took a loan out for. Cheers 

We got given about £15m to spend on new players, signed a 20yo CB for £16m, a French wonderkid CM for £7m and a RB for £4m. I sold my first choice RB and a DM for £60m to help cover the expenditure but we find ourselves in the red already (in Feb 2048). We're currently in 4th place, in the Pokal Quarters and UEL R16. 

[Ronaldo Beckham]

Just now, ToMexico!! said:

I managed to get Freiburg up to 7th, just below the predicted 6th place. Our finances are a shambles so had to cull a load of players on high wages but the board then decided to spend £150m on a new stadium which they took a loan out for. Cheers 

We got given about £15m to spend on new players, signed a 20yo CB for £16m, a French wonderkid CM for £7m and a RB for £4m. I sold my first choice RB and a DM for £60m to help cover the expenditure but we find ourselves in the red already (in Feb 2048). We're currently in 4th place, in the Pokal Quarters and UEL R16. 

Are you just doing this save while you figure out what big career thread you want to do next ?

Would another adventure in Africa be on the cards?

Uganda have a beautiful flag if that helps.

[ToMexico!!]

On 06/04/2024 at 13:21, Ronaldo Beckham said:

Are you just doing this save while you figure out what big career thread you want to do next ?

Would another adventure in Africa be on the cards?

Uganda have a beautiful flag if that helps.

Not sure what my next plans are. I'm happy with the save I have now, I want to manage in Greece and then add a few other countries as we move along. 

[Ronaldo Beckham]

10 hours ago, ToMexico!! said:

Not sure what my next plans are. I'm happy with the save I have now, I want to manage in Greece and then add a few other countries as we move along. 

Ok cool sounds good. I look forward to seeing how you get on.

[ToMexico!!]

On 06/04/2024 at 13:19, ToMexico!! said:

I managed to get Freiburg up to 7th, just below the predicted 6th place. Our finances are a shambles so had to cull a load of players on high wages but the board then decided to spend £150m on a new stadium which they took a loan out for. Cheers 

We got given about £15m to spend on new players, signed a 20yo CB for £16m, a French wonderkid CM for £7m and a RB for £4m. I sold my first choice RB and a DM for £60m to help cover the expenditure but we find ourselves in the red already (in Feb 2048). We're currently in 4th place, in the Pokal Quarters and UEL R16. 

We end our 18-ish month spell with Freiburg having finished 6th in the league and winning the Pokal against Leverkusen. The financial issues holding the club back, deep in the red at the end of the season again, only for the prize money and sponsorship to only slightly put us in the black but we were given £55m to spend. I don't want to put the club further in transfer debt. 

Despite having the most promising teenager in the game in Jordan Hussin I decided to leave to join Olympiacos after their manager was sacked for finishing 2nd. We've only been given £6m to spend despite nearly £90m in the bank but I don't see us needing to make major changes to the squad to win the Greek SuperLeague with AEK having won it the past two seasons. 

I've removed Czech Republic from the save, changed Scotland to view only and added Belgium as another managerial destination. 

[ToMexico!!]

On 08/04/2024 at 16:18, ToMexico!! said:

We end our 18-ish month spell with Freiburg having finished 6th in the league and winning the Pokal against Leverkusen. The financial issues holding the club back, deep in the red at the end of the season again, only for the prize money and sponsorship to only slightly put us in the black but we were given £55m to spend. I don't want to put the club further in transfer debt. 

Despite having the most promising teenager in the game in Jordan Hussin I decided to leave to join Olympiacos after their manager was sacked for finishing 2nd. We've only been given £6m to spend despite nearly £90m in the bank but I don't see us needing to make major changes to the squad to win the Greek SuperLeague with AEK having won it the past two seasons. 

I've removed Czech Republic from the save, changed Scotland to view only and added Belgium as another managerial destination. 

The first season in Greece is done and Olympiacos are back to being Greek champions, finishing 15 points ahead of Atromitos. New signings Ovejero (Arg/RW) and Proietto (Ita/ST) doing the business with a combined 66 goals and assists between them. We ridded the side of 12 players for a combined £74m, which also reduced the wage expenditure by around £500k p/w, sorting out the FFP issues we were facing. 

Still some players to get rid of but now we only have one player receiving more than £100k p/w whereas we had five when I joined. We've been given £50m to spend on new players of which we need a new GK, a top-class DM and a backup striker. 

[meadowsaaron38]

During the Euro 2024 competition, I noticed Zidane took over the vacant managerial job at the likes of Luton Town of all clubs!

 

I wonder how they will go with Zidane in charge 

 

They're predicted to finish 10th in season 2 of the game. 1st season with Zidane in charge, WOW!

Edited April 12 by meadowsaaron38

[ToMexico!!]

On 10/04/2024 at 15:35, ToMexico!! said:

The first season in Greece is done and Olympiacos are back to being Greek champions, finishing 15 points ahead of Atromitos. New signings Ovejero (Arg/RW) and Proietto (Ita/ST) doing the business with a combined 66 goals and assists between them. We ridded the side of 12 players for a combined £74m, which also reduced the wage expenditure by around £500k p/w, sorting out the FFP issues we were facing. 

Still some players to get rid of but now we only have one player receiving more than £100k p/w whereas we had five when I joined. We've been given £50m to spend on new players of which we need a new GK, a top-class DM and a backup striker. 

Another two seasons completed in Greece. 2049/50 was a league and cup double whilst this past season we created history by making it a treble with the added bonus of winning the Champions League by beating Milan in the final 1-0. 

Last season we spent just £9m on two players whilst bringing in £34m which settled any problems with FFP and then this season we raked in £182m by selling our Peruvian wonderkid LB to Crystal Palace for £40m and German CM to Brentford for £55m, then in January we sold last season's top scorer Proietto to Juventus for £93m rising to £110m. We spent £95m ourselves on nine new players to beef up the squad. A new first-choice GK (£14m, release clause) and back up for £3.5m, a new LB from Real Madrid for £7m, two starting CM's one for £7m from Guingamp and the other from Inter Milan for £25m, he was a wonderkid and has bossed our midfield. We also signed a Greek CB from rivals AEK for £16m and a 18 year old Greek/German CM from Leverkusen. Another wonderkid for £3.5m from Viking who scored 13 goals and made 19 assists from RW and last to join was an Italian striker for £9.5m from Roma, who scored 16 goals in 22 games since joining. 

Our CL run was pretty decent, finished 4th in the league phase with one loss, we then beat Athletico Madrid (5-3 agg), Chelsea (8-4 agg) and Inter (3-1 agg) to then beat Milan 1-0 in the final. We've qualified for the CWC in 2053 so two more seasons in Greece at least, current holders are Newcastle. 

We've got £255m in the bank now, due to move into a new stadium this summer and on the verge of maxing out the facilities. Our intakes have been poor the last two seasons but our HoYD did get poached by Man City. Ideally I need to sign a top class CB and an up and coming LW, we have £140m to spend if we want to. 

[ToMexico!!]

On 15/04/2024 at 19:43, ToMexico!! said:

We've got £255m in the bank now, due to move into a new stadium this summer and on the verge of maxing out the facilities. Our intakes have been poor the last two seasons but our HoYD did get poached by Man City. Ideally I need to sign a top class CB and an up and coming LW, we have £140m to spend if we want to. 

We ended up spending £130m on new players having sold £90m worth too, big outlays of £58m on a ball playing centre back and £22m on a new LB. We won the league, cup, super cup and got to the final of the UCL but were beaten by my former club Rangers. 

In the 2052/53 season we blitzed the league, winning 35 out of 36 games and breaking our own points total to reach 105. We also won the cup and a 2nd UCL title, beating Wayne Rooney's Athletico Madrid 4-1. We also reached the final of the CWC losing out to Bayern Munich where former favourite of mine Sedlacek stole the show. Striker Pacifico dominated the season with 55 goals. We made more money than we spent this season as we sold our Macedonian wonderkid to Bayern for £72m (rising to £80m) and replaced him with a better right winger for just £25m, we also upgraded our LB for £34m. 

I think my time with Olympiakos is up as we look for a new club to take on, we have Belgium and Germany available but with only Frankfurt as an available job, they don't appeal to me. Time to resign and see what comes up. 

[Sizeman21]

I am trying one last FM24 save before I run out of steam with this game for good

Here is my silly little write up : 

"Pasco Hunkins has realized the dream, Club Sport Marítimo have called upon the inexperienced Brit to lead them to glory in Portugal. With no professional playing experience, Pasco looked to add some kind of credentials to his resume and achieved the Continental A license in order to be more attractive to clubs in need of a manager. Can Pasco lead the Madeira based club to riches or will he get the axe so many have seen before him?  Dun dun dunnnn....."

 

Let's go!

[ToMexico!!]

On 19/04/2024 at 09:45, ToMexico!! said:

I think my time with Olympiakos is up as we look for a new club to take on, we have Belgium and Germany available but with only Frankfurt as an available job, they don't appeal to me. Time to resign and see what comes up. 

A move to Belgium was on the cards and we waited for the right job to come up. Union Saint-Gillois were languishing in last place but within touching distance of those above them when we took over in November. A change of formation and some attacking intent saw us rise up the table and finish in a more comfortable 12th place. Finances were pretty poor so in the summer of 2054, I took the decision to sell our best player for £11m to Saudi side Al-Batin, alleviating some of the financial woes and giving us a positive transfer budget. However, I chose not to spend any of it as we signed just one player on a free transfer from PSV. 

A much better season in 2054/55 as we were a bit more consistent through the course of the season to finish in 8th place overall. We only lost seven times which was on par with the likes of Standard in 2nd place but we drew too many, 13, which was a league-high. The finances are in a much better position but the club then went and announced they would be adding another 5000 seats to the stadium at a cost of £6m, adding another loan to be paid off. 

We have a transfer budget which is more than the club has in the bank, I've decided to spend £1.4m of it on a new striker in a bid to hopefully score more goals and win more games. However, I don't plan to stay at Union SG for much longer, I'm looking further up the table for a new club in the coming months. 

[ToMexico!!]

On 23/04/2024 at 08:50, ToMexico!! said:

However, I don't plan to stay at Union SG for much longer, I'm looking further up the table for a new club in the coming months.

How things changed, we finished 3rd in the league after 30 games, into the Championship group but unfortunately slipped a place to 4th but qualified for the Conference League. We signed a new contract but I'm regretting that decision slightly due to being given another negative transfer budget despite selling three players for a combined £28m to give us a positive bank balance leading into this season. So I need to sell again to bring anyone in despite the £19m in the bank. We need a new CB, two CM's and another ST. 

Save game-wise, we've removed Scotland completely, moved Greece to view-only and added Croatia but I want my next move to be within Belgium to one of the bigger clubs even if that means taking a team lower than us this season like Genk, Gent or Anderlecht. 

[Muttley84]

Still  on FMT21 and not enough time anymore to make a complete thread, but I am going to start a new career with the idea of only using players from the western Mediterranean islands (that would be Baleares, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta and other small ones). Something like a team of pirates from the Island attacking for Europe... Probably going to start in the 3rd Division of Italy, France or Spain. Olbia are a strong favorite just because they have a boat on the logo (and maybe also cause Sardinia is kind of in the middle of things). If I manage to survive past a season maybe I will get back here for updates.

[ToMexico!!]

On 25/04/2024 at 11:52, ToMexico!! said:

How things changed, we finished 3rd in the league after 30 games, into the Championship group but unfortunately slipped a place to 4th but qualified for the Conference League. We signed a new contract but I'm regretting that decision slightly due to being given another negative transfer budget despite selling three players for a combined £28m to give us a positive bank balance leading into this season. So I need to sell again to bring anyone in despite the £19m in the bank. We need a new CB, two CM's and another ST. 

Save game-wise, we've removed Scotland completely, moved Greece to view-only and added Croatia but I want my next move to be within Belgium to one of the bigger clubs even if that means taking a team lower than us this season like Genk, Gent or Anderlecht. 

A Conference League title in 2056/57 was followed by a league title this season and despite a new five-year deal signed in 2058, we head back to Germany and to RB Leipzig. They finished 6th last season and 2nd the season before but since adding Germany to the save game, Bayern has won every single title. They've won 26 titles in a row. That needs to change. 

We have two world-class players, both German and both midfielders. We have £60m in the bank but only £16m to spend. For the youth team, we only have a U19 team but that is stacked with potentially quality players.