Flash Gordon

I think the head of youth recruitment in my Real Oviedo save is doing his own kind of FM challenge. #ATeamFullOfIvan's

2 seasons on from this and Gadji went to Bayern for £70m. He's exceptional, the best ever free transfer. It's a shame he hasn't declared for Belgium and had an international career. His replacement cost me £2m last season and is ready to step up:

Gadji is probably one of my best ever finds. I got him for free from the Belgian 3rd division. After half a season settling in to my Stabaek squad, he's taken off this year. My board accepted a £20m bid from Saudi Arabia for him but he rejected the contract. He's angling for a move to PSG, but they only bit £5m for him which I rejected. This lad is the real deal and I'm going to extract the maximum potential for him.

I'll be adding Bursapor to my list I think. Turkey is a league I've never really got involved in. But 1 of the only 2 clubs outside of Istanbul to win the league now in the 3rd division sounds like the kind of rebuild that I can't resist.

I generally stay away from the English leagues as I find the Premier League to be so powerful that the game stops being enjoyable for me. Though I might be tempted by Sunderland if their young squad has as many high potential players as they should have. Other than that, I tend to follow a pretty familiar formula of taking a club from a lower European league as far as I can. In FM22 that was to win a Europa League and 10 League titles with Hammarby. In FM23, I'm tempted by bringing Wisla Krakow back from the 1st division, to the peak of Polish football and then seeing if I can compete in Europe. Another idea I have for a story is to make the once free territory of Trieste, one of the most important seaports of numerous empires a force in the footballing world by bringing Triestina to glory from Serie C in Italy, using a transfer strategy drawn from their historical allegiances and geographical location (Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Hungary and Italy).