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  1. Noob question - Do I have to do anything specific when I post a save game here?

    I'm playing as Luton and in 2027 (I think, might be 2028) Arsenal have had a tycoon takeover. I made a save of this separate to my Luton game.

    Do I need to load it and resign or anything before resaving and posting here?

  2. @Plektrum I just sold Dea Gea in January 2023. I got £35 million from Newcastle (in one 6 month instalment) and rid of his 375k a week wages. Henderson is now 1st choice but I'll look at replacements in June when the season is over. From what I've seen though there are not that many top quality keepers. Might have to stick with Henderson and source a quality new-gen.

    I think be patient with De Gea. He became unhappy on my save (wanted a new challenge) in Summer 2022. No-one bid for him even with offers to pay some wages (I was asking 40-50 mil for him, which was his transfer value range) and then bang - Newcastle become interested in him in November 2022 , I offer him out again and he's gone when the January window re-opens in 2023.

  3. 21 hours ago, sedge11 said:

    I triggered the extension and will keep him for the 3rd season. He scored 40 goals then 41 goals in the 1st 2 seasons, his attributes are still good and a partnership of him and Greenwood has been brilliant for me.

    Well I talked that up didn't I. Lewandowski accepted a pre-contract from Real Madrid and Haaland accepted Man City over me and has moved in January 2023. I have no choice but to trigger Ronaldo's extension clause.

    Luckily I bought Karim Adeyemi in my 1st season so I'm going to fast track him into the 1st team as backup for the remainder of this season, with a view to him replacing Ronaldo when Ronaldo leaves in June 2024.

    Losing out on both Lewandowski and Haaland though! I couldn't bloody believe it.

  4. How is anyone handling Ronaldo's contract? 

    I'm in my 2nd season, Premier League has just paused due to the World Cup. Ronaldo has 16 league goals in 11 appearances. Now I can trigger the 1 year ext in his contract or let him leave in June 2023. I have my eye on Lewandowski as a free transfer to come in June 2023. I'm also eying up Haaland, but might buy him and defer the transfer until the 2024 transfer window. I already brought in Mbappé, so a forward line of Ronaldo, Mbappé and Lewandowski is pretty full on (no idea what formation I'd play but some sort of 442 variation).

    Has anyone kept Ronaldo on into 2024? I think he'd be 39 by the time his contract would expire. Worth it or free up the wages?

  5. Completed my 1st season with Atlanta yesterday finishing 2nd in the league behind Juventus. We finished level on points, but they had a superior goal difference. I’m amazed we finished 2nd but we put together an brilliant sequence from March 2021 onwards. Lost in first knockout round of Champions League to Man Utd (reward for finishing top of my group, I get Man Utd in the knockout). Also lost Coppa Italia final to Inter. Not too disappointed with these as I want this save to be a long one (for me 10 years plus would be a long save)

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    2021/2022 Major Transfers In –

    Manuel Locatelli – Sassuolo - £28 mil (£15 mil now £13 mil in 3 instalments)

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    I’ve noticed that Atlanta don’t have that many home-grown players. I’ve shifted out some (more on this below) so I put in a cheeky bid for Locatelli and shockingly Sassuolo accepted, and he accepted a contract (70k a week for 5 years, £80 mil release clause foreign cubs only). A well as being a great player he helps with my home-grown quota.

     

    Rodrigo Bentancur – Juventus - £26 mil (£10 mil now £13 mil in 3 instalments)

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    So I was using the player search for those classified as ‘Unhappy’ and I came across Bentancur. Juventus weren’t giving him a contract, so I put in a bid and they accepted. They are even paying £40k a week towards his wages (£60k a week for 5 years, £90 mil release clause foreign clubs only). Frankly I’m amazed that Juventus sold him to me. I’ve seen him go on other saves for £60 mil +.

     

    Thomas Strakosha – Lazio - £2.5 mil (£1 mil now, £1.5 mil in 3 installments)

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    So I needed a new goalkeeper (see below for why) and Strakosha seemed like a bargain buy. Only £2.5 mil, counts as home-grown, only on £20k a week wages, good handling and reflexes.  

     

    2021/2022 Major Transfers Out –

     

    Alexey Miranchuk – Shakhtar - £11.25 mil (£9 mil now, £2.25 mil in 3 instalments)

     

    With Locatelli & Bentancur I needed to make space in midfield. Miranchuk takes up a non-EU player slot and he only made 20 appearances for me in 2020/21. I’ve made a slight loss (he cost £13.25 mil so only £2 mil but still).

     

    Victor Kovalenko – Stadde Rennais - £4 mil

     

    Made 11 appearances in 2020/21 and was being paid £65k a week. I didn’t care what fee I got as long as he left.

     

    Pierliugi Gollini – Tottenham - £20 mil

     

    Was 1st choice keeper and I offered him a new contract but Tottenham started showing interest. I withdrew the contract and they bid £11 mil. I managed to get them up to £20 mil. Now he’s at Spurs his value has shot up to £29 mil (eye roll). He was decent keeper for me, but his eccentricity was too high for my liking (16). I think Strakosha is an okay replacement (also counts as home-grown so I’m swapping like for like in this sense). Also got my eye on Andre Onana at Ajax who is listed for £26 mil but can be offered a pre-contract on 31st December so I might see what his demands are. Banned until 05/02/2022 anyway. Onana’s eccentricity is 15 but his overall stats look much better than Gollini’s so I think he might be worth trying for.

     

    Duvan Zapata – Tottenham - £50 mil (£0 now, £50 mil in 6 months)

     

    I wasn’t planning on selling Zapata but £50 mil for a 30 year old striker looked like okay business. Plus I knew he would kick off if I didn’t accept the bid. I’ve brought in Sebastiano Esposito from Inter as a replacement. He’s home-grown so will help with my quota. I had him on my Leeds save for 2 seasons where he scored 50+ goals across his loan spell so I’m hoping for more of the same here.

     

    Misc –

     

    Inter sacked Conte after finishing 5th and have sold Barella (Man Urd - £71 mil rising to £101 mil), Lukaku (Real Madrid - £65 mil rising to £106 mil) and Martinez (Man City - £68). As such I’m not expecting them to be a ‘rival’ for several years now. Napoli finished 9th and sacked Gattuso.

     

    I’m light at CB and I’m struggling to find good Italian defenders under 23 (Favoured club vision). I’ve had a bid for Andrea Papetti accepted (£13.75 mil) and he’s accepted my contract but I’m wavering. My scouts have only given him a rating of 60. I’ve had loan bids accepted for Jean-Clair Todibo (Barcelona – Total loan cost of £925k), Juan Foyth (Tottenham – Total loan cost of £2.5 mil) and Ethan Ampadu (Chelsea – Total Loan cost of £3.7 mil). 3 defenders for just over £7 mil for a season I don’t think is too bad, so I might bring them all in to provide cover/competition. I can then re-evaluate in January and see if anyone is available/wants a transfer.

     

    This Atlanta save is one of the most enjoyable I've had on any Football Manager for quite a while, and I've only just finished 1 season! I have one AMC wonderkid that I got in my first youth intake so if/when I post a future update I'll try and remember to include a screenshot of him.

  6. So prior to EURO 2020 kicking off I decided to purchase FM21 and I’ve been playing whilst enjoying the 8pm games. I had an Arsenal save on FM20 and really enjoyed it so I decided that Arsenal would be my 1st save on FM21. I’m playing the 21.4 update and I disabled the 1st transfer window - 

     

    • What is going on with the staffing situation at Arsenal? 1 physio and no sports scientists at the club when I join. Why of course this makes sense. I’ve now filled up these positions but the physio wages are not enough to attract the best candidates so I’ll ask the board at the end of the season for an increase (they turned me down at the start)

    • Staff - I’ve mutually terminated 3 staff members who had poor scouting knowledge (12 or less for judging ability and potential). Also managed to get the board to agree to more scouts so I now have a total of 15. Brought back Gilles Grimandi as a scout as we had no scouting knowledge of France. Jose Boto is now Chief Scout after I paid compensation of £400K to get him. Also brought back Dennis Bergkamp as a coach. I don’t get how other FM players like to bring back former players to the club when their stats aren’t very good (other than a nostalgia thing) but I’ve always liked Bergkamp as an attacking coach as he has good stats. 

    • Edu - I seem to remember reading an article on the Athletic about how Edu had extensive knowledge of the Brazilian transfer market. So of course this translates to less than 15 for judging ability/potential and minimal knowledge of Brazil. His contract runs until 2024 (!) and I’m loath to pay him off yet. As with much of the club I will see what financial position we are in at the end of the 2021 season and then I’ll decide if I want to get rid of him or not.

    • Squad - I think there is a decent core of a team at Arsenal. Leno is a good if not class-leading goalie. The full backs are good and I think Gabriel looks like a great player to develop. Luiz will leave at the end of the season but Saliba will return from his loan and I will see how he plays alongside Gabriel. Luiz wages will be saved. I’m not as down on Xhaka as others so he’s a 1st choice along with Partey. Sako is AML, Odegaard is AMC and Pepe is AMR. Auba is ST. Yes I’m playing 4-2-3-1.

    • Youngsters - I’m less enamoured with the youngsters than I think some on here are. I don’t think any of the players at the club under 21 have the potential to be anything other than squad players for me long term. Sako I think has the most promise, I also like the fact that he can play WBL and AML. Nelson I don’t think is going to get much game time as I have Pepe and Willian who play AMR. Smith-Rowe I have given a new contract to, bumping his pay from 10k to 50k per week but I’ve extended his contract from 2023 to 2025 so I have a couple of seasons to try and develop him but I think I will probably end up selling him inside of 3 seasons. I don’t think his stats are particularly impressive and the same for Nketiah. He’s a backup for me but will get some time in cup competitions and the Europa League but probably from the bench. Nketiah's report card shows lots of potential though so I should probably give him time.

    • Transfers - Didn't sign anyone in January 2021 but I'm bringing in Depay on a free (not sure where I'll play him yet, might replace Odegaard) and John Stones. City transfer listed for £20 mil when he's worth £30 mil. The day after the January window closed they lowered their ask to £15 mil. So he'll join in July 21 probably to replace Luiz (Saliba's report card isn't promising. I think I got a bad draw on his potential in my save). I'm paying in 3 x £5 mil instalments so the cost is well spread out. I’ve loaned out Nelson, Chambers and Martinelli as they’ve all had little game time.

    • Misc - Lacazette looks like he has been nerfed significantly from FM20.  He’s my Europa striker 1st choice and scored 5 goals against Rotherham in the cup. I’m scouting alot of players and despite what I said above about not being as down on some of the players as others are, I’m not above selling them. Guendouzi will be sold. Torreira maybe. Maitland-Niles, Mavropanos and Willock definitely. I’m hoping I can raise about 50 mil in transfer fees to start a partial rebuild. Tierney is the only out and out FBL at the club (of the required level) and I’ve been looking at the Sporting wonderkid Nuno Mendes. I want to buy players under 23 that I can develop and potentially sell for higher prices than what I bought them for. Compared with earlier FM games Arsenal don’t seem to have the cash reserves (looks like 150 mil on FM21 compared to nearly 300 mil on FM20 but I haven’t checked this so can’t be 100%).

    • Clubs in trouble and sackings - Everton are flirting with relegation. At one point they were 5 points away from 17th place but they are now 2 points. Ancelotti has been sacked and Michael O'Neill appointed. If they go down I will bid for DCL and possible Allan. Mou was sacked by Spurs in January with the club 8th in the League. Wolves sacked Nuno after something like 10 games. In Ligue 1 Rennes are bottom which surprised me. If they go down I will bid for Camavinga but it still might take a huge bid to get him (£50/60 mil+ I’m thinking)

     

    Lots to get stuck into. I hope everyone is enjoying their Arsenal saves.

  7. So I'm in 2024 on my 2nd long term Norwich save on FM20 and in the news section I noticed a few managers in jobs that I wouldn't expect them in, and one which makes sense. I started looking around and found the following - 

     

    Brian Rice - Lazio - Lazio appointing a Scottish manager. Hired from Hamilton.

     

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    Steve Clarke - Returned to Chelsea. Was still the Scotland Manager in 2024. Not overly strange but still surprised me given he's not exactly a 'big name' manager.

     

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    Volodymyr Gorilyi - Frankly I've never heard of this guy but he's managing Real Madrid. Was hired in 2022 so he's lasted 2 years and not been sacked. Pretty average attributes imo.

     

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    Vincent Kompany - The prodigal son returns. Had 2 seasons managing in the Bundesliga before returning to Man City. Apart from his low tactical knowledge his attributes look insane - he'd be an amazing youth/1st team coach. 

     

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    Other's I've noticed are Diego Simeone being hired by Inter Milan in the summer of 2024. They paid compensation of £19.25 mil to get him from Man City where he'd only spent 1 year. Ronald Koeman is managing Atalanta and is paid £14.5k per week, which seems very low to me.

     

    How about anyone else - What strange/weird appointments have you seen?

  8. @essien_5 "One player I can buy if I want is Kane. Spurs got relegated"

    Now I haven't switched to FM21 yet as I'm still enjoying FM20 too much, but the above makes me smile! So many questions -

    • How did Spurs get relegated? Did they slip down the table or have a terrible start to the season that they couldn't recover from.
    • Are any players transfer listed or asking for a move?
    • Was Mou in charge when they went down? If not who?
    • What version of the game are you running? (Sorry I haven't been following the game too closely but I'm guessing by now the beta can be replaced by version 1.0 or similar at the players choosing)

    Thank you

  9. On 29/02/2020 at 10:56, nico_france said:

    Well kind of weird moves from Inter board for the summer 2020

    Selling the whole frontline to Chelsea (Lukaku + Lautaro)

    Selling Eriksen as well

    And selling to Marseille (me) their hot prospect for a "bargain" price when they don't have any quality left up front

    Weird stuff

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    I love stuff like this @nico_france. Inter selling, what looks like, nearly half their team (Martinez, Lukaku, Erikson, Gagliadini, Skriniar and Asamoah)

    Bonkers

  10. Norwich – 11.07.2024

     

    I‘ve complete my 5th season with Norwich City. Finished 6th in the table which I was happy with. Finished 8 points away from ECC qualification.

     

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    My league places have been 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, and as above 6th.

     

    1st Team (2nd team)

     

    GK – Emil Audero (Alessandro Russo)

    DR – Max Aarons (Andrea Andrenao)

    DC – Ben Godfrey (Alessandro Bastoni)

    DC – Armel Bella-Kotchap (Davide Bastoni)

    DL – Jamal Lewis (Gaizka Mancisidor)

    DM – Eduardo Camavinga (Gustavo Assuncao)

    MC – Carles Alena (Ryan Gravenberch)

    MC – Sergio Gomez (Arthur)

    AMR – Pedri (Fabio Andre)

    AML – Michel Peter (Talles Magno)

    ST – Mauro Icardi (Diego Kiaku)

     

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    Notable players –

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    Emil Audero – Bought from Sampdoria for £6 million in June 2022 to be 1st choice keeper. Outstanding goalkeeper, particularly for what I paid for him. Still on the 1st contract I gave him when he joined at £50k per week. Has a buyout clause of £75 million and Inter and PSG are interested. I’m not actively interested in selling him but if his buyout clause is met I’ll realise a significant amount of profit.

     

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    Arthur – I found Arthur transfer listed by Barcelona in December 2023. I picked him up for £16.5 million with Barcelona paying £100k of his wages until the end of his contract in June 2024. Now I could have waited 1 month to enter into a pre-contract agreement, but I spread the payments over 36 months and got them to pay the majority of his wages. Now his Barcelona contract has expired I’m paying him £42k per week which I reckon is pretty good. Not pulled up many trees as yet – no goals or assists in 10 appearances, but with a pre-season for him to get used to how we play I’ll be expecting an improvement.

     

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    Carles Alena – Bought from Barcelona in June 2021 for just £3 million. Now worth £45 million and paid £22k per week. He’s going to need a new contract or be sold but if sold I’m hoping to realise profit of more than £50 million. Still only 26 years old so I could give him a new contract and get another 4-5 years out of him before selling. Spent a large part of 2023-24 with various injuries but normally he’s a 1st choice CM alongside Sergio Gomez.

     

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    Eduardo Camavinga – Bought from Rennes for £30 million in July 2021. Now worth £47.5 million and has 4 years left on his contract that has a £120 million buyout. I play him in a DM role as a DLP. Still has room to improve his stats as he’s only 21. I’ve struggled to find DM's who wanted to move to me but luckily Camavinga wanted European football which I was able to offer.

     

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    Sergio Gomez – Bought from Dortmund for just £2 million in July 2020. Now worth £28 million but only has 1 year left on his contract. Has a lot of interested clubs in him and has a buyout clause of £80 million, which no-one has come close to triggering yet. He wants a new contract and I’m inclined to give him one rather than sell him. If a club offers £50-£60 million I’d be tempted to sell but I could give him a new contract and sell him in a few years if I wanted.

     

     

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    Fabio Andre – A Brazilian wonderkid I found playing at Flamengo. I trigged his buyout of £24 million to get him and he’s now worth £45 million. I have trained him in a AMR role as at the time I was lacking in players for this position. I have played him in his natural AMC position and he’s played well, but I don’t like playing with an AMC, preferring a DM to offer protection to my defence and build play from the back. As an inside forward I try to take advantage of his speed, dribbling and finishing. My scouts rated him as 90+ and you can see he’s rated at 4 gold stars and 1 black. He’ll get a new contract in 1-2 years and I plan on keeping him for as long as I can.

     

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    Pedri – The last of the players I have bought from Barcelona and another I consider a bargain. Bought for £15 million in January 2023 and now worth £32 million. Similar to Fabio Andre in that I play him on the wing when his natural position is AMC. But his stats aren’t bad for a winger, lacking a bit of pace but good dribbling and first touch. Also only 21 so plenty of time for him to improve. I accepted a bid from Burnley for £45 million in 1 payment in 12 months time, with a 50% sell on fee but he rejected the contract they offered. I ended up selling Harry Wilson instead (see below)

     

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    Mauro Icardi – Bought from Real Madrid in August 2023 for £30 million with another £7.5 million in performance bonuses. Despite our strong league finishes I felt that we lacked firepower and my strikers in particular were not scoring enough goals. Icardi was bought to rectify this and he has been decent without being outstanding. Thomas Buitink (see below) had an amazing season where he scored 20 goals in the league but this was very much an exceptional one-off season. I adjusted my tactics as with Icardi’s best role that of a poacher I’ve tried to use my AML/AMR as wingers with support functions to get the ball to him. Fabio Andre is useful as a sub as an attacking Inside Forward, though this does negate Icardi somewhat.

     

    Notable sales –

     

    Teemu Pukki – Sold to Newcastle in June 2020 - £16 million. Scored just 3 league goals for me.

    Emi Buendia – Sold to Newcastle in June 2022 - £40 million. I couldn’t get a tune out of him – he kept getting ‘uninterested’ during matches and wouldn’t listen to my shouts.

    Jude Bellingham – Sold to Arsenal in June 2023 - £76 million. Bought from Birmingham for £22 million in July 2021 so I realised a profit of £54 million.

    Thomas Buitink – Sold to Besiktas in July 2024 – £30 million. Bought from Vitesse for £6.5 million June 2021 so I realised a good amount of profit.

    Harry Wilson – Sold to Bournemouth in July 2024 - £45 million. Bought from Liverpool for £10 million in July 2020. Was a good player for me, averaging double figures for assists and getting around 5-10 goals per season. However with Pedri being younger (thus with more time to improve) and Fabio Andre needing more game time I decided to sell him. £45 million with a 50% sell on clause I consider good business.

     

    Finances –

     

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    Finances are looking very healthy. Overall Balance has been achieved through careful player management (buying cheap and selling high as in the case of Jude Bellingham) and Europa League participation. I’d like to try and get it to £200+ million before the new season starts, just cause it seems like a nice figure in my head. Debt is at £0 but are facilities could be improved to ‘State of the Art’.

     

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    As above our corporate, training and data analysis facilities could be raised 1-2 levels to achieve ‘State of the Art’ status so I will approach the board about this soon.

     

    Problems / Miscellaneous

     

    Youth Recruitment – This is my one big problem area. We have ‘Exceptional academy coaching’, ‘Exceptional youth recruitment’ and ‘State of the art youth facilities’ but we’re producing no more than 2-3 star players, if that. I know it takes time and I know that the ratings are comparable to what I have already at the club but in pure stat terms the youth intakes I’ve been getting have been, frankly, garbage. The database I’m running is from the ‘beta’ and I know there were early problems with low determination on youth intakes so my game could be affected by this. I don’t know if updates retroactively ‘fix’ saves, I don’t think that they do.

     

    Age gaps in positions – I’ve reach a point where there are seemingly low or in some cases very low options for players in certain positions at a young age. To use an example if I want to find a defender under the age of 23 I feel the options are poor. To demonstrate here is a screenshot of central defenders available to me aged 23 or under -

     

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    Saliba isn’t going to swap Arsenal for Norwich. Luciani I think is a newgen and Napoli just won Serie A in 2024 so he has no reason to move. Harfield is at Man Utd so again, isn’t going to move to Norwich and on it goes.

     

    This is not to say that there aren’t players to buy, I just don’t think they are worth it. I’ve found other players in positions with high potential (such as Fabio Andre, I’ve found at least half a dozen wingers with 80+ potential) but I’m really struggling to find central defenders with high potential that my scouts recommend or that I see with good stats.  I know that finding a ‘Messi’ type player is rare but I’m seemingly finding more players in some positions (wingers for example) than in others (central defenders and defensive midfielders).

     

     

     

  11. I've completed my 1st season with Leeds. 1st time using the latest database update.

    How are people managing the finances in the 2nd season?

    I've been promoted as winners of the championship but we're £4-5 million in the red. I sold Kalvin Phillips to Liverpool in January 2020 for a payment in January 2021 of £45 million (with a 50% sell of fee clause) so this will be coming in 6-7 months time.

    My board has given me a £40 million transfer kitty but I'm reluctant to spend any of it really in case we get into more finance trouble. 

  12. I started a Leeds save on the weekend to use the latest update and got promoted from the Championship as winners but Brentford went up as runners-up.

    They were amazing. We went up with a points tally of 108 and they had a points tally of 106. There was a 30 point gap between us and the play-offs. We were like 2 heavy-weight boxers slugging it out!

    If my Leeds save gets dull I'm tempted to start a save with Brentford.

  13. What players are you liking and which ones aren't doing it for you @Ronaldo Beckham

    I sold pukki after 1 season. He scored something like 3 league goals for me. Buendia went in season 3, he couldn't stay interested in games and wouldn't respond to my shouts. Sold him to Newcastle for £40 million.

    I think the defence is good though. I'm in 2024 on my save and Lewis, Godfrey and Aarons are all still 1st teamers.

  14. I looked at grealish a few seasons ago but I wasn't impressed by his stats. Villa wanted crazy money for him, like £40 million plus. I ended up buying Harry Wilson from Liverpool for £10 and he's been great for me.

    I'm tempted to start a new Norwich save with the recent update. My version is the beta so it still has some of the 'kink's in the system.

  15. Nice. I had a takeover on my Norwich save but not a 'sugar daddy' and I've had some rumours since then. 

    I'm in April 2024 on my Norwich save but I can't crack the top 4, the big clubs seem too well established. Liverpool are about to win their 3 title in a row with Haland up front but Barcelona are after him. 

    I've been concentrating on buying youth to develop and sell on. I've bought and sold Antonio Marin and Jude Bellingham, realising a profit of £80-90 (combined) for them. 

  16. Totally agree @Norfair. I remember on FM18 stockpiling wonderkids, sending them on loan, seeing their value soar after a few seasons and then selling them on for huge profit. I managed to build a balance of nearly £500 million after 10 seasons with Norwich.

    This has led to adjustment of mindset on my part - whereas before I would pay £10 million for a highly rated youngster, now I find I'm asked to pay £30-40 million for 80+ rated youngsters. Does make me consider more carefully who I'm bidding on.

  17. I don't have the screenshot as I'm not on my home PC but I sold Andrea Christensen to Benfica for over 100 million in my Chelsea save on FM20.

    I'll post the screenshot tonight/tomorrow but it is by far the largest fee I've ever received for a defender. With the transfer ban it left me short at the back but I couldn't turn down a offer in way in excess of his value. 

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