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Just a note, picking through my personal save I found 3 more players who need Basque set as a 2nd nationality (bringing the total to 15) Based In ID Name Details Germany 2000311617 Efe Korkut Martín Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in San Sebastián, País Vasco) Spain 2000265645 Oier Guerreiro Vicuña Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (signed by Beasain at age 14) Spain 2000148199 José Alejandro de León Gómez Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (signed by Alaves at age 15) I've updated the original 24.3 Basque fixes file on the original post and attached it here as well if you could update the post on the first page please @bowieinspace I also added bug tracker tickets for the missing players so they are added to the next official update from SI, which you can follow along with here, here, and here if you like 24.3 Basque Fixes.fmf

Just bumping this as he is still missing Pays Basque as a 2nd nationality in the 24.3 Update. He's been capped at the U16 level for both England and Spain, so if you have to remove one to add Basque, Nigeria is probably the best bet. Thanks!

24.3 Basque Fixes The attached file adds Basque as a 2nd nationality for 12 players who were born/trained in the Basque region but didn't have Basque 2nd nationality set in game. It also properly moves the city of Oyón to the País Vasco region (it's in Alava province irl) so regens born there will get Basque nationality. Original bug tickets entered produced 38 players with Basque nationality added from 24.0 >> 24.3 database so a few more players in the pool there as well. I will enter a bug tracker ticket for the 12 "new" players I found this round poking through the data as well to hopefully be included in the last update for FM24. Put it in your `Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\editor data` folder to use when starting a new game if you like. Full list of changes below City/Club Changes City Larrabetzu No local region selected, still assigned to nation of Pays Basque, but should be in Spain and País Vasco City Lesaka No local region selected, still assigned to nation of Pays Basque, but should be in Spain and País Vasco City Oyón Local region listed as Navarra, but should be in País Vasco (it's in Alava province irl) and people born there should get Basque 2nd nationality (this does not currently happen for newgens from here) Spanish Player Changes Based In ID Name Details Spain 2000301799 Markel Peral Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in Andoáin, País Vasco) Spain 2000251496 Jagoba Gil Roz Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in Erandio, País Vasco) Spain 2000261422 Íñigo Astudillo Campos Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in Estella, Navarra) Spain 2000121920 Daniel Sancho Macaya Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in Pamplona, Navarra) Spain 2000306027 Miguel Auria Olazabal Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in Pamplona, Navarra) Spain 2000266034 Alexander Esparza López Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in Tudela, Navarra) Spain 2000194136 Asier Osambela Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in Pamplona, Navarra) Spain 2000308028 Javi Gambra Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in Pamplona, Navarra) Spain 2000335346 Abderrahman Akbache Larbi Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in Vitoria, País Vasco) Spain 2000312519 Pablo Arenzana Mínguez Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (trained with Real Sociedad since he was 8, signed by them at age 12) Spain 2000143010 Tomás Mendes Mendes Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (signed by Alaves at age 14) England 2000272181 Victor Osezele Musa Aigbomian Should have Pays Basque 2nd nationality (born in Tudela, Navarra) If you noticed I missed anyone, please let me know. Thanks! 24.3 Basque Fixes.fmf

Just went through this after the most recent update and wanted to make 2 points: 1) None of these have been fixed yet in the default database 2) These fixes will still work and luckily there is no additional new players added that should be Basque and are not, so this fix is still able to be used no problem for your game worlds

Apologies for not adding instructions to the above post (will do shortly). Download them and put them in your `Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\filters` folder (create a "filters" folder if you don't have one) Start your game and go to the `Scouting > Players in Range` screen Click "New Search" on the top right, then hit the Gear icon on the bottom left of the popup screen and "Manage Filters..." Click the "> Import" button select the one you want and click "Load" and you can import them into the game Click the Gear icon again and you will see it in the list below

Filters "But @southside_hitmen, that info above is really great but... it's just too much to manage... Can't you just like, give me a thing that does all this for me? What if I ask reallllly nicely? Pleeeeassse...." Yes. Yes, I can. I have attached filters to this post so you can just hop in the player search screen, import the filters in your game, and carry on with your day. This is incredibly powerful for youth intake season, as you can see every player at every Basque club, born in French Basque cities, in your or your rivals affiliates, etc... just by clicking the filters. A reminder that we are adhering to Athletic Club's philosophy Why use these filters instead of just clicking Nationality = Basque? (Spoiler: you should do that too, and I have included a few of my preferred filters around that as well) The short answer is that on occasion, the game will mislabel a player who should be Basque based on where they are born or what club they came up in as only Spanish. These are the only Spanish 15-16 year old players that I am "ok" with grabbing in my saves, as they fit the Athletic philosophy. This seems to happen about 1x every 2-3 years with regens and, as I want to master this little universe of the Basque region, I just don't want to miss any players. I also like to slice and dice my player search different ways and the filters below allow me to do things like snipe youth players from teams in Sociedad's system or grab reports on everyone in Athletic's affiliate structure, especially around youth intake time. Anyway, on to the filters. --------------------------------------------- Formed in the Basque Country Filters "may only field players who have come through its own academy or the academies of other clubs in the Basque Country" BAS Club - ALL | Filter for players at all Basque Country clubs in Spain and France (140 total clubs) BAS Club - ESP | Filter for players at all Basque Country clubs in Spain in the local regions of País Vasco and Navarra (131 total clubs) BAS Club - FRA | Filter for players at all Basque Country clubs in France (9 total clubs) Note: I use "real" names for clubs, so YMMV if using the default data. City filters will work either way though. --------------------------------------------- Born in the Basque Country Filters "or players who were born in the following territories which constitute the Basque Country" BAS City - ALL | Filter for players born in all Basque Country cities in Spain and France (130 total cities) BAS City - ESP | Filter for players born in all Basque Country cities in Spain in the local regions of País Vasco and Navarra (120 total cities) BAS City - FRA | Filter for players born in all Basque Country cities in France (10 total cities) --------------------------------------------- Affiliate Club Player Filters Use these to keep track of all your affiliate clubs players, or swipe some youngsters before the Osasuna's and Sociedad's of the world can grab them AFL - Athletic | Filter for players at Athletic and their affiliates (42 total clubs) AFL - Alaves | Filter for players at Alaves and their affiliates (8 total clubs) AFL - Eibar | Filter for players at Eibar and their affiliates (3 total clubs) AFL - Osasuna | Filter for players at Osasuna and their affiliates (37 total clubs) AFL - Sociedad | Filter for players at Real Sociedad and their affiliates (16 total clubs) AFL - None| Filter for players at unaffiliated Basque clubs (43 total clubs) --------------------------------------------- General Basque Filters General filters that I also use Basque | Filter for all players of Basque nationality, with some helpful filters unticked (age, min release clause, height, etc...) that I use to make sure I grab any Basque players outside of Spain & France Basque Yth Con | Same as above, but with anyone Basque who is on a youth contract (for regen season) Spanish U16 | All Spanish 16 and under players. Not my style to grab these guys (unless they fit the above criteria), but to have a complete set for Athletic, I threw this one in --------------------------------------------- Adding These To Your Game Download them and put them in your `Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2024\filters` folder (create a "filters" folder if you don't have one) Start your game and go to the `Scouting > Players in Range` screen Click "New Search" on the top right, then hit the Gear icon on the bottom left of the popup screen and "Manage Filters..." Click the "> Import" button select the one you want and click "Load" and you can import them into the game Click the Gear icon again and you will see it in the list below --------------------------------------------- Hope these help you in your saves! Happy Wonderkid hunting to all, and to all a good night! BAS Club - ALL.fmf BAS Club - ESP.fmf BAS Club - FRA.fmf BAS City - ALL.fmf BAS City - ESP.fmf BAS City - FRA.fmf AFL - Athletic.fmf AFL - Alaves.fmf AFL - Eibar.fmf AFL - Osasuna.fmf AFL - Sociedad.fmf AFL - None.fmf Basque.fmf Basque Yth Con.fmf Spanish U16.fmf

FM24 Athletic Club Affiliate Guide Just like last year, I have put together a guide of how to deal with your own and rivals affiliates playing as Athletic. I have spent the past week after the game was released going through the pre-game editor with a fine tooth comb for any club that is linked to Athletic, their rivals, or any non-affiliated Basque clubs. I have turned that into the guide below that you can use in your own games. Hope it helps you in your saves! --------------------------------------------- The Notebook - aka Go Slow To Go Fast At game start, I follow and create a note for each of these clubs listed below with my manager. It takes a little time at game start to get all the clubs listed below followed and noted, but it makes things soooo much easier long-term. I've noticed the Notebook seems to be a criminally underutilized feature in FM, but I use it so that I can be kept aware of a few things: Follow a club so I can see if they gain promotion (especially to a playable league) and get relevant news items in my inbox on them Adding a note for each club allows me to see which clubs (note icon) are Basque on the Youth Intake lists for easier scouting Adding notes allow me to see which clubs are Basque (note icon) on the fixture/game scouting screen (I always have at least one scout dedicated to just churning through Basque vs. Basque games so I can see as many players as possible) You can categorize your notes and filter off of them in the notebook, so you can quickly filter by all Basque clubs if you want to get team reports on all 131 Spanish Basque teams, the 9 French Basque teams, all of Sociedad's affiliates, or whatever you like for categories I usually roll with the following categories, but feel free to use whatever works for you This means my notebook might look a little something like the below, which allows me to quickly filter and pull up whatever I need to club wise. This means I don't have to reference wikipedia (the list of Basque clubs isn't comprehensive anyway there - more to come on that) or something out of game or try to copy/paste, which helps me blow through scouting much faster. Just hit the "Filter" button on the top right and away you go. Grab team reports (including U19 squads, a rarity in FM) from this screen for easy scouting, hop to team home screens, etc... --------------------------------------------- Athletic Club Affiliates Next up, affiliates! And, oh boy, do you have a bunch (41!) at game start. Most of these are standard 1st buy option deals, meaning you get a chance to match any offer made for any player on that club. You can try and get more throughout your save if you like, but the starting batch should be more than good enough. Keep an eye on the domestic affiliates especially, as if they get promoted to playable or higher leagues they can become a valid loan destination for your players. Also, a general reminder you probably don't want to loan anyone to a club in a non-playable league as they won't get game time obviously. The default DB goes down to the 4th tier of Spanish football (Segunda division) as a playable league, so make sure load up as many as your PC can handle. You also have 2 non-loan U19-only affiliates (Antiguoko and Danok Bat) that you can scoop up U19's from. Antiguoko even plays in the same league as your U19 team. Games in that league (U19 Division 1, Group 2) are a good opportunity for you or your scouts to watch in person, as you can see how your younger players are progressing while getting some scouting in (that particular U19 league your team is in is exclusively Basque U19 teams!). As far as international affiliates, you have 3 at game start. Each them offer a little something different for you: Aviron Bayonnais (France) - You can get an academy link here on Day 1 giving you access to FRENCH BASQUE YOUTH INTAKE players coming directly into Lezama. Bonus points here, as the club is in French Basque country and will naturally produce some French Basque players for their own academy that you own 1st Buy Option over given your link. They are 1 tier below a playable league in France (which you should also load up) so if they make the jump up in your save you can get a lot more French Basque players coming through. Once they do make the jump, try and use your loan agreement with them to pump them up the French pyramid as you may be able to setup a commercial link long term Altınordu (Turkey) - Keep an eye on this club, if they gain promotion to the Turkish Super League you can setup a commercial link with them to increase your profits (they won't do this while still in the 2nd tier). I usually load up the top 2 Turkish leagues as playable because of this. You can also get an academy link on Day 1 if your prefer, which will give you some Turkish-Basque youth intake players if that's your style (I keep it to Spanish/French myself) Athletic Club Bastia (Italy) - Can get an academy link Day 1 here as well. Buried deep in the 6th tier of Italian football there isn't a ton of hope for a commercial or loan link here. Same deal on Italian-Basque players if you want it Try and be opportunistic with any other international affiliates you may find during your game, as the end goal with each could lead to a commercial link, scouting knowledge, or academy players coming into Lezama. Finally, here is a list of all 41 Athletic Club affiliates, including the tier/division they play in and the type of link. I go through and update my list in game after each season if teams move up/down List of all Athletic Club Affiliates (click spoiler to see) --------------------------------------------- All Basque Clubs So "scour the Basque clubs" you say? Ok, but which clubs are... Basque? I actually never knew the answer to this myself, so I went digging in the editor while cross-referencing a bunch of irl census data from Spain and France. We even have 6 "new" Basque clubs added for FM24 that are represented below: Añorga Derio Lerinés Aurrerá B Egüés B Zirauki The result is a list of all 140 clubs in the autonomous Basque region and the historical Basque territories (basically Navarre and a corner of SW France). List of every Basque Club in FM24 --------------------------------------------- Rivals and Other Basque Clubs No save preparation would be complete without also diving in on your Basque rivals affiliate structure so you can hopefully snipe a few players from their affiliate teams. I note/follow these teams as well for all the reasons listed above, but especially for Youth Intake days. Every single club below is Basque and generates Basque regens unless otherwise noted List of Real Sociedad Affiliates * Note another French Basque club here (Genets Anglet) List of Osasuna Affiliates * Note 2 cross-affiliations here with Athletic List of Alaves Affiliates List of Eibar Affiliates List of Non-Affiliated Basque Clubs * Includes 6 French Basque clubs --------------------------------------------- Closing Thoughts If I missed any Basque clubs that you are aware of, please let me know! Thanks again to everyone who contributes to this thread each year. Love the challenge that this save brings and I hope this guide helps you in your saves. Aupa Athletic!

Love the save updates, keep them coming! Working through affiliate guide and player search screen filters for '24 like last year (so you can filter by all Basque clubs, cities, etc...) at the moment. I've found 4 new Spanish Basque clubs added this year it looks like already and I'm only through about 50% of the clubs I need to look at. Should have downloadable search filters and a new affiliate guide up sometime next week. Once that's done and shared here I can properly start my journey with Athletic this year.

Thanks so much!

Thanks so much! FWIW, I was able to set Basque as an additional 2nd Nationality for him in the pre-game editor and get it to show up in game, so maybe something has been added in the 24 editor where you can add three 2nd nationalities (Spanish is his primary nationality). Thanks again!

Bug Tickets entered if want to follow along with progress Progress on the previously existing bugs can be found here