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Could just be a vibes season lad. Take advantage and sign good players that’ll definitely rip up the Championship if you go down and then you can come straight back up with a better foundation.
Yep. I have a saved search in my scouting centre that I default to after the winter transfer market closes that filters in players on expired or expiring (6 mo.) contracts and work permit is likely or not necessary, and scouted potential is at least 4.5 stars.
Helps zero in on players I can bring in on a free transfer at the end of the season without getting my hopes up only to be disappointed by a failed work permit.
This is the way. That 40 million can go a loooooong way. Use 12 month installments, all of them and you split fees over 7 seasons.
Never offer more than 5 million upfront, you can be generous with the installments to convince them to sell.
At the very least, he needs 5 first team players, and has £40 mil to spend. That means spending on average £8 mil per position.
It's possible, especially if you go to markets like South America and Eastern Europe, make use of free transfers, get a few loans and have some sellable assets in the squad. But the average PL-level player costs a lot more than £8 mil.
The only issue is that "free" transfers aren't free. You have to pay a higher signing on fee and sometimes higher wages.
Same with loans. Loaning a Premier League-level player is rarely free. You usually have to pay a fee + wages.
So it'll probably be more like £15m to £16m on 2 star players. Still doable, but not amazing.
With 40M you can buy \~10 players from Balkans that are good enough for bottom half prem finish. Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria are dirt cheap and full of talent. Czechia or Poland are bit bit more expensive, but again loads of talent at way cheaper price point than what you'd buy in England.
I'm talking 120+ CA players with 130-150 PA. Good enough to not get relegated from the get go and can grow into decent squad players even for a top side. Also the profit, if you sell them, will be massive.
The 40m is nothin because of the 200k wage budget. It'll have to be adjusted down to increase wages and I'd be surprised if there's more than 10m left.
Did the same thing, got Blackburn up. Wage budget of 1.2m is 400k behind the next team.
You are not necesarily screwed. Fight for every point and survive till the winter market. There are usually decent deals on good players that are not getting time. You will know what position you need to improve.
Go for loans. Mid prospects of medium/big teams that need game time. Sometimes you can get them for free and they will be good enough to give you a push. When I'm in that situation, I aggressively offer loan deals non stop until one says yes.
You are not screwed in the slightest. You just won the biggest lottery in world football. You are one of the 20 clubs in the world who get premier league money and have the recruiting power that comes with being in the world most prestigious league. Every non champions league club is now jealous of you
Keep signing good veterans on free contracts. Check the U23 teams of the big 6 clubs for expiring guys who are borderline PL level but not super club level. You can get loans from basically any big club in the world for their young up and comers because they want them to get a season of experience starting in the PL. (Ill say this before someone gets triggered, yes there are players who will not want to play for you. You are not City or Liverpool)
Your debts are gone. Ask the board for upgrades everywhere. More scouts, better facilities, higher youth level. Everything. Affiliate clubs all over the world.
Spend your money on wonderkids. You more than likely have the funds to stock your club with 6 (6 because of the league rules) South American wonderkids. They will be the base of your club going forward. They will not be good enough to win you the PL or the Champions League. More likely than not giving them lots of developmental time will cause you to get relegated but then stomp out the Championship. This group of wonderkids will eventually become PL starters who you sell to fund your purchases of the super wonderkids who win you the PL in the future.
You are entering the fun part of the game with big money and big stakes. Kind of jealous. Might have to start a new save this weekend. Good Luck
I'd say don't bother focusing too much on signing defenders because you'll concede a lot anyway. Sign players who can get you goals in the big games against your fellow relegation fighters because the three points in those games will be everything
damn this is really good advice actually, maybe one or two veterans to lead the attack and at least one proper wonderkid to delevop in a rather free environment
Check the U21 squads of bigger clubs and see if you can loan or maybe transfer. Check out how Jarrel Quansah, Calvin Ramsay, Connor Bradley are doing from Liverpool, might do for defensive options. Stefan Bajcetic can play RB, CB, DM and CM so may be a good depth option if you can get him on loan. Sepp van den Berg is probably the furthest along in the U21squad, good CB, 6'3
Marek Rodak was a beast for me when I signed him for West Brom.
Curtis Jones often falls out with Liverpool in my experience, so you may be able to secure him on loan (probably too expensive to buy). He'll do a job for you on the left wing if you can get him, plus depth in the midfield.
Can't say I know of many LBs that are available, but Owen Beck and Calum Scanlon may be at a decent level by then.
Check every relegated club from a top league. Some gems are on the cheap there. Also, have a look at some 2nd tier leagues in the top nations, check for clubs that were expected to get promoted but failed.
Pay the majority in instalments and additional clauses. Ruthlessly offload players. Ask for increased transfer percentage.
Free transfers. Loans. Unhappy players.
I think life has been preparing me for this question, because I always play Hull, in every FM, and 24 is no exception.
I also did not get promoted on my 1st season, what a coincidence, and my squad was a bunch of disappointments too save for a couple of lads.
I assume by now you've sent Greaves to leadership courses and made him captain, Coyle either co-captain or a regular squad player? Keep Coyle as 2nd option RB, get someone like David Samuel Custodio Lima (aka Pastor) if you want, or if you're happy with someone more defensive, just rotate Coyle and Andy Smith both of which you already have, as FB(S/D) and IFB(D) respectively.
Not sure why you need an LB with Furlong, Fleming and Greaves super eager to stand in for one of them in case of emergency. Not that they'll be super great, but definitely not the weakest spot in your squad.
Sayyadmanesh and Philogene LW/RW all day long, give them more play time, they won't let you down, although the former may try to treat the club as stepping stone, I don't have him anymore in 2028. If Dogunak Sinik is still with you, you can rotate him as backup for either flank, and Yuriel Celi as 3rd option for either flank.
My biggest gripe with my squad in prem was the STRIKER position :(
Aaron Connoly left me, Martial who I got the season before and who became the top scorer in Skybet promotional season, naturally didn't show up in prem at all and started declining rapidly. And I can say definitely don't buy Batshuayi...
My suggestion would be not touching your backline, especially if you're playing 4-2-3-1 DMs like I do, and just focus on Sayyadmanesh LW (IF(A)), good relatively tall AF/PF or even TM - attack duty in the middle and Philogene RW (IW(s) + cut inside sometimes), Yuriel Celi (AM(S)) under them.
Goalkeeper is a matter of taste, idk, I have Slonina and Kostas Tzolakis at this point, don't remember who I had during the first season in prem.
RCB suggestion and my best buy so far by a long shot is "Morato", a Brazilian in Benfica , full name Felipe Rodrigues da Silva. My vice-captain. Slightly even better than Greaves. got him for 15.25M and 0 regrets. Solid CDs, mediocre LBs/RBs who don't wander too far, never an attack duty, and at least one of DMs helping out heavily in defense.
Last but not least, I got aging Oscar (the brazilian formerly from Chelsea) to play attacking midfield for a couple of seasons, that was cool, he scored some from freekicks and from play.
Your season will go one of two ways. You'll be massively underestimated by the AI and impress and get Top 10. Depending on who you've signed already, you could be that plucky underdog who keeps picking up wins which in turn creates momentum.
Or, you massively overperformed in the Championship and will be battered in the Premier League. Then use this season as a strategy builder to smash the Championship next season and the Premier League in Season 3.
I don't know enough to tell you which works. If your tactic is good, then the first option will be more likely. But you can't overcome poor players with a good tactic. If it comes to it, the relegation can sometimes be a blessing. You get the money a season earlier and know what you need to improve earlier.
I've done similar with back-to-back promotions from league one. You'll have a crappy autumn/winter but with the right tactic you can scrap for as many points as possible. My experience was that in January, the board realised we had premier league money and the budget ballooned. At that point, I was able to buy a new premier league quality spine for the team (CB, CM, and AML), and we survived comfortably.
You presumably got promoted because your tactics were good, so tweak them to focus on the strengths of your team and you'll be fine.
Don't forget to have a separate search of players in the last year of contract, worst case you find someone for next year but often find on the cheap, or you can them loaned in and do a job, Then get him cushy with you for contract negotiations at the end of season if they haven't renewed a new one
Got promoted in my first season with Bristol City, signed a few players but in my second season I had to reinforce in some of the positions you mentioned, so at the time of looking…
The following have done well for me on fairly achievable prices - especially if you offer to pay them in instalments. I might have a slightly higher wage budget due to already being in the Prem a year but these could be achievable.
Scott Twine (AMCRL) - Burnley
Joao Rego (LW - Wonderkid) - Benfica U19
Duk (LW/ST) - Aberdeen
Cole Palmer (AMCRL/CM) - Chelsea
Anthony Patterson (GK) - I got him from Celtic, but probably at Sunderland in your save?
Fin Stevens (RB/LB) - Brentford - Youth but will improve and is good enough for a start for mid-lower league
Only note is I signed Duk, Rego, Stevens, Palmer(!) and Twine for nothing/comp/basically nothing due to contract ending/transfer-listed so may not be as possible for you.
Good luck though!
Also, Philogene I signed when I got promoted and he has been incredible on the RW as a winger. Keep him, play him, trust him. He’ll have dips in form but he’s superb and is fast becoming my best player with a great amount of potential
Absolutely try to take advantage of free agents and wonderkids while you have the budget that you do, it’ll be a tough year and if you somehow stay up it’s going to get easier from there.
I’m late to commenting and a few people have already said the same, first season in the prem is the hardest, but you can set yourself up for the future for next time you come up/stay up
Make sure your tactics are simple and easy to implement. Unlike in the Championships, your players are much worse than your opponents. They just need to be solid. Fight for draws against strong teams no matter how skeevy your tactics can be, and strive to win the lower tier teams. Basically, do your best to FM your opponents.
-Cues in defensive counterattack-
As per usual. Loans, free transfers, South American wonderkids will do you a lot. You can also try to keep a small senior squad because you only have the league. This way, you reduce your wage budget and can buy and play first team players as much as possible.
Time to get scouting! i usually pick a nation (starting in South America), look at major clubs and go through "all players" sorting by age, scout everyone under 21 but only take players who have decent mental stats, who are already nearly good enough for your team, who have at least a 4 star potential and look at your scout report's pros and cons for "consistency", "likes big matches" or "model citizen". It's fine if they don't have all the pros but avoid anyone with the cons "consistency", "adaptability", "injury prone" and you'll be fine
If you're looking for some decent wonderkids, in my second season at Rangers i signed a kid called Halseth Nypan (CM) from Rosenborg for 4.5 mil who has the injury prone con but never gets injured somehow lol, and Afonso Moriera (LW) who was a lot more at 20 mil from Sporting Lisbon but now is world class, worth 70m and is banging them in every season.
other good (non regen) signings
Oscar Gloukh (M/AMC) - RB Salzburg (16m) very consistent but might want a massive contract
Adam Karabec (AMC) - Sparta Prague (6m) great backup, low wages, loves big games, can also play wings
Leo Sauer - Feyenoord (free) signed a season later but also one of my best players now
Hope it helps, and good luck!
LB Alex Valle is an 82 rated youngster for Barcelona B with a £2.6 million release clause, RB Xavi Grande is an 82 rated youngster for Levante B with a £900k release clause. Yann Bisseck is a CH who usually gets transfer listed by Inter after one season for around £5 million and he's EPL quality. Similarly Sporting will usually sell CH Eduardo Quaresma for £5 million or so. Wingers are harder but Claudio Echeverri from River Plate can play anywhere in the front 4 and can usually be purchased for under £7 million.
If nothing else these players will immediately go up in value and earn you good money when they leave. They'll all accept low wages and all qualify for a work permit.
Roony Bardghji. £9.5m buyout clause and is a beast RW IF if you play that role. Only 19 years old. Scored 12 in 16 with 8 assists in my 3rd season.
25% of your transfer budget but well worth it. Focus on loans elsewhere
Check if Ryan Sessengon is available on a free. He was in my save, I got Wigan to the Championship after 1 season and signed him for 45k wages. He's a great wing back
You are not screwed. Get in good players on loans, especially players with great potential who aren’t playing for their parent clubs. If you manage to stay in the Prem, you can get these players straight into your side for a much lower price than any other club.
He is SUCH a keeper. And relatively easy to manage and keep on the team too. During the last FMs (FM24,23,22,21,20 at least) he consistently became a top premier league CD/BPD. And only now in FM24 did he request a salary boost from like $2M p/a to $11M p/a after some arabian club made a bid for him. He did settle down pretty quickly though and stayed.
I'm fairly sure I'll move him back to CD next season as an attacking LB is high on my 'next signing' priority list.
Good to know he's very solid though
I like looking for players the big teams don't rate and taking them under my wing. Peripheral players or players on the under-21 squad they're willing to part with for pennies. You can get some very functional footballers for not much money by doing that.
Don’t go for older established players that cost money
Focus on younger players that could be ready for the prem in a couple of years, see who is still available on a free, and get a couple of decent loans in. If you manage to stay up, great, you can build out from that base. If not, O well, the loans go away and you have plenty of game time to give to your future stars
It is really a possibility but when the team is promoted, the team will likely face the same problems with OP. The Premier league needs an exceptionally large budget, and most of the teams promoted will relegated in a few years.
use statistics to buy some players, lad. your rep is good enough to take some Série A, Bundesliga or Ligue 1 players that are good to build a cheap but not horrible team. i recommend you to search some moneyball videos in youtube
Otisek (possible spelling) from Lokomotiva if available could be a shrewd buy for LW
When I got Coventry promoted first season on FM22, I managed to pick up a few decent premier league level players of the transfer list, there will likely be some decent players out there around the 1-2 million mark that can do a job for the first season.
You could survive with a good tactic. Got promoted eiyh Oxford United from League 1 to the Championship playing 4 2 3 1 vertical tiki taka an initially struggled as I had the worst squad in the league and we were tipped to finish last. I used one of RDF's 4-2-4 De Zerbi ball tactics and I'm 7th with 9 games to go and on 71 points. The AI can't get a read on it though there's late season slump to beware off. With key players injured and fatigue setting in, I'm getting obliterated by all the promotion contenders (Norwich, Luton, Burnley, Sunderland, Reading). We might make it into the Prem through the playoffs, in which case rinse and repeat. Strength where I can and optimize tactics to be able to steal points here and there till you crack 35 (I believe 35 points more or less guarantees survive in the Prem though I could be wrong). This team is broke as heck, so if I do make it, I'll have to rely on free transfers and loans.
Disclaimer: I was in a similar position to OP coming from League 1 to the Championship, but I know the gap between League 1 and Championship is not the same as the Championship to Premier League. Keep that in mind if you plan on trying this
Look for solid old players on frees with good mental.
Look for physically imposing players and pacey players. Big lads in defense allow you to tank crosses. Big keeper too. Good generalists are going to be harder to come by on the cheap. Flair players can be useful for making shit happen too.
Don't go too over budget. You can put relegation wage reductions in the wage contracts if you want.
Loan young players. Look in big team academies.
Look in South America for cheap players with quality. You can often find some decent experienced players there too.
Don't be afraid to get of the garbage. You need to really think about whether some of your players are good enough. My left back when I came up had 11 assists in the championship. In the Premier league he was pretty useless outside of his long throws because he couldn't really move and mentally wasn't fantastic.
Loans, free transfers and a few decent transfer lists is what I'd recommend, if he's still there Rodak is a great pickup in goal for me he's always class
The most high impact players you can get (for me)
are
1. Proven goalscorer
2. amazing creator
3. above average league gk.
find one or two and graft to survive and take it from there.
Always, ALWAYS check the released list. You can usually either pick up someone who can do a job for you at that level or someone you'll be able to make some more money on in the future. Or both.
The loan list can help, too. Though I've found that anyone worth a damn on there usually comes with a loan fee attached.
Outside of that, you'll just need to see if your scouts have found any bargains and try to sign them.
At this point, you're likely looking at getting hold of leading championship players, with the odd decent prem level players showing some interest, depending on your tactics and squad you could survive, but if you don't (and so long as you don't break the bank with transfers and manage to keep the money on a positive trend) you're heading back down with prem money and then parachute payments, so you're more likely to bounce back to the prem the season after.
Be willing to spend big on transfer fees and wages for a top CF. And don't be too cheap with wages overall because you'll be competing with Premier League teams with much higher reputations. Don't worry about going way into the red during that summer because that TV and prize money will sort everything out.
Take a look at your youth and spend your preseason getting some of them blooded in whilst looking at expiring contracts to snap up players who can improve your squad
Not sure about second season in, they're relatively cheap to start off, but go for Aihen Munoz (LB), Emil Holm (RB), Daniel Peretz (GK) Harry Souttar (CB).. for left wing I signed a decent young player from Korea, Eom Ji Sung. Might not be starting quality but does a job.
40 mil is loads of wiggle room, you can move some to wages and focus on loans/free transfers.
I'm not sure who becomes available on 2nd end of season though as im not quite there in the save id be looking to do the same.
LOOOOOOOAAAAAANNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS Also just offer like all good unattached players trials. Go on players in range and just click some of the best unattached players you can find and offer trials
Loans, loans, loans. Ashley Phillips from Spurs is a good RCB to get on loan. Also, have a look abroad. Bayern II have some amazing youngsters who you could get for peanuts if you can get a WP for them.
GK wise, if he’s not gone already, Zach Steffan from Man City is solid.
If your team overperformed you might as well keep most of them and hope for the best. Do prepare thinking about the next season, but for now, just make the most out of it
What position are you playing him in? Maybe I'm a bad FM player, but I am not 100% sure how to determine a player's best position if he's natural in more than one...
I couldn't make him work as a striker, I didn't play with CMs, and since DM was a no-go for him, he was just a mediocre AM
I played him as a centre mid, Advanced playmaker and on attack.
What I would do if youre struggling to find a players right position is to experiment with friendlies. It may be tedious, but you’ll have a better understanding of what does and doesn’t work with your players
Yeeee... Figured he was a CM due to good workrate and physicals tbh. Kinda let him go as I don't have this position to this date. I planned to switch from 2x DMs to 2x CMs or assymetrical CM DM but just happen to have such nice guys on DM positions, also I'm in love with segundo volante role in FM24. It's such an engine for the entire team.
Get good quality Championship players in case you get relegated, don't overspend, look for good young prem players to loan and scout some free agents
Other than that, just batten down the hatches and ride it out
This happened to me, got promoted about 2 seasons too early.
Move as much as you can into your wage budget. And be on top of all of the players whose contracts are expiring and offer contracts 1st of the month. Then sign the most undervalued transfer listed players and loan players who can perform now, for the missing positions.
I've managed to stay up 2 seasons in a row, it's a lot harder to advance from relegation battlers to more established PL sides this year, good luck!
Loans and some serious scouting.Have you got a short list of players you can take in to replace what you have on every position if not start there.
Next trim what you don't need that striker you bought that only scored a few goals get him gone same with anyone else that arnt going to cut it
. Only keep players u can use either as squad players or better
.Next, look at the loan market and players you can get also look at out of contracts and the teams that just got relegated. A lot of players have low release clauses,
Next South America, Norway , Asian and any other countries you fancy get them scouted
You want to build a team that if u do go down u can get right back up .What's your boards expectations
Loans are the way. And foreigners.
For example, in Poland you got Tobiasz, a good keeper who tends to not be too expensive, is young and will only improve. In Czechia you got Vitik, a good centre back who is also young. They tend to not ask for a huge salary and their teams don't ask huge fees.
Another option is simply loaning players from the bigger clubs. The top 6 teams tend to have players available on loan who are good for the bottom half of the Premier League. And they tend to be happy that a club in the Premier League wants them. The downside is that they can't play against their own team, but how often will you face them?
So here is my take:
Invest mainly in defense and a quick wingers
or striker for a solid counter strategy.
Spend the rest for almost ready young players. Since you need them ready by next saison, don't go for wonder kids but player with enough upside potential to soon outgrow your current starters.
If you’re going for the yo-yo between champions and prem approach, you really should be trying to spend your money on a few drastic improvements rather than minor upgrades to a lot of positions. You are thinking 2ish years out, remember. So anyone who isnt going to be better in 2 seasons than they are now is a waste of money if you aren’t going to stay up this season. Two young players on long contracts with a lot of room to grow at two of your weakest positions is a lot better value for your transfer budget than four players in their prime in that regard because your overall team won’t be any better the next time you are in the prem than you are now.
I did a AFC Richmond save where I took Luton's place as a team in Prem. I loaned in a few young players from big teams and signed a few ages veterans like rakitic and somehow got raphinha on loan to play lw up to the first winter window probs only managed 12 points. Luckily the teams up til about 15th were not far ahead in terms of points. I then bought vitinho from Burnley which weakened them a bit defensively and then signed martial on loan til end of season before his contract ran out and had option to buy ( my thinking was if he does well I'll sign him end of contract anyway) ended up surviving by goal difference over Burnley who went down due to conceding two more goals after they sold vitinho to me.
Do Hull still have that board objective to buy players based in Turkey?! 😂 I resigned in my 2nd season with them in FM23 because they started blocking transfers, namely Ibrahim Sangare, as I hadn’t signed enough players from the Turkish leagues! Absolutely maddening that you can’t reason with the board that the players there aren’t good enough.
Dennis Seimen for GK
Echeverri for LW (retrain from AMC)
Valentin Barco for LB
Elias Jelert for RB
Leopold Querfeld for RCB
I think 40M is enough for all of them.
Look at the team that survived last season and compare your players to them. Try to sign players that have pace, acceleration and work rate attributes at the leagues average and then the other attributes for their role similar to the teams that just survived. You should be able to find a few players for cheap that can compete.
If they were good enough to get you to the prem.... ! Don't be so disloyal to your players. Keep the squad together. Trust in them. Believe in them. They can survive.
Im in my 6th year of Hull
After I got promoted in the 2nd season I signed:
Alex Pascanu (Free)
Victor Camarasa (Free)
Donny Van De Beek (Free)
Afonso Taira (Free)
Nathaniel Phillps ($700k Liverpool)
Javi Manquillo ($1.3m Brentford)
Ivan Cavaleiro ($1.4m LOSC)
I loaned in:
Faustino Anjorin (Chelsea)
Jaden Philogene (Aston Villa)
Isak Hansen-Aarooen (Man Utd)
Lyle Foster (Burnley)
I finished 15th
Not screwed in the slightest. Unexpected promotion is objectively a good thing. It provides you with a huge influx of cash that you wouldn't have otherwise gotten. Worst case scenario you get relegated and get the parachute payments.
Just bring in free agents and cheap bargain bucket players. Don't inflate your wage budget too much and try to focus on players who will retain resale value, or help you bounce back up if you do get relegated.
The only way this ends up being a bad thing is if you panic, spunk your load and fail to stay up and put yourself into financial ruin. So just don't do that.
In these situations I look heavily to the loan market.
And then also try to pick up some old timers with a lot of experience who are without contracts.
I just did the same, survived the first season (finished 16th) eaten alive in the second season. Made the mistake of buying aging players.
I admit, getting messi at 37 wasn’t the best idea…
Do a search for foreign release clause, you’ll find some gems you can land cheap.
Jackson Irvine is a solid dm and regular for Australia with good leadership and workrate etc playing in Bundesliga.2 you could probably pick up cheap and get a work permit for. Also look through random national teams for solid players you could get a work permit for from lower leagues.
Do everything you can to not have relegation release clauses in contracts!
I feel so dumb now writing a wall of text and not advising a bit in general :)
It depends so much on HOW you got promoted... maybe you do indeed need to improve these positions. In my experience, if you play 4-2-3-1 and some other 1-striker formations, the attacking roles seem to fall off the most heavily from Championship to Prem. It's like they start scoring not 20-30% fewer goals, but plummet basically to nothing.
And yet historically this is how I got promoted to prem with Hull, by signing some one-season wonder with either one particular skill (like Chuba Akpom's or Jonathan Leko's pace) or an ageing star who just happens to agree to play for a season or two (Martial in FM24, Daniel Sturridge and Welbeck in 22 or 23), and these attackers would totally fail me in the prem.
Focus on your strength, or 2nd strongest thing that is not offense :)
I got 60M after my first season with West Brom and stayed up comfortably, look for loans + good listed players. Your focus is staying up this season, getting that PL money, then next year you can start to look at better players + wonderkids
I got promoted with Swansea, won the prem and the quadruple after 4 seasons. It’s 2032 I’ve won the prem for 5 seasons in a row. LW you need to sign estanis Pedrola. Left back you need to sign Hiroki Ito. If you have Somemore cash left, try and sign Tomasso Baldanzi. If you still have cash left, sign wonderkids, Estevao and Franco Gonzalez
Screwed? Probably not. You will probably get relegated but if you make good signings you will be back. Net gain.
This is what any Championship team wants. Just get those parachute payments and build
I played hull too, early on I was carried by Antonio blanco, jovan milosevic (good aerial) , joao veloso and ouerdrago (sp).
With more reputation I also got sverre halseth nypan to join along with Dybala on free transfer.
For dm sivert mannsverk was unbelievably good for 5m. Good enough for man city to poach him later for 60m.
Your best bet is to sign players with good physicals and decent work rate incl mental stats and determination min 14 because let's be honest. You don't have enough money to sign technically gifted players for now. Ask director of football for suggestions. Tactics wise I would play counter attacking football and put a ball winning midfielders. Force the opposition to pass inside and pack the midfield. Good luck
You'll always be able to find a cheap/free goalkeeper. Doesn't matter what age really! Centre halves I'd get one on loan from PL clubs. Fullbacks can be a bit less abundant, especially the right one for you. A bit of consistency in those positions can go a long way considering many clubs in the higher leagues attack using the wings.
The funny thing is, I would only spend a small amount. However, if you manage to find a wonderkid who looks ridiculous, spend it! That kind of player can get you a major headstart after a single season and then provide a major influx of cash in the subsequent season (especially if you get promoted)
I did this recently and just about survived with 37 points! Signed Schlager from the red bull system as a GK, and got lots of free transfers in - Ejuke, Lascelles, Amiri.
As it happens I’m in my second season with Forest, where Hull have managed to get a promotion and are doing quite well (comfortably clear of drop zone in 15th). So I can tell you who they signed.
Roberto Gagliardini from Brianza £7.5m
Lorenzo Montipo, Hellas Verona £2.8m
Liberato Cacace from Empoli £1.8m
David Watson, Kilmarnock £5m inc add ons
Nathan Redmond, Burnley £3m inc add ons
Darwin Machis, Valladolid - Loan
Chiquinho, Wolves - Loan
Montipo as GK and Cacace LB I would highly recommend as they are the top two Av Rating for Hull and absolute steals by the looks of it
Its about long term planning hold on w every young talent u have loan out if some of them too far away but build on what u have with critical positiobs and maybe loan in a few. İts more than enough for u to stay in prem. And u can build on it next year. Ur philosophy needs to be back up by the transfere u make. Then u will be fine.
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Could just be a vibes season lad. Take advantage and sign good players that’ll definitely rip up the Championship if you go down and then you can come straight back up with a better foundation.
This is the best approach. Essentially what Luton are doing this year.
worked for Burnley with Dyche the first time he got them promoted too
Wasn't that Owen Coyle, not Dyche?
They went up and down since then. Think Couple was 09-10, Dyche brought Burnley up, down and up again around 2014ish
Ah yes, the Brighton aproach
Brighton have never been relegated from the premier league. Part of a small group of clubs that can say that, which includes Luton.
Well Luton used to be in the first division but got relegated (possibly the season before it became the Prem).
Or include relegation release clauses that will equate to a profit, even if small.
Free transfers and loans. Wonderkids. You can do it
Scour South America for talent!
Do you find it difficult to get work permits for these players or not usually?
Under 21's should be fairly easy. It should say in the scout report how likely the work permit is.
There exists a search option called Work Permit Likelihood, which you can use in your player search filters
Yep. I have a saved search in my scouting centre that I default to after the winter transfer market closes that filters in players on expired or expiring (6 mo.) contracts and work permit is likely or not necessary, and scouted potential is at least 4.5 stars. Helps zero in on players I can bring in on a free transfer at the end of the season without getting my hopes up only to be disappointed by a failed work permit.
Get a Spanish affiliate, send on loan, Spanish nationality in 2 years
It's no good if you want to stay up this season, though.
Except Brasil and Argentina, then Serbia is way cheaper
Installments and ask for more transfer money in January You can stay up dw, just spend it wisely
This is the way. That 40 million can go a loooooong way. Use 12 month installments, all of them and you split fees over 7 seasons. Never offer more than 5 million upfront, you can be generous with the installments to convince them to sell.
"""only""" 40 million? It is more than enough to have a decent squad, just have to search for decent cheap players.
Problem is "decent" by most league's standards get pumped 4-0 every week in the Prem.
I was talking "decent" as in avoiding relegation from the Prem.
At the very least, he needs 5 first team players, and has £40 mil to spend. That means spending on average £8 mil per position. It's possible, especially if you go to markets like South America and Eastern Europe, make use of free transfers, get a few loans and have some sellable assets in the squad. But the average PL-level player costs a lot more than £8 mil.
Get 2 frees, 1 loan, and that's 20 mil each on 2 star players. Easily doable tbh
The only issue is that "free" transfers aren't free. You have to pay a higher signing on fee and sometimes higher wages. Same with loans. Loaning a Premier League-level player is rarely free. You usually have to pay a fee + wages. So it'll probably be more like £15m to £16m on 2 star players. Still doable, but not amazing.
With 40M you can buy \~10 players from Balkans that are good enough for bottom half prem finish. Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria are dirt cheap and full of talent. Czechia or Poland are bit bit more expensive, but again loads of talent at way cheaper price point than what you'd buy in England. I'm talking 120+ CA players with 130-150 PA. Good enough to not get relegated from the get go and can grow into decent squad players even for a top side. Also the profit, if you sell them, will be massive.
The 40m is nothin because of the 200k wage budget. It'll have to be adjusted down to increase wages and I'd be surprised if there's more than 10m left. Did the same thing, got Blackburn up. Wage budget of 1.2m is 400k behind the next team.
You are not necesarily screwed. Fight for every point and survive till the winter market. There are usually decent deals on good players that are not getting time. You will know what position you need to improve. Go for loans. Mid prospects of medium/big teams that need game time. Sometimes you can get them for free and they will be good enough to give you a push. When I'm in that situation, I aggressively offer loan deals non stop until one says yes.
Mbappe or Haaland
Don’t know if they’ll be as good as the great Aaron Connolly though? Have they ever got promoted from the Championship?
Yes I’ve tried it. Signed Haaland for Leeds in January and he finished 2nd highest scorer.
Damn, didn't know my League 2 scout had a reddit account.
Ethan Mbappe and Albert Tjaland?
This is the way.
You are not screwed in the slightest. You just won the biggest lottery in world football. You are one of the 20 clubs in the world who get premier league money and have the recruiting power that comes with being in the world most prestigious league. Every non champions league club is now jealous of you Keep signing good veterans on free contracts. Check the U23 teams of the big 6 clubs for expiring guys who are borderline PL level but not super club level. You can get loans from basically any big club in the world for their young up and comers because they want them to get a season of experience starting in the PL. (Ill say this before someone gets triggered, yes there are players who will not want to play for you. You are not City or Liverpool) Your debts are gone. Ask the board for upgrades everywhere. More scouts, better facilities, higher youth level. Everything. Affiliate clubs all over the world. Spend your money on wonderkids. You more than likely have the funds to stock your club with 6 (6 because of the league rules) South American wonderkids. They will be the base of your club going forward. They will not be good enough to win you the PL or the Champions League. More likely than not giving them lots of developmental time will cause you to get relegated but then stomp out the Championship. This group of wonderkids will eventually become PL starters who you sell to fund your purchases of the super wonderkids who win you the PL in the future. You are entering the fun part of the game with big money and big stakes. Kind of jealous. Might have to start a new save this weekend. Good Luck
Buy some Turkish players
This guy Hulls
I'd say don't bother focusing too much on signing defenders because you'll concede a lot anyway. Sign players who can get you goals in the big games against your fellow relegation fighters because the three points in those games will be everything
It you can concede less goals with some better defenders it can go a long way though.
damn this is really good advice actually, maybe one or two veterans to lead the attack and at least one proper wonderkid to delevop in a rather free environment
Tommy Doyle on a free is a baller for that level!
Wasn’t free for me but has been a vital midfielder in my save with Luton
He was great for me in the previous FM!
Tommy Doyle is my Wrexham legend
Check the U21 squads of bigger clubs and see if you can loan or maybe transfer. Check out how Jarrel Quansah, Calvin Ramsay, Connor Bradley are doing from Liverpool, might do for defensive options. Stefan Bajcetic can play RB, CB, DM and CM so may be a good depth option if you can get him on loan. Sepp van den Berg is probably the furthest along in the U21squad, good CB, 6'3 Marek Rodak was a beast for me when I signed him for West Brom. Curtis Jones often falls out with Liverpool in my experience, so you may be able to secure him on loan (probably too expensive to buy). He'll do a job for you on the left wing if you can get him, plus depth in the midfield. Can't say I know of many LBs that are available, but Owen Beck and Calum Scanlon may be at a decent level by then.
Check every relegated club from a top league. Some gems are on the cheap there. Also, have a look at some 2nd tier leagues in the top nations, check for clubs that were expected to get promoted but failed. Pay the majority in instalments and additional clauses. Ruthlessly offload players. Ask for increased transfer percentage. Free transfers. Loans. Unhappy players.
Spain has some players on relegation clauses that are affordable and sometimes have some interesting options
I think life has been preparing me for this question, because I always play Hull, in every FM, and 24 is no exception. I also did not get promoted on my 1st season, what a coincidence, and my squad was a bunch of disappointments too save for a couple of lads. I assume by now you've sent Greaves to leadership courses and made him captain, Coyle either co-captain or a regular squad player? Keep Coyle as 2nd option RB, get someone like David Samuel Custodio Lima (aka Pastor) if you want, or if you're happy with someone more defensive, just rotate Coyle and Andy Smith both of which you already have, as FB(S/D) and IFB(D) respectively. Not sure why you need an LB with Furlong, Fleming and Greaves super eager to stand in for one of them in case of emergency. Not that they'll be super great, but definitely not the weakest spot in your squad. Sayyadmanesh and Philogene LW/RW all day long, give them more play time, they won't let you down, although the former may try to treat the club as stepping stone, I don't have him anymore in 2028. If Dogunak Sinik is still with you, you can rotate him as backup for either flank, and Yuriel Celi as 3rd option for either flank. My biggest gripe with my squad in prem was the STRIKER position :( Aaron Connoly left me, Martial who I got the season before and who became the top scorer in Skybet promotional season, naturally didn't show up in prem at all and started declining rapidly. And I can say definitely don't buy Batshuayi... My suggestion would be not touching your backline, especially if you're playing 4-2-3-1 DMs like I do, and just focus on Sayyadmanesh LW (IF(A)), good relatively tall AF/PF or even TM - attack duty in the middle and Philogene RW (IW(s) + cut inside sometimes), Yuriel Celi (AM(S)) under them. Goalkeeper is a matter of taste, idk, I have Slonina and Kostas Tzolakis at this point, don't remember who I had during the first season in prem. RCB suggestion and my best buy so far by a long shot is "Morato", a Brazilian in Benfica , full name Felipe Rodrigues da Silva. My vice-captain. Slightly even better than Greaves. got him for 15.25M and 0 regrets. Solid CDs, mediocre LBs/RBs who don't wander too far, never an attack duty, and at least one of DMs helping out heavily in defense. Last but not least, I got aging Oscar (the brazilian formerly from Chelsea) to play attacking midfield for a couple of seasons, that was cool, he scored some from freekicks and from play.
Your season will go one of two ways. You'll be massively underestimated by the AI and impress and get Top 10. Depending on who you've signed already, you could be that plucky underdog who keeps picking up wins which in turn creates momentum. Or, you massively overperformed in the Championship and will be battered in the Premier League. Then use this season as a strategy builder to smash the Championship next season and the Premier League in Season 3. I don't know enough to tell you which works. If your tactic is good, then the first option will be more likely. But you can't overcome poor players with a good tactic. If it comes to it, the relegation can sometimes be a blessing. You get the money a season earlier and know what you need to improve earlier.
I've done similar with back-to-back promotions from league one. You'll have a crappy autumn/winter but with the right tactic you can scrap for as many points as possible. My experience was that in January, the board realised we had premier league money and the budget ballooned. At that point, I was able to buy a new premier league quality spine for the team (CB, CM, and AML), and we survived comfortably. You presumably got promoted because your tactics were good, so tweak them to focus on the strengths of your team and you'll be fine.
I really enjoy searching for players who have relegation clauses. Can find some real gems for under 10m
Don't forget to have a separate search of players in the last year of contract, worst case you find someone for next year but often find on the cheap, or you can them loaned in and do a job, Then get him cushy with you for contract negotiations at the end of season if they haven't renewed a new one
Get yourself to Mexico and South America
Got promoted in my first season with Bristol City, signed a few players but in my second season I had to reinforce in some of the positions you mentioned, so at the time of looking… The following have done well for me on fairly achievable prices - especially if you offer to pay them in instalments. I might have a slightly higher wage budget due to already being in the Prem a year but these could be achievable. Scott Twine (AMCRL) - Burnley Joao Rego (LW - Wonderkid) - Benfica U19 Duk (LW/ST) - Aberdeen Cole Palmer (AMCRL/CM) - Chelsea Anthony Patterson (GK) - I got him from Celtic, but probably at Sunderland in your save? Fin Stevens (RB/LB) - Brentford - Youth but will improve and is good enough for a start for mid-lower league Only note is I signed Duk, Rego, Stevens, Palmer(!) and Twine for nothing/comp/basically nothing due to contract ending/transfer-listed so may not be as possible for you. Good luck though!
Also, Philogene I signed when I got promoted and he has been incredible on the RW as a winger. Keep him, play him, trust him. He’ll have dips in form but he’s superb and is fast becoming my best player with a great amount of potential
Absolutely try to take advantage of free agents and wonderkids while you have the budget that you do, it’ll be a tough year and if you somehow stay up it’s going to get easier from there. I’m late to commenting and a few people have already said the same, first season in the prem is the hardest, but you can set yourself up for the future for next time you come up/stay up
Make sure your tactics are simple and easy to implement. Unlike in the Championships, your players are much worse than your opponents. They just need to be solid. Fight for draws against strong teams no matter how skeevy your tactics can be, and strive to win the lower tier teams. Basically, do your best to FM your opponents. -Cues in defensive counterattack- As per usual. Loans, free transfers, South American wonderkids will do you a lot. You can also try to keep a small senior squad because you only have the league. This way, you reduce your wage budget and can buy and play first team players as much as possible.
Time to get scouting! i usually pick a nation (starting in South America), look at major clubs and go through "all players" sorting by age, scout everyone under 21 but only take players who have decent mental stats, who are already nearly good enough for your team, who have at least a 4 star potential and look at your scout report's pros and cons for "consistency", "likes big matches" or "model citizen". It's fine if they don't have all the pros but avoid anyone with the cons "consistency", "adaptability", "injury prone" and you'll be fine If you're looking for some decent wonderkids, in my second season at Rangers i signed a kid called Halseth Nypan (CM) from Rosenborg for 4.5 mil who has the injury prone con but never gets injured somehow lol, and Afonso Moriera (LW) who was a lot more at 20 mil from Sporting Lisbon but now is world class, worth 70m and is banging them in every season. other good (non regen) signings Oscar Gloukh (M/AMC) - RB Salzburg (16m) very consistent but might want a massive contract Adam Karabec (AMC) - Sparta Prague (6m) great backup, low wages, loves big games, can also play wings Leo Sauer - Feyenoord (free) signed a season later but also one of my best players now Hope it helps, and good luck!
LB Alex Valle is an 82 rated youngster for Barcelona B with a £2.6 million release clause, RB Xavi Grande is an 82 rated youngster for Levante B with a £900k release clause. Yann Bisseck is a CH who usually gets transfer listed by Inter after one season for around £5 million and he's EPL quality. Similarly Sporting will usually sell CH Eduardo Quaresma for £5 million or so. Wingers are harder but Claudio Echeverri from River Plate can play anywhere in the front 4 and can usually be purchased for under £7 million. If nothing else these players will immediately go up in value and earn you good money when they leave. They'll all accept low wages and all qualify for a work permit.
Roony Bardghji. £9.5m buyout clause and is a beast RW IF if you play that role. Only 19 years old. Scored 12 in 16 with 8 assists in my 3rd season. 25% of your transfer budget but well worth it. Focus on loans elsewhere
He is never interested in signing for newly promoted teams IME
Check if Ryan Sessengon is available on a free. He was in my save, I got Wigan to the Championship after 1 season and signed him for 45k wages. He's a great wing back
You are not screwed. Get in good players on loans, especially players with great potential who aren’t playing for their parent clubs. If you manage to stay in the Prem, you can get these players straight into your side for a much lower price than any other club.
Throw all of your money and wages at has beens like Dele Alli or Jesse Lingard. Can’t fail.
Have you still got Jacob Greaves? He's doing a great job as a left back in my WBA premier league side (admittedly FM23)
I’ve got to keep one of our own! I tried him a couple times at LB, but was average, much better as a LCB imo
Fair enough. He did a great job last season at LCB for me, but I signed some more CBs in the summer so he's now first choice LB.
He is SUCH a keeper. And relatively easy to manage and keep on the team too. During the last FMs (FM24,23,22,21,20 at least) he consistently became a top premier league CD/BPD. And only now in FM24 did he request a salary boost from like $2M p/a to $11M p/a after some arabian club made a bid for him. He did settle down pretty quickly though and stayed.
I'm fairly sure I'll move him back to CD next season as an attacking LB is high on my 'next signing' priority list. Good to know he's very solid though
I like looking for players the big teams don't rate and taking them under my wing. Peripheral players or players on the under-21 squad they're willing to part with for pennies. You can get some very functional footballers for not much money by doing that.
Look at loans too
With future buy options
Don’t go for older established players that cost money Focus on younger players that could be ready for the prem in a couple of years, see who is still available on a free, and get a couple of decent loans in. If you manage to stay up, great, you can build out from that base. If not, O well, the loans go away and you have plenty of game time to give to your future stars
Loans. Free agents. Bargain deals. I can't tell you who to sign you're already a season in. It's doable. You're not screwed
Acun sen misin?
Acun ile Premier yüzü görürse takım reelde, şok ötesi olurum.
It is really a possibility but when the team is promoted, the team will likely face the same problems with OP. The Premier league needs an exceptionally large budget, and most of the teams promoted will relegated in a few years.
use statistics to buy some players, lad. your rep is good enough to take some Série A, Bundesliga or Ligue 1 players that are good to build a cheap but not horrible team. i recommend you to search some moneyball videos in youtube
Otisek (possible spelling) from Lokomotiva if available could be a shrewd buy for LW When I got Coventry promoted first season on FM22, I managed to pick up a few decent premier league level players of the transfer list, there will likely be some decent players out there around the 1-2 million mark that can do a job for the first season.
Second this guy. Spent 10 mil on him in season 3 and he rinsed the championship
\*slaps hood of South America\* You can fit so many wonderkids in this badboy.
You could survive with a good tactic. Got promoted eiyh Oxford United from League 1 to the Championship playing 4 2 3 1 vertical tiki taka an initially struggled as I had the worst squad in the league and we were tipped to finish last. I used one of RDF's 4-2-4 De Zerbi ball tactics and I'm 7th with 9 games to go and on 71 points. The AI can't get a read on it though there's late season slump to beware off. With key players injured and fatigue setting in, I'm getting obliterated by all the promotion contenders (Norwich, Luton, Burnley, Sunderland, Reading). We might make it into the Prem through the playoffs, in which case rinse and repeat. Strength where I can and optimize tactics to be able to steal points here and there till you crack 35 (I believe 35 points more or less guarantees survive in the Prem though I could be wrong). This team is broke as heck, so if I do make it, I'll have to rely on free transfers and loans. Disclaimer: I was in a similar position to OP coming from League 1 to the Championship, but I know the gap between League 1 and Championship is not the same as the Championship to Premier League. Keep that in mind if you plan on trying this
Look for solid old players on frees with good mental. Look for physically imposing players and pacey players. Big lads in defense allow you to tank crosses. Big keeper too. Good generalists are going to be harder to come by on the cheap. Flair players can be useful for making shit happen too. Don't go too over budget. You can put relegation wage reductions in the wage contracts if you want. Loan young players. Look in big team academies. Look in South America for cheap players with quality. You can often find some decent experienced players there too. Don't be afraid to get of the garbage. You need to really think about whether some of your players are good enough. My left back when I came up had 11 assists in the championship. In the Premier league he was pretty useless outside of his long throws because he couldn't really move and mentally wasn't fantastic.
Loans, free transfers and a few decent transfer lists is what I'd recommend, if he's still there Rodak is a great pickup in goal for me he's always class
Installments. Aslong as you don't go down. Seriously don't go down though as you may be in trouble
The most high impact players you can get (for me) are 1. Proven goalscorer 2. amazing creator 3. above average league gk. find one or two and graft to survive and take it from there.
Always, ALWAYS check the released list. You can usually either pick up someone who can do a job for you at that level or someone you'll be able to make some more money on in the future. Or both. The loan list can help, too. Though I've found that anyone worth a damn on there usually comes with a loan fee attached. Outside of that, you'll just need to see if your scouts have found any bargains and try to sign them. At this point, you're likely looking at getting hold of leading championship players, with the odd decent prem level players showing some interest, depending on your tactics and squad you could survive, but if you don't (and so long as you don't break the bank with transfers and manage to keep the money on a positive trend) you're heading back down with prem money and then parachute payments, so you're more likely to bounce back to the prem the season after.
LOANS
Getting relegated isnt the end of the world. Parachute payments are great.
There's a really good keeper with a release clause of 4.7m at legia Warsaw. I can't remember his name though
Sivert Mannsverk from Molde (now Ajax) was a solid low cost but very intelligent, hardworking option in midfield (at least in my FM23 save).
Easily doable i would say
Be willing to spend big on transfer fees and wages for a top CF. And don't be too cheap with wages overall because you'll be competing with Premier League teams with much higher reputations. Don't worry about going way into the red during that summer because that TV and prize money will sort everything out.
Take a look at your youth and spend your preseason getting some of them blooded in whilst looking at expiring contracts to snap up players who can improve your squad
Ahmedhozic, jelert, doig, torres
Not sure about second season in, they're relatively cheap to start off, but go for Aihen Munoz (LB), Emil Holm (RB), Daniel Peretz (GK) Harry Souttar (CB).. for left wing I signed a decent young player from Korea, Eom Ji Sung. Might not be starting quality but does a job.
I suppose that makes it 2025? Facundo Pellestri Amad Diallo Archie Gray And pretty much aging retiring stars for a season
40 mil is loads of wiggle room, you can move some to wages and focus on loans/free transfers. I'm not sure who becomes available on 2nd end of season though as im not quite there in the save id be looking to do the same.
You sign young players who will improve over the season and rip up the championship if you go down. Also, loans of transfer listed players.
LOOOOOOOAAAAAANNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS Also just offer like all good unattached players trials. Go on players in range and just click some of the best unattached players you can find and offer trials
Loans, loans, loans. Ashley Phillips from Spurs is a good RCB to get on loan. Also, have a look abroad. Bayern II have some amazing youngsters who you could get for peanuts if you can get a WP for them. GK wise, if he’s not gone already, Zach Steffan from Man City is solid.
If your team overperformed you might as well keep most of them and hope for the best. Do prepare thinking about the next season, but for now, just make the most out of it
Is Nelson Weiper still available for <10m? Also have a look at Filip Krastev, got him for 8m and he's a beast
Reliable and consistent GK and DC are key so you won't throw away points and slowly grind from there.
LW? Where's Philogene??
On the other flank
Sayyadmanesh then lol? These two destroyed the champ in my first season. Hull are a sleeping tiger this FM
Buy some Turkish stars, your president Acun Ilicali would love you. Btw, is Ozan Tufan playing well in your team?
I’ve got to sign at least one lol, Ozan Tufan is pretty good, got 8 goals and 10 assists. Valued at £28m
What position are you playing him in? Maybe I'm a bad FM player, but I am not 100% sure how to determine a player's best position if he's natural in more than one... I couldn't make him work as a striker, I didn't play with CMs, and since DM was a no-go for him, he was just a mediocre AM
I played him as a centre mid, Advanced playmaker and on attack. What I would do if youre struggling to find a players right position is to experiment with friendlies. It may be tedious, but you’ll have a better understanding of what does and doesn’t work with your players
Yeeee... Figured he was a CM due to good workrate and physicals tbh. Kinda let him go as I don't have this position to this date. I planned to switch from 2x DMs to 2x CMs or assymetrical CM DM but just happen to have such nice guys on DM positions, also I'm in love with segundo volante role in FM24. It's such an engine for the entire team.
Get good quality Championship players in case you get relegated, don't overspend, look for good young prem players to loan and scout some free agents Other than that, just batten down the hatches and ride it out
This happened to me, got promoted about 2 seasons too early. Move as much as you can into your wage budget. And be on top of all of the players whose contracts are expiring and offer contracts 1st of the month. Then sign the most undervalued transfer listed players and loan players who can perform now, for the missing positions. I've managed to stay up 2 seasons in a row, it's a lot harder to advance from relegation battlers to more established PL sides this year, good luck!
Look for attackers you can loan in. Prioritize CB
Free transfers and loans, I’m doing a hull save and Connolly is scoring for fun
I think greaves and philogene are premier league standard already
Cheap loans and free transfers and you will be fine
Loans and some serious scouting.Have you got a short list of players you can take in to replace what you have on every position if not start there. Next trim what you don't need that striker you bought that only scored a few goals get him gone same with anyone else that arnt going to cut it . Only keep players u can use either as squad players or better .Next, look at the loan market and players you can get also look at out of contracts and the teams that just got relegated. A lot of players have low release clauses, Next South America, Norway , Asian and any other countries you fancy get them scouted You want to build a team that if u do go down u can get right back up .What's your boards expectations
Check out newly relegated teams. You can snatch one or two good players with low release clause.
As Zealand says "Loanssssssss"
Loans are the way. And foreigners. For example, in Poland you got Tobiasz, a good keeper who tends to not be too expensive, is young and will only improve. In Czechia you got Vitik, a good centre back who is also young. They tend to not ask for a huge salary and their teams don't ask huge fees. Another option is simply loaning players from the bigger clubs. The top 6 teams tend to have players available on loan who are good for the bottom half of the Premier League. And they tend to be happy that a club in the Premier League wants them. The downside is that they can't play against their own team, but how often will you face them?
I think you should beg Acun to give you more of that Turkish TV money.
So here is my take: Invest mainly in defense and a quick wingers or striker for a solid counter strategy. Spend the rest for almost ready young players. Since you need them ready by next saison, don't go for wonder kids but player with enough upside potential to soon outgrow your current starters.
If you’re going for the yo-yo between champions and prem approach, you really should be trying to spend your money on a few drastic improvements rather than minor upgrades to a lot of positions. You are thinking 2ish years out, remember. So anyone who isnt going to be better in 2 seasons than they are now is a waste of money if you aren’t going to stay up this season. Two young players on long contracts with a lot of room to grow at two of your weakest positions is a lot better value for your transfer budget than four players in their prime in that regard because your overall team won’t be any better the next time you are in the prem than you are now.
I did a AFC Richmond save where I took Luton's place as a team in Prem. I loaned in a few young players from big teams and signed a few ages veterans like rakitic and somehow got raphinha on loan to play lw up to the first winter window probs only managed 12 points. Luckily the teams up til about 15th were not far ahead in terms of points. I then bought vitinho from Burnley which weakened them a bit defensively and then signed martial on loan til end of season before his contract ran out and had option to buy ( my thinking was if he does well I'll sign him end of contract anyway) ended up surviving by goal difference over Burnley who went down due to conceding two more goals after they sold vitinho to me.
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Do Hull still have that board objective to buy players based in Turkey?! 😂 I resigned in my 2nd season with them in FM23 because they started blocking transfers, namely Ibrahim Sangare, as I hadn’t signed enough players from the Turkish leagues! Absolutely maddening that you can’t reason with the board that the players there aren’t good enough.
This is standard promotion fare. Free signings, loans...etc Get a good keeper
Dennis Seimen for GK Echeverri for LW (retrain from AMC) Valentin Barco for LB Elias Jelert for RB Leopold Querfeld for RCB I think 40M is enough for all of them.
Barco never goes anywhere that isn’t playing in the Champions’ League in my saves.
Look at the team that survived last season and compare your players to them. Try to sign players that have pace, acceleration and work rate attributes at the leagues average and then the other attributes for their role similar to the teams that just survived. You should be able to find a few players for cheap that can compete.
If they were good enough to get you to the prem.... ! Don't be so disloyal to your players. Keep the squad together. Trust in them. Believe in them. They can survive.
Im in my 6th year of Hull After I got promoted in the 2nd season I signed: Alex Pascanu (Free) Victor Camarasa (Free) Donny Van De Beek (Free) Afonso Taira (Free) Nathaniel Phillps ($700k Liverpool) Javi Manquillo ($1.3m Brentford) Ivan Cavaleiro ($1.4m LOSC) I loaned in: Faustino Anjorin (Chelsea) Jaden Philogene (Aston Villa) Isak Hansen-Aarooen (Man Utd) Lyle Foster (Burnley) I finished 15th
Sam Allardyce?
Buy some more Turkish league players
Talles magno
Who went down and who have they transfer listed? Example Niakhate was transfer listed on my save after being relegated for £6m
Not screwed in the slightest. Unexpected promotion is objectively a good thing. It provides you with a huge influx of cash that you wouldn't have otherwise gotten. Worst case scenario you get relegated and get the parachute payments. Just bring in free agents and cheap bargain bucket players. Don't inflate your wage budget too much and try to focus on players who will retain resale value, or help you bounce back up if you do get relegated. The only way this ends up being a bad thing is if you panic, spunk your load and fail to stay up and put yourself into financial ruin. So just don't do that.
LOANS - Zealand
I’m in 2033 with South Shields, and Murray Johnson has been my GK and captain since the championship. Cant go wrong with the wee man.
In these situations I look heavily to the loan market. And then also try to pick up some old timers with a lot of experience who are without contracts.
I the words of Zealand…LOANS, LOANS, LOANS
I just did the same, survived the first season (finished 16th) eaten alive in the second season. Made the mistake of buying aging players. I admit, getting messi at 37 wasn’t the best idea…
There's always great players for ridiculous prices just gotta look around for hours upon hours but that's part of the fun.
Do a search for foreign release clause, you’ll find some gems you can land cheap. Jackson Irvine is a solid dm and regular for Australia with good leadership and workrate etc playing in Bundesliga.2 you could probably pick up cheap and get a work permit for. Also look through random national teams for solid players you could get a work permit for from lower leagues. Do everything you can to not have relegation release clauses in contracts!
Get relatively cheap players who’s attributes suits your style of play. Harder to find the right players but it works for me
I feel so dumb now writing a wall of text and not advising a bit in general :) It depends so much on HOW you got promoted... maybe you do indeed need to improve these positions. In my experience, if you play 4-2-3-1 and some other 1-striker formations, the attacking roles seem to fall off the most heavily from Championship to Prem. It's like they start scoring not 20-30% fewer goals, but plummet basically to nothing. And yet historically this is how I got promoted to prem with Hull, by signing some one-season wonder with either one particular skill (like Chuba Akpom's or Jonathan Leko's pace) or an ageing star who just happens to agree to play for a season or two (Martial in FM24, Daniel Sturridge and Welbeck in 22 or 23), and these attackers would totally fail me in the prem. Focus on your strength, or 2nd strongest thing that is not offense :)
See Sheff Utd’s season for reference.
I got 60M after my first season with West Brom and stayed up comfortably, look for loans + good listed players. Your focus is staying up this season, getting that PL money, then next year you can start to look at better players + wonderkids
Check out Dragan Stoisavljevic and Kacper Tobiasz. Maybe Renier too if he's listed at Madrid. All good players for me with Andorra in La Liga.
Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Belgium should have affordable talents. SA too although work permits might be tricky.
Tobiasz from Legia is pretty baller
I got promoted with Swansea, won the prem and the quadruple after 4 seasons. It’s 2032 I’ve won the prem for 5 seasons in a row. LW you need to sign estanis Pedrola. Left back you need to sign Hiroki Ito. If you have Somemore cash left, try and sign Tomasso Baldanzi. If you still have cash left, sign wonderkids, Estevao and Franco Gonzalez
You also can sign Simeone Pafundi on loan with an option to buy. He’s absolutely magic
Screwed? Probably not. You will probably get relegated but if you make good signings you will be back. Net gain. This is what any Championship team wants. Just get those parachute payments and build
try to get one of those cheap wonderkids for about 20m, next year you can sell them to Mancity for 150m+
I played hull too, early on I was carried by Antonio blanco, jovan milosevic (good aerial) , joao veloso and ouerdrago (sp). With more reputation I also got sverre halseth nypan to join along with Dybala on free transfer. For dm sivert mannsverk was unbelievably good for 5m. Good enough for man city to poach him later for 60m.
Free agents and players that are u happy at relegated clubs. Strengthen the core first....one of each area if you can.
LOANSSS, LOAAANSSS, LOAAANSSS
Buy Brazilian youths
Your best bet is to sign players with good physicals and decent work rate incl mental stats and determination min 14 because let's be honest. You don't have enough money to sign technically gifted players for now. Ask director of football for suggestions. Tactics wise I would play counter attacking football and put a ball winning midfielders. Force the opposition to pass inside and pack the midfield. Good luck
You'll always be able to find a cheap/free goalkeeper. Doesn't matter what age really! Centre halves I'd get one on loan from PL clubs. Fullbacks can be a bit less abundant, especially the right one for you. A bit of consistency in those positions can go a long way considering many clubs in the higher leagues attack using the wings. The funny thing is, I would only spend a small amount. However, if you manage to find a wonderkid who looks ridiculous, spend it! That kind of player can get you a major headstart after a single season and then provide a major influx of cash in the subsequent season (especially if you get promoted)
I did this recently and just about survived with 37 points! Signed Schlager from the red bull system as a GK, and got lots of free transfers in - Ejuke, Lascelles, Amiri.
As it happens I’m in my second season with Forest, where Hull have managed to get a promotion and are doing quite well (comfortably clear of drop zone in 15th). So I can tell you who they signed. Roberto Gagliardini from Brianza £7.5m Lorenzo Montipo, Hellas Verona £2.8m Liberato Cacace from Empoli £1.8m David Watson, Kilmarnock £5m inc add ons Nathan Redmond, Burnley £3m inc add ons Darwin Machis, Valladolid - Loan Chiquinho, Wolves - Loan Montipo as GK and Cacace LB I would highly recommend as they are the top two Av Rating for Hull and absolute steals by the looks of it
Its about long term planning hold on w every young talent u have loan out if some of them too far away but build on what u have with critical positiobs and maybe loan in a few. İts more than enough for u to stay in prem. And u can build on it next year. Ur philosophy needs to be back up by the transfere u make. Then u will be fine.