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Gli Azzurri | Part 8 | We All Dream Of A Team Of Mads Rasmussens
European nights were coming to Empoli FC as our exciting young side wrapped up a 7th-place finish in Serie A in 2025/26. We now faced a big challenge to try and strengthen to compete on two fronts with minimal finances. An even greater challenge was posed by big teams looking at our best players in […]
Gli Azzurri | Part 7 | Possible European Push
Empoli FC had reached heady heights, enjoying a 7th-place position heading into 2026. That was despite having already lost three times more home matches than last season and struggling slightly at the start of the campaign.
Gli Azzurri | Part 6 | Spending The Baldanzi Cash
Empoli FC brushed off the loss of their talismanic striker to work their way into the top half of Serie A, securing a 9th-place finish in 2024/25. That success saw the board get all big-headed and expect a mid-table finish in our third campaign, so the pressure was on.
Gli Azzurri | Part 5 | Club Record Transfers
A massive summer turnover had worked very nicely as Empoli FC sat pretty in the top half of Serie A heading into 2025. Any risk of relegation looked long gone, given we were 19 points clear of the dropzone.
Football News | Copa Sudamericana and Libertadores Finals
We’re about one week away from knowing who will be crowned the Kings of South American football as the Copa Sudamericana and Copa Libertadores Finals take place over the next two weekends.
Gli Azzurri | Part 4 | Massive Summer Turnover
Empoli FC enjoyed a season of overachievement in our first season of the Football Manager 2024 Beta, as we led them to an 11th-place finish. Those achievements were all the more impressive considering most of our squad was considered Serie B players, and most of them were on loan.
Gli Azzurri | Part 3 | Entertainment At Empoli
Empoli had made a solid start to the 2023/24 Serie A campaign as, despite a seven-match losing streak, we found ourselves firmly in mid-table heading into the new year. The hard work continued now as we looked to avoid the risk of a relegation battle.
FM Guide: 10 Challenges For FM24
Having attempted – and even created – a fair few adventures in our time, we got our thinking caps on for a few that we think make for an exciting FM24 save. So read on for 10 exciting FM24 challenges in alphabetical order.
Gli Azzurri | Part 2 | Seven Successive Defeats
In part one of Gli Azzurri, we gave you a brief introduction to Empoli FC, ran through the board and supporter expectations and met the players available to us in the FM24 Beta. Now we’ll look to play our first matches of FM24 with Empoli.
Gli Azzurri | Part 1 | Benvenuto A Empoli
The arrival of the Beta version of Football Manager 2024 means that, as is now customary, we’re heading back to Italy for the fourth year to begin our FM stories for the season. Having managed Sampdoria, Milan and Roma, we’re doing something a little trickier as we take the reigns at Empoli FC.
FM Experiment | What If… Lionel Messi Moved To The Premier League | Part 3: Newbies & Strugglers
The final part of this experiment series will see Lionel Messi placed at last season’s relegated sides and the clubs that were newly promoted to the Premier League.
FM Experiment | What If… Lionel Messi Moved To The Premier League | Part 2: Mid-Table Contenders
Last time out in this FM Experiment, we explored how Lionel Messi would fare in 3 seasons with each of the Premier League’s main contenders. But what if he took a gamble and joined some of the league’s less-fancied sides?
FM Experiment | What If… Lionel Messi Moved To The Premier League | Part 1: The “Big Six”
When Lionel Messi moved to PSG it felt like a wasted opportunity. But the World Cup winner’s move to the United States with Inter Miami feels even more so. A more interesting challenge would have been to see how arguably the world’s greatest-ever player would fare in arguably the world’s best league. So we put it to the test in FM23.
Football Manager 2024: My Save Plans
Football Manager 2024 – potentially the final version of FM as we know it – is almost upon us, which means it’s time to start thinking about the saves, adventures, and experiments we want to embark on for the next 12 months of virtual management. Again, my FM plans may be hindered by life, as […]
Europe’s Fairytale Football Successes In 2022/23
Are you bored of the big-money clubs dominating major leagues and a sucker for a little footballing romance? If so, we think you’ll enjoy some of the unheralded stories we’ve plucked from European football in the 2022/23 campaign.
FM Guide: 24 Teams To Manage On FM24
With Football Manager 2024 edging ever closer, it’s time to start thinking about the exciting challenges we want to take on in the new game. So if you’re a little short on inspiration for where or who to manage in FM24, we’ve pulled together a few ideas.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 45 | The End of OstDeutscher Sieg
Ruprecht Prusseit – the first man ever to win a Bundesliga title with a team from East Germany – led Union Berlin to a fifth Bundesliga title in six years and a second Champions League crown in three years in 2043. And that marks the moment where we brought this particular FM Story to an end.
Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge | Part 19 | A Forest Review
Our Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge went well beyond what I expected as we ended up staying at Nottingham Forest for 26 years to play out the career of the great Luís Pereira to its conclusion. In that time, we firmly established Forest as the best team in the world, lifting an absolute armoury of trophies.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 44 | Going Out On A High
Union Berlin had made a flying start to their Bundesliga title defence, taking a seven-point lead into 2043. The onus was now on Ruprecht Prusseit to maintain his side’s good form to win their fifth title and target a second Champions League success.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 43 | Union’s First Ballon d’Or Winner
The summer of 2042 saw manager Ruprecht Prusseit and attacking midfielder Leandro Van Dessel instilled as Union Berlin legends, while record-breaking striker Claudio Sepúlveda became an icon.
Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge | Part 18 | Celebrating The Great Luís Pereira
After 15 Premier League titles in 16 seasons, the end was very much nigh in this successful Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge. However, I felt we had to conclude the career of arguably the greatest player in Football Manager history, Luís Pereira.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 42 | 80 Goals Sepúlveda
World Champions Union Berlin headed into 2042 with a narrow lead at the top of Bundesliga as they looked to regain the title they’d previously won three times in a row.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 41 | First World Club Cup
But manager Ruprecht Prusseit had a new challenge on his hands, to re-surpass Bayern as champions of Germany and lead his team into their first attempt at becoming World Champions.
Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge | Part 17 | Record-Breaking Season
Sir Alex Ferguson’s impressive tally of 13 Premier League titles had been broken as we led Nottingham Forest to our 14th championship success in the 2041/42 campaign. I’d also racked up 5 Champions Leagues, 6 FA Cups and 4 Carabao Cups among my 47 trophies as a Football Manager.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 40 | The Most Perfect Hat-Trick
Union Berlin’s hopes of a fourth successive Bundesliga title were long-gone as Ruprecht Prusseit’s exhausted squad took a winter break heading into 2041. A run of 10 league games without a win had seen Union go into the new year sitting in 7th place and 11 points back from leaders Stuttgart.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 39 | A Sudden Drop In Form
Recent success saw Union Berlin reach the top 10 in the European club rankings for the first time, moving above the likes of Arsenal, Atlético and Chelsea. And manager Ruprecht Prusseit was keen to push for European glory in his 10th season at Union.
Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge | Part 16 | SAF’s Titles Record In Reach
Approaching our 20th season at Nottingham Forest, we were now tied with the great man Sir Alex Ferguson’s 13 Premier League successes having won the last nine titles in succession.
FM Guide | 73 Summer Transfers Affecting Your FM24 Saves
Football Manager 2024 is about two months away and a critical factor affecting the big decision of which team to manage is the players you’ll have at your disposal.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 38 | 60 Goals Sepúlveda
A mean defence had seen Union Berlin only concede seven goals and keep 13 clean sheets in the first half of their second Bundesliga title defence. And they again enjoyed a decent gap over Bayern München, who spend nearly four times more on wages than their smaller rival.
Football News | Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana Quarter Finals Round-Up
A couple of weeks ago, we gave you an introduction to South America’s continental competitions as Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana headed into the quarter-finals. Now those games have been played and only four teams remain in each competition. So we thought we’d look back at how the last eight played out.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 37 | Union’s Mean Defence
The supporters of Union Berlin enjoyed the best summer of their lives as they celebrated their team winning their second Bundesliga title and their first DFB-Pokal. Indeed, they were so elated that they instilled manager Ruprecht Prusseit as a bonafide Union legend. The summer of 2039 saw two of the manager’s rivals depart as Bayern […]
Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge | Part 15 | 60 Goals Luís Pereira
Having become the most successful Football Manager of all time in surpassing Sir Alex Ferguson’s haul of 38 trophies, the only remaining objective on our list was his 13 Premier League successes.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 36 | 50 Goals Sepúlveda
An inspired summer signing and a superstar striker had fired Union Berlin back to the top of Bundesliga as they began their first-ever title defence in style. Manager Ruprecht Prusseit’s biggest challenge now was to keep hold of his in-demand players.
Legacy of the Hoops | Part 5 | Raise The Flag
Previously on Legacy of the Hoops, we felt the agony of a trophyless season and I clung on to my job by my fingernails. Join us as we aim to bounce back and replant Celtic at the top, whilst hopefully keeping my job!
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 35 | Bundesliga Title Defence
Ruprecht Prusseit completed his 16-year journey from a Sunday League nobody to a German title winner as he led Union Berlin to become the first-ever OstDeutscher Bundesliga winners.
Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge | Part 14 | Surpassing SAF’s Trophy Haul
Sir Alex Ferguson’s haul of 38 trophies at Man UFC may have seemed insurmountable when we took control of struggling Nottingham Forest 16 years ago. However, it was suddenly just two successes away after a period of absolute dominance at the Brian Clough Arena.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 34 | Sweet Sepúlveda
Ruprecht Prusseit had led Union Berlin into a strong position, leading Bundesliga by 10 points heading into 2038. But he was keen to avoid another end-of-season slump that had handed titles back to Bayern Munich in the last two seasons.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 33 | Record-Breaking Form
Ruprecht Prusseit needed a little time away from football after seeing his Union Berlin miss out to perennial Bundesliga champions Bayern München on the final day for a second season in a row. But he came back to work refreshed and eager to take Bayern down.
Copa Sudamericana: Who Will Win South America’s Second Continental Cup?
Having assessed the key players as Copa Libertadores approaches the final stages on Tuesday, it felt only right that we follow that up by reviewing the status of South America’s second continental cup, Copa Sudamericana. This is another tournament I’ve really enjoyed competing in – and winning – on Football Manager.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 32 | 15-Year Reflection
Fifteen years into life as a Football Manager, Ruprecht Prusseit had worked his way up from the sixth tier of German football to challenging at the top in the big time of the Bundesliga.
Copa Libertadores: Who Will Be Champions Of South America?
Europe’s Champions League gets a lot of glitz and glamour and column inches in popular media publications. But for me, South America’s Copa Libertadores is a much more interesting competition – and my love for it was stoked by going to watch Alianza Lima host Libertad in the group stages in May.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 31 | Bundesliga Title Battle
The rise of Union Berlin had seen the club top of the league heading into 2037, raising hopes that they could become the first-ever team from East Germany to win Bundesliga. They’d also performed well above expectations in their first six Champions League fixtures.
Legacy of the Hoops | Part 4 | Agony
Previously on Legacy of the Hoops, Celtic had a Premier Cup setback and set out a wage budget for our stars. In this part, we complete our first season at Celtic Park and whilst I’m having a whale of a time, it hasn’t been easy…
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 30 | Union Berlin In Champions League
Union Berlin enjoyed the best season in club history in 2035/36 as they finished in a record high of 2nd in Bundesliga and won their first major trophy as Ruprecht Prusseit led them to the Europa Conference League. Now they had to step up to the challenges of competing in the Champions League for the first time.
Football News | Does Chile Have The World’s Most Exciting Title Race?
It turns out that Chile’s Campeonato AFP PlanVital (or Primera División) has developed into one of the most exciting top-tier leagues in world football.
Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge | Part 13 | Final Day Drama
After 16 seasons at Nottingham Forest, we’d racked up an impressive haul of 33 trophies, leaving us just five short of the tally amassed by Sir Alex Ferguson at Man UFC.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 29 | Chasing A First Major Trophy
Unfancied Union Berlin found themselves on the verge of a title challenge as they came into 2036 just two points off the top of Bundesliga with multiple games in hand. But could the unlikely challengers maintain their stunning form?
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 28 | European Golden Boy
Union Berlin wrapped up back-to-back European campaigns for the first time in club history as they sealed a second successive 7th-place Bundesliga on the final day of 2035/35. And manager Ruprecht Prusseit was excited for the future as he secured the signings of some serious hot prospects.
Sir Alex Ferguson Challenge | Part 12 | Racking Up The Trophies
Victory over Bayern München in the Champions League Final saw Nottingham Forest wrap up a league, cup and European treble in our 13th season at the club. That moved us onto 22 trophies in charge at Forest, moving us 16 behind Sir Alex Ferguson’s tally at Man UFC.
OstDeutscher Sieg | Part 27 | Europe’s Top Marksman
Some bizarre league form had seen Union Berlin competing towards the top of Bundesliga with a perfect home record and atrocious away record. But a first taste of European football had seen them breeze through an easy set of Europa Conference League league phase matches.