Manchester City Guide – 9.2.0
Real Life Founded in 1887 Manchester City in their most recent times have played their games at the City of Manchester Stadium where they wear a blue and white kit and an away kit that’s black and red striped that was inspired by the AC Milan team who Manchester City were aspiring to be in the 60’s. In recent months Manchester City have been taken over by Sheikh Mansour and the Abu Dhabi United group who have a multi billion pound business.
This has seen the interest rise in Manchester City with a lot of players showing interest in the club. FM09This new take over gives any FM newbie an opportunity to learn the game with a lot of funds in the bank they can sign anybody apart from the really world class players like Kaka \o/. The basics of the team are already there, there is more than enough ability in the squad to keep them in the Premiership but they need a little bit more to get to the next level. The media prediction of 9th is spot on if no improvements are made to the squad.
If you make the required improvements and have the right tactic then you could make it into the top 4 and if your really lucky win the league.Uefa Cup Manchester City are in the Uefa Cup this season having qualified through the fair play league last season. There is more than an opportunity to win this cup if the right players are signed and you get the luck of the draw.
You need to qualify through the early stages but that should be done with ease. Then by the time you get into the group stages you could have a Champions League looking team in the Uefa Cup.Information Money Available There is an ample amount of money available to any FM player. Their balance normally sits around £200m mark and the transfer budget normally ranges from between £55m – £84m depending on what you chose for you target for the season finish. The wage budgets are from between £1.5m to £1.7m which should be more than enough to work with.
The Team : There is enough cover in every position but whether the players are up to your standards is debatable.GkThe 2 goal keepers Joe Hart and Kasper Schmeichel are good enough for the premiership (Kasper Schmeichel less so) but i would advise there should be a new keeper brought in just to sure up the team.
Transfer options Sergio Asenjo – 19 years old Francisco Guillermo Ochoa – 22 years old Defenders Now in real life the left back position is always noted as one that needs to be improved but from playing with Garrido at Left Back I can tell you this position shouldn’t be too high up on the priority list of a change. He got fans player of the year for me.
I would recommend getting a new CB if not for cover but to replace Richard Dunne who is OK but there is much better out there.Transfer options Aquivaldo Mosquera.
Cheap Midfielders Now for me the midfield needs a complete over haul there just not good enough to cut it at the top. Martin Petrov will do a job but players like Andres Guardado can be brought in and can do a better job. Instead of playing Shaun Wright-Phillips I play Elano right wing and he does a great job.Transfer options Lassana Diarra,De Jong, Joao Moutinho, Yury Zhirkov , Fernandinho ,Miguel Veloso.
Strikers Now there is Robinho and yes I recommend you play him upfront but other than that i think you need 2 new strikers as for me Jo was just not up to much. Now the first who is a must is Goran Pandev, he scored 30+ in the first season for me and at about £13m was a steal.Transfer optionsGoran PandevGiampaolo PazziniOscar Cardozo Hulk
Tactics :Now I am not tactical genius so you may want to take my opinion with a pinch of salt. I generally play very attacking with these types of players. I play a sort of attacking 4-4-2 which has done me wonders. So try something similar.
