FMG Build A Squad Challenge

FMG Build A Squad Challenges focus on building squads based on criteria outlined in each challenge. We don't care about your results in this challenge, just your scouting knowledge and ability to build an outrageous team!

Download and take up the FMG Build A Squad challenge.

 

FMG Build A Squad Episode 1 2022.00

Manchester United

Your mission if you choose to accept it (🙄) is to rebuild the squad based on key criteria.

Key Criteria

• Your entire playing squad has been released
• You must sign a minimum of 24 player in your squad (2 Goalkeepers required)
• Transfer budget of £500m (€584m)
• Wage budget of £3,75m (€4,38m)
• 8 players must be classed as home grown by nation
• You cannot sign players from the previously released squad
• Summer Transfer Window Deadline (August 31st 2021, game time)

This challenge will close on Sunday April 17th and all entries must be submitted by midnight GMT.

Voting will commence on Monday April 18th until Friday April 22nd with leaderboard points allocated as outlined in the graphic above.

 

Oiiiiiii, 500K wage budget? 😅 That's going to be tough!

Shit that should have been €5m! I'll update it now 🤣 I'm on a roll!

I have also edited the date for you (Friday 15th April > 22nd April) 🤣

Well that got off to a good start. All fixed and updated 😄

Can we adjust the budgets to make more transfer funds available?

Yes you can adjust the wage/transfer budgets if you like

Cool, I will try it out later today 😃

@Johno You any interest on taking on this challenge? 😀

Where we put our squad?

You can post it here mate. Squad and Transfer screen please.

Mine should be done tomorrow too 🙂

Little harder than I thought... Especially getting good English players for decent fees. Spoiler: I've kinda overspent on Rice and Dier... And Dier isn't homegrown. Crap. I missed that.

It’s a tough challenge in fairness. Maybe I just didn’t want Utd to be too good 🤣

I have kinda rushed through it... I was too focused on buying players, not looking for decent free transfers. Also, more focused on foreign talent than English home-grown players. I got a decent starting XI though the bench isn't really good quality.

Don't think I will make the challenge lol, 7M left, 3 players left to buy..

You might need a couple of free transfers.

Completed, including last day totally panic buys 🤣 10 players classified as home-grown... Don't expect too much lol

Edit: What I found amusing (and pretty realistic) is that players actually demand more salary than when I would try to sign them for a lower reputation club. I've never managed clubs from the beginning with worldwide reputations so that was kinda new for me.

It's a good side mate in fairness for what you had to work with. It's interesting as I've started mine and will post tonight but we've signed a couple of the same players.

Rice is the biggest signing but one I found needed... Onana was cheap for a worldclass GK, Shunin... Not happy with that, could have bought a cheaper and better keeper. I bought Dier because I thought he would be HG, but he isn't. Timber and Gravenbergh actually are not good enough yet. I can go on, I should have been more on the look out for free transfers and HG players. All do have good potential though!

So here we go.

I messed up with Adeyemi as he didn't qualify for a work permit so I grabbed Belotti on the cheap as an option off the bench.

I kept the squad as youthful as possible but there are a few young marque players including Bellingham, Nkunku, Nunez and Lamptey.

Transfers

 

Squad - Home-grown

Squad - Selection

Finances

First XI

Nice squad! I didn't dare to go for Bellingham though!

I paid a fortune as you can see!

The deadline for this challenge is tonight guys. It roughly takes around an hour to complete and is quite fun.

Midnight GMT for submissions.

Feel free to join in.

Smart move working with installments, killer squad there!

@DaveHouto @Shark

I'll extend this deadline if you guys are playing. Just let me know please if you want me to. 🙂