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#FM24 #AlphabetChallenge Part 3: Survive Or Sacked. Trebor Mahtal's first half season in management sees him lead a resurgent @Super_Nova_sk into a relegation dogfight. And four big relegation clashes and a miraculous comeback prove vital. Read here:

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#FM24 #AlphabetChallenge Part 2: Finding Trebor Mahtal's First Club. Our new #FootballManager series gets up and running as we spin the Magic Alphabet Wheel, go in search of a new club and end up in Latvia. And we enjoy a surprise new manager bounce. Meet our new protagonist here:

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#FM24 #AlphabetChallenge Part 1: Introducing An Epic New #FM24 Challenge. When #FM25 was cancelled, we fancied taking on a ridiculous new #FootballManager save, and we found one in the A-Z Challenge! Read here to discover how it'll work:

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#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 17: #Bundesliga Battle Built On Defence. We wrap up this latest series with #Mainz05's rock-solid defence leading a 3rd consecutive title and another run to the #ChampionsLeague semis. Read here:

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 16 | The Jürgen Klopp Park Era Begins

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 16: The Jürgen Klopp Park Era Begins. Exciting times at #Mainz05 as the club moves into a brand new stadium, defends its maiden #Bundesliga title and gets its first taste of the #ChampionsLeague. Read here:

The small city of Mainz, on the outskirts of Frankfurt in western Germany, wasn’t accustomed to throwing huge parties. But you wouldn’t have known it as seemingly the entirety of its 220,000 population took to the streets to celebrate their heroes lifting 1. FSV Mainz’s maiden Bundesliga title in 2038. The city’s streets flowed with Pilsner and the parties went on for what felt like weeks. The…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 15 | Mainz's First Bundesliga Title Race

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 15: Mainz's First Bundesliga Title Race. Roberto Lazaró and his rapidly improving @1FSVMainz05 young starlets take on Germany's big boys as they seek to win the club's maiden #Bundesliga title. Read here:

The exciting youngsters of 1. FSV Mainz came minutes away from consecutive European titles and edged close to the Bundesliga title race in Roberto Lazaró’s fifth season at the club. The next step, in their manager’s mind, was to become more competitive against Germany’s big boys as they headed into their final season at the council-owned MEWA Arena. The summer of 2037 saw £23m of sales led by…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 14 | Consecutive European Finals

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 14: Consecutive European Finals. #Mainz05's exciting young side edge closer to the #Bundesliga title race and perform well in the step up to #EuropaLeague, facing Atalanta in the Final. Read here:

The streets of Mainz were painted red and white in the summer of 2036 as fans of 1. FSV Mainz 05 launched the biggest party in the city’s history, celebrating their heroes winning their first major trophy. Roberto Lazaró, club legend Brajan Gruda and captain José Bertazzi led an open-top bus tour and spilled in and out of the Mainz beer houses parading the Europa Conference League trophy and…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 13 | Mainz Legend, Brajan Gruda

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 13: Mainz Legend, Brajan Gruda. The impressive rise of #Mainz05 continues as they start #Bundesliga well. But a stellar European run sees league form fall away, leading to a huge moment for a club legend. Read here:

Huge relegation favourites 1. FSV Mainz 05 surprised Bundesliga to finish 7th and secure European qualification. However, the lack of an out-and-out goalscorer was worrying Roberto Lazaró heading into the summer of 2035. The summer began with big off-field news as the Mainz board announced plans to go ahead with their plans to build a new stadium. Jürgen Klopp Park will cost the club a massive…

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Salvando Santos | Part 15 | Lazaró Leaves Santos On A High

#FM24 #SalvandoSantos Part 15: Lazaró Leaves Santos On A High. After 12 successful seasons, Robinho Lazaró claims a state championship and #SérieA double to leave #SantosFC on a high and with the world's best youth academy. Read here:

An epic bottle job saw Santos Futebol Clube hand the Série A title to Flamengo, only to impressively recover their nerve and win their second Copa Libertadores of the Robinho Lazaró reign. Heading into 2036, Lazaró was fully focused on regaining the Brazilian league crown in what he planned to be his final season at Santos. Santos’ Libertadores success saw the club become the most reputable club…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 12 | Great At Home, Terrible Away!

#WonderkidFactory Part 12: Great At Home, Terrible Away! @1FSVMainz05 punch above their weight as a young side have the 5th-best home record and 5th-worst away record. And they finish 4 points behind Bayern in a fight for European football. Read here:

Mainz survived with relative ease in their first season back in Bundesliga. But the big challenge now facing Roberto Lazaró, moving into his third season in Germany, was to continue developing his young squad – some of whom were one year away from obtaining homegrown status. They were joined by more exciting prospects in striker Damián Jorge for £6.5m from Racing Club, winger Santiago Quiroga…

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Salvando Santos | Part 14 | A Seven-Star Santos Bottle Job

#FM24 #SalvandoSantos Part 14: A Seven-Star Santos Bottle Job. #SantosFC make a flying start to Série A in 2035, only to suffer a late season stutter. But they excel again in #CopaLibertadores to set up successive all-Brazilian finals. Read here:

Santos FC enjoyed one of their best-ever seasons in 2034, winning both their state championship and Série A before only dodgy goalkeeper injuries and a dodgy penalty prevented them from winning Copa Libertadores. Legendary manager Robinho Lazaró took a little time out to celebrate those successes and recover from a wild year that also included winning the World Cup with Brazil. Lazaró had been…

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FM Guide | 25 More Teams To Manage On FM24 (While Still Pretending It's FM25)

#FMGuide: 25 More Teams To Manage On #FM24 (While Still Pretending It's #FM25). Following yesterday's cancellation, we fast-tracked another 25 teams to help you keep #FootballManager feeling fresh. From across Europe to South America and Japan, discover your new favourite club via FM. Read here:

Oh Football Manager 2024, will your time never end? In light of yesterday’s unsurprising cancellation of Football Manager 2025, we’ll have had two years (if not more) of the FM24 cycle if/when Football Manager 2026 is upon us. However, rather than crying into our cereal that some blokes didn’t release a computer game, let’s look at some positives and explore some options to pretend we’re playing…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 11 | Stepping Up To Bundesliga

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 11: Stepping Up To #Bundelsiga. Roberto Lazaró leads #FSVMainz back into Germany's top tier and big wins against fellow relegation battlers lead them well clear of any trouble. Read here:

Roberto Lazaró led a young but exciting Mainz side to an expected automatic promotion despite a firesale of 26 players for £119m in his first season in Germany. Now the pressure was on Lazaró, who was already listed in Mainz fans’ favoured personnel, and his inexperienced side to survive back in Bundesliga. But the longer-term aim, of course, is to lead Mainz to their first-ever Bundesliga title…

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Salvando Santos | Part 13 | Lazaró Leads Brazil To World Cup 2034

#SalvandoSantos Part 13: Robinho Lazaró takes a break from domestic matters to lead his native Brazil to #WorldCuip 2034 in South Korea. And the goals of Endrick and exciting youngsters Bibi and Carioca fire them into the latter stages. Read here:

Robinho Lazaró’s time in charge of Brazil started with a little disappointment as a tame performance saw them lose 1-0 to arch rivals Argentina in the Final of Copa América. The nation still believed in him so his next task was to lead them to World Cup 2034 in South Korea. Captain Vinícius Junior retired from international football and Lazaró decided this was the time for more change. He…

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Salvando Santos | Part 12 | The World's Best Youth Academy Delivers

#FM24 #SalvandoSantos Part 12: The World's Best Youth Academy Delivers. @SantosFC's youth setup is recognised as the world's best and its stars lead the club to challenge for both domestic leagues and into a rival #CopaLibertadores Final. Read here:

Santos FC shocked some of the world’s biggest teams before claiming their 4th Brazilian titles in 6 years in 2033. And they achieved that on the back of selling their best two centre backs for a profit of £81m. Lazaró’s good financial management saw Santos come into his 11th season as manager with £300m nin the bank for the first time. There was more exciting news off the pitch as the club…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 10 | Finding A New Wonderkid Factory

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 10: Finding A New Wonderkid Factory. After success at Valencia, Roberto Lazaró decides it's time for a change and ends up in Germany with Mainz. He raids South America and leads his new club into a title race. Read here:

After leading Valencia CF to Champions League and LaLiga glory with a fully homegrown team over the last two seasons, Roberto Lazaró decided it was time for a change. In the summer of 2032, he stood down as Valencia manager and went in search of a club that was struggling and where he could establish another Wonderkid Factory. Upon resigning, there were vacancies at AC Milan, Porto, Torino,…

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Salvando Santos | Part 11 | Santos Vs. The World's Best

#FM24 #SalvandoSantos Part 10: Santos Vs. The World's Best. #SantosFC head to #ClubWorldCup and shock some of the biggest teams in the world. And they return with an exciting Brazilian title race on their hands. Read here:

The streets of Santos, in Sao Paulo, witnessed one of the biggest parties in living memory as Robinho Lazaró and his young team of heroes returned home from Colombia as Champions of South America. The beer houses were chocked full and the Caipirinha flowed freely as captain Charles and fans’ favourite Marcos Aurélio paraded the Copa Libertadores trophy, and were seen downing beers with fellow…