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Salvando Santos | Part 6 | Blooding "The New Ronaldinho and Robinho"

#FM24 #SalvandoSantos Part 6: Blooding "The New Ronaldinho and Robinho." #SantosFC defend their #SérieA crown but it doesn't quite go to plan as Robinho Lazaró aims to boost the development of his team of exciting youngsters. Read here:

Youthful Santos Futebol Clube claimed the club’s first Brazilian title in 24 years as they stormed to Série A success in November 2028. Manager Robinho Lazaró now had to ensure they kept hold of their best youngsters to try and defend that title and aim for their first Copa Libertadores Final since 2020. The Santos board followed through on their promise to build a new stadium, announcing work…

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Salvando Santos | Part 5 | Massive Academy Star Sale

#FM24 #SalvandoSantos Part 5: Massive Academy Star Sale. @SantosFC lose star academy graduate Izaquiel Penchel to PSG for the 3rd-highest transfer in club history. But his former teammates step up to inspire #SantosFC into a title race. Read here:

Rapidly improving youngsters led Santos FC to a first top-5 finish under Robinho Lazaró and the Copa Libertadores semis in 2027. They also dominated the awards for best young players, which proved the serious amount of potential at the club. There were also set to be major changes off the pitch as, 12 months on from extending their current stadium, the Santos board announced plans to build a new…

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Salvando Santos | Part 4 | Youth Awards Domination

#FM24 #SalvandoSantos Part 4: Youth Awards Domination. @SantosFC's exciting young attackers take a clean sweep of #NxGn and #KopaTrophy. On the pitch, they reach #CopaLibertadores and flirt at an outside chance of a title fight. #SantosFC Read here:

It’s safe to say that the first three seasons of this save have been bonkers and typified why I love managing in Brazil. In season two (2025), the 2023 South American champions Fliminense and 2021 Brazilian champions Atlético Mineiro were relegated from Série A. A year later, promoted Coritiba became champions of Brazil with a 95th-minute final-day winner while Sao Paulo were relegated! Those…

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Salvando Santos | Part 3 | History Makers Corítiba

#FM24 #SalvandoSantos Part 3: A young @SantosFC get their first taste of #Libertadores football and push for the top 8 despite a crazy schedule. But the big news is promoted @Coritiba claiming an amazing Brazilian title on the final day! Read here:

Impressive performances in their first season back in Série A saw Santos FC finish in the top eight and, unexpectedly, qualify for Copa Libertadores. But rising expectations could present a problem for an inexperienced team that would have to endure massive fixture congestion. Santos endured plenty of change in the off-season. Star midfielder Vinicius Zanocelo’s £9.25m minimum fee release was…

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Salvando Santos | Part 2 | Shaking Up Série A

#FM24 #SalvandoSantos Part 2: Shaking Up Serie A: Robinho Lazaró leads @SantosFC back into Brazil's #SérieA and two returning loanees and an inspired signing of an exciting young striker leads them to a massive overachievement. Read here:

Santos FC’s first-ever taste of the second tier of Brazilian football only lasted for one season as Robinho Lazaró spearheaded the club to its maiden Série B title at the first time of asking. The big task now was for Lazaró to prepare an understrength side to try and stay in Série A. That task wasn’t aided by two of his best players announcing “they were too big for the club.” So Lazaró wasted…

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Salvando Santos | Part 1 | A Fallen Giant

#FM24 #SalvandoSantos Part 1: A Fallen Giant. Welcome to a brand new save, as we head to Brasil to take control of @SantosFC, fresh from their first-ever relegation to #SérieB. And a massive firesale precedes a record-breaking season. Read here:

One of my main saves in Football Manager 2025 was going to be a youth-focused save with a Brazilian club. But, with the ongoing delay to the game, I’m not sure whether that save will come to fruition, so I decided to head to Brazil for a new FM24 challenge. In fact, this latest adventure will see us take control of one of the clubs I was going to recommend in my “25 teams to manage in FM25”…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 12 | AZ Suffer A Drop In Form

#WonderkidFactory Part 12: AZ Suffer A Drop In Form. #AZAlkmaar's homegrown talents have a poor season as their run of 5 successive #Eredivisie titles ends and they really struggle in Europe. Read here:

AZ Alkmaar celebrated a fifth successive Eredivisie title in the summer of 2033, but their homegrown stars were still some way off competing with Europe’s elite. And manager Robinho Lazaró was very much questioning whether they’d ever be able to. There was major news off the field as AZ saw the first takeover of the Lazaró reign with new chairperson Lau Chun Wah taking control of the club.…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 11 | Another Close European Giant Battle

#WonderkidFactory Part 11: Another Close European Giant Battle. @AZAlkmaar's exciting homegrown talents make it 5 consecutive #Eredivisie title, but again fall short to a European giant in the #ChampionsLeague QFs. Read here:

AZ Alkmaar were well and truly dominating in the Netherlands, but Lazaró’s aim to become European Champions with a fully homegrown squad was proving much more problematic. They received another mass of derisory bids in the summer of 2032, including Man City only offering £70m for Raily Wau when they rejected £160m bids the previous summer. And in mid-June, 20 of their 22 first-team players were…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 10 | Developing A Genuine Golden Generation

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 10: Developing A Genuine Golden Generation. Two more homegrown stars step up for #AZAlkmaar as they again dominate #Eredivisie but taste penalty pain following an epic #ChampionsLeague comeback. Read here:

AZ Alkmaar wrapped up three successive Eredivise titles to become the fifth most successive club in Dutch football history, behind the big three of Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord and the HVV, an amateur side that won 10 titles by 1915. The summer of 2031 saw managing director Robert Eenhoorn announce plans for a new stadium, as AFAS Stadion could no longer meet fans’ demand for tickets. The club’s…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 9 | A New Midfield Talent Emerges

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 9: A New Midfield Talent Emerges. #AZAlkmaar enjoy another good domestic season, strolling to an #Eredivisie win and reaching the cup final. But competing in the #ChampionsLeague remains a significant challenge. Read here:

The dreaded financial glitch affecting Eredivisie on Football Manager 2024 means this could well be the end to our second attempt at the Wonderkid Factory challenge. It comes at an annoying time, considering Robinho Lazaró was establishing AZ Alkmaar as a dominant force in the Netherlands, with three titles in four years, and taking on Europe’s elite. AZ again received a mass of bids for its…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 7 | Fully Homegrown For The First Time

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 7: Fully Homegrown For The First Time. The power of the @AZAlkmaar youth academy is confirmed by Robinho Lazaró's squad containing only homegrown players as they win a 2nd #Eredivisie in 3 years. Read here:

Twelve months on from becoming Champions of the Netherlands, AZ Alkmaar were reflecting on a solid if unspectacular campaign. Manager Robinho Lazaró had done an impressive job of promoting homegrown youth while keeping his promising AZ side competitive. As a result, they again had a huge interest in their talented youngsters, led by the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid chasing star academy…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 6 | Eredivisie Title Defence

The exciting crop of youngsters at AZ Alkmaar outperformed even their loftiest expectations as they usurped the big three to become champions of the Netherlands for the third time in 2027. The challenge now was for Robinho Lazaró and his young squad to build on that success. AZ moved another step closer to being fully homegrown as centre back Alexandre Penetra joined West Ham for £22m. That left…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 5 | Wau, This Kid Is Raily Special

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 5: Wau, This Kid Is Raily Good. Academy prodigy Raily Wau enjoys phenomenal progression, partnering with Myron van Brederode to fire @AZAlkmaar into #Eredivisie title contention in 2027. Read here:

The wonderkid factory project at AZ Alkmaar was progressing very nicely as Robinho Lazaró led the club to two 2nd-place finishes in three seasons. He’d also reduced the AZ squad to just five players who didn’t come through the club’s academy heading into the summer of 2026. That was reduced further as midfielder Kristijan Belic moved to Valencia for a club record £31m, Mees de Wit joined Forest…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 4 | Hammering Real Madrid

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 4: Hammering Real Madrid. The homegrown project at @AZAlkmaar continues to impress as they claim a huge scalp in the #ChampionsLeague. And their exciting youngsters push Ajax all the way in #Eredivisie. Read here:

Footballing overachievement is seemingly always accompanied by the threat of your best players being poached by bigger clubs. And Robinho Lazaró found that out in the summer of 2025 as his AZ Alkmaar’s 2nd place finish in Eredivisie saw big teams across Europe raise interest in his top performers. That included the likes of Myron von Brederode, who wanted to move to a bigger club and Lazaró…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 3 | AZ Academy Stars Excel

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 3: AZ Academy Stars Excel. Homegrown products deliver as #AZAlkmaar finish runners-up in #Eredivisie and reach the #EuropaLeague latter stages. Plus, another exciting talent emerges from the youth intake. Read here:

AZ Alkmaar made a promising start to life under Robinho Lazaró, who’d been impressed with his side’s efforts to finish 4th in Eredivisie in 2023/24. However, these early seasons don’t really matter too much in our bid to become national and European champions with a team of academy products. More important was Lazaró’s first youth intake, which produced midfielder Wessel van Dord, who was…

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Wonderkid Factory | Part 2 | Generational Talent In First AZ Youth Intake

#FM24 #WonderkidFactory Part 2: Generational Talent. Robinho Lazaró gets started with his young @AZAlkmaar and gives hot prospects plenty of opportunities. That includes a very exciting talent coming through his first youth intake. Read here:

The second edition of our Wonderkid Factory save sees Robinho Lazaró bring his youth recruitment prowess to the Netherlands with AZ Alkmaar. The club has plenty of exciting youth prospects ready to play their part in the 2023/24 campaign – go back and meet them in Part 1 – but Lazaró was keen to remove any expectation from his young starlets. Lazaró was keen to move on older and non-homegrown…