Sir Alex Ferguson: His Career

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT ROUNDS

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We cruised through the group stage before easily dispatching Portuguese sides Porto and Benfica en route to a semi final against Bayern Munich.

We won a 9 goal thriller 6-3 at OT before a surprisingly easy 3-0 in Munich to book another Champions League final only this time the venue is OLD TRAFFORD!

Fittingly it is an all-English final in Manchester as Arsenal knockout no less than 3 Spanish teams on the way to the final. Never seen that before.

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Amazing! 102 game unbeaten run! Is their a single player left that still plays thats a real person now? If your at 2040 that means even the 16 year olds from the start of the game are now 39ish?
 
2040/41 Transfers

This summer turned out to be the busiest I've had in a while, probably ever.

- Out with the old -

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Gonzalo Fernandez
£51m to Barcelona
Made over 150 league appearances but some youngsters are after his spot and his wages meant he was expendable.

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Asier Iglesias
£25.5m to Tianjin
Another older centre back threatened by a new crop. Only made 17 league appearances over the last two season and most of those when we I rested players after winning the league

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Nicolas Boyer
£20m to PSG
A United legend with over 250 goals during his time here. He was only 19 league goals shy of beating Sir Bobby's record but he had grown unhappy at playing second fiddle to Peter Ledsham

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Charly Henry
£37.5m to Atletico Madrid
A Champions League hero over the years for us despite only being signed as a back up at first. An impressive 55 goals in 88 games but a bit like Chicharito he grew tired of the super-sub role and into the final year of his deal he wanted £250k to stay. Adios!


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Nikola Djukic
£75m to PSG
I thought my transfer business was done so I holidayed for 10 days to the start of the season only to find PSG had matched his buyout clause, which I didn't even know existed! Massive error on my part as he is one of the best box-to-box midfielders about.

On the plus side he only cost £5m

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-- In with the new --​


Anthony Burton
£32.5m from Hannover
A bargain in the current market. I am selling worse players aged 30+ for around this value

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Abdul Mensah
£42m from Hamburg
Our second raid on Germany and what a striker we have. His 33 goals in 34 games last season had everyone after him. Thankfully he chose us.

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Thierry Kaptoum
£21.5m from Burnley
A late signing after returning from holiday to see Djukic had left for PSG. A good midfielder at a good price all things considered

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UNBEATEN RUN ENDED

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The game after winning the World Club Cup saw us lose away to Southampton on Boxing Day. 2 shots on target for Southampton, 2 goals. A standard FM result!

I still hold the record at 112 games unbeaten.

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ANOTHER GOLDEN BOY

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2041 LEAGUE CUP FINAL

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Richard Forrester is my 2041 version of Harry Kane. What a player and what a career already before he has even hit his prime. 126 goals in 166 league appearance.

I want Peter Ledsham to replace Sir Bobby in United history books but by the time Ledsham gets close to 199 he could be targeting a new record set by Forrester.

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His 24 league goals so far have helped us open up an 8 point lead at the top of the table

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Record breaker then the game decides enough is enough

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Win 21 in that record saw us beat City and all but secure another Premier League title.

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HOWEVER, Football Manager got offended by my winning streak and immediately sought to end it with the typical results of the opposition forwards scoring with every shot on targets, two games in a row.

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The injury crisis engulfing the club isn't helping to be fair

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2041/42 Summer Window​


Alejandro Pena
£65m from Barcelona
Not too many world class centre backs among this generation so I have to spend some coin to get one, especially one with pace.


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Marcello Trumpler
Free from Barcelona
A second raid on Barca, though this was agreed in January. A good left back for nothing.

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Trumpler allowed me to sell our current backup left back Jake Tompkins to former club Aberdeen for £28.5m. Aberdeen have slipped back a bit in Europe over the years so I will try to help them by selling them my rejects.


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Sabia went to Barcelona to fill Pena's void. £57m for a player who played less than 50 league games over 4 years.

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Rodrigo Herrera was sold to Arsenal for £15m. Our second choice keeper for a few years, his wages were £70k a week and final year of his deal.

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We start the season by beating City and Everton in the Charity Shield and UEFA Super Cup.

However we have an unusually slow start to the league and have to beat City away to keep in touch with Arsenal

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Ledsham's two goal against City further highlight his growing global reputation as he is among the favourites for World Player of the Year

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Meanwhile, the bank is bursting

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One of my long term aims at Utd was to get a new stadium built (and ideally named after myself). The money is there for it, Old Trafford is full every week but the board are continually rejected my request​
 
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UTD

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After the Stoke setback we matched Arsenal results. However a draw to Everton and defeat to Spurs placed one Arsenal hand on the title with 6 games to go.



ARSENAL

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The nerves get to Arsenal's defense as they ship 7 goals in 3 Premier League games including a draw to West Brom and a 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth.

They steady the ship with a 4-0 win at home to Bristol City but we win 5 in a row as Arsenal wobble resulting in the title race going down to the wire!


FINAL DAY DRAMA!!


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We were 10 points behind at one stage.

Arsenal may have a two point advantage on the final day but they are away to Man City. We are at home to Stoke and with a better goal difference assuming we win Arsenal MUST beat City

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FINAL DAY 2041/42

The closest I've been to not winning the league title since I arrived at Utd.

In fact I've won 19 league titles in a row - 12 at Aberdeen and 7 at Utd.​


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The noisy neighbours actually done us a favour!

Three goals in 5 minutes saw us do our job now over to City. A penalty just before half time but us in the box seat as only a win would do for Arsenal now. Instead they imploded and City matched our 4-0 scoreline and handed us the title.

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Our problem this season was goals. Usually my 3 strikers are fighting it out with each other for the Golden Boot. This year however only Richard Forrester turned up. Ledsham only managed 12 and Abdul Mensah suffered second season syndrome as he totalled 11 as injuries as loss of form hit everyone except Forrester.

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Just look at the past positions to see how truly lucky we have been this year. We had our lowest points tally last season so the warning signs were there perhaps.

Maybe a tactical rethink or a squad overhaul is required. I also think I have overcoached the strikers with too many PPMs. Perhaps some more freedom next year will correct the lack of goals from our forward line.

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Well that was a close Title Race! Surprised to see only one of your players in the Top 10 for the Golden Boot race though, KIU awesome story
 
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