Falling out of love with FM
tried lots of saves including Liverpool, Ajax, AC Milan, Leicester, Stoke, Valencia and even Salford City oO) so to fill in the criteria
The league you prefer : Any English league
The finances : Comfortable to bring in young signings
Facilities for training/youth : Maybe something with a good academy as a challenge
Basically looking for a good challenge and possibly to build some sort of legacy, I would like it challenging but achievable
all suggestions are welcome and thanks in advance
EVERTON All the way!(My favourite save on this FM so far and one of my favourites ever)
Fantastic facilities
Decent finances(Very little loan debt in comparison to others)
Great youth prospects and academy
SQUAD
An excellent defence including Coleman, Stones, Baines and Jagielka
McCarthy, Barkley, Deulofeu in midfield are players who have great Ability/Potential
Lukaku up front can be a world-beater
Your main objective(Transfer-wise) in your first season should be to scout out a replacement for Tim Howard. Personally, I opted to stick with him for a season and put in a successful approach for Geronimo Ruli on a Free in January.
Baines, Coleman and Stones should do you in defence for 3 or 4 seasons.(Baines has incredible natural fitness and is still performing like a top4 full back at 33. Although I have him rotating with his long-term replacement Jorgé from Flamnego)
If you keep hold of those 3, it allows you fantastic scope transfer-wise ahead of them as there will always be a cohesive line in your team.
Youth prospects: Ledson(Performing consistently for me as a rotation player over the last couple of seasons, I play him in a Scholes type role - still only 20)
Galloway(a perfect auxiliary defender who will provide cover at centre back and left full back)
Holgate(another auxiliary defender who can play at centre back or right back)
Try and keep your finances tight and you can lead the club to success and riches all on your own. Over my first 3 seasons, I made 120m in profit from transfers, and easily have a much better team overall for it. Keep an eye out for decent youth, regens and players with great ability/potential at decent value. You may want to keep Deulofeu and McCarthy in your own save, but for me they were worth 40m from Dortmund and 30m from Bayern respectively. I also ended up selling Lukaku 2nd season for 50m when his ego got the better of him, but only after I had lined up Babacar, Milik and Embolo up front to replace him. A couple of loan moves(NOT TOO MANY) could be good for the squad in the 1st season.
Really recommend this save to any level of FM player!