Plenty of Football Manager players will claim that the only right way to play FM is to pick a team from one of the lowest divisions and lead them to glory with talented youngsters, aging stars, and pinpoint tactics. However, those who are new to the game might get discouraged from playing it altogether if they dive head-first into managing a poor team from the depths of the third and fourth national divisions.
Some of the best choices for rookie players are clubs with large amounts of disposable cash from the very first transfer window in the game. Keep in mind that these aren’t always the teams most often associated with big money, such as Manchester City or Juventus, as the amount of money at their disposal depends on the moves they’ve made in the past seasons.
10 Dinamo Moscow
The Russian league may not be at the pinnacle of European Football, but with a rich club like Dynamo Moscow, it should present itself as a fairly easy challenge, even to inexperienced players. You shouldn’t expect to win the European Treble in your first season, though.
With 25 million euros at their disposal, Dinamo can afford to buy some serious talent, but it is advisable to make an initial investment into the youth team and coaching staff. It will prove to be more helpful in winning the Russian Premier League and amassing some capital to challenge for the top European trophies in the long-term.
9 Athletic Bilbao
Since Athletic Bilbao competes in La Liga, one of the top football leagues in Europe, it makes for the perfect club for rookies who want to be able to compete in Europe since the first season but don’t want to take the easy route by picking a team with an established record of winning their national leagues and European titles.
There is a catch, though. Bilbao may have a budget of 25 million euros, but their transfer policy dictates that they can only invest that money into players from the Basque region of Spain. This is why, just like in the case of Dinamo Moscow, players should try and develop the youth academy as their utmost priority.
8 Ajax Amsterdam
Ajax is a club with a long history of success in European competitions, not to mention their decades-long dominance of the Dutch Eredivisie. It makes them a great team to pick for players who want to learn the ropes of Football Manager 2021, although it might still take a few seasons to win the Champions League.
One advantage of Ajax over clubs like Dinamo Moscow or Athletic Bilbao is the fact that they already have world-class youth development facilities, so players can get around to spending their 50 million euro budget on talented players right away.
7 Beijing Guoan
Playing as a Chinese club makes for an interesting adventure on its own. Beijing Guoan is the only team outside of Europe on this list, and it presents players with the opportunity to learn more about a league that is not usually in the focus of the majority of football fans.
With 52.18 million euros to spend, Beijing Guoan is the third-richest club in Football Manager 2021. Although it’s a sizeable amount of money, convincing top players to play in China, away from the glory of European football, might prove to be a significant challenge for a beginner.
6 Arsenal
Arsenal has been going through quite the rough patch in the last couple of seasons. After the sacking of the legendary manager Arsene Wenger and a terrible run of form under Spanish coach Unai Emery, they’re beginning to find some stability now with Mikel Arteta, the club’s former player at Arsenal’s managerial helm. They’re still poised for a mid-table finish in the 2020/21 season, though.
In Football Manager, things seem to look much brighter for the London football club. With a budget of 27.35 million euros and a squad filled with talented wonderkids such as Bukayo Saka or Gabriel Martinelli, even absolute FM rookies should be able to turn things around and take Arsenal right back into the top four of the English Premier League.
5 Chelsea
Although they’re not in such a precarious position as Arsenal when it comes to Chelsea’s form in recent years, there is quite a bit of work to be done in order for them to be considered true title contenders.
However, with a transfer budget of 27.35 million euros (exactly the same as Arsenal), and loads of upcoming stars like Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, and Edouard Mendy, all of whom have been brought to Chelsea in the summer of 2020, bringing the glory days back to Stamford Bridge (Chelsea’s home stadium) should be a fitting challenge for Football Manager rookies.
4 Manchester United
This club needs no introduction. With 13 Premier League titles, two Champions League wins, and the title of the only English team to have ever won the European Treble, Manchester United are a club with the greatest history of all teams in the Premier League. However, ever since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013, the Red Devils seem to have abandoned their winning ways.
Bringing them back to their prime might be an incredibly difficult task in real life, but in FM2021, it’s actually fairly easy. With a budget of 40.05 million euros, plenty of young talent in the likes of Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood, world-class players like Bruno Fernandes, and a state-of-the-art youth academy, nothing should stand in the way of beginners leading the club to their first Premier League title in eight years.
3 Real Madrid
Within the last decade, Real Madrid has won four UEFA Champions League tournaments, snatching three of those trophies in a row (2016, 2017,2018). No other club has managed to do that in the history of this competition.
With a whopping budget of 60 million euros and a roster filled with experienced football stars, players should not have too many difficulties achieving success with Real Madrid. It is worth keeping in mind, though, that they actually have a wage budget deficit at the start of the game, so one of the first things new managers should do is readjust the finances in order for all players to be paid their (ridiculous) wages.
2 Bayern Munich
Having won the European treble in the 2019/20 season, Bayern Munich is currently considered to be the best football club in the world. With Robert Lewandowski, the most prolific striker in the game, and a roster of up-and-coming talents, there is no reason why new players shouldn’t pick the German hegemons to learn the ways of Football Manager 2021.
The highest transfer budget in the game (60 million euros) and a ready-made team will ensure that a player’s first experience with Football Manager is easy and pleasant. In fact, it will leave players yearning for a challenge in some of the lower divisions.
1 PSG
Using PSG in Football Manager 2021 almost feels like cheating. In Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, they have two of the absolute best players in world football at the moment. If that wasn’t enough, the remainder of PSG’s squad is also absolute world-class.
45 million euros to spend on transfers should be enough for players to make the upgrades required to finally bring the elusive Champions League trophy to Paris. Should that not be enough, selling Neymar and buying (at least) three wonderkids with world-class potential in his stead should do the trick.
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