You can absolutely rob German players in this game (Picture: Sega)

Want to learn how to earn extra cash without selling players, and the best way to find wonderkids in Football Manager? Read on.

Football Manager is full of features, data, and tens of thousands of players and staff, so it’s quite a daunting game to take on. But when a game has so many layers, it means there are equally as many tips and tricks to get the best out of it.

We’ve already rated the best teams you should consider managing, and more wonderkids to sign, but now it’s time for more general advice (and unethical shortcuts) that can help get your hands on the top trophies.

If you’re looking for ways to make some extra money without selling players, or how to make your tactics work better, you’ve come to the right place.

Tips and tricks for FM24

1. Arranging friendlies

Spending money is quite scarce for most clubs when you first start off in Football Manager 2024, so early extra cash can go a long way.

You can inflate the club’s bank account by arranging friendlies at your home ground, which comes with a fee but is outweighed by the income you’ll get from the game.

You can exploit this and arrange as many home friendlies as you want during the pre-season, and make quite a bit of money in doing so. The less wealthy your club is, the more important this becomes.

2. German bonuses

A more unethical exploit, that’s been in the game for ages, is giving German players a bonus for games they play at international level.

This might not make any sense, until you realise that the German national team is full of fake players, because Sega hasn’t been able to agree a licensing deal with them.

Exploit this by incentivising German player’s contracts with this bonus, while slashing their salary and other more realistic bonuses.

Don’t do all the work – delegate! (Picture: Sega)

3. Don’t forget to delegate

Another tip is to set everything up in a new save before you do your unveiling press conference.

We recommend delegating the sometimes overwhelming amount of responsibilities around the club, like who attends press conferences, who handles the scouting meetings, and everything in between.

You can do this via the Staff menu and then Responsibilities, which can be a huge time-saver.

4. Plan ahead

Also, at the start of a save, you should set up everything else: arrange all the friendlies you need for the pre-season, create your formation and tactic, set up general training and individual training, put the players you don’t want in your team on the transfer list, and scout for new players.

5. Never skip pre-season matches

We also recommend actually playing the pre-season friendlies, and not simulating them, as you really do want to know if you tactic works and if your players are being as useful as they can be.

Too many saves have been cut short because we skipped the friendlies, and even though we won the games the tactic just didn’t work when the league started up.

What’s better than signing a wonderkid? (Picture: Sega)

6. Look up

If you’re managing a lower league club, a great trick to attract new players is by going to teams above you at the end of the season and seeing which players they’ve released.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, is a phrase that rings completely true here. You can find some great players this way, and as they’re without a club you can offer them a trial in your team.

7. Star potential

Finding young players with the potential to develop into wonderkids is a very important side mission for many, and it’s important to work smart, not hard, when doing so.

The best way to find potential wonderkids in Football Manager 2024 is by creating a new search in the search tab – add a condition for only players under 20 years of age and the countries you’re interested.

To make things easier you should focus on Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, and Croatia, as these countries have the best youth ratings in the game.

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8. Watch the opposition

Opposition instructions before games are important too, but easily ignored. You’ll see better results if you remember to press an opposition player to their weaker foot, or performing a hard tackle on someone with low bravery, for example.

We recommend pressing the opposition fullbacks to their weaker foot too, as that way they will more often pass the ball towards the middle of the pitch, where there’s less space for the receiver of the pass.

There are countless of ways to get the best out of your Football Manager experience, but these are some of the top ones that will hopefully help your team go all the way.

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