I'd just enjoyed a summer of soaking up the rays in the beautiful surroundings of my new home in Sardinia. But there was plenty of work to be done in the summer of 2031 to rebuild a Cagliari side lacking quality and, importantly, money.
In part one, we gave you an introduction to a brand new save on the blog in charge of Scottish League One side Raith Rovers. Now it's time for manager Robí di Lathamé to get to grips with his new club, assess the squad, line up transfer targets with minimal funds and work out some tactics.
Life in idyllic Sardinia had gotten off to a pretty solid start with 4 points from our opening two games as manager of Cagliari. That had us sitting safe in 10th position and with an outside chance of challenging for European places.
Fledgling football manager Robí di Lathamé awakened with a start as the wind whistled around the bedroom in his traditional Bed & Breakfast. He rose from the warm bed and immediately regretted it as the brisk Scottish wind whipped against his body, forcing him to reach for his fresh new club hoodie to keep warm.
Denmark were feeling quietly confident about appearing at Euro 2032 after being handed a qualification group alongside Scotland, Poland, Kosovo, Malta and the Faroe Islands.
A new start is upon us and assembled journalists were quick to point out that the new manager was "quite the coup" for Cagliari and "appeared to be a good fit for the club's current vision."
After seven seasons in Aswijan, we'd just led Khaliza Unidi to a third successive Liga Regale title and become the fictional nation's first Champions of Europe.
I'm the kind of Football Manager player that usually starts with a club and sticks with it in an attempt to build it into the world's greatest. But after six seasons in Portugal and five in Spain, I was reeling from being given the sack by Valencia and down the job centre.
Last time out, we'd taken the USA to the World Cup quarter-finals and only narrowly missed out to hosts Italy with a 1-0 defeat. But now, having taken the States as far as I thought we could realistically take them, a new opportunity had arrived with Denmark.
Khaliza Unidi were once again running riot in Aswijan, leading Liga Regale and still undefeated heading into 2026 inspired largely by the brilliance of midfield prodigy Ulrich Awono.
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