Valencia CF's team of young, predominantly homegrown talents continued to exceed expectations as they split LaLiga's "big three" for the first time in Roberto Lazaró's fourth season at the club. But Lazaró was looking for some of his hot prospects to step up in the next couple of campaigns.
After 103 years at their historic home, Valencia Club de Fútbol bid farewell to La Mestalla as they ushered in a new era at the 55,000-capacity Nuevo Mestalla, but they would do so without their inspirational homegrown captain.
Zambian manager Trebor Mahtal etched his name into the history books as he led a pretty scary Spain side to World Cup glory in 2070. The 86-year-old manager tendered his resignation and was swiftly offered roles by Nigeria, Senegal, Uruguay and, most intriguingly, Argentina and Brazil. But he was done with management and decided to retire on a high.
Trebor Mahtal was building a superb young team at Baník Ostrava, dominating Czechia and coming so close to Europa League glory in 2064. But the 80-year-old Zambian manager was intent on testing his team's abilities against Europe's finest.
Zambian manager Trebor Mahtal had built a 40-year career around bringing promising talents to Europe's less fancied leagues and taking on the continent's elite. Now aged 78, it was only natural for Mahtal to have set his sights on retirement but he cast those thoughts to one side and began dreaming of challenging Europe's elite with Baník Ostrava.
After leading BATE Borisov to a record-break 20th Belarussian title in 2061, Trebor Mahtal resigned and went in search of his 26th and final job as a Football Manager. Now aged 77, Mahtal was 13 games short of 2,000 matches as a manager, and decided to wait for an interesting job across Europe to go out with a flourish.
An impressive first season in Croatia saw Trebor Mahtal focus on youth and lead HNK Rijeka to 2nd place in the Croatian First League. And that meant an unexpected return to the Champions League - in which they stood absolutely no chance.
Five consecutive league titles had Trebor Mahtal riding a wave of success as he stepped down from yet another club on his EuroTrip Football Manager adventure. He departed Slovenian side NK Aluminij with 19 league titles in 11 different countries in his back pocket.
An exciting attacking Slavia Praha side blew away the Czechia league in record-breaking in Trebor Mahtal's first season at the club. The challenge now was for the Zambian manager to keep hold of his young stars and have a go at the Champions League.
Trebor Mahtal was back on the job hunt as bad blood with the FC Zurich president forced him to resign with the Swiss Super League trophy in his back pocket. And the 63-year-old Zambian immediately went in search of his 15th job in club management.
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