The maroon side of Turin was buzzing with excitement at a potential first Serie A win for 52 years in January 2029. The arrival of Guillaume Restes had inspired Torino FC to the top of Serie A midway through Lorenzo Bonino's third campaign at the club.
After 12 months out of the game, most football commentators were torn on whether Lorenzo Bonino was a misunderstood visionary or simply a terrible football manager. But an ambitious Torino come forward to offer the young manager a lifeline.
What would happen if Celtic and Rangers entered the English football pyramid in non-league?
Big Sam Allardyce got his first taste of failure and relegation as his beleaguered Blackburn Rovers dropped into the Championship with barely a whimper in the 2023/24 campaign. However, there was no time to hang around as we simmed ahead to Christmas Day 2024 to discover the fourth task on this Football Manager Experiment.
