Football fans have long debated how the Old Firm of Celtic and Rangers would fare if they competed in England. So we decided to use Football Manager 2022 to settle the debate by moving both clubs into the Premier League.
The 2022/23 campaign would see Leeds United play in European competition for the first time in 20 years. A massive summer clearout saw no less than 26 players depart the club, either permanently or on loan. The biggest outgoing was striker Patrick Bamford, the Premier League top scorer two seasons previous, who was showing signs... Continue Reading →
We moved into the latter stages of the 2021/22 campaign, our third in the Premier League with Leeds United, embroiled in a very tight mid-table battle. We began the year by selling centre-back stalwart Pontus Jansson, who'd been overtaken by youngster Benoit Badiashile in the pecking order, to Bournemouth for £4 million. In his place... Continue Reading →
Moving into the 2021/22 campaign Leeds United had established themselves as a Premier League club following a seventh-placed finish the previous campaign. We continued with a focus on signing exciting youngsters, signing several youngsters from Brazil and immediately loaning them out - so I won't focus on them for now. However, one player that will... Continue Reading →
We moved into 2021 with Leeds United building on a good first campaign in the Premier League and looking to go even better second time around. We added a few youngsters to the mix in Janaury, including the very exciting 18-year-old Colombian striker Leonel Larrahondo. While young defender Ben Godfrey, who hadn't progressed as I'd... Continue Reading →
We went into the 2020/21 campaign having sealed Leeds United's place in the Premier League and enjoying a rise in financial clout as a result. That allowed us to spend a bit more money to strengthen in the summer. Our main signing was Argentinian winger Rodrigo De Paul, who came in for £9.75 million from... Continue Reading →
Leeds United went into 2020 sitting pretty in eight place in their first season back in the Premier League after a strong run of five wins and a draw through December had catapulted them up the table. I didn't see much need to spend in January, instead waiting for the summer when it looked like... Continue Reading →
Having won The Championship title at the first attempt with Leeds United plenty of rebuilding and strengthening was likely to be needed to compete at Premier League level. That began with offloading a whole host of players that weren't going to be up to the task beginning with Eunan O'Kane, who I'd really struggled to... Continue Reading →
The Leeds United save had gotten off to a great start, heading into 2019 on a three-month unbeaten streak. The January transfer window saw a bit more activity, with the main outgoing seeing Kemar Roofe - who I'd decided wasn't as good as Patrick Bamford - moving to Swansea City for £5 million. We brought... Continue Reading →
My new Football Manager 2019 save sees us seize control of a sleeping giant in the form of Leeds United. The three-time English champions last won the league title back in 1992, the first season before the formation of the Premier League. They reached the semi-finals of the Champions League back in 2001 but soon... Continue Reading →
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