One of my main saves in Football Manager 2025 was going to be a youth-focused save with a Brazilian club. But, with the ongoing delay to the game, I'm not sure whether that save will come to fruition, so I decided to head to Brazil for a new FM24 challenge.
Athlético Paranaense came into 2038 armed with an exciting arsenal of young talents like strikers Pipoca and Esdras, winger Paulo Roberto Aal and Brazil international Lucas Pena Barcelos. And manager Robaato Rasamu was excited about the club's future.
The phrase "golden generation" is all-too-often overused in football circles, but Robaato Rasamu believed he'd absolutely inherited one at Athlético Paranaense. His squad contained 11 players considered to have 5-star potential which, according to his staff, constituted "world class," and an additional 17 with at least 4-star potential.
Robaato Rasamu had always loved Brazilian football, having grown up idolising the likes of Kaká, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. So being given the opportunity to manage in the country was akin to letting a kid loose in the world's biggest sweet shop.
A massive summer rebuild had seen Robaato Rasamu totally reshape his Athlético Paranaense squad. He'd sold off the bad eggs at the club and was now operating with a much younger squad that was packed to the rafters with potential.
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