[[FM20] Glory Glory Tottenham Hotspur]

 

Introduction

2019 has already been a big year for Tottenham. They moved into there new state of the art 62,214 capacity Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, they reached there first UEFA Champions League final where they finished Runners Up to Liverpool. Off the field they also have signed some players for the first time in 18 months. The foundations are now in place and even Mauricio Potchettino has said that the club needs to start a new chapter. Are you the man or woman to do this on FM20?

Facilities

* Training Ground - State of the Art

* Youth Facilities - State of the Art

* Data Analysis Facilities - State of the Art

* Junior Coaching - Good

* Junior Recruitment - Good

Board Expectations

The Squad

* I have kept the previous screenshots from the original starting DB in the spoiler for those who may wish to compare the stats after the 20.3 patch.

Spoiler

Goalkeepers:

#1 - Hugo Lloris (Captain)

#22 - Paulo Gazzaniga

#13 - Michel Vorm

#41 Alfie Whiteman

 

Defenders:

#3 - Danny Rose

#4 - Toby Alderweireld

#5 - Jan Vertonghen

#6 - Davinson Sanchez

#16 - Kyle Walker-Peters

#19 - Ryan Sessegnon

#21 - Juan Foyth

#24 - Serge Aurier

#33 - Ben Davies

#39 - Japhet Tanganga

 

Midfielders:

#8 - Harry Winks

#12 - Victor Wanyama

#15 - Eric Dier

#17 - Moussa Sissoko

#18 - Giovani Lo Celso

#20 - Dele Alli

#23 - Christian Eriksen

#28 - Tanguy N'Dombele

#29 - Oliver Skipp

 

Forwards:

#7 - Heung-Min Son

#10 - Harry Kane (Vice Captain)

#11 - Erik Lamela

#27 - Lucas Moura

#52 - Troy Parrott

#TBC - Jack Clarke - Out on Loan

Goalkeepers:

#1 - Hugo Lloris (Captain)

#22 - Paulo Gazzaniga

#13 - Michel Vorm

#41 Alfie Whiteman

 

Defenders:

#4 - Toby Alderweireld

#5 - Jan Vertonghen

#6 - Davinson Sanchez

#19 - Ryan Sessegnon

#21 - Juan Foyth

#24 - Serge Aurier

#33 - Ben Davies

#39 - Japhet Tanganga

 

Midfielders:

#8 - Harry Winks

#12 - Victor Wanyama

#15 - Eric Dier

#17 - Moussa Sissoko

#18 - Giovani Lo Celso

#20 - Dele Alli

#30 - Gedson Fernandes

#28 - Tanguy N'Dombele

#29 - Oliver Skipp

 

Forwards:

#7 - Heung-Min Son

#10 - Harry Kane (Vice Captain)

#11 - Erik Lamela

#23 - Steven Bergwijn

#27 - Lucas Moura

#52 - Troy Parrott

#TBC - Jack Clarke - Out on Loan

Squad Notes:

Jan Vertonghen's contract expires at the end of the first season, so you will need to decide on keeping him or to sell him. There is a severe lack of depth in a few positions, most notably Right Back and Striker.  Sessegnon's defensive stats are not great to use him at Left Back so you may need some cover here. You can make Gedson Fernandes Loan permanent for £56m.

Danny Rose, Kyle Walker-Peters head up a list of players currently out on loan during the first season. None of them are really good enough long term so I would advise selling them upon there return.

There are some good young players with decent potential in the squad with the likes of Sessegnon (19), Sanchez (23), Foyth (21), Winks (23), N'Dombele (22), Skipp (18), Dele (23), Lo Celso (23), Parrott (17). You also have Jack Clarke who is on loan at Leeds United in the 19/20 season. For the 20.3 patch, Dennis Cirkin has received an upgrade so keep an eye on him in your development centre, he can play LB. You also have Harvey White and Jamie Bowden who can sometimes develop into decent midfield options but will most likely be nothing more than backup / rotation players but they will be valuable club trained players for European registrations.

 

Supporter Expectations

Tottenham have not won a trophy since the 2008 Carabao Cup and this is something that the supporters do not feel happy about. They have lost 8 FA Cup Semi-Finals in a row since 1993. They reached there maiden UEFA Champions League final but lost out to Liverpool. They last won the league in 1961 and in the Premier League Era there highest league position has been 2nd (2016/2017 season). Can you be the man to finally lead them to some long awaited success?

 

[Teams to Manage - FM19]

1 hour ago, ernemann said:

Looking for a save in Germany but cant make up my mind so I hope you can help me a bit Im between RB Leipzig, Leverkusen and BVB (Dortmund) and the aim is the same. Focus on the youth and stop the dominance from FC Bayern.

RB Leipzig : Exciting team with the likes of Poulsen, Haidara, Werner, Konatè and Upamecano, the link with the other Red Bull clubs and the fact they dont have any real history and trophies.

BVB : Maybe the team many would choose and with many amazing talents like Zagadou, Sancho, Gomez and Isak but also the easy team to beat Bayern?

Leverkusen : Maybe the most interesting team in Germany and with the talents like Brandt, Tah, Havertz, Bailey and Paulinho they are maybe the team to be, but can you keep the players??

But who would you choose ?

 

I know they are not listed above but Hertha Berlin have some decent youngsters and a good youth system!

[FM19: The English Football League thread]

4 hours ago, Rollin93 said:

Anyone know a good/cheap centre midfield and centre back that could do well championship or lower premier league?

Marko Leskovic at Dinamo can be bought for around 500k, he's a center back who I used in my Leeds save in both the championship and the Premier League. For Centre Mid you could look at Nasri or Gnoukouri on free transfers.

[FM19: The English Football League thread]

@Sedge11 fantastic post! You're doing fantastic with Pompey and good luck in the Premier League, hopefully you can keep them up and build up from there.

I've started in League 1 with Sunderland, seems abit easy at the moment (i'm into September). I lost on the opening day of the season 3-0 at home as I accidently holidayed past the first match day and my only other loss came in the Carabao cup 2nd round. As long as I keep up my interest in the save then I will post an update come the end of the season.