His teamwork is a little low, but everything else is golden. Sure, this player has lost a lot of that, but look at his other attributes: First Touch 17, Passing 16, Technique 18 Composure 19, Decisions 15, Flair 19, Off the Ball 19, Teamwork 10 and Vision 16. You look at wingers and you want Pace, you want Acceleration, you want Agility and Stamina.
An Inverted Winger, on the scrapheap known as the free transfer market Would you turn down the opportunity to sign this player on a free transfer because his physical attributes are on the decline? Neymar. I had Messi as a Regista at Barcelona for a couple of seasons back in FM17. He has all the key attributes required to play the role of a Regista: First Touch, Passing, Technique Composure, Decisions, Flair, Off the Ball, Teamwork and Vision.īeing able to see the Technical and Mental ability in a declining player gave me a couple of glorious years with one of the greatest ever players. I wanted to take a physically declining superstar and turn him into a rejuvenated player in a position you probably wouldn’t have thought about playing him in.Īt the age of 33 Neymar has lost a lot of his physical ability, as you would expect of a player at his age, but his Technical and Mental attributes are still excellent. I’m not going to do the obvious, like retrain a striker to play on the wing, or a winger to play as a wing-back. This player is unconvincing in the striker position so you cannot see any role or duty suitability For example, if a player’s positional familiarity is anything less than competent for a particular position on the pitch, you cannot see the roles he could be suitable for. If a player doesn’t have any familiarity within a position on the pitch you cannot highlight the attributes required of him on the profile screen to be able to do a role that you might want him to do. Select the player > Overview > Attributes You can also use the Attributes view, rather than Profile view of the player. However, this will not show a breakdown of key and preferred attributes. If you’re retraining players already at your club, from the player’s profile, select Development > Training and then select the ‘required role’ from the position/role/duty dropdown within the training menu to see a highlight of all attributes suited to the role. Training screen highlighting the attributes for a Regista When looking at retraining players in Football Manager, however, it is not always immediately clear what sort of role a player could do if, like me, you have your player overview set on Profile rather than Attributes. Neymar is 33 years young and moved from PSG to Monaco on a free transfer. Someone unfamiliar with the role and position to prove this could work. I need a player with the same gravitas for this experiment. Originally an attacking midfielder, he moved further back into a deeper role from a more advanced position and it is here where he shined. Retaining Players in Football Manager 20Īndrea Pirlo.
Retraining players in Football Manager that you already have or retraining declining superstars who you can collect for free as their elite clubs start to let them go. However, there are cheaper alternatives to this approach. You search by position and role and see who fits your budget, assuming you don’t have any youth prospects who can come in and do the job.
For the most part, this is absolutely the right thing to do. We have a gap in the squad that needs filling and naturally the first thing we do is head on to the player search screens or scout report screens and search for someone who might be a good fit. Looking around the squad there were no options. There is no better defensive midfielder role for a high pressing, possession hungry system than the Regista, which literally translates to the director. Taking over at AS Monaco, I want to drive home a possession-oriented system and in order to do so, I need an orchestrator at the base of my 4-3-3 to direct proceedings on the pitch. The failed experiment involving an expensive (wage wise), yet declining superstar was the final blow to Marcel Koller’s reign at Stade Louis II. The year is 2025 and Oliver Jensen has taken over the vacant managers position at AS Monaco. Training Players for New Positions and Roles.Positional Familiarity in Football Manager.What is Positional Familiarity and Role Suitability?.Retaining Players in Football Manager 20.