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Manchester United Football Club is a world famous English football club. They are based at Old Trafford Football Ground, Trafford, Greater Manchester and the club is one of the most successful football clubs in English football history, having won the FA Premier League/Football League 15 times, FA Cup 11 times, the League Cup twice, the European Cup twice, the UEFA Cup Winners Cup once, the Intercontinental Cup once, and the European Super Cup once. The club has had the highest average attendance in English football for the past 34 seasons, with the exception of 1987-89 during redevelopment at Old Trafford. The 'Red Devils' are reported to be the best-supported football club in the world.

Can you bring the glory days back to Old Trafford?

Club Information
Stadium: Old Trafford
Stadium Capacity: 76212
Reserve Stadium: Ewen Fields, Hyde
Home Kit: Red Shirt, White Shorts, Black Socks
Away Kit: White Shirt, Black Shorts, White Socks
Founded: 1878
Chairman: Loves the club
Status: Professional
Reputation: World wide
Favoured Personnel: Roy Keane, Alex Ferguson, Bryan Robson, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Mark Hughes, Steve Bruce, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy
Fierce Rivals: Liverpool, Man City, Leeds, Arsenal, Chelsea
Other Rivals: Blackburn, West Ham, Newcastle, Bolton
Finances: Okay
Estimated Value: £301m (Loan debt: £265m)
Training Facilities: Top training facilities
Youth Facilities: State of the art training facilities + youth academy
Continental Competition: European Champions Cup
Media Prediction: 2nd
Squad Average Age: 26
Squad Personality: Determined

Start of the game information
Transfer Budget: £16.9m
Wage Budget: £1m
Bank balance: £34.5m
Current feeder clubs: Antwerp, Bury, Connah’s Quay, Fluminhense, Livingston, Newport County, Parramatta Eagles, Shelbourne, Sporting CP, Walsall
Expectation: To win the Premiership

First Team Squad

Goalkeepers: Edwin Van der Sar, Tomasz Kuszczak

Defenders: Gary Neville, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Mikael Silvestre, Gabriel Heinze, Patrice Evra

Midfielders: Cristiano Ronaldo, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes, David Jones, Keiran Richardson, Ryan Giggs

Forwards: Wayne Rooney, Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Alan Smith, Louis Saha

Star Players: Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney

Future Stars: Ben Foster, Phillip Bardsley, Ritchie Jones, Lee Martin, Giuseppe Rossi

Main Transfers In: Michael Carrick (Tottenham Hotspur), Tomasz Kuszczak (West Bromwich Albion) (Season loan with transfer arranged)

Main Transfers Out: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid), Quinton Fortune (Bolton Wanderers), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United), Liam Miller (Sunderland)

Great game posts
If you have just had a sensational win or a great match write little match report on it as it shows more than a screenshot does.

Who should I sign posts
If you want help and advice on a new signing post as much information as possible – this should include at least your transfer budget remaining, wage budget remaining, bank balance, players already in said position, transfer targets and what type of player you want (e.g. a quick, strong striker that is under 24).

Help strengthening team posts
If you want help and advice regarding strengthening your team post your starting line up and formations, substitutes, your feelings on the team, positions you want strengthening, transfer budget, transfer targets and the type of players you want. If you include as much information as possible it is easier for us to help you.

Updates
If you are going to post updates, please keep it to three a season – end of pre-season, end of January transfer window and end of season. This will make the thread easier to use and less clogged up. Also if you try and only use screenshots in these updates otherwise the thread will be littered with screenshots. If you do want to talk about a signing either put it in one of the three updates.

These updates should be along the lines of:

Pre-season update (year)
Transfers In
Transfers Out
Formation
Squad
Expectations for the season
Pre-season odds
Remaining transfer budget
Remaining wage budget

January transfer window update (year)
Transfers In
Transfers Out
Squad
League table
Cup competitions
Revised expectations
Player and Manager Awards

End of season update
End of season league table
Cup competitions
Manger’s thoughts on the season
Transfer targets


Many thanks to ruud3 for writing most of this and to shep ("A sheppard herds the sheep") for helping me to write the rest. Enjoy the challenge, good luck :thup:

retired_vanessa_marco

Finally............Nice thread by the way :thup:

KUTGW

retired_shift23

Yay its up and its perfect - just like we planned it eh crazy gra? okay now lets get o 50 pages of posts on this thread too

Btw - replacement for RVN on new game has gotta be Luca Toni. 8 Goals in 8 Apps for me :thup:

The other bosses keep telling the media that theyre going to have to keep ronaldo contained if they are to stand a chance against United in their up coming game on my game, i like this hes is play sensational though and proving to be my best player.

i'll post the squad tomorrow and ins and outs, reasons for buying them etc.

zyx345

how much did toni cost you? he's going to set me back about £14m on my game.

retired_shift23

he cost me just over that on my game, worth it though. i reccommend you sign him :thup:

zyx345

i am trying! he's one of the best on FM 07 i think, and a great price too!

retired_iluvemily519

12mill for bent a lil much tho he works great with rooney

retired_ricky118666

Toni went to Chelsea on my game, *growl*

Last minute signing of Anderson for £23m, not played him yet, but I signed him because Saha is on form and Rooney got injured, I thought he would compliment him well.

Hint: Ask Gill for more transfer budget, they up it to 30m

zyx345

moomoomoo also said they up the transfer budget if you ask them but when i asked them they basically told me to p!ss off! i'll try it again when i start a new game, i really need more money to sign the players i need. even the £30m from chelski for ferdinand won't be enough for what i want!

retired_iluvemily519

ouch i got 40mill for rio sold gary n 6.3 and park 5.5