Football Manager 2015: 10 Hardest Career Challenges You Must Tackle

4. Hamburger SV

Objective: Awake the giant. Slumbering giants is definitely the correct term when speaking of this massive Bundesliga club. Die Rothosen narrowly avoided demotion to the 2. Bundesliga after defeating Greuther Furth in a relegation play-off, squeezing through on away goals, before opting to purchase their loan saviour Pierre-Michel Lasogga. Despite selling young star Halkan Calhanoglu, who lit up the Imtech Arena last season, the ‚4.5m purchase of Valon Behrami looks to be excellent business in terms of bolstering the midfield. Hamburg have long had the funds and infrastructure required to challenge at the top of the Bundesliga, but recent seasons have lurched from disappointment to disappointment, as a fairly strong team on paper fails to manifest itself as successful on the field of play. Nicolai Muller has joined from Mainz, an intelligent buy, but much more needs to be done to transform this side into title contenders. The gauntlet is set to break up the duopoly of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the German top flight, while the likes of Wolfsburg, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach certainly have the money and personnel to cause a whole host of problems along the way. To return Hamburg to their previous reputable mantle, plenty of work beckons.