Football Manager 2022: 10 Teams To Manage First
2. Athletic Club Bilbao
One of the popular saves in any Football Manager game is Athletic Club Bilbao due to their strict transfer policy of only signing players from the Basque region, which spans across a small part of northern Spain and into the south of France.
This self-imposed transfer restriction makes for a challenging yet interesting save for players who are looking for something different. As they also play in La Liga, not only are you at the mercy of this transfer restriction, but you will need to build a squad strong enough to topple the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
Thankfully, despite the restrictions in place, the club has a pretty decent first team and also boasts some of the best young talents in Spain with Nico Serrano, Unai Vencedor and Nico Williams all playing for the reserve team, Athletic Bilbao B.
Therefore, if you choose the Basque-club for your save in FM you will at least have something to work with. However, how you build a team around these players in order to challenge for La Liga and potentially even Europe is going to be the real challenge.