Being a manager is about getting the best out of people. Getting the best out of players and coaching staff, winning over the board and the media, and negotiating lucrative deals with other clubs and players’ agents.
If you do it right, it can seem like the easiest job in the world – everyone thinks you’re great – but if you’re a little unlucky, you’ll be on the brink of failure!
Choose a team from one of five European leagues (UK, France, Spain, Italy and Germany) that operate simultaneously and take full control over transfers, tactics, team management, squad rotation, finances and club development.
You’ll be asking the chairman for development money, giving instructions to the coaches, negotiating with players’ agents, stroking their egos and trying to fend off the press.
What will be more important: taking control of a training session, giving an interview to a newspaper or renewing a contract? You will experience all the emotions of football management in Premier Manager 2004-2005. Let’s see if you have the skills for it…