E54: Season six means new clubs, new rivalries and a boat load of transfers

Turkey is dead to us. We're on to our next adventure and it's not too far a flight to get there. Cheap too.
Household names. Nostalgic football. Shared stadiums. A rivalry for the ages.

Is that enough of a hint to let you know where we're off to? It's a football story as old as the hills and when it came to picking our destination for season six, it was only fair to let Shane decide where we're off to and who gets who.

The finish in this league, while we were in Turkey, was super close, but neither side finished as domestic champions. European football is guaranteed, there's about €35m roughly of a transfer budget for both sides along with some sticky non-EU playing rules. Needless to say, there won't be a giant influx of Premier League or South American stars this season.

For the first time, we're taking on two clubs who almost got things over the line, looking to build up strong domestic support and structures and have at it in one of our all-time favourite leagues.

This week we've got plenty of transfer and tactical talk before wrapping up with a quick live game to tee us up for pre-season proper next week. 

Game nights this season are Wednesday nights with a fresh podcast for your ears on Friday mornings. This episode, along with the previous 53, contains strong language.

Lend us your ears and help us kick off a brand new season.  

Creators and Guests

Ken | #FMFShow
Host
Ken | #FMFShow
Football Manager content. Alter ego of @kenmcguire. Co-host weekly FM podcast @fmfshow. Writes about sport for a living. Currently: Kilkenny City, Benfica #FM23
Shane O'Keeffe
Host
Shane O'Keeffe
I get to do fun things. Proud founding member of Dicemen Productions and KCLR Sport presenter/producer amongst other things
E54: Season six means new clubs, new rivalries and a boat load of transfers
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