Here’s a list of best Directors of Football in FM20. In Football Manager 2020 your Director of Football can be responsible for a lot of things at the club, so it's best to know which ones are the best.
Here’s a list of best Directors of Football in FM20. These are the crème de la crème and are responsible for several revolutions at club level where they are currently employed.
Some of the mentioned staff on this list will not be available immediately while some others may even be at other roles in their current clubs. However, they are the best staff available for the role of Director of Football / General Manager.
Before we get to the list let us see what are the job roles of a DoF in the game and what are his required attributes.
In Football Manager 2020, if you delegate all responsibilities to your staff members, a Director of Football is responsible for these things:
- First team recruitment
- U23/B team recruitment
- U19 team recruitment
- Coaching courses
- First team staff contract renewals
- Staff contract renewals for U23/B team
- Staff contract renewals for the U19 team
- Find and sign players for the first team
- Handle incoming offers for first-team players
- Outgoing development loans
- Find and sign young players for the future (U19)
- Handle incoming offers for youth team players (U19)
- Find and sign young players for the future (U23/B team)
- Handle incoming offers for youth team players (U23/B team)
- Player contracts discussions
As you can see, your Director of Football can completely run the club in FM20 if you give him the power.
However, the game tells us that the most important 3 attributes for a good Director of Football are Judging Player Ability, Judging Player Potential and Negotiating.
7 best Directors of Football in FM20
Luis Campos
• Age: 54
• Current Club/Job: Director of Football at LOSC
• Nationality: Portuguese
• Current Contract: £10k/week until 30/6/2022
Fabio Paratici ( Mateo Cugini )
• Age: 46
• Current Club/Job: Director of Football at Juventus ( Zebre )
• Nationality: Italian
• Current Contract: £13.75k/week until 30/6/2021
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Ariedo Braida
• Age: 73
• Current Club/Job: N/A
• Nationality: Italian
• Current Contract: N/A
Txiki Begeristain
• Age: 54
• Current Club/Job: Director of Football at Man City
• Nationality: Spanish
• Current Contract: £20k/week until 30/6/2023
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Michael Edwards
• Age: 40
• Current Club/Job: Director of Football at Liverpool
• Nationality: English
• Current Contract: £20k/week until 30/6/2023
Monchi
• Age: 50
• Current Club/Job: Director of Football at Sevilla
• Nationality: Spanish
• Current Contract: £25k/week until 30/6/2023
Igli Tare
• Age: 45
• Current Club/Job: General Manager Lazio
• Nationality: Albanian
• Current Contract: £30.5k/week until 30/6/2020
That concludes the list of the top 7 Directors of Football / General Managers in FM20. As a bonus, it is always good for your Director of Football to have world knowledge in more countries making hiring and negotiation a lot easier.
Learn more on how to best utilise your Director of Football, and your other staff members, with Guide to Football Manager Second Edition eBook.
