10 Save Ideas to Start in Football Manager 2021

Looking for a Football Manager 2021 save ideas? Well here's ten of them that you can tackle in your next FM21 save.

This article can give an idea about your first save on Football Manager 2021. In this article, I will show you ten save ideas for your next save on FM21. 

1. Big Brother

In this FM21 challenge, the goal is to take the smaller team in the city and try to overtake the bigger team in the same city. For example, Paris FC are the little brother in the city, while Paris Saint Germain are dominating the capital. The challenge is to conquer the city and becoming the best team in the city.

2. Into the Future

Go on holiday and then pick a team in the future.

Into the future is one of the most interesting ideas for a save in Football Manager 2021 as you don't know what you will get. In this save, you will simulate the game for how many years as you wish to, it could be five years, 15 years or even 70 years. What's interesting about it, is that the game can be utterly randomized with transfers, new gens, clubs being promoted or relegated. Every time you will simulate the game forward, the outcome will almost always be different. Once you choose a date to simulate to, you can pick a team to manage and start managing them in the future.

3. Journeyman

A journeyman is probably one of the most popular saves in Football Manager 2021. In Journeyman save you will need to load as many leagues as your computer can run and start unemployed, with the lowest manger stats (No coaching badges and Sunday league footballer experience). The Journeyman save is a great save for hardcore players and players that want to explore the different leagues that the game has to offer. The goal of the save is to be at many teams as you can while progressing to glory. 

Read more: Football Manager Journeyman Challenge

4. Sleeping Giant

Manage a team like Nottingham Forest and bring them back to glory.

A sleeping giant is a team that was successful in the past but have fallen along the years. The aim of this save is to take a club that is no longer successful like they were in the past, and try to bring them back the glory—teams, for example, AC Milan, FC Kaiserslautern and Nottingham Forest.

5. Director of Football

Director of Football save can give you some stressful or fun time if you decide to go with this option. In this Football Manager 2021 save you will choose a team by your choice, and hire the best director of football you could possibly get. Why this save can give you a stressful time you are asking, because you will need to give your director of football most of the responsibilities. 

The direction that your save will be going is not in your hands as your director of football will be making the transfer, staff, scouting and contract negotiations. You will need to follow his steps and try to manage the team under the circumstances, they can be in your favour or going against you, depends on the director of football decisions. 

Read more: How to find the best Director of Football 

6. Athletic Bilbao

Can you bring success to Bilbao signing only Basque players?

A save with Athletic Bilbao can be quite challenging if you decide to start a save with them. Athletic Bilbao have a strict transfer policy; you are only allowed to sign Basque players. This transfer policy offers a very challenging save as the variety of players that you are allowed to sign is very minimal.

7. Lower League to Glory

Lower League to Glory can be a very long save depending on how far the team is from the top division. In this FM21 save, you will pick a team from the lowest possible division in the country and try to bring them glory. This save can be very fun and emotional because you can get attached to the team along the save.

8. Club and Country

To make this save ultra hard try doing it with San Marino

In club and country save, the aim is to win the Champions League with a club and the World Cup with a nation. You have to manage the team that is based in the nation that you have chosen, and you have to manage them at the same time. You will notice along with the save, the youth players that you have produced through the academy will help you to succeed in the national stage while helping you to succeed in the European stage as well.

9. Homegrown Challenge

Picking this type of a save can give you some tough time. In the Homegrown FM 2021 challenge, the rules are simple; you are not allowed to sign any players; the only players that you are allowed to sign are those who are from your youth academy. There are no restrictions on signing staff members. The aim of this challenge is to win the Champions League with as many homegrown players as possible.

10. Picking a Team That Isn't in the Top 5 Leagues

Managing a team from Eastern Europe can be quite fun

Many Football Manager players, even the veteran ones, are always stuck at managing the team in the top leagues. Picking a team that isn't in the top 5 leagues gives you a chance to explore the Football world and learn about new leagues in places that you have never heard of. Football Manager offers 118 leagues in 53 different countries. The fun comes when you win a title in a league that you have never thought you would ever be thinking managing in. Try to explore more leagues such as in East Europe, South America and Asia.