Athletic Bilbao - A tough challenge

FM Obsessive is back! After a blogging sabbatical (Dissertation, Brazil, University) I am ready to report on my gaming since the magnificent Football Manager 2012 came out.

 

Since my (slight) obsession with all thing Euskadi (Basque) since creating a Basque league for FM 2011, I decided to take over Athletic Club Bilbao; a club within the autonomous community of the Basque Country and proud of it. So proud indeed that it imposes a strict transfer policy - only players with Basque can be bought by the club. Athletic can buy and sign Spanish youth players that don't have Basque as a second nationality up until their 17th birthday.

So as you can see, it is a tough challenge, breaking into the top two in Spain with a team limited as such!

Basque Leagues

 

After years of Spanish and French rule, the Basque people have finally won independence.

I have made the Basque Country playable - This database includes 90 clubs divided into 5 leagues of 18 each.

88 clubs from the Basque region of Spain (including Athletico Bilbao, Real Sociedad, Osasuna, Real Union, etc and all their reserve and youth teams) and two from the Basque territory in France (Bayonne & Genets Anglet). All the Spanish and French leagues have been adjusted accordingly to render them playable alongside the Basque leagues.