To celebrate Football Manager 2019 being up to 70% off in the Summer Sale we’re giving ourselves an FM19 challenge and we’re bringing you on the journey with us. We’re going to document our season with a European club, through the highs, the lows and the dodgy managerial decisions. We’ll certainly need your help along the way.

The latest edition of Why I Love FM features our chat with prolific striker and current Sydney FC number nine - Adam Le Fondre. 

Today's Wednesday Wisdom comes courtesy of @FM_Grasshopper who is here to tell you how to make your players more versatile so you can get the best out of them across all areas of the pitch. 

If you think you've got what it takes to spread your own Wednesday Wisdom then drop us a line at byline@sigames.com. 

This week's edition of Why I Love FM features our chat with writer, journalist and broadcaster Carl Anka who rolls back the years to recall the very best moments from his Football Manager career. 

It’s been another memorable Ligue 1 Conforama season packed with surprise performers and emerging talents. We’ve seen plenty of players make their name in the league over the last few years and what better way to increase your knowledge of French football and acquaint yourselves with some of the stars of the future than by getting stuck into a Ligue 1 Conforama save on Football Manager 2019?

We sat down with the lovely chaps at Mundial to talk all things Football Manager. It’s fair to say that they’re big fans of ours with references to the game and its cultural impact cropping up in the magazine and website. Issue 18 of the Mundial mag is now available to order, we thoroughly suggest you check it out. Their writing is very good, annoyingly good.

Great commentary can stir our emotions and stick in our memories, becoming almost as unforgettable as the action itself. Commentary plays a vital part in the Football Manager match-day experience too, with hundreds of different lines appearing, all triggered by different events in your favourite simulation. Some only crop up during those special, once-in-a-save moments and, of course, there are some you’d rather never see. Here are the highs and lows of football illustrated by FM commentary lines.

This week's wisdom is being spread by @DazzaFM who has focused on match preparation. Failure to prepare is preparing to fail…   

Our next instalment of Why I Love FM saw us sit down with author, journalist and all-round football expert Michael Cox. Michael's obsession with tactics is something very much shared in our office and we're already getting stuck into his latest book, Zonal Marking - The Making of Modern European Football. You can pick it up now, here. 

There are few feelings in Football Manager like when you manage to sign a young player who’s labelled as a wonderkid. It’s the FM equivalent of winning the lottery or finding water in the desert.

These players mean more to you than any normal signing; these are the players that you’ll rave to your mates about, the players you’ll remember in years to come. Here are the six things we all do after signing a wonderkid.

This week's Wednesday Wisdom focuses on player recruitment, a vital part of any manager's responsibility. To recruit effectively you need to know what to look for. @FM_Grasshopper is here to give you five search filters you need to add to your scouting process. 

Our latest instalment of Why I Love FM features Greg Johnson, editor-in-chief at football.london who talks about how his love of Football Manager has taken him across the virtual globe.