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overview  By clicking on the ‘Overview’ section, then this will give you access to the following information.

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If you click on the ‘Last Fixture’ then this will take you through to the fixture, where you can view the match, live scores, match report.

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If you click on ‘Next Fixture’ then this will take you to the fixture summary where you can set your tactics, scout your opposition.

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Within the ‘Newsfeed’ you will find a variety of different information, such as completed transfer announcements, manager appointments/resignations, competition winners. You can also post messages on here such as if you have a player you are wishing to sell.

Manager list

Within the ‘Manager List’ you will see a list of all managed and unmanaged clubs within your Game World.

 

lub logo By clicking on the ‘Club’ section, this will give you access to the following options.

Squad

Here you will find your Squad lists, where you can find anything you need to know about your squad e.g Statistics, morale, condition, player rating.

Tactics

Here you can select your Tactics and player instructions for your next fixtures.

Schedule

Here you will find a list of your upcoming fixtures, results and any friendlies you may have coming up.

Reports

Here you will find more information on your squad, for example, injuries, suspensions, player concerns, player changes or if your player has played an international fixture.

inbox

You will also find your Inbox in this section which is where you will receive messages and updates, relating to topics such as transfer bids for your players, confirmation of results, player concerns, suspensions and injuries.

 

Manager By clicking on the ‘Manager’ section, this will give you access to the following options.

Finanaces

Here you will find a full breakdown of your club’s finances.

History

Here you will find a full history of your club including club trophies, club records and the manager history of the club.

international

International management is a unique feature available to Gold Managers. If you are a Gold Manager you will find your international management summary here. Within here you will find fixtures, history, squad, tactics, schedule and competitions.

transfers

Here you will find a summary of your club’s transfer activity. You can find a list of all completed transfers and any transfer bids that are still awaiting response or completion.

shortlist

Here you can find a list of all of the players that you may be interested in both now and in the future. By adding a player to your shortlist, then you will be made aware of any rating changes, or transfer bids for these players going forward.

 

Transfers heading By clicking on the ‘Transfer’ section, this will give you access to    the following options.

Player search

Here you can search for a specific player or do an advanced search based on specific criteria such as position, age, value, nationality.

Scout

Here you can scout players based on certain criteria such as position or whether they would be for your first team, a squad player or your youth team. Your scout will find up to 3 players he thinks meets your specified criteria.

All transfers

Here you will find a full summary of all transfers that have been completed in your Game World.

Trasfer list

Here you will find a summary of all players that have been added to the transfer list within your Game World.

Loan list

Here you find a summary of all of the players that have been added to the loan list within your Game World. 

concern list

Here you will find a list of all players who have concerns within your Game World. It is worth keeping a close eye on this page as this could potentially open up new opportunities for you to sign new players if their concerns continue to grow.

 

gameworld header By clicking on the ‘Game World’ section, this will give you access to the following options.

league

Here you will find your League table, a summary of results, fixtures and player statistics.

cups

Here you will find a summary of the domestic cup competitions within your Game World.

player database

Here is a summary of all player rating changes and any new players that have been added to the game. It would be wise to keep an eye on this page as the next generation of superstars could become available to you.

SMFA

Here you will find a summary of any continental club competitions. This is an available benefit to Gold Managers. You will find Tables, fixtures, results and player stats for the all of these competitions.

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Here you will find a full summary of international games. This includes tables, fixtures, results, player stats both for qualifiers and finals fixtures.

world

Here you will find a summary of all of the teams from different continents within Soccer Manager Worlds. Where applicable it will also show you which teams are managed, available or unavailable.

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Here you will find information such as the best managers, record transfers, league tables and player tables and competition winners for each season within the his within the history of the game worlds. You will also gameworld information and rules.

 

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SM-Worlds-Relaunch

We are happy to announce the relaunch of Soccer Manager Worlds to celebrate our 10th anniversary and it contains some exciting updates and we’ll start with the biggest.

New Match Engine

A new Match Engine has been introduced to Soccer Manager Worlds.

So what does this mean?

It means that better results are obtained with modern formations and player ratings have an exponential value in a match, so the best footballers in the game will perform even better for your team.

Additional formations such as 4-2-3-1 narrow and 4-4-2 narrow diamond have been added along with some improvements to the effectiveness of certain existing formations.

Also, player position compatibility for certain formations is now more realistic, making match days more strategic. For example only DM(L/R) and M(L/R) can only play the wingback role perfectly within formations such as 3-5-2 and D(L/R) will not play as well in a 3 man defence.

We have removed some Player / Team Instructions / Styles. For example one option that we have removed is “Men Behind Ball” which is the same as “Mentality Defensive”.

The new Match Engine includes more realistic match statistics such as possession, corners, shots and player match ratings.

We believe that the new match engine will enhance your matchday experience due to it being more in-depth and providing a greater test of your management skills.

New User Interface & App

We have added a slick new design for the desktop that gives the game a modern feel. The new user interface has been developed with the help of feedback from our community. This redesign has been  done in tandem with our new app so that the interface of both is the same and this will help when you switch from one platform to the other.

SMFA

We have made several revisions to the SMFA as we have introduced a new system to help prevent in-game cheating.

Revised Attendances & Stadium Building

Based on our communities feedback, we have made several changes to attendances and stadium building. Smaller clubs and those coming up through the divisions will now receive higher attendances and have their stadium capacity increased (to a far higher level) to reflect their league standing.

The maximum capacity of 24,000 is being lifted because we want attendances to be more dynamic and based on your success. This means your fan base will dictate any increases to your stadium which will be made by your Chairman at the start of a new season. It will not cost your club any money as the Chairman will pay for this.

So how will fan bases work? Well, each club has a set fan base when a Game World is created. This fan base could increase over a period of time dependent on your success. However, the fan base will never increase to more than the highest fan base within your league. Likewise, just as a fan base will increase, it can also decrease if your club is underachieving.

We believe that this will be a welcome change because it is one that you, our community, have been asking for.

Game World Economies

There are several improvements that will affect the economy of your Game World. We’ve been working on these areas for the past few months. Prior to that we’ve spent considerable time reading all of the feedback on the forum, twitter, Facebook and via email.

There’s a lot of differing views on the subjects of squad sizes and player hogging and we’ve taken this into account when working on our changes. We also believe that the changes we’re making will help to improve the SMFA and reduce cheating.

So what exactly are our changes?

The algorithm for calculating a player’s value has been changed to include the player’s potential rating and any concerns they may have, as well as what was taken into account before: rating, age and position.

Player’s with concerns will see a substantial decrease in their value, the higher the level of concern the greater the decrease in value. This should help smaller clubs pick up better players for cheaper than their maximum value and the club they are leaving will receive a substantially lower fee when they hand in a transfer request.

Player values will be the same for all clubs when looking at the same player. Players are also worth the same when included in part exchange deals. There is no longer one chairman valuing a player differently from another.

Player wages are being drastically increased for better players, this should help stop player hogging and force people to sell top players they are not using.

Player concerns can no longer be bought off. There will remain 5 levels of concern and they will run 3 times a season, meaning a player would finally leave a club after 1.5 seasons, at a substantially reduced value.

Selling a player to an external club in the Game World now only has a 7 day transfer ban.

Finally you can no longer set players to Unavailable to Transfer or set a Minimum Fee because we want to encourage interaction between managers.

Feedback

We’d love to hear your feedback with regard to our relaunch so please feel free to tweet @SoccerManager or message us on Facebook.

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Yushinori-Muto

In September many Bundesliga managers raised their concerns about the recent Premier League television deal, and the impact that the new financial power of English teams will have on German football. Yet 1. FSV Mainz’s manager Christian Heidel was adamant that the Bundesliga could benefit from English money.

When speaking to an academic forum, Heidel pointed out that “it is now up to us to bring English money to the Bundesliga. The solution is simple, when an English club wants a player from us, we right away set our demands way above the actual market value. We should simply say thank you, take the money, and reinvest it into our scouting network, and youth development infrastructure. It will pay off.”

Heidel was true to his word when he sold the 30 year old Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki for €10 million, in what most observers deemed to be a fantastic deal for the club from the capital of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Subsequently, Heidel has wisely reinvested some of that money in another Japanese striker, the 23-year-old Yoshinori Muto. According to Transfermarkt.de Mainz purchased Muto, who also had an offer from FC Arsenal, for €2.8 million from FC Tokyo. The outbound Okazaki played a major role in Muto’s decision to join Mainz rather than Arsenal, where he surely would have had a hard time breaking into the first squad.

At Mainz, Muto promptly managed to break into the first team, and has already scored seven goals in just 14 appearances—Okazaki, in comparison, only managed two goals in 12 matches in his first Bundesliga season at VfB Stuttgart. Furthermore, Muto has built an effective strike tandem with Mainz’s playmaker Yunus Malli; the two have been responsible for 15 out of Maniz’s 20 league goals. Muto has scored seven of the 15 goals, has also added four assists, and ranks in the top ten in the Bundesliga scorer list.

Both players were also instrumental in Mainz’s derby victory over Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday with Muto scoring the early lead against Frankfurt in the fifth minute and with Malli making it 2-0 just before halftime. Frankfurt’s Haris Seferović would later make it 2-1, but Mainz was able to secure the all important derby victory.

This was Muto’s first derby, but his performance suggests that the Japanese striker not only understands the importance of such games for Mainz’s fan base, but also is able to perform in high pressure matches.

Muto has also integrated well into German society in general, When speaking to Fox Sport’s Bundesliga show, Muto explained that the Bundesliga was always the most logical first destination for him in European football, “Mainz is not Tokyo, but in general the German mentality is very similar to our mentality in Japan, and I have found it easy to fit in.”

Muto’s rapid integration on and off the pitch has meant that Mainz once again is able to punch above its weight in the Bundesliga (the club is currently ninth). Muto—who was brought in for a fraction of Okazaki’s transfer fee to Leicester—has proven that he is a fantastic addition to the squad. Of course, Mainz fans are aware of the business mechanisms in football and view the young striker as a financial investment. But for now, Muto is primarily seen as Mainz’s formidable attacking tsunami.

About the author – Manuel Veth

Manuel Veth is a freelance journalist and Editor in Chief @FutbolgradLive and writes about the economics and politics of Soviet and post-Soviet football. You can find his work at Futbolgrad.com.

twitter: @homosovieticus

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Milos-Pantovic

It has been a quarter of a century since a Serbian footballer last played for Bayern Munich.

It was in 1989 when former Yugoslav international Radmilo Mihajlovic moved from Dinamo Zagreb to West Germany where he signed for the Bavarian giants. Mihajlovic amassed 34 league appearances and scored 4 goals for Bayern Munich, before he was transferred to Schalke 04 a year later.

From Branko Oblak to Robert Kovac, Hasan Salihamidzic, Ivica Olic and most recently Mario Mandzukic, Bayern Munich have had their fair share of Balkan talent over the course of last thirty years.

It wasn’t until 2015, however, that Serbia have had their representative in the squad of Germany’s greatest football club.

Milos Pantovic was born in Munich in 1996 to parents from Arilje, a small town in Central Serbia and the 19-year-old forward was never too shy when it came to speaking proudly of his Serbian origin.

“I love Arilje. I use every moment of spare time to visit Serbia and my parents’ home town. I really enjoy every time I go there”, said Milos Pantovic.

This young Serbian starlet is a proper utility player, who can operate in a number of positions.

Naturally a right winger, the 19-year-old is often deployed as right midfielder and attacking midfielder, but can also successfully fill in the forward position.

Bayern Munich have invested a great deal in this player, who has been with the Bavarians since his tender age of nine, when he joined the Bayern Munich Junior Team.

Renowned for their committed and dedicated work with young players, Bayern Munich have seen plenty of talent coming through their ranks, but not as many as they would have liked it in most recent years. David Alaba is the latest academy pearl to overcome the challenges and succeed as professional footballer in this great club, and one of Guardiola’s main tasks in Bayern was to ensure that the club took a huge step towards asserting their dominance through youth levels.

Milos Pantovic, along with his teammate Joshua Kimmich, looks set to live up to the expectations following his impressive performances in Bayern’s reserve team this season. The total of 17 games in Regionalliga Bayern, five goals, two assists to his name and 956 minutes of action were more than enough to catch the eye of Pep Guardiola, whose call came as a just reward for this young man’s efforts.

“Guardiola is one of the best managers in the world. I am grateful that he recognized my hard work in the youth team”, enthused the youngster.

Pantovic’s excitement was obvious after he was granted his first minutes in Bundesliga, against Werder Bremen in October.

Young winger was introduced in the dying moments of the game, coming on for Arturo Vidal. He wasn’t expected to make an impression in little time he was granted from the Bayern boss, but he was meant to recognize the intention.

As an unlikely name to come up through the ranks and to prominence, Pantovic was thus given a clear message from Guardiola, who appreciates his dedication and commitment. Couple of minutes in the game against Werder and 90 minutes on the bench against Hertha Berlin last weekend will serve as the precious experience for this young lad, as the motivation to push him further on and make him an inspiration to young players around him upon his return to reserve team.

Much to surprise of the European public and football fans around the globe, one person was also astonished to see a Serbian name donning the Bayern shirt and coming on for great Arturo Vidal – the Serbian Under-21 coach Tomislav Sivic.

Funny, border-line embarrassing story.

Day after Pantovic’s season debut for Bayern, Serbia Under-21 national coach Tomislav Sivic publicly expressed his astonishment over finding out that there was a Serbian player in Bayern Munich.

“I was completely shocked to see a Serbian coming on for Bayern”, he said.

“I called the FA immediately and got some more information about him. I will watch him next week and then we will know if he could help us in the following qualifying games against Italy and Slovenia”, Sivic reported before the last international break, much to the amazement of the Serbian football community, which was, on its own part, also shocked to have a coach ignorant of this huge potential plying his trade in one of the biggest clubs in the world.

Luckily, Milos Pantovic is no stranger to the Serbian national team.

The Serbian FA keep a close watch on the lad, who was first introduced in the Under-16 set-up by Veljko Paunovic as the 12-year-old.

Despite being born in Germany, Pantovic had never had any doubts about his choices.

“My parents are from Serbia. Germany never contacted me, but even if they did Serbia is my first choice. I was first called to join the team and meet up with the national squad when I was 12, but later on no one called me for various reasons. Since 2007, however, the FA has been following my progress in Bayern”, he said earlier in November.

Tomislav Sivic kept his word and went to Germany to pick up on Milos Pantovic.

The talented striker was consequently handed his Serbia Under-21 debut on 17th November in a 2-0 loss at the hands of Slovenia away. Pantovic had been previously called by Serbia Under-19 coach Ivan Tomic for the international friendly against Croatia, but was not given a chance to feature.

However, there is no doubt that Bayern debut has put much limelight upon this youngster who is projected for a successful career.

Balkan raw talent and German work ethics are enough of the guarantees that he will succeed.

About the author – Miloš Markovic

Sports journalist from Serbia, Editor in Cheif at Sportske.net and contributor to FutbolgradLive. Worked with Inforstrada and FIFA covering Serbia’s international games during the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

twitter: @milosemarkovicu

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