FIFA 16 Atletico Madrid: Complete Guide For Career Mode

FIFA 16 Atletico – For those gamers that don’t like playing online, manager mode is their FIFA haven. A place where you can take apart any team you want, and completely construct a new one, however you please. Sometimes though, it helps to have a helping hand in explaining how to best use different teams on Career Mode. So, RealSport have devised a team-by-team guide for anyone looking to start a manager mode on FIFA 16. A list of some other useful FIFA guides: Complete Premier League Team-By-Team Guide For Completing Career Mode:

Title hopefuls = Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal, Leicester Spurs
European football-chasers = Liverpool, Everton, Southampton, West Ham Chelsea
Mid-tablers = Stoke, West Brom, Swansea, Crystal Palace, Watford
Relegation-battlers = Norwich, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Sunderland, Newcastle

General Tips

Always choose the lenient option when selecting your ‘financial strictness’. This way you get 85% of the money that the board receives from outgoing transfers to spend on new players
Use the new ‘Training’ feature – even if you can’t be bothered to always carry out the drills, simulate 5 drills every week, it’s a useful way to help your players grow outside of matches
Remember, it’s not always the wisest move to spend all your transfer budget in summer as you could need a few replacements come January, so if possible, save a few of those pennies for a rainy day!

Budget

Transfer budget – £43m
Wage budget – £210k/week

What the team needs

Centre midfielder
Winger

Who you should get rid of

A general rule here is to sell off players that are old (31+), as on FIFA, their ratings can deteriorate pretty fast, so it’s best to cash in on them while they’re still valuable. Below is the names of the players you should get rid of and the lowest value at which you should sell that player:

Tiago – £6m
Gabi – £10m

Total Received = £16m New Budget = £59m

Who you should buy (with the smaller budget)

If you can, aim to sign younger players, as FIFA has this thing for making a majority of all decent young players develop pretty well, even if they don’t in real life. If you can’t sell the ‘deadweight’ players, the following are those you can sign within your original budget (£72m):

Name: Ross Barkley (79) Cost: £26.5m (Everton)

Is he worth it?

Barkley adds a sense of dynamism to Atletico’s midfield which they currently don’t have. Barkley sitting jus behind Griezmann and Vietto/Jackson could be what’s needed to hustle back the La Liga title to the Vicente Calderon from Real Madrid/Barcelona

Alternative option – Youri Tielemans (78) – £11m (Anderlecht)

Name: Bernard (78) Cost: £11m (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Is he worth it?

Bernard is something of a steal at £11m, as he has the potential to easily grow to 85-87, and is a nice option either to start with or bring off the bench as a ‘plan B’

Alternative option – Goncalo Guedes (73) – £4.3m (Benfica)

Name: Miranda (85) Cost: £1.3m (Recall from loan)

Is he worth it?

If it only costs £1.3m to recall your best defender, then take that chance. This isn’t real life, so get Miranda back to the Vicente Calderon ASAP

Alternative option – N/A

Who you should buy (with the larger budget)

If you do manage to sell the ‘deadweight’ players listed above, these are the extra players you should think about signing. Each player’s rating is shown in brackets:

Name: Goncalo Guedes (73) Cost: £4.3m (Benfica)

Is he worth it?

You don’t have to spend all £16m at once you get from Gabi/Tiago, so invest in a prospect like Guedes to work on over the next 2-3 seasons. He’s a little raw, but can grow as high as 88 so sign him up now whilst he’s cheap

Name: Bertrand Traore (74) Cost: £5m (Chelsea)

Is he worth it?