They’ve just signed Edgar Davids from Juventus for almost £20 million (anyone who played CM around this era will remember just how awesome the Dutchman’s stats were) and now they are after two of my best players. And to be fair, that might not sound like much for a side with ambitions of retaining the Champions League, but in 1999 it could get you quite far.īefore I get the chance to splash some cash, though, I’m already fighting off bids from big-spending Barcelona. I’ve got £45.5 million in the kitty, and I fully intend to spend it - value in the market or no. A top-quality centre-half to partner Jaap Stam will be top of my list, while I’d also like a versatile attacking midfielder to add a bit of depth. But in fairness, Taibi’s ratings are pretty impressive, so regardless of how he turned out in reality, he might be worth a shot here.Īside from a new keeper, I’m short at the back. So suffice to say, I’m in the market for a goalkeeper. That leaves us with Mark Bosnich and the infamous Massimo Taibi (for any fans too young to remember the Italian 'stopper', here’s a clip of him at work).

But for now, the lanky Dutchman has only just moved from Ajax to Juventus and has no intention of leaving Turin.

Peter Schmeichel has left to join Sporting CP, leaving a void that, of course, wouldn’t be truly filled until Edwin van der Sar signed in 2005. This is the lay of the land in July 1999. Nine years seperated Fergie’s first and last European Cup triumphs, so I’m going to fire up the 17-year-old management simulation and see if I can’t get it done sooner, so here goes. It’s well documented that one of the few regrets of Sir Alex Ferguson’s time at Old Trafford, was his inability to build on the Treble season of 1999 and win the Champions League more often.

The idea for this new feature came from the realisation that, somewhere in the deepest, dustiest depths of the spare-bedroom closet in my house, lay a copy of Championship Manager 99-00.Īs a fan of Iain MacIntosh’s superb - and often hilarious - series for The Set Pieces, in which he chronicles the travails of trying to win silverware with Everton in the 01-02 incarnation of the game, I’ve decided to borrow the idea for The Busby Babe, and see what I can do with Manchester United.Īnd what better moment in time to relive than the aftermath of the most historic season in the club’s history?

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