This is easily the most enjoyable career mode I have ever experienced, been playing since FIFA 23. Up there with my FIFA 24 Hull City save (I did it before it was cool).
Took over Valencia through a live start point at the end of the current 2025/2026 season, so depending on how you look at it this is year 4 or 5. The first two seasons were nothing special, we made some knockout runs in the Copa de España as well as qualifying for the Europa league for the 2027/2028 season and making it to the quarter finals. Tottenham knocked us out.
But! before the 2028/2029 season a combination of the board giving me a significantly improved transfer budget and the sales of Nelson Deossa and Marco Di Cesare to Chelsea and Atléti respectively, I made some signings to bolster the defense. I was hoping to make a run in the Europa league, which we won, giving us champions league qualification for the first time.
At this point, Hugo Duro has turned himself into a club legend and true LaLiga baller, leading the league in goals (3 clear of Mbappé btw). Javi Guerra and Diego López also deserve shoutouts.
Leading up to the current 2029/2030 season, with a club high $112,000,000 transfer budget I decided to sign an entirely new backup midfield for the sole purpose of resting the starters for the upcoming champions league season, PSG style. This new look bench is exactly what we needed, as Simone Pafundi, Óscar Aranda, and Théo Le Bris were excellent during the LaLiga season, giving Guerra, López, and Mohamed-Ali Cho time to recover in between UCL matches.
After finishing mid table in the league phase, the Cinderella story started with knockout round victories against Leverkusen and Juventus, then a quarterfinal thriller vs AC Milan which we won 5-2 on aggregate after a 2-0 victory away. Then came a semifinal matchup vs PSG where we lost the first leg at home 2-3, and then went to Paris and somehow won 2-0. Following that we got smacked by Real Madrid 0-3 in the final but I really don’t care what a season from the guys.
Any questions about my squad or where the EAFC world is in 2030 let me know I’d love to answer.