Football Manager 2005 - Good players for free

Easy money:
When December 31st comes round each year, you can get players free in June. If you want easy money, get players that you do not really want then get them on a free only if you know that clubs would be interested in him. Then, sell him when you get him on free. Take over a team as you normally would. If their finances are not very good, then take over a rich team like Chelsea, Real Madrid etc. as well as your normal team. Bid over the odds prices for your unneeded players. Stay as the manager until the transfer goes through, then retire. Your first team will now have high finances.

Buy these players:
If you buy the following players, then you stand a good chance of winning your league. I had all of these players in my squad and I did the domestic treble, and now, in season 2, I have already retained my premiership, and league cup titles.

Van der Sar - GK
Panucci - DR
Boa Morte - AM L/C
Malbranque - AM L/R
Ortega - SC
Diop - DMC
Gravesen - MC
Figo - AML/R

Total spending for these stars will be under 30m.

Always win big:
When the fixtures screen appears before a match, find out who you are playing and add them as a manager. When it is time, set all their players in bad positions for example, forward as the goalkeeper. Put all their players out wide and play your formation down the middle. You will win about 30-0 every time. This works well for lower league clubs trying to get up.

Take over as England manager:
To take over early in the game as England manager, add a user to manage a national team. Select England, then retire instantly. Next, go back to your normal team and apply for the job. This saves waiting for Sven to retire. You need a good rating or Big Sam will get the position.

Recommended players:

Deisler
Tuncay
Robinson
Casillas
Dawson
Rooney
Cavenaghi
Morientes
Robbie Keane
Xabi Alonso
Schweinsteiger
Diego
Carlos Alberto
Jenas
King
Ashley Cole
Kezman
Kevin Davies
Okocha
Karhan
Mokoena
Woodgate
Borre
Crespo
Robinho
Fred Cruziero
Defoe
Kone
Glen Johnson
Heitinga
Hofland
Henry
Adriano
Torres
Downing
D'allesandro
Fletcher
Tevez
Bellamy
Shearer
Yakubu
Leon Osman
Adu
Menseguez
Mosquera
Healy
Jankulovski
Atouba
Drogba
Duff
Lampard
Cech
Aruna
Toure
Lauren
Nedved
Del Piero
Ibrahimovic
Kamara
Guarin
Crouch
Xavi
Traore Burkino Faso

The following players have a potential 180 rating.

Fabien Barthez Marseille
Gianluigi Buffon Juventus
Santiago Canizares Valencia
Iker Casillas Real Madrid
Petr Cech Chelsea
Morgan De Sanctis Udinese
Dida AC Milan
Tim Howard Manchester United
Christopher Kirkland Liverpool
Marcos Palmeiras
Jose Francisco Molina Deportivo
Faryd Mondragon Galatasaray
Jens Mustermann FC Bayern
Sebastian Saja San Lorenzo
Maarten Stekelenburg Ajax
Tim Wiese Kaiserslautern
Roberto Fabian Ayala Valencia
John Buck Newcastle Emlyn
Sol Campbell Arsenal
Fabio Cannavaro Juventus
Christian Chivu Roma
Fabricio Coloccini AC Milan
Dede Dortmund
Aimo Stefano Diana Sampdoria
Rio Ferdinand Manchester United
Matteo Ferrari Roma
William Gallas Chelsea
Ivan Helguera Real Madrid
Marek Jankulovski Udinese
Jorge Andrade Deportivo
Juan Leverkusen
Per Krøldrup Udinese
Philipp Lahm FC Bayern
Bixente Lizarazu Marseille
Lucio FC Bayern
Paolo Maldini AC Milan
Rafael Marquez Barcelona
Cristoph Metzelder Dortmund
Phillippe Mexes Roma
Gabriel Milito Zaragoza
Alessandro Nesta AC Milan
Jens Nowotny Leverkusen
Carles Puyol Barcelona
Ricardo Carvalho Chelsea
Roberto Carlos Real Madrid
Walter Samuel Real Madrid
Jaap Stam AC Milan
John Terry Chelsea
Igor Tudor Juventus
Jonatan Woodgate Real Madrid
Gianluca Zambrotta Juventus
Javier Zanetti Inter
Anthony Vanden Borre Anderlecht
Pablo Aimar Valencia
David Albelda Valencia
Alex Fenerbahce
Michael Ballack FC Bayern
Ruben Baraja Valencia
David Beckham Real Madrid
Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal
Cesar Lazio
Christiano Ronaldo Manchester United
Andres D'Alessandro Wolfsburg
Dagoberto Atletico Paranese
Edgar Davids Inter
Deco Barcelona
Sebastian Deisler FC Bayern
Alessandro Del Piero Juventus
Denilson Betis
Diego Porto
Emerson Juventus
Figo Real Madrid
Torsten Frings FC Bayern
Gennaro Ivan Gattuso AC Milan
Steven Gerrard Liverpool
Ryan Giggs Manchester United
Sidney Govou Lyon
Aliaksandr Hieb VFB Stuttgart
Joaquin Betis
Jose Mari Villareal
Kaka AC Milan
Roy Keane Manchester United
Kleberson Manchester United
Frank Lampard Chelsea
Christian Dani Ledesma Lecce
Albert Luque Deportivo
Mancini Roma
Marcelinho Hertha BSC
Javier Mascherano River
Fabrizio Miccoli Fiorentina
Adrian Mutu Chelsea
Pavel Nedved Juventus
Nihat Real Sociedad
Ariel Ortega Newell's
Robert Pires Arsenal
Andrea Pirlo AC Milan
David Pizarro Udinese
Lukas Podolski 1.FC Kln
Alvaro Recoba Inter
Renato Sevilla
Juan Roman Riquelme Barcelona
Rivaldo Olympiakos
Ronaldinho Barcelona
Tomas Rosicky Dortmund
Jerome Rothen PSG
Rui Costa AC Milan
Mario Alberto Santana Palermo
Paul Scholes Manchester United
Mehmet Scholl FC Bayern
Clarence Seedorf AC Milan
Sergio Deportivo
Dejan Stankovic Inter
Alin Stoica Club Brugge
Rodrigo Ferrante Taddei Siena
Francesco Totti Roma
Juan Carlos Valeron Deportivo
Juan Sebastian Veron Chelsea
Vicente Valencia
Patrick Vieira Arsenal
Sergio Volpi Sampdoria
Xabi Alonso Liverpool
Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid
Adriano Inter
Alfonso Betis
Amoroso Malaga
Nicolas Anelka Manchester City
Gabriel Batistuta Al Arabi
Dimitar Berbatov Leverkusen
Valeri Bojinov Lecce
Antonio Cassano Roma
Fernando Cavenaghi Spartak Moskva
Javier Ernesto Chevanton Monaco
Bernardo Corradi Valencia
Hernan Crespo Chelsea
Dagoberto Atletico Paranese
Diego Tristan Deportivo
Landon Donovan Leverkusen
Edilson Vitoria
Edmundo Fluminese
Elber Lyon
Samuel Eto'o Barcelona
Dino Fava Passaro Udinese
Fernando Torres Atletico Madrid
Alberto Gilardino Parma
Thierry Henry Arsenal
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Juventus
Filippo Inzaghi AC Milan
Mateja Kezman Chelsea
Patrick Kluivert Newcastle
Darko Kovacevic Real Sociedad
Luis Fabiano Porto
Roy Makaay FC Bayern
Obafemi Martins Inter
Fernando Morientes Real Madrid
Nilmar Lyon
Michael Owen Real Madrid
Portillo Real Madrid
Raul Real Madrid
Robinho Santos
Romario Fluminese
Ronaldo Real Madrid
Wayne Rooney Manchester United
Roque Santa Cruz FC Bayern
Javier Saviola Barcelona
Alan Shearer Newcastle
Andriy Shevchenko AC Milan
Raul Tamudo Espanyol
Carlos Tevez Boca Juniors
David Trezeguet Juventus
Christian Vieri Inter
David Villa Zaragoza
Anthony Yeboah Al Ittihad
Ruud Van Nistelrooy Manchester United
Evandro Roncatto will be a star player.
Information in this section was contributed by Vincent van Huut.

Try the following Blackburn team.
GK: Ankifeev
DR: Neill
DC: Upson
DC: Carrager
DL: Llham
MR: Emerton
MC: Veron
MC: Fabragas
ML: De Pedro
FC: Crespo
FC: Adeadere
Substitutes
Freidal
Coco
Van Der Vaart
Fergason
Vaugan
Others
Enkelman
Mclevey
Mattio
Jonsson
Greko
Short
Tugay
Filcroft
Pennent
Pederson
Greversonk
Dickov
Jansen