06 Dec 2019 Football Manager 2020 PSG team guide: Transfer budget, building blocks, best young players & who to sell
Football Manager 2020 PSG – Despite their domestic dominance, Paris Saint-Germain has their eyes on two main goals: win the Champions League and keeping Kylian Mbappe and Neymar. Easier said than done, so allow us to assist you with this Football Manager team guide to help you get the best from the Parisian giants.
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Starting Finances – Football Manager 2020 PSG
Transfer budget = £73m
Wage budget = £103k/week
Building Blocks – Football Manager 2020 PSG
Kylian Mbappe
Transfer Value = £91m
Wages = £350k/week
Contract Expiry Date = 2022
Age = 20
Best Attributes = Acceleration (20), Pace (20), Dribbling (18), Flair (18), Off The Ball (18)
If you could pick any player to start a football team with, nobody would raise an eyebrow if you selected 20-year-old sensation Kylian Mbappe.
The 2018 World Cup winner is already one of the world’s best and has room to get even better. With Real Madrid lurking, it may be tough keeping hold of him.
Neymar
Transfer Value = £92m
Wages = £600k/week
Contract Expiry Date = 2022
Age = 27
Best Attributes =Dribbling (20), Technique (20), Off The Ball (19), Agility (19), Acceleration (18)
Much like Mbappe, Neymar’s contract also expires in 2022. So those links to Real Madrid and Barcelona won’t just vanish unless you can appease him with the allure of actually winning the Champions League.
Unless Neymar actively tries to force a move away from the Parc des Princes, there is no reason to ever sell him.
Best Young Players – Football Manager 2020 PSG
Adil Aouchiche
Current Ability – 96
Potential Ability – 140-170
Best Attributes – Long Shots (14), Technique (14), First Touch (13), Free Kick Taking (13), Agility (14)
Aouchiche is the club’s highest-rated youngster aside from Mbappe and currently resides in PSG’s U19s squad at the start of any game save.
He is a perhaps one or two seasons away from being first-team ready but would benefit from a loan move or two to a team that’s willing to start him week-in week-out.
Thimothee Pembele
Current Ability = 169
Potential Ability = 185
Best Attributes = Determination (13), Natural Fitness (13), Marking (13), Tackling (13), Positioning (13)
With Thiago Silva reaching the final stages of his storied career, PSG is in need of another centre-back to join Marquinhos and Presnel Kimbpembe.
Enter Thimothee Pembele, a four-and-a-half-star rated prospect who could one day become a valuable player in the first team.
Players To Consider Selling
Julian Draxler
Transfer Value – £26m
Wage – £120k/week
Contract Expiry Date – 2021
Age – 26
Layvin Kurzawa
Transfer Value – £5.5m
Wage – £99k/week
Contract Expiry Date – 2020
Age – 26