Manager mode: Easy money
When moving from a club to manage a new club that has less finances to afford major transfers, reduce all the contracts of the big stars in your previous club to one year. Then, fail to renew them. Move to the new club and go to the transfer window with your small amount of available cash. Go to the free agents. The players from your previous club will be listed as free agents. Transfer them to your new club then sell them at a high price to get enough funds to manage your new club.
Once the transfer period starts, check for free agents and offer them the highest salary. Once they come to your club, sell them. However, check their bio first. Some players may worth a fortune, and some not even 200,000.
Recommended team
Use the following players.
Ronahldino
Eto'o
Henry
Rooney
Cech
Shevchenko
The following is a great set of players to have on Manager mode. These players are quality buys if you can get them quite cheap and you are looking for players who develop into the 96+ category overall rating. To find the best players, do a search for all players aged between 16 to 19. You can find some 17 or 18 year olds with a rating of 90. These players only cost about $7 million because of their age, and you can make them worth about 40 in a season if the play well for you.
Goalkeeper: Bruno
Defense: Micah Richards
Defense: Vincent Kompany
Defense: Sergio Ramos
Defense: Dani Alves
Defense: Gareth Bale
Defense: Raul Albiol
Midfield: S. Aleksander
Midfield: Fernando Gago
Midfield: Francesq Fabregas
Forward: Cristiano Ronaldo
Forward: Nani
Forward: Sergio Aguero
Forward: Created player
Forward: Lionel Messi
Use the following players in the future:
Zubaer Alam
Nani
L. Messi
Alexandre Pato
Bojan
S. Brown
P. Mertesacker
Use the following players.
Starters
GK: Petr Cech (Chelsea)
DF: Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
DF: William Gallas (Arsenal)
DF: Ashley Cole (Chelsea)
MF: Ronaldinho (Barcalona)
MF: Nani (Manchester United)
MF: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
MF: David Beckham (LA Galaxy)
ST: Obafemi Martins (Newcastle United)
ST: Tierry Henry (Barcalona)
ST: Carlos Tevez (Manchester United)
Substitutes
GK: Shay Given (Newcastle United)
DF: Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspurs)
MF: Damien Duff (Newcastle United)
MF: Owen Hargreaves (Manchester United
ST: Lionel Messi (Barcalona)
Reserves
GK: Pepe Reina (Jose Reina) (Liverpool)
GK: Kasper Schmeichel (Manchester City)
DF: Gary Neville (Manchester United)
DF: John Terry (Chelsea)
MF: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
MF: Nolberto Solano (West Ham United)
ST: Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
ST: Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham Hotspurs)
The following is an excellent team in Manager mode. These players are excellent right now and most of them will get even better.
Goalkeeper: Petr Cech
Defense: Phillip Lahm
Defense: Per Mertesacker
Defense: Jamie Carragher
Defense: Zanetti
Midfield: Bastian Schweinsteiger
Midfield: Francesq Fabregas
Midfield: Van der Vaart
Midfield: Kaka/Ronaldinho
Forward: Robinho
Forward: Lukas Podolski
It is possible to play with the goalkeeper Igor Afinkeev (CSKA Moscow) in Career mode by using the following trick. Go to "Team Management", then go to "Club Transfers". Search for Afinkeev and put him on any desired team. Then, go to "International Transfers". Enter the Russia squad and put him in the team. By doing this you can play with a great youth keeper. He is 82 overall and is very young.
All the following players will be rated 90+ by the third manager season in a 4-1-2-1-2 formation.
Buffon
Ramos
Terry
Dani Alves
Bale
Fabregas
Ronaldo
Pirlo
Kaka or Diego
David Villa
Aguero or Torres
The following is a recommended young team, in 4-4-2 formation.
Andres Palop/Landreau (GK)
Zambrotta/Lahm (LB)
Marquez (LWB)
Cafu (RWB)
Sagnol/Abidal (RB)
Ribery/Beckham (RM)
Lampard/Essien (RWM)
Xavi/Nasri (LWM)
Nani (LM)
Podoliski (LS)
Gilardino/Gudjohnson (RS)
Use the following team in 4-4-2 formation.
Riou, Cassio (GK)
Jonhson (Glenn) (RB)
Thigo Helano (RCB)
Gary (LCB)
Vrzovic (LB)
Kroos (RWM)
Sankahare (RCM)
Coutdure (LCM)
Barnes (LWM)
Vela (RS)
Patrick (LS)