After choosing your team, your first port of call on FC 25 Coins the managerial Tasks list is adopting a Tactical Preset. There are seven different templates, with each one offering subtle tweaks to your tactics from the outset. 

Standard is a balanced approach – an all-rounder with no glaring strengths or weaknesses. Wing Play, obviously, focuses on your wingers, while Tiki Taka is all about possession-based short passing. Gegenpressing, meanwhile, revolves around the high press and direct attacking.

Park the Bus opts for a more defensive-minded approach, Counter Attack sees your team sitting back and ready to pounce on the attack, and Kick and Rush is more route-one, leaning on a team’s physical strengths.

Once you’ve picked your Tactical Preset, you can then hire coaches to implement your chosen philosophy. However, you only get a set amount and salary, so pick wisely.

Each coach is rated out of five stars in a chosen category: attacking, midfield, defending, and goalkeeper. The better they are, the more they can impact your players’ attributes throughout the season. Just make sure you pick coaches that are aligned with your Tactical Present, as well as placing them in the category where they can have the most effect. For example: if a coach has a two-star attacking rating but four-star in defending, keep them in your defending coach lineup.

FC 25 Youth Academy and Rush matches

It’s all change for your FC 25 Youth Academy. The countries list has been expanded to more than 160, and you can now scout up to four specific positions, and three distinct FC 25 Player Roles. Cool. The biggest game-changer of all in terms of developing wonderkids is being able to use Rush tournaments to try out youth prospects, and improve them along the way. 

Rush is a five-on-five match type that plays just like the main game, but on a smaller pitch. Youth tournaments in career mode take place every two months, and you can choose to use players with their current ratings, or ultimate potential. After each match you have the option to view how Match XP has affected their ability, and how long it will take them to level up to the next OVR. It’s a lengthy process, but this is a mode build for extended play – which makes it all the more rewarding when players levelled up through Rush finally make it to your first team. 

FC 25 Career Mode youth scouting

Looking for the next big thing? Hit the Academy tab then Youth Scouts. This process works similar to the one above, but with even more nations to search for talent.

You can hire up to three youth scouts. They can then be sent away in increments of three months, six months, or nine months, and you can give them specific instructions, such as finding players with certain traits. Like with normal scouts, each has a Experience and Judgment rating, which will help you find more players and better players respectively.

During their time away, you will intermittently get reports back. Sift through the players to see a broad range revealing their current overall rating, their potential rating, their attributes, and their positions. From these menus, you can sign players for cheap FC 25 Coins your academy.