Football Manager 2017 is about to hit our shelves!

The latest edition of one of the world’s best football videogame series will be released on Friday, November 4, and fans are eagerly awaiting the newest issue.

With many new and exciting features, FM17 promises to be the best yet, and already some supporters up and down the country will be thinking about how they can take their side to glory.

If this means a complete overhaul of your club’s squad, or splashing the cash on many talented individuals, each situation will be specific to your team, and the finances and infrastructure available to you.

However, some may purchase the new game with the intention of proving themselves as a top-quality boss, and thus may elect to undertake several tough challenges in a bid to do just that.

And, for Crystal Palace fans who have seen their side compete in the top-flight over the last three years, these challenges could interest you.

Thus, here are THREE challenges Palace fans could attempt on FM17…

Bring European football to Selhurst Park

Palace have had three solid seasons in the Premier League, and it was only a horrendous end to last season which prevented them finishing in the top-half.

However, the squad is improving, and your job is to take Palace to the next level: European football.

Although that may seem a way away now, you’ve got three seasons to transform Palace into a side challenging the teams at the top of the Premier League.

Thus, within three seasons, you’ve got to record at least one top five finish in the league.

Win the FA Cup

Last season’s heartbreak in the final against Manchester United will still resonate with many Palace fans, as they look to win the world’s oldest club competition for the first time ever.

Yet, your job is to go one better and finally lift the FA Cup.

However, it has got to be in your first season, and you must also finish in the top-half of the Premier League, so you don’t just write off the league in favour of winning the cup.

Trust in the Championship

No, we’re not wanting you to relegate the club and start over again (although that would be one hell of challenge to take on!), but this challenge will see you rely on the Championship more than ever before.

There are several talented footballers in English football’s second tier, but with the increased amount of money in the game, they aren’t getting the chances they deserve in the Premier League.

So, as Palace boss, you are going to give them that chance.

No longer will you sign players from the Premier League or from abroad, you must sign just Championship players in a bid to improve your squad, and indeed your position in the top-flight.

Palace’s best finish since returning to the Premier League is tenth, but you’re going to better that by recording at least two top eight finishes in your first four seasons in charge.