These are the top 3 Stoke challenges on Football Manager 2017

European football

The natural progression for Stoke is to bring European football to the bet365 Stadium.

They had a taste of it back in the 2011/12 season, as a result of reaching the previous season’s FA Cup final, but Stoke do not need to get to a Cup final to achieve European status anymore, they can do it in the league.

Three ninth place finishes suggest that the foundations are there for a European charge, and it’s one you are going to undertake.

Stoke’s squad is hugely talented and, within three years in charge of the Potters, you would have got the best out of them, and led your side to two top five finishes.