Position: AMC/MLC Cost: £600k
Long shots: 20. Passing: 20. Technique: 20. Corners: 20. Källström is the complete playmaker. Stick him in the middle, set him to "Long Shots" often, and watch him bend in goals from the halfway line. He turns any mid-table team into a title contender.
Check these players immediately after starting a new save (July 2001): cm 01 02 best players 3.9 68
Some are released if not signed by August.
Twenty years later, the community is still alive. The 3.9.68 patch represents a perfect, frozen moment in football history: before data analytics ruined hidden gems, when a fake Portuguese striker named To Madeira could win the European Golden Shoe, and when Maxim Tsigalko was a god. Position: AMC/MLC Cost: £600k Long shots: 20
If you are starting a new save tonight, remember these names. Buy Tsigalko. Loan Taribo West. Sign Mark Kerr. And never, ever sell Kim Källström.
Long live the 3.9.68 database.
Further reading:
This is a reference to Championship Manager 01/02 (often abbreviated CM 01/02), using the 3.9.68 database update — one of the most famous and beloved versions of the game. Some are released if not signed by August
Here are the best players in that version, broken down by position and "must-buy" status.