For some people, buying and selling players is one of the most exciting aspects of management in FC 25 Coins. However, in real life, managers are having less and less say in a team's comings and goings, with a club's board members like the Chairman, Director of Football, and Head of Recruitment now dictating the team's transfer business. Unlike the Football Manager series, FC 25 doesn't have an option to let a board member control transfers, but that doesn't mean that the player has to control who comes and goes.
The random signings challenge requires players to select the maximum Financial Takeover option at the start of a new save file, effectively giving the team unlimited money. Then, they must play Russian roulette with their side by randomly picking five of their players to be sold and five new players to replace them. Players may luck out and significantly improve their squad, or they may sell their star players for a bunch of bench warmers.
The majority of entries on this list will consist of challenges that add extra difficulty to the game, though it's hard not to include the biggest story in the sport right now. Newcastle United has recently been purchased by a Saudi Arabia-led consortium for $415 million. This has instantly made Newcastle the wealthiest team in the world, as the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund is valued at an eye-watering $429 billion.
With big money takeovers becoming more and more popular, particularly in England's Premier League, FC 's Career Mode implemented a Financial Takeover option a few years ago. For this challenge, simply choose Newcastle, implement the largest takeover possible, and use their new riches to transform them into a trophy magnet.
On the complete other end of the spectrum to the Newcastle takeover challenge is the academy players challenge. Ideal for clubs with a financially tight owner, this challenge bans FIFA Coins for sale players from making incoming transfers and challenges them to only sign players by promoting them from their youth system.