FIFA 20 Career Mode guide: choose the best team and scout the top players

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FIFA 20 career mode had an infamously disastrous start to this season, with AI teams picking weakened line-ups and an assortment of bugs. Thankfully a series of FIFA 20 patches have upgraded it to playable, and it's a welcome break from the grind and groans of Ultimate Team. But which team should you pick to play as, how exactly do transfers work, and where should you send your scouts in order to unearth the best talent? Over the following pages our FIFA 20 career mode guide explains all.

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Alex Blake
Freelance Writer

Alex Blake is a freelance writer, who has written extensively for TechRadar, T3, Digital Camera, Digital Trends, CreativeBloq, MacFormat, and GamesRadar. He's a huge FIFA fan and loves FIFA career mode so much so that he runs a site devoted to it at FIFAscoutingtips.com.

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