Championship | Manager 2007 Wonderkids

For those who spent the winter of 2006-07 glued to a CRT monitor, these names weren’t just wonderkids. They were religion.

But the true cult hero? (Juventus). In CM07, you didn’t buy Chiellini for his left-back defending. You bought him because the game glitchily allowed you to retrain him as a central midfielder , where his tackling (19), strength (20), and aggression (18) turned him into a budget Roy Keane with a mohawk. The real Chiellini became a legendary defender. The CM07 Chiellini became a box-to-box war criminal. championship manager 2007 wonderkids

Every CM07 save began with the same ritual: search by age (under 19), sort by current ability, and weep with joy. At the top, three names glowed like radioactive artifacts. For those who spent the winter of 2006-07