Southampton F.C. - Legacy for Saint Mr. Lebherr

[Koki Balboa]

Unknown Serbian manager has been appointed as a Manager of The Saints, why Southampton you will ask? His love for Southampton begun in the glory days of Le Tissier, true Southampton's Saint Matthew.

After appointment huge task is ahead of Chairman Cortese and myself, bring the glory days to St Mary Stadium, and make The Saints, No. 1 force in the world. More than we can chew someone would say, but if it's me you ask? This is achievable, and is project which will need some time, and few years, but I promise to all Southampton fans, that we will deploy Arsenal like policy, securing young talented footballer's which will play for saints, from years to come. I will post six monthly reports of our progress and achievements, including all interesting and notable things.

[h2]Let's begun Preparations for new season[/h2]

* Taking look at players and staff

After handling of paperwork with Chairman Cortese, i completely take evaluation of Staff and Players. There are some pretty decent players, but there are some teerrible one's too. Regarding the staff personell, I fire all of staff memmbers which I can, because they are all terrible, so I brought Andy Watson my new Assistant, and some other good staff members as like Paul Winsper, Nick Worth...

For the sake of team and their spirit I decided not to cut too much, so I make a decision to sell:

[li]Guly do Prado - He is on a 16K contract, and has 29 years, and his mental stats are not that good, John Fleck(on loan) will take his place very easily, with some flair and much lower contract too.[/li]

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[li]Frazer Richardson - He is also on a quite large contract(10.25K) and his defensive stats are terrible, and is on the ageing side, completely unapropriate for long term. Ivan Bandalovski from CSKA Sofia (100K euros) for much lower contract (4.5K) would be much more option, also is profitable, since I earned 90K euros in the deal (Richardson sold for 150K Euros)[/li]

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[li]Dean Hammond - Saints Captain, he isn't captain material, his stats are on the weak side, he's ageing and simply doesn't fit into my project. Grabbed 210K Euros for him from Burnley, and get rid of his expensive contract. Seems like a bargain to me.[/li]

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Also there are majority of players for the reserves which are released on a free transfer, since they simply hasn't got the quality to perform admirably in the following years.

[pre]I bought:[/pre]

[li]John Fleck (on loan) - Rangers hot prospect who is more than enough for Championship, to strengthen AMC and Left WNG position, he is good Technically, good mentally, and decent physically. Will be good rotation in the first season of Championship football[/li]

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[li]Ivan Bandalovski (90K Euros) - Cska Sofia steal player. Bought so cheap. but good technically, Excellent Mentally and Physically, will be first choice RBin the first season Aged 24. Much better option than Fraser Richardson.[/li]

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[li]Yaya Sanogo (on loan, option to buy 2.1M Euros) - Auxerre's prodigy, physically strong, decent header and finisher, little selfish but with plenty of potential. If he develops nicely in the Championship, I will buy him definitely for permanent option and future to come.[/li]

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[li]Dare Vrsic (250K Euros) - Slovenian AMC Great Technically, decent Mentally and Physically. Has shoots from distance and long shots 17, finishing 15, flair 15, and concentration and composure 13. Will provide good option for TRequartista AMC my favorite player and position, also very cheap and excellent for Championship season.[/li]

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[li]Matt Phillips (4.5M Euros on 48 months) - 20 year old englishman from Blackpool with good dribbling, crossing, passing, and excellent physical attributes, and plenty of potential. I reckon him to be a star Championship right Winger and decent player in the Premiership. Little expensive but i risked it, we will see how it goes. I got a good feeling about this player.[/li]

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[li]Teko Modise (210K Euros) - South African either footed all round Midfielder with excellent Technical, good physicall and mental abilities, to add depth to Midfield. He is expensive on the wages though 23K, but I will sell him after first season for good money, and for Championship he will be excellent.[/li]

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[li]Nick Montgomery (1.9M Euros on 48 Months) - Rock Solid Sheff Utd player with state of the art attributes to shred anyone in the midfield defense department. Will be good player for few seasons, even in the premiership too.[/li]

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[li]Thomas Rogne (2.5M Euros on 48 Months) - Young skillfull DC little on the slow side, but very good mentally, with plenty of potential. Much needed depth addition because there will be much games in the Championship, and I am aiming for the title, nothing less.[/li]

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[li]Grant Hanley (loan with option to buy for 8.25M Euros) - Young English DC with reputation to be the next Phil Jones of Blackburn, has all the required attributes to be the one for next few seasons. I bought him to be the cover and rotation for Championship, if he develops nicely i will buy him definitely[/li]

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Maybe I bought more players than usual but I wanted to be ready from the start and bite the Championship title in the beginning, so that i can secure promotion in the first season.

Waiting for the season to start, there are going to be tough fer first few games certainly, because I bought a lot of players, so they will need time to settle in and gel nicely. But hoping for good positive start.