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vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 We bid adieu to one of our stalwarts an 2nd Division. He was entering into the last year of his contract & I have a replacement coming in on a free transfer who my scouts reckon is better than our Japanese star Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Finally a protest of transfer worked Edited November 15, 2022 by vivu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Decided to cash in. The fee was way too good to turn down Edited November 15, 2022 by vivu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Things escalated quickly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Transfer Update We broke the transfer record received as well as spent. Players out: Ba was a solid player, but the money on offer was silly. I have a good alternative in Dahl who was the big signing last year as well as up and coming Arndt (whose contract I had to renew as there was interest in him). Christ was fantastic player for us and one who I did not ant to sell, but it was out of my hand. No alternative identified so far. I might give Sommer a chance. The record sale. He was fantastic upfront for us, but the money was too good for us. Player In: My record signing. I replaced last years division top scorer with the runner up Real has an embarrassment of riches upfront and the youngster was interested in a move. Had competition from Schalke, who is still stuck in Div 2. Looks quality through and through, but scouts think he has reached his potential. I will be in trouble if he does not fire in Bundesliga. Jumped up at the chance when he was available on a Bosman. Quality upgrade who was 3 years younger, so my Jap GK was on the way out (He was too good to be a back up). One for the future and the first one that was identified by my scout on a global future prospect mission. Also my first purchase from outside Europe (I had signed a Mexican winger and a young Argentinian last season, but both were unattached) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 One of the clubs I like and is listed as one of my favorite clubs in profile. Saw this come up and I have applied for the job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Broke our transfer record again. The trigger was when Sporting came up with the bid for my Czech International. This left my squad extremely light in the flanks Moved in quickly and paid the release clause for the young Spaniard, who was highly rated by my scouts. He was not my first choice, there was a non-regen Brazilian youngster at Athletico Paranaense. He had a lower release clause, but I was not able to match his wage requirements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Some great signings! I don’t think PSV is much of a step up from the bundesliga, I would wait for a larger club at a top5 league to come available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, Fudal said: Some great signings! I don’t think PSV is much of a step up from the bundesliga, I would wait for a larger club at a top5 league to come available. PSV is purely a personal choice as they are one of my favorite clubs in real life. But the job went to Basel Manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Squad Staying back for the beginning of Bundesliga season at least (no good opening elsewhere). All the meddling from board has left us with a good bottom-line. I utilized the financial footing by extending the contracts of my key players who were attracting interest (as well as low ball bids). The turmoil seems to have settled for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Couldn't resist some wheeling and dealing This fella was the top recommendation in a transfer committee meeting. He was available for a decent price and looks like a tidy all round player. With him joining up, I had too many midfielders and offered out my reserve CM/DM. He would have struggled for game time Edited November 15, 2022 by vivu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Not sure what I am missing with this fella. Have Wolfsburg, Karslruhe and Hoffenheim bidding. The bids started around 4m+1m . I countered with 6m+50%. Next one that came in, I went 1 mil higher and canceled previously accepted bid. Now its entering silly money territory. He is nowhere near first team quality and I doubt if he would ever make the cut Edited November 15, 2022 by vivu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Nice to see that supporters are understanding of sales when the board intervened. Was it the same in FM 22? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 This is a big blow I tried renewing his contract, but he needs 40k & I can only offer a max of 26k. Hoping that he reject the offers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 And the replacement was picked up from them Half the cost of Green, but not at his skill levels also. He has potential as per my scouts and he is Homegrown. Need to see how he develops. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Aug '27 I am over the moon with the start we had to the campaign. Our new GK has been immense and my only concern is Rafa's performance. He was nowhere near as clinical as Basaric and he had wasted lot of chances in the first month. These news items shows the size of our challenge this year Had picked up couple youngster for our development team, but there was one major departure. Harvey was a big part of our defence, but we have some homegrown talent in front of him and I did not see him breaking into the team this year. Edited November 15, 2022 by vivu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Cash to burn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Sep & Oct '27 September form gave us some real impetus, but the scorelines were deceptive. Werder had a player sent off at 20 mins and drew level just after the break. We got back into the game with a lucky goal before sucker punching them at close. Stuttgart have been awful so far. My worries about the performance was proven against Rostock and the performance got progressively worse through October (a tough st of fixtures to boot). Only my GK held up against Bayern and the reason they scored only 2. Thankfully had a morale boosting win against Koln. Nov also looks tough as Frankfurt and Mainz are on good form. 6th spot in table is a freak occurrence I reckon Edited November 15, 2022 by vivu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Great start to this season's Bundesliga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Couple of Interesting opportunities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 I wonder what this will degrade to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 A good goalie is always a great platform though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, Deisler26 said: A good goalie is always a great platform though Can't agree more. My first choice in any team is to strengthen the defence (and once I have a decent set at back, I tend to not chop and change). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) Decision time.. Sevilla has offered the job, but I am waiting on Napoli. Edited November 16, 2022 by vivu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I would take the Sevilla job. The facilities are light-years ahead of what you have now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Tough choice. Sevilla seems to be performing better, but the board seems trigger happy. Napoli has some world class players at their disposal including the Nigerian forward and Georgian winger who haven't moved on till now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Tough choice, but I'm with @Deisler26 I think Sevilla is too big to turn down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 No & Dec '27 Well the gulf in quality became more and more apparent as the season wore on. Our attacking output was woeful and defensive mistakes was costing us matches. The job offers came at the right moment as I feel I am captaining a sinking ship. I am grateful to the early season victories as that is the only reason we are not in the relegation spots One bright spot during two months Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deisler26 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I'd rather Sevilla than Napoli, but it's up to you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 In the end money talks Need to be careful of the registration rules. This would limit our transfer activities for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Oh Boy... Almost Instant regrets Had no idea that the squad was in such a bad state I think the budget would disappear on a GK FFS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler26 Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Ooof Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 I had set up a friendly with both Sevilla and Napoli before quitting previous job, so first match would see me going back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Any idea how to change the thread name? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudal Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 24 minutes ago, vivu said: Any idea how to change the thread name? Edit the first post of the thread! Should be at the top. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 18 minutes ago, Fudal said: Edit the first post of the thread! Should be at the top. Thank you.. Worked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 New man in charge at Bayreuth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Problem area fixed.. Hopefully.. Had couple of better options who were interested, but the budget was a constraint. Marco had a low release clause which I triggered and he was willing to come at a very reasonable contract. Next focus is on Defenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) We grew into the match after a horror start. Edited November 16, 2022 by vivu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Absolutely no youth prospects on hand Need to enter the wheeling and dealing mode. Have offered out Eljif Elmas (the only player I can spare who had some interest) and Nabi Keita (who was already on the transfer list before I joined). And triggered the contract clauses on 3 veterans whose contract was ending in 6 months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) Some breathing room, but I think the supporters might be pissed. Took a big hit on Keita. But at least his wages are off the bill Wouldn't have been able to reject this bid if the other 2 hadn't gone through Edited November 16, 2022 by vivu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Have set a 102 mill asking price for Raspadori. We are operating an entirely different level now 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Jan '28 New manager bounce in full swing and I couldn't be happier with the results (including the massive one against Juve). The core of the team is really strong, though aging, and Osimhen is a different level of player than what I have managed till now (in this save ). Another key player is Anguissa who has really surprised me wit his performances. The bonus was sneaking into knock out round in UCL. The worry is that I can only register 3 of my new signings for the championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Transfer Update Went on a bit of a wheeling and dealing bender. Apart from the ones I covered earlier, few more first teamers moved on. Arquimedes was a youngster that came through our youth set up, but he was not rated by coaches. The bid came out of the blue, as he was not transfer listed. Amir Rrahmani was a key player in my defence, but 18 million was silly money for a 33 year old Spoiler Spoiler Lozano was also entering the last year of contract and we got him back on loan till end of season Spoiler Spoiler Novoa was a weird one. He came in wanting to go out on loan with a view of earning a permanent move. I was not willing to and the argument ended up with him handing in a transfer request. I could have used him in the campaign, especially considering that we are through to UCL knockouts Spoiler Spoiler Focus was on bringing down the average age and almost all but one of the transfer was spread over 3 years with minimum amount paid upfront. Spoiler Tristan was picked up as a youngster to play in my reserves. But the movement of Rrahmani meant that he will get plenty of game time this year. Has bags of potential as per my scouts. Spoiler Christian is a solid rotation option who will give me good cover at couple of positions Antonio is more for the future. Saw the Liverpool was putting in a really low bid for him and I moved in. If he reaches the potential, I could have a leading Serie A player on my hand. Spoiler Jason was brought in for cover up front. Needed back up in case Osimhen or Raspadori gets injured. Was the best among the lot my scouts could find (and I could afford). Spoiler My brain fade transfer. Committed big money on a player who was on my radar in Germany and didn't notice the warning that he cannot be registered this season. Thankfully Valencia took him on loan for the season, but I have to foot half the salary ) Spoiler The Belgian youngster was available on a really low fees and was an A+ recommendation from my scouts. He will remain in Belgium for the rest of the season Spoiler The Czech-English youngster is highly rated and has proved himself in Championship. He too remains in PL for the season. Spoiler The Chilean youngster is a long term fix for my weak area in squad. I cannot register him and I don't think he will be registered next year too. Tried loaning him out, but there was no interest. Spoiler Paolo was my full upfront purchase as he had release clause. Wonder why Juve had kept such a low release clause though. He was an A+ recommendation, Italian and have plenty of experience. Plus I nick him from the dominant team in the country. I moved in as soon as the agent confirmed he will be willing to discuss terms. Belgian brought in on deadline day as a future prospect. He will be in my reserve team as I was not able to get a loan arranged Spoiler The La Masia graduate would provide cover. Decided to move for him once Novoa demanded move. Marco is also one for the future. Young, Italian and highly recommended by my Chief Scout. Whew.. That was a long update Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vivu Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) Bloody Hell Its gonna be a tricky run in during March & April Edited November 16, 2022 by vivu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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