FM 2008: Manchester United - Home of the Red Devils

[Navie]

*Sorry forgot images*

BTW.....Bojan was on loan to me 1st season, this time I couldn't get him on loan but at least his favorites clubs ar now Barce and Man Utd, got Saivet as backup for Tevez and Rooney (I only play 1 striker so shouldn't be a problem)

Just started my 2nd season. In 1st season won CHARITY SHIELD, FA CUP and LEAGUE CUP, came 2nd in League...drew last game of the season which I had to win so lost League by 1 point, Arsenal won it, Lost in CL FINAL against Arsenal...grrrzzz hate Arsenal.

Just started 2nd season and beat Arsenal in CHARITY SHIELD.

Here are my transfers so far: Had to buy Daniel Alves...I believe its money well spent because sold O'shea for 5 million as Pasanen is much better, so I can say Alves + Pasanen both cost 36.5 million together to strenthen right back position.

By seals

By seals

[Julz]

In desperate need of a keeper for my united squad in 2nd season ive bought Lloris but he is playing absolutely atrociously, money isnt really a problem

[Dark_Telepath]

Originally posted by Julz:

In desperate need of a keeper for my united squad in 2nd season ive bought Lloris but he is playing absolutely atrociously, money isnt really a problem

Igor Akinfeev and Oscar Ustari are both young and quality keepers.

[Julz]

Originally posted by Dark_Telepath:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Julz:

In desperate need of a keeper for my united squad in 2nd season ive bought Lloris but he is playing absolutely atrociously, money isnt really a problem

Igor Akinfeev and Oscar Ustari are both young and quality keepers. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

cheers mate, i remember ustari being scaled down a lot in the new patch but ill check him out anyways

[rocketronny84]

Currently in season 4, just entered January and only just lost my first game of the season (away to Arsenal, unfortunately.) Still, I'm ten points clear at the top of the league but I'm really striving for perfection now. I want to be in a position where I'm confident that I won't lose a single game next season and hopefully should be armed with a decent enough transfer kitty to achieve that. I really want to equal Arsenal's effort of going through a season unbeaten. Any pointers as to how to improve my squad:

GK. Hugo Lloris

DR. Dani Alves

DL. Patrice Evra

DC. Rio Ferdinand

DC. Nemandja Vidic

ML. Lionel Messi

MR. Cristiano Ronaldo

MC. Miguel Veloso

MC. Rafael Van De Vaart

FC. Klaas Jan Huntelaar

FC. Wayne Rooney

Subs

1. Ben Foster

2. Adriano

3. Anderson

4. Owen Hargreaves

5. Carlos Tevez

6. Gerrard Pique

7. Wes Brown

I've also got Aimar and Nani too but they can't get on the bench at the moment.

Before anyone tells me that Tevez/Adriano should start before my first choice strikers, I do alternate them as a foursome depending on their fitness levels.

Rio is now 32 so I'm going to be looking to sign a potential replacement for him at the end of the season, but I've got a few good youngsters coming through. I'm trying to sign Armand Traore as Evra's eventual replacement too, but Arsenal are asking for 20m plus and that's a little steep imo for him at the moment.

Bearing all of this in mind, if you had to plan a master purchase for my team, who would it be and why? Kaka for Van De Vaart maybe?

[Harryseaess]

Just won the Premiership for the 6th season in a row and am now in 2014, Ronaldo is currently 29 and is valued at £25.5mill, the question is should I sell him before his value goes down?

I've got Messi, M. Fernandez and Abarca for the wings so what do you think? If I sell him do you think I need a replacement?

Cheers

[Navie]

In Pre-season at end of season 2, haven't started season 3 yet.

Is it worth getting Sergio Aguero? Is he a good goalscorer? His description is 'World-Class Forward'.

[Hitchy]

Originally posted by Navie:

In Pre-season at end of season 2, haven't started season 3 yet.

Is it worth getting Sergio Aguero? Is he a good goalscorer? His description is 'World-Class Forward'.

Yes mate, he is quality. Would depend on rest of team though etc.

[Navie]

Originally posted by Hitchy:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Navie:

In Pre-season at end of season 2, haven't started season 3 yet.

Is it worth getting Sergio Aguero? Is he a good goalscorer? His description is 'World-Class Forward'.

Yes mate, he is quality. Would depend on rest of team though etc. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I offered him 125k wages and he still refused and joined Real Madrid, I didn't need him...I play 1 striker at front, was going to buy him and sell Tevez, i've got Rooney, Tevez and Saivet so its cool.

[Navie]

Btw...I do need a central midfielder...I play with 3 central midfielders.

I have Anderson, Defour, Martinez, Fletcher, Sankhare. Looking to Buy Michael Johnson...only played 3 games in the league so far in my 3rd season.

[Manumoss]

I'm thinking about starting a game as Man U but i want to try something different so i was thinking that i might sell all the foreign players in the first team and Rooney and Ferdinand and then build an almost completely different Man Utd team

so Who Dares Me?

[vbnmu]

Originally posted by Manumoss:

I'm thinking about starting a game as Man U but i want to try something different so i was thinking that i might sell all the foreign players in the first team and Rooney and Ferdinand and then build an almost completely different Man Utd team

so Who Dares Me?

Rooney is a legend in most people's game. The portuguese who plays on the right wing can go tho

Lullinha has been having more assists than him for some time now. And I have Assulin coming up well and found a hot prospect from inter.

But there are good alternatives in the first season anyway, not english though, as far as i remember.

[man united]

do it if you want, you have a great team already though which is young.

Will you only be buying players with british nationality or are you buying foreign players aswel but just selling the current foreign players?

this is my current man united team and my current youth starting 11

akinfeev/vds

dani alves/brown

evra/lescott/o'shea

ferdinand/barzagli

vidic/pique

carrick/m.johnson

makoun/hargreaves

moutinho/anderson/fletcher

ronaldo/nani

rooney/benzema/tevez

aguero/modric

i want to sign silva and villa from valencia come the end of the season and then thats the end of my spending for a few years i reckon unless a good prospect comes up. My youth 1st 11...

amos

rafael

sakho

cathcart

pique

thiago

fleck

wijnaldrum

saivet

aquino

etock

you should take a look at some of those youths if your to build a new team they will become really good. I also have aaron ramsey from cardiff, danny welbeck, sam hewson...

[zizo]

Is there any training technique for Manchester united? I just started the first season. Thanks

[ledzepman]

Hi, I am new, so this is my first post. I have always taken a look at this forum anyway but have never managed to provide any input, but that is about to change!

OK, I have just started my 3rd season as United boss, first season was a sham, sold a load of players, brought some young ones in and finished 3rd, won no cups. Second season I won the Premiership and FA Cup but lost out in the Semi-Finals of the Champions League. Have won the Charity Shield and my first Premiership match of the new season.

I have decided, for once, to play the squad game and really give my young players as many chances as I can.

My squad is roughly as follows:

GK - Akinfeev, Foster, Van der Sar

DF - Zuiverloon, Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand, Brown, O'Shea, Kieran Lee, Johnny Evans, Danny Simpson, Odaja-Ofie (I know that is spelt wrong)

MF - Carrick, Hargreaves, Aguero, Matias Fernandez, Ronaldo, Anderson, Walcott, Nani, Adrien, Ninis, Possebon, Stelvio

FW - Henry, Rooney, Saivet, Teixeira.

I have some exciting youngsters and some of my first team youngens hang out in the reserves for lagre periods as well. I am going to buy another experienced at the end of this season when Henry is 32/33. I am not sure who though, the candidates at the moment are Berbatov and Adriano. Any suggestions?

[joker2007]

Hi, me noob here. Been gathering info from reading some of the posting here.

I had got some questions that I hope you guys here can help me out. Hope I am posting at the right thread.

Current squad.

Goalkeeper :

Ben Foster, Tomasz Kuszczak, Edwin van der Sar

Defender :

Gary Neville, John O Shea, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Gerard Pique, Daniel Alves

Midfielder :

Mathieu Flamini, Owen Hardreaves, Michael Carrick, Nani, Park Ji-Sung, Cristiano Ranaldo, Anderson, Paul Scholes

Strikers :

Sergio Aguero, Rooney, Tevez

Bought In :

Petri Pasanen, Mamadou Sakho, Joe Mattock, Adrien, Aaron Ramsey, Thiago, Kazengu LauLau, Georginio Wijnaldum, Henri Saviet, Mika Aaritalo, Aquino, Simen Rafn ( Yth ), Niklas Barkroth ( Yth ), John Fleck ( Yth ), Jose Baxter ( Yth ).

Need advice on the following :

For oldies like Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes, should I renew their contracts ?

Read that they only would retire after 09/10 seasons. But not sure if its wise to keep them around.

I am currently finishing my second season, I would like advice on who should I sell and buy to make way for a better team.

I am currently using 4-2-3-1 or 4-2-2-2.

Would appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance.

[Hitchy]

Originally posted by ledzepman:

Hi, I am new, so this is my first post. I have always taken a look at this forum anyway but have never managed to provide any input, but that is about to change!

OK, I have just started my 3rd season as United boss, first season was a sham, sold a load of players, brought some young ones in and finished 3rd, won no cups. Second season I won the Premiership and FA Cup but lost out in the Semi-Finals of the Champions League. Have won the Charity Shield and my first Premiership match of the new season.

I have decided, for once, to play the squad game and really give my young players as many chances as I can.

My squad is roughly as follows:

GK - Akinfeev, Foster, Van der Sar

DF - Zuiverloon, Evra, Vidic, Ferdinand, Brown, O'Shea, Kieran Lee, Johnny Evans, Danny Simpson, Odaja-Ofie (I know that is spelt wrong)

MF - Carrick, Hargreaves, Aguero, Matias Fernandez, Ronaldo, Anderson, Walcott, Nani, Adrien, Ninis, Possebon, Stelvio

FW - Henry, Rooney, Saivet, Teixeira.

I have some exciting youngsters and some of my first team youngens hang out in the reserves for lagre periods as well. I am going to buy another experienced at the end of this season when Henry is 32/33. I am not sure who though, the candidates at the moment are Berbatov and Adriano. Any suggestions?

Saviet would be good enough in your 3rd season to play in your first team. Failing that I would try for someone like Bojan, Michael Owen, David Villa or similar.

You could try Jose Baxter from Everton, or Zeefuick (sp)

[Hitchy]

Originally posted by joker2007:

Hi, me noob here. Been gathering info from reading some of the posting here.

I had got some questions that I hope you guys here can help me out. Hope I am posting at the right thread.

Current squad.

Goalkeeper :

Ben Foster, Tomasz Kuszczak, Edwin van der Sar

Defender :

Gary Neville, John O Shea, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Gerard Pique, Daniel Alves

Midfielder :

Mathieu Flamini, Owen Hardreaves, Michael Carrick, Nani, Park Ji-Sung, Cristiano Ranaldo, Anderson, Paul Scholes

Strikers :

Sergio Aguero, Rooney, Tevez

Bought In :

Petri Pasanen, Mamadou Sakho, Joe Mattock, Adrien, Aaron Ramsey, Thiago, Kazengu LauLau, Georginio Wijnaldum, Henri Saviet, Mika Aaritalo, Aquino, Simen Rafn ( Yth ), Niklas Barkroth ( Yth ), John Fleck ( Yth ), Jose Baxter ( Yth ).

Need advice on the following :

For oldies like Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes, should I renew their contracts ?

Read that they only would retire after 09/10 seasons. But not sure if its wise to keep them around.

I am currently finishing my second season, I would like advice on who should I sell and buy to make way for a better team.

I am currently using 4-2-3-1 or 4-2-2-2.

Would appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance.

Neville and VDS are good for back up. I find that Scholes fitness lets him down as he is only good for 60 mins. You can put them all in the reserves though to bring the youth through.

I would try for someone like Silva (about 32m) and bring through Saivet.

[cice2]

Yo joker,

VDS has the best mental stats for a GK, bring in a -9 for him to tutor and sell foster later if you wish.

Neville, giggs and scholes are full time tutors in my second season. Superb mental stats as well, your youngsters need them, especially saivet, wijnaldum.

Pasanen will make a good tutor as well, Rio has the "try to play way out of trouble" ppm, which I don't like.

[baz1]

Ok quick reply needed.

I haved just started a new game with Man United on 8.02 with the Weegie Update and Im in June in my first season.

Joao Moutinho of Sporting and Andrea Barzagli of Palermo have both been transfer listed.

I've had a 8.5 million pound bid accepted for Moutinho and 5.5 million for Barzagli.

Question is should I go through with the deals?

I have 26 million left to spend after selling Fletcher.

[Hetharia]

Hi All..

I am in my first season with 8.02 Patch with my Man U team.. We are 2 points behind chelsea on the boxing day but I think we will catch up since we gonna play home against them and Ronaldo (my top scores) will be back after 3 months injury..

I have a little problem.. For the last 3 months, I started to loss money.. Like 4-6 million pounds a month.. What should I do? I dont want to sell Rooney, Ronaldo, Ferdinand, ect..

[Hetharia]

forgot to add:

I spent around 875k to buy player and sold Fletcher around 5.25 million pounds.. I didnt do much on the market..

[joker2007]

Hi Hentharia,

For my game, I typically lose money every month.

But no issue on that. Dont think the board will mind tho.

[joker2007]

After much consideration, I decide to sell off the following :

Ben Foster, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung.

Either I would get 1 or 2 players in as replacement or will promote those youngsters.

Any suggestions ?

[Hitchy]

Originally posted by baz1:

Ok quick reply needed.

I haved just started a new game with Man United on 8.02 with the Weegie Update and Im in June in my first season.

Joao Moutinho of Sporting and Andrea Barzagli of Palermo have both been transfer listed.

I've had a 8.5 million pound bid accepted for Moutinho and 5.5 million for Barzagli.

Question is should I go through with the deals?

I have 26 million left to spend after selling Fletcher.

Sounds like two good deals to me. I would buy them.

[Hitchy]

Originally posted by joker2007:

After much consideration, I decide to sell off the following :

Ben Foster, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung.

Either I would get 1 or 2 players in as replacement or will promote those youngsters.

Any suggestions ?

Depends what year you are in and what the rest of the squad looks like.

[baz1]

Originally posted by Hitchy:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by baz1:

Ok quick reply needed.

I haved just started a new game with Man United on 8.02 with the Weegie Update and Im in June in my first season.

Joao Moutinho of Sporting and Andrea Barzagli of Palermo have both been transfer listed.

I've had a 8.5 million pound bid accepted for Moutinho and 5.5 million for Barzagli.

Question is should I go through with the deals?

I have 26 million left to spend after selling Fletcher.

Sounds like two good deals to me. I would buy them. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I confirmed Moutinho but Barzagli rejected me and moved to Fiorentina

[cice2]

Originally posted by joker2007:

After much consideration, I decide to sell off the following :

Ben Foster, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung.

Either I would get 1 or 2 players in as replacement or will promote those youngsters.

Any suggestions ?

I'd consider selling Rio, almost everyone in the team list him as favored player. No money can buy that relationship.

[joker2007]

Hmm ... can anyone verify that if I sell him would the team be not happy with me ?

if not I can sell away Nemanja Vidic to make way for Gerard Pique.

I notice that the newer version mostl of the clubs seems to have lots of money to spent. Real Madrid actually offer me about 100m for Ronaldo. And the transfer sums seems to be like crazy.

[Marc Lister]

Originally posted by joker2007:

Hmm ... can anyone verify that if I sell him would the team be not happy with me ?

if not I can sell away Nemanja Vidic to make way for Gerard Pique.

I notice that the newer version mostl of the clubs seems to have lots of money to spent. Real Madrid actually offer me about 100m for Ronaldo. And the transfer sums seems to be like crazy.

I wouldn't sell Rio. The players love him and so do the fans. I sold him once and I wasn't popular with the OT faithful.

Keep Vidic and let him, Rio and Pique rotate? Unless you've got other DCs?

[cice2]

The team will not be unhappy with you, not for long anyways. Having team mates favor playing with each other will help you win games, especially difficult away games. Think of Barca and Milan away, massive. You will need every edge to win.

[joker2007]

Hmm ... cice2, u got a point there.

Currently I have Gerard Pique ( 22 yrs ), Evan ( 21 ) and Sakho ( 19 ).

Some of the youngsters I signed have fast coming up to age, so unless I loan them out for more experience, they would wanna trade out or demand for more first team actions.

[arron52]

i sold vidic to valencia at xmas in 2nd season , £20 million no one bothered. got to give evans his place coz barca want him

[joker2007]

Well lots of clubs bugging with Evan and Pique.

Thats one of the reasons I was considering selling off one of the senior DF to make way for them.

[zizo]

Who should I buy as an attacking midfielder and not too expensive? I'm using 4-5-1 tactic right now with two defensive midfielders and 3 attacking midfielders. For attacking midfielders i use Ronaldo, Giggs and Piatti. So any suggestion?

[jonahno6]

Valencia?

[Scott08]

Zizo.. An attacking wide-player or someone who plays through the middle?

Given the players listed im assuming wide-player.

As Jonahno suggested, A.Valencia is a great buy at about £8m. Used him myself.

Otherwise.. J.Menez, H.Ben Arfa, A.Di Maria, S.Carzola are all good.

[cr717]

ok guys im new to this thread as i hadnt seen it before, although thats because i was rarely in the gdg forum. im starting the second season with the reds and so i wont say much about the first, only that i won the treble and the charity shield. yeah great season but very tough, got barca in semis of champions league and chelsea in final and all three mathces involved were quite fortuitous admit except barca home. anyway on to the first update of second season

Pre-season update 08/09

Transfers In: sebastian kehl(free), christian pander (free), julio baptista 8.25 mil, daniel alves (20 mil + 20mil over 24 months), manuel neuer( 20 mil), cani( 7.75 mil), christoph metzelder (10 mil).

Transfers Out: garay (11mil), park ji sung(4mil), steven defour(20 mil) then a couple of releases as contract was finished

Formation: 4-2-2-2

Squad: gk:neuer/vds

rb:dani alves/paulo ferreira( great buy for just 600k)/neville

cds:ferdinand+vidic/ o'shea/metzelder

lb:evra/pander

cm:hargreaves+kehl/carrick/scholes/anderson

rw:ronaldo/nani/cani

lw:cani/nani/giggs

cfs:gomez+rooney/tevez/baptista

Expectations for the season: 1st in prem league, win fa cup, semis of champs league. already won charity shield (4-1 v arsenal) and european super cup (3-2 v lyon)

Pre-season odds:if i remember well(odds news already deleted) were 2/1 favourites

Remaining transfer budget:5.98 mil

Remaining wage budget:1.62 mil wage budget. 136k available

[bsoltan]

Has anyone ever played with Man Utd long enough to clear their debt, or know if it is even possible.

I'm into the 11/12 season and have been winning at least 2 trophies per season but I'm still in £680m of debt.

[vbnmu]

Quick update: In 2011/2012 and I signed Balotelli for free. Menez is considering a contract offer and also got Eden Hazard, all for free. The last 2 are not needed so will b loaned out and eventually sold on.

Breno is my outstanding player for the past 2 years. World class defender at 22! Has rating of 8+ in most games. A MUST BUY!!

[Navie]

I've justed finished my 3rd season, I had the best season you can possibly have!

Lost Charity Shield

WON League Cup

Won Premier League

Won FA Cup

Won Champions Cup

I think I was really lucky to win the Champions Cup because I was losing 0-1 nil to Real Madrid and ended 2-1 to me in the final and Real had as many chances as I did.

Won FA 3 times in a row now

By seals

My current squad, think I need a new striker, a central midfielder (play 3 central midfielders) and a new right back to replace Pasanen.

By seals

[adonis]

Have started up playing my Utd game again currently just starting season 2011/12.

Have a 100,000 all seater stadium with the club estimated value at £964m but with a debt of £680m.

Weekly wage bill is only £1.5m per week and have a massive transfer budget of £182m. Desparate to get Fabregas but Arsenal having none of it.

Last years Champions League Final vs Chelsea:

Blitzed them with 5 goals in the first 32 mins.

This years Community Shield vs Chelsea, totally destroyed them and Cech ended up with a 10 rating!!

Current squad playing a 4-2-3-1 formation with no wingers.

[adonis]

Just blitzed Liverpool at home with 6 goals in 45 mins, some ****in awesome football being played.

[BradleyEvans123]

IN MY THIRD SEASON WITH UNITED...ALREADY IN THE HALL OF FAME

SEASON ONE: I WON THE CHARITY SHIELD, LEAGUE, FA CUP & CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, KNOCKED OUT OF THE LEAGUE CUP IN THE THIRD ROUND :-(

SECOND SEASON: I WON THE LEAGUE, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, LEAGUE CUP, F.A CUP & CHARITY SHIELD

THIRD SEASON SO FAR: EURO CUP WINNERS, SECOND IN THE LEAGUE, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT STAGES, QTR FINAL OF F.A CUP

LOST CHARITY SHIELD :-(

CURRENT SQUAD

GK: EDWIN VAN DER SAR, DEAN BOUZANIS, JUAN PABLO CARIZZO

DF: EVRA, VIDIC, FERDINAND, NEVILLE, TAIWO, BROWN, DANELLI.

MF: MATA, NANI, ANDERSON, CARRICK, SCHOLES, PALOMBO, RONALDO, E.GUDJONSEN

ST: TEVEZ, ROONEY, BOJAN, BILLY SHARP.

THINK I'LL COMPLETE 2 MRE SEASONS WITH UNITED AND THEN MANAGE A TEAM IN A FOREIGN LEAGUE (SERIE A OR SPANISH FIRST DIVISION HOPEFULLY)

[Navie]

On my 4th season now, just signed Kuzmanovic for 20 million and snapped up Messi for 43 million.

[Ian Garrigan]

Im starting a completely new season with united hav sold fletcher for 6 million and now have a transfer budget of 13 mil after buying some youngter any advice for what positions i need to improve, who to buy, and to who to sell

[BradleyEvans123]

I KEPT FLETCHER IN MY SQUAD...ACCIDENTALLY 4 GOT TO LIST HIM ABOVE...BUT HE DOES DEVELOP INTO A BETTER PLAYER...I HAVE HIM CURRENTLY WORTH 16 MILLION

[joker2007]

if patient you can sell him for about 25M at the end of the first season.

[joker2007]

Finally finishing the " fighting war " on the transfer market.

Transfer Out

Tevez - 70M ( Always reject when asking him to teach youngsters, ****es me off )

Vidic - 45M ( make way for youngsters )

Carrick - 30M ( Cant really perform on my team plus make way for youngsters )

Foster - 10.5M plus clause ( make way for youngsters )

Gibson Darron - 7.25M

Transfer In

Bouzanis Dean - 2.9M

Matic Marko - 1.5M

Caelos Saez - Free

San Roman Jose - 20k

Mensah Kevin - 1.1M

Wilshere Jack - 2M

Berno - 35M

Kobi Shemesh - 250k ( 1.1.2011 )

Gerson - 120k ( 1.1.2011 )

Nicolas Millan - 400k ( 1.1.2010 )

( Hopefully getting them in will be good for the future, if not I don't think I will lose much cos getting them cheap )

Loan Out

San Roman Jose ( WP issue )

Welbeck Danny

Matic Marko

Fleck John

Mamadou Sakho

Carlos Saez

Pique Garard ( Seems like cant keep him happy, always wanted to be transfer out )

After selling some of the senior members off I decide to promote some of the youngsters to first team.

Bouzanis Dean, Breno, Adrien, Georginio Wijnaldum, Henri Saivet, Aquino.

Does anyone know if Rafael ( D/WB R ) is worth keeping in the team ?

Thanks guys for the advice earlier.

[arron52]

won the treble in second season with this squad, im thinking of buying a superstar only so can anyone suggest an addition to this squad?

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii153/shinyazz/iview...5_06_2008_time_2.jpg

am thinking maybe karim benzema and maybe bodmer. am playing on 8.0 patch with 47 million to spend