[Central Defender Recommendations]

Looking for a CD (start of 2025-26 season) for a Premiership Team.

Current thoughts are one of Scalvini / Guehi / Mavropanos / Antonio Silva / Lacroix / Chalobah / Joe Gomez.

Thoughts? Any other recommendations?

[What team should I choose for long term?]

Sheffield United 

[Weirdest Ways of Finding Players]

In the first international call up after the youth intake (March in the UK) I check all senior and U21 international teams for their youngest players. If any of the new youngsters are particularly good they will have been called up to one of their international squads and so you could find them there 

[Dele Alli]

On 26/12/2021 at 19:59, edgar555 said:

Absolutely. They haven’t trashed his attributes yet. Plays best as an AMC SS but also handy in other AMC roles or as AML. Also does a job as ST or even Mezzala/AT from MC. 

Thanks bud. I bought him for 1.8m, plus 2.7m over 36 months and 5 million after 50 apps. Got great attributes as you say 

[Dele Alli]

Second season. Worth buying for 10 million? Playing as Sheffield united 

[A few players I really rate...]

LB: Oleg Reabciuk is excellent. Liberato Cacace is also a top player, as is Riccardo Calafiori

CB: Ahmedhodzic & Adarabioyo (both 6”5 BPD). Adarabioyo not cheap, but worth every penny 

DM: Mady Camara - superb, can also play CM. Dimo Krastev much younger but becomes outstanding

 

[Loans - 2 interesting things]

Yes it is

[Loans - 2 interesting things]

1) If you want to sign a player on loan for 0% wages do the following:

- start a loan negotiation

- remove and exclude ‘can be recalled’ from the negotiation 

- submit offer

- the selling club will then likely ask you to pay some monthly contributions. Turn these to 0, put the wages to 0% and then the key is to add ‘can be recalled’ back into the negotiation. Submit the offer. 

- you should get the green light

 

2) if you want to sign a player permanently, but they’ll only sign on loan - put a loan bid in and then when they sign on loan for you, immediately put a transfer bid in for them. A lot of the time that player will now be happy to negotiate a permanent deal. This works especially well on deadline days.