Michael Hughes
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20 hours ago, skybluedave said:
That's random and makes sense as the English players coming up on my search had African dual nationality. And I signed a Mali striker and couldn't work out why he was counting as EU.
Lol yeah, some countries just surprise you with who is classed as foreign!
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20 hours ago, Ronaldo Beckham said:
Ok cool cheers buddy.
I might do a save with Almeria after I get bored of my Lorient save.
It’s defo worth a go, although there’s been rumours of a takeover from the start, nothing has come of it though 😬🤞
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21 hours ago, skybluedave said:
Do English players count as Non-EU in Spain. Same as Brazilians etc? All the rules say 3 non EU players in swuad. But when I search players and filter for EU only it's bringing up English players
At the start yeah but when they leave the eu, they become foreign. The rules in Spain are ok as most of Africa and Serbia (amazing country for regens) aren’t classed as foreign but yeah, all South American ones are, unless the player has dual nationality. Tbf, it only takes a player just over 2 years to get Spanish citizenship, so all isn’t bad.
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57 minutes ago, Ronaldo Beckham said:
How much money do you get to spend with Almeria then ?
I can’t remember the amount at the start (don’t think it’s too much) but season 2 and 3, I got roughly 25 mil - 30 mil. The boards club culture is to spend the original transfer budget lol, which I’ve never seen before! I asked for extra wage budget, after being denied a new transfer budget and they upped the wage budget to about 700k excess lol, which gave me about 50 mil midway through season 2.
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2 minutes ago, ShaunG95 said:
I'm very tempted. So what was your transfer budget looking like as you entered La Liga? I'm intrigued.
Can’t actually remember tbh but it was reflective of the investment, roughly between 20 and 30 mil. Due to release clauses in Spain, you can get some bargains. The only 3 players in my team from season 1, that are owned anyway, that can make the step up are Alex Centelles (very good left back), Lucas Robertone (solid cam, who was amazing in season 1) and Umar Saqid (decent striker, who banged in 16 goals and 22 goals in season 1 and 2 respectively).
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53 minutes ago, ShaunG95 said:
Did you get promotion in the first season? I am contemplating a longer term save either with them or Hertha, someone of that ilk.
Yeah, won the league by 4 points, which the board demanded lol! It’s worth a go imo, the fact they’ve not won any honours adds to appeal for me. Finished 5th in season 2 after bottling it for top 4. The team isn’t that good for la liga, only 3 of the owned players from season 1 easily made the jump but the board back you in the transfer market.
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On 25/02/2021 at 20:21, UnkownManager said:
Has anyone played with Almeria? Don't they have a sugar daddy?
Yeah, the owner pumped roughly 40 mil into the finances in season 1 and then season 2, he secured 2 sponsors worth roughly 30 mil. The club has poor infrastructure, so the money goes quite fast lol but with about 40 mil a season from playing in la liga, you don’t have to worry about the finances, although the club have very little in sellable assets but I would highly recommend going them.
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4 hours ago, ShaunG95 said:
Hertha is a good shout. They have a rich sugar daddy who throws money at you a la Man City's owners. Failing that, you've got Almeria in Spain (2nd tier) who are also quite rich to really breach the status quo in those countries.
In terms of naturally 'similar' teams to those mentioned though, Villarreal, Celta Vigo or Valencia in Spain, Bologna, Sassuolo or Fiorentina in Italy or Frankfurt, Hoffenheim or Koln in Germany.
Agree with the Almeria suggestion. I’m in season 2 with them the now and really enjoying it. The owner defo puts money in, although it’s mostly sponsors he’s getting now, instead of his own money lol! They’ve never won a single honour as well, which makes it even more of an ideal save.
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4 minutes ago, MBJ96 said:
Qualified for the group stage in Champions League. Beated Legia Warszawa, Young Boys and Red Bull Salzburg.
Got a fantastic group with Sevilla, Shakhtar and Ajax.
Have sold Joel Andersson to Roma for £2,7m, and loaned Mads Roerslev in Brentford.
Congrats, did you find season 1 had really low points totals? I was top for most of the season, won 3 out of 4 in the champ group but bottled it and finished 2nd behind FCK 😭 they won the league with only 60 points, which seem very low for me but irl, the points seem low as well tbf.
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FC Nordsjaelland - Pretty much perfect for youth development. The Danish league is very competitive and you also get an added bonus of getting prize money every 11 games (twice during regular season and again at the end of championship group).
FK Bodo/Glimt - Surprised everyone by winning the 2020 Norwegian league and have a great squad by their standards. Also a lot of talent within the league that you can sign.
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Surprised there isn’t more interest in this league. I’m currently doing a FC Nordsjaelland save and really enjoying it. The fact you get prize money every 11 games is so handy!
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[FM21] Teams to manage
in Good Player & Team Guide
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There are no foreign limits at all in Portugal, although in the Allianz Cup (league cup equivalent), you need to field 2 Portuguese under 21 players. There are a few sugar daddy clubs in Portugal that start in the 3rd (soon to be 4th) division. I’m currently Lusitania Lourosa, 9 seasons in and have just won the league for the first time. Amazing save, although funding was scaled down after 4 seasons but you can build up your facilities to the max by then.