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2 hours ago, john1 said:

Fantastic season Shame Asamoah got sent off in CL Final  

Cheers. Yeah, Asamoah getting sent off was one of the reasons I let him go. That, and getting £75 mil for a player we signed on a free a year previously. This is basically my first save of this game but it seems like top teams are paying crazy money for players in their 30's. Is this happening in other peoples saves as well. 

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End of Season Review

 

So my first season with Inter has ended and by and large, it's been an absolutely stupendous success. Had to do some loans in December for backup so here's the winter transfer dealings.

Won Serie A at a canter. No one could stand up to the 424 and the combined prowess of Icardi and Martinez who scored a combined 59 league goals. It's the first time in years that I've played with 2 up top and it worked wonders all season long. Candreva should also be mentioned as his 30 assists in all competitions was a key reason my strikers scored so much. Nainggolan, Peresic and Candreva all got into double figures for goals as well which delighted me.

Got to the final of the Champions League after dispatching Real Madrid, Bayern and PSV on route to come up against Real's neighbours in the final. After winning the Serie A and Coppa Italia, could I match Mourinho and win the treble. Turns out, no.

Gutted doesn't even begin to cover it. The reason Icardi was still on the park after such an abject performance was for his penalty skills, which unfortunately never entered the equation. Always next year though.

So, onto next season. I know in my previous post I said I was only going to sign Italian or Argentinian players but I have decided to add Croatian players to the group also. 2 reasons for this, 1. Inter has had a history of good Croatian players like Perisic, Brozovic, Kovacic, Dario Simic etc, and 2. I really, really want to make Vrsaljko's stay permanent. i also signed Marin at the start of the first season before I decided on restrictions and this legitimates that. Kinda, well in my eyes at least lol. Vrsaljko will be joined next year by my 2 marquee signings.....

Only problem I have right now is decided what to do with this man....

He had my highest average rating of all players last season, but he's 30 now so do I cash in or get rid of Dalbert? Dalbert imo is good enough for Serie A and DiMarco is coming back to the club to be understudy to one of them and I just feel this would be the last chance to get serious money for a 30 yo player who arrived on a free last season. Does anyone have any experience selling him and what kind of price I could be expecting?

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Probably never get a better chance at winning the Champions League than this

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Finally caved in and bought the game. I swear this game is more addictive than crack. Decided on Inter for my first save after not having managed them on the past few editions. Martinez was a big reason for this, he was one of my go-to buys the past few years and since he signed for Inter, it seemed like a good starting point. Having him and Icardi in the same team, I didn't want either sitting on the bench so wanted 2 up top. Having no experience of the ME, I am using a plug and play 424 tactic from knap so all my success is really down to him. I just don't really have the time anymore to develop my own tactics anymore unfortunately. Gone are the days when I can spend 7 or 8 hours a day on FM. Real life sucks.

So here's the tactic I'm using atm.

And the results have been nothing short of spectacular 

The goals are flying in and not just from the strikers, everyone is chipping in. Candreva has been an absolute beast for assists averaging an assist per game pretty much.

Only made 2 signings at the start of season, Marin and Tonali. Marin has been getting some game time but Tonali went back to Brescia on loan. Due to how well we are performing, I can see me getting bored of this save pretty quickly especially as according to financial projection I'm gonna have 50mil+ to spend in the summer. For that reason, I've decided to put a restriction on my signings. Only Italian and Argentinian players will be getting signed. Hopefully by the end of the 3rd season I'll have a fully ItalArgy team. Will do another update at the end of the season.