I would be surprised if we spent over £20m on top of the RVW transfer (although thats out of this seasons budget). Its not just the increase in fee its the wages that go along with it. I wouldnt put a limit on changes, if I was trying to make the best squad I wouldnt want to change more than 6-8 players absolute maximum!
SELL/RELEASE • Lee Camp (contact expires) • Marc Tierney (contract expires) • Simeon Jackson (contract expires) • Daniel Ayala (£0.45m) • David Fox (£0.875m) • Jacob Butterfield (£0.875m) • Korey Smith (£0.875m) • James Vaughan (£1.3m) • Leon Barnett (£1.8m) • Andrew Surman (£1.8m) • Grant Holt (£3.5m) • Mark Bunn (£1.3m) £12.775m + £20m = £32.775 BUY • Callum McManaman (£2.6m) RM • Wanyama, Victor (£8.8m) DM • Andros Townsend (£0.9m) LM • Mohamed Salah (£6.6m) RM/LM/AM • Philipp Hosiner (£2.7m) ST • Ilombe Mboyo (£3.9m) ST • Kelvin Wilson (£4.0m) CB • Maynor Figueroa (Free -Contract Expiring) £32.775m - £29.8m = £2.975m remaining. Potential side: Ruddy Figueroa/Bassong/Kelvin Wilson/Garrido Snodgrass/Wanyama/Johnson/Salah RVW/Hosiner
BHW - I just noticed you haven't included the multipliers for buying players! Alderweireld for example would actually cost you £13.2m, not £8.8m (due to the x1.5 multiplier).
Camp-release Ward- release Adeyemi- release Martin- release Ayala- £450k Tierney-£ 875k Fox-£875k Smith- £875k Rudd- £1m Jackson- £1.3m Vaughan- £1.3m Barnett- £1.8m Surman- £2.5m Tettey-£3m Profit of: £13.975m ----Budget of £33.975m Davies- £3.1m Schennikov- £4.5m Redmond-£4m Bridcutt-£2.875 Clasie- £9m/ Biglia- £8.2 Van Ginkel- £4.5m Hooper-£5m Spend: £32.9m --- £1m left Squad: GK: Ruddy, Bunn, Steer DF: Whittaker, R.Martin, Schennikov, Garrido, Davies, R.Bennett, Bassong, Turner. MF: Johnson, Howson, Clasie, Redmond, Snodgrass, E.Bennett, Pilkington, Hoolahan, Van Ginkel ST: RVW, Hooper, Holt, Becchio I have not quite stuck to the +1.5 rule as I believe that some will be more and some will be less than their stated price. I have adjusted my prices accordingly. Id accept either Clasie or Biglia but Clasie is younger so may have a better sell on price if he performs. Not sure exactly how viable these transfers are but i did it based on the prices on transfermarkt so...my starting linup would look like this: Ruddy Whittaker Bennett Bassong Schennikov Clasie Johnson Snodgrass v.Ginkel Remond RVW Subs: Bunn, Davies, Martin, Howson, Hoolahan, Hooper, Holt
Outs Adeyemi - Free Camp - Free Ward - Free Ayala - 450k Rudd - 450k Smith - 875k Fox - 875k Tierney - 875k Butterfield - 875k Vaughan - 1.3m Jackson - 1.3m Surman - 1.8m E.Bennett - 1.8m Barnett - 1.8m New transfer budget: 32.4m Ins Giannis Fetfatzidis 4.35m Sven Schipplock 2.2m Callum McManaman 3.25m Jukka Raitala 1.3m Reto Ziegler 9.75m Dani Pacheco Free Maxime Lestienne 3.9m Liam Bridcutt 2.2m [URL="http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/dealbert/profil/spieler_51420.html]Angel Dealbert[/URL] 3.3m Total spend: 30.25m New squad Squad size - 28 (Steer, Murphy's and Lestienne are under 21) Goalkeeper Ruddy Bunn Steer (U21) Defence Whittaker (RB, LB) Martin (RB, CB) Garrido (LB) Ziegler (LB) Bassong (CB) Turner (CB) Bennett (CB, RB) Raitala (LB,CB, RB) Dealbert (CB) Midfield Pilkington (LM, RM) Fetfatzidis (LM, AM, RM) Snodgrass (RM, LM) Lestienne (U21) (LM, RM) McManaman (LM, RM, FW) Johnson (CM, DM) Tettey (CM, DM) Howson (CM, AM) Bridcutt (DM, RM, AM) Hoolahan (AM) Pacheco (AM, FW, LM, RM) Ja.Murphy (U21) (LM, RM) Forwards Van Wolfswinkel Holt Becchio Schipplock Jo.Murphy (U21) (FW, LM)
Big fan of what you've done here, but unfortunately Pacheco is under contract at Liverpool until next summer (2014) That Lestienne guy looks great! Had forgotten about u21 too...
BHW, I was pretty sure Pacheco was under contract, but there was no value for him, so I popped him in. I'll be honest three of them (Fetfatzidis, Schipplock and Ziegler) I've signed on Football Manager and they've been brilliant. DH, it was more by luck than judgement that the two biggest signings were defenders.
Wow this game has made me realise how little I know outside the english leagues and major teams in foreign countries...
Right, I think I'm pretty much done with mine now (early I know, but I can't really be bothered to go back and reconsider!). I reckon I've given us a lot of depth within the squad coupled with a great deal more quality and technical ability in the first team, whilst utilising a formation that I believe would work well. Furthermore, I like to think I got decent value for money in terms of the players I brought in (and for the most part they aren't utterly unrealistic!).
Have to say, that's a pretty impressive squad! If we could get anything near that kind of strength in depth in real life I'd be very happy!
Updated mine to include positions they can play. The midfield has so much flexibility its unreal. Also I wanted to get this guy in Jukka Raitala but couldn't find anyone else I'd want to sell or drop any of the 'signings' I'd made
