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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    I'll be back normal mid January hopefully if all goes to plan, the festival period/new year is the busiest time of year in my field of work, so no time to relax and enjoy FM unfortunately
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    October 2020: We recovered well in the league after winning 4 games on the bounce while previous leaders Rapid Wien form fell away rapidly as we've taken the lead of the campaign for the first time this season. Also our Champions League game to Madrid was a thrilling affair, where striker...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    September 2020: Not good enough. A succession of draws this month means we've let current league leaders Rapid Wien pull a 8 point gap this early in the season. I honesty have no idea on how this run of draws came to be but after the Austria Wien game, I let the team know how i felt and...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    The Squad: Now with the transfer window closed, I feel it'll be a good time to show the squad we have currently for the campaign ahead. Overall I think we've got more than a good enough to retain our title. In regards to the main aim of becoming a force in Europe, we're still looking to...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    August 2020: An unbeaten month and start to the season so far but it is not us who are leading the way in the league for the moment. Rapid Wien have managed to make a 100% start so far with 6 wins in 6 games. We started off well but some poor draw performances against teams we should be...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    World Transfers 2020: Here are the leading transfers for 2020 so far. Koke signed by PSG is currently holding the largest transfer fee of £120mil while the English Premier Teams have notably flashed the cash and hit the Italian Serie A hard by bringing in players like Paulo Dybala, Milan...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    End of Summer Transfer Window: Overall I've felt we had a solid transfer window in that we've managed to hold the key players in our squad without upsetting anyone (Haaland didn't recieve any bids, Szoboszlai had a bid from Dortmund of a package deal worth £48mil refused). We added depth for...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    Champions League Progress: We've managed to comfortably beat BATE from Belarus comfortably with a 6-0 aggregate win. A comfortable 3-0 win in the 1st leg meant we fielded a weaker side and still managed an convincing victory. Champions League Group Draw: Again we find ourselves in the...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    Trouble Ahead?... The news at the club we all feared that might happen, Haaland is starting to let his feelings known in that he wants to play for a bigger club...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    Contract News: South Korean striker Hwang Hee-Chan has accepted a new 4 year contract with the club. With only just 11 months left on his existing contract, the club have managed to get him to sign a new deal with the same wage as his previous contract of £25,000 p/w. An important member...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    Pre Season/July 2020: Here we go, another campaign and the squad is ready, raring to go. We had a decent pre season as a whole apart from the home defeat to Celtic (I consider that their payback for us knocking them out of the Europa League last year). We comfortably won our game in the 1st...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    Season Preview 2020/21: No surprises in that the bookies have made us favourites to retain our crown, followed by Rapid Wien, LASK and Austria Wien as our main competition. Newly promoted SV Horn are favourites to go straight back down. The media have also backed the bookies claim for us...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    Job Offer Interview: Another offer made for my services, this time from La Liga side Atletico Madrid. Despite finishing 3rd in La Liga and losing out in last seasons Champions League final 2-0 to Liverpool, Atletico felt the need to sack previous manager Diego Siemone for underperformance in...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    Transfer News: Our first main signing of the transfer window has been successfully agreed on as Norwegian left back Birger Meling as agreed to sign from Rosenberg for a total fee of £2.1mil (£1.6mil upfront, with £550k in future installments) and on a 4 year contract of £7,500 p/w. Meling...
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    [FM20] It Gives Me Wings - A Red Bull Story

    Transfer Failure: After having a great season in the Austrian Bundesliga last year with having the 3rd highest average rating of any player, we found Michorl transfer listed for £2.6 million by rival club LASK, only for Marseille to make an offer with higher wages than the £16,000 p/w...
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