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Season Two
Summer Transfer Window Update
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Transfers
In
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Eugene Konoplyanaka - End of Contract - Dnipro
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Kasper Dolberg - £300,000 - Silkeborg IF (arranged before my arrival)
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Danny Ings - End of Contract - Burnley
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Athos Brembilla - £2.5m - Empoli
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Eder Alvarez Balanta - £5m - River Plate
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Rafael van der Vaart - Free - Unattached
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Jon Lundgren - £550,000 - Malmo
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Roberto Zanon - £10,000 - Montebelluna
Out
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Nick Viergever - £4m - RC Lens
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Viktor Fischer - Loan - Vitesse
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Niklas Moisander - £5m - Rubin
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Mike van der Hoorn - Loan - Oostende
With Balanta coming in, Moisander, Viergever and van der Hoorn were deemed 'Not Needed' so they were dispatched of. Moisander is 30 now and is nowhere near the standard of Balanta, whilst Viergever was complaining about not playing last season so I cashed in on him. Mike van der Hoorn is still young so I've sent him out to Belgium to gain some first team experience. The other major transfer was Viktor Fischer going on loan to Vitesse to gain some vital experience after he was out for the majority of last season with an injury.
As Deadline Day loomed, I thought all was well and I was happy with my transfer activity. I was ready to reject any incoming bids for Pione Sisto from Real Madrid after they tried to get him on the cheap earlier on in the window. Then this happened..
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Four hours before the deadline, Napoli - who had made nearly £100m through sales in the window - paid his release clause of £35m and, before I knew it, he was their player.
That left me in a massive predicament, do I look to buy someone else to replace him? or do I promote from within? I quickly looked at who would be interested and the players that I knew would fit in. Josh Murphy? Too much. Nathan Redmond? Too Much. Gerben Knoop? Too young for starting spot. Ricardo Kishna? Potentially.
I then had a brainwave of trying to find someone who could alternate between centre midfield and attacking midfield to partner Davy Klaassen and Lasse Schone. Eventually I found someone and he signed a deal with just an hour to go.
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Ross Barkley - £20m - Everton
Ross is one of the best young talents in the world and it made sense to bring him in as he'll be one of the best midfielders in the world in a few years. And that concludes the business for the summer!
A bid came in for Richairo Zivkovic at the last minute as well, but that was swiftly rejected as I couldn't afford to lose him and Sisto in one day.
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Transfer History
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Future Transfers
January 2016
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Abdelhakim Dahmane - £6,250 - Entente Perrier Vergeze
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Michael Robinson - £2m - Bolton
June 2016
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Godfrey Motaung - £825,000 - Sundowns
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Jorge Garcia - £550,000 - Nacional (PAR)
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Matias Kranevitter - £6m - River Plate
January 2017
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Gustavo Caballero - £950,000 - Gimnasia
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Lucky Sono - £500,000 - Supersport United
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League Table
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Results
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Group Stage
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Porto (Portugal)
Ajax (Holland)
PAOK (Greece)
Fixtures
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