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It’s the 2029/30 season, we’ve been in charge of Altrincham for 10 years now and are about to enter our second season in the Premier League after we were relegated from the division in the 2027/28 season.
It’s time to go through my favourite part of Football Manager stories - the transfers.
Transfers Out
We’ve recouped £47m and have only sold one first-choice player (and that was by accident).
The first transfer out was a weird one as Everton were willing to pay £10m for Lewis Black who came through our most recent youth intake. He looks like he’ll be okay, but £10m and 50% of the next sale was a no brainer.
Next up was the infamous Julian Cordoba, who has gone on loan to Sheffield United to be their second choice left-back. He’s having a strange career and we’ve almost recouped his transfer fee with the deal.
Later in the transfer window, the board mysteriously accepted an £18m bid for Diego Silva. It turns out that his relegation release clause from LAST SEASON was still active.
So off he went. He was never going to be a top Premier League player but I was a bit sad to see him go after his three seasons at the club.
A transfer I was less bothered about was Bruno Carrasco, who has joined newly promoted Nottingham Forest for £17m. It’s silly to sell him to a rival but I wanted him to leave purely because of how bad he was in our first season in the Premier League.
Transfers In
Now for the good stuff.
Pascual Rodriguez has joined us permanently for £12.5m from Barcelona after spending the last 18 months on loan.
Goalkeeper Federico Panariello becomes our record signing for £33.5m from Liverpool. I’ve been eyeing him up since he was at Bristol City and decided to spend big money on him because he was young and English.
Kimborough Bennett joins us for £23m from Arsenal. Like Panariello, he’s been on my watchlist for a while and has had his growth stunted by a big club.
Jon Slaven joins for £10m from Celtic. At 19 years old, he’ll only get better and fills the gap at left back which we had.
We also signed Tim Lovenkrands from FC Copenhagen for £7.5m. He’ll probably play a bit part role this season.
And Nathianiel Chalobah has joined on a one year deal purely for his experience.
We also made 2 loan signings. The first was Kevin Sherlock on loan from Chelsea. I’ve learned my lesson from relegation last time so when I see quality, I sign it... even if it means that he’ll get game time over our promising young players.
And last but not least, Eiichi Sakamoto also came in on loan from Manchester City as a replacement for Diego Silva.
Also, I had to mention the fact that Championship side Brighton splashed out £64m on someone with 0 senior appearances. Mental!
So, that leaves us with a much better squad than last year and we are predicted to finish 18th.
We have Newcastle and Stoke in our first 2 games, which gives us a very good opportunity to get off to a fast start.
We were 6 points away from safety when we got relegated 2 seasons ago and I believe we have a much better squad this time around. Please Altrincham, don’t get relegated again!
It’s time to go through my favourite part of Football Manager stories - the transfers.
Transfers Out
We’ve recouped £47m and have only sold one first-choice player (and that was by accident).
The first transfer out was a weird one as Everton were willing to pay £10m for Lewis Black who came through our most recent youth intake. He looks like he’ll be okay, but £10m and 50% of the next sale was a no brainer.
Next up was the infamous Julian Cordoba, who has gone on loan to Sheffield United to be their second choice left-back. He’s having a strange career and we’ve almost recouped his transfer fee with the deal.
Later in the transfer window, the board mysteriously accepted an £18m bid for Diego Silva. It turns out that his relegation release clause from LAST SEASON was still active.
So off he went. He was never going to be a top Premier League player but I was a bit sad to see him go after his three seasons at the club.
A transfer I was less bothered about was Bruno Carrasco, who has joined newly promoted Nottingham Forest for £17m. It’s silly to sell him to a rival but I wanted him to leave purely because of how bad he was in our first season in the Premier League.
Transfers In
Now for the good stuff.
Pascual Rodriguez has joined us permanently for £12.5m from Barcelona after spending the last 18 months on loan.
Goalkeeper Federico Panariello becomes our record signing for £33.5m from Liverpool. I’ve been eyeing him up since he was at Bristol City and decided to spend big money on him because he was young and English.
Kimborough Bennett joins us for £23m from Arsenal. Like Panariello, he’s been on my watchlist for a while and has had his growth stunted by a big club.
Jon Slaven joins for £10m from Celtic. At 19 years old, he’ll only get better and fills the gap at left back which we had.
We also signed Tim Lovenkrands from FC Copenhagen for £7.5m. He’ll probably play a bit part role this season.
And Nathianiel Chalobah has joined on a one year deal purely for his experience.
We also made 2 loan signings. The first was Kevin Sherlock on loan from Chelsea. I’ve learned my lesson from relegation last time so when I see quality, I sign it... even if it means that he’ll get game time over our promising young players.
And last but not least, Eiichi Sakamoto also came in on loan from Manchester City as a replacement for Diego Silva.
Also, I had to mention the fact that Championship side Brighton splashed out £64m on someone with 0 senior appearances. Mental!
So, that leaves us with a much better squad than last year and we are predicted to finish 18th.
We have Newcastle and Stoke in our first 2 games, which gives us a very good opportunity to get off to a fast start.
We were 6 points away from safety when we got relegated 2 seasons ago and I believe we have a much better squad this time around. Please Altrincham, don’t get relegated again!
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