so much of a voodoo black magic. these two strikers, Baleaz and Zak are great goal scores and i had to let them go with big regrets.
Baleaz went on loan to sunderland, and did extremely well so in the nest season i made him a XI regular, and to 20 goals in his first season in an arsenal shirt. but since i play a 4-4-2, and only using a max of 4 strikers, 2 regulars (sanogo and piazon), 1 super sub (zak) and 1 for injury replacement(that is baleaz). now the thing was in the following season, sanogo and piazon barely got a long term injury, and Zak started scoring like crazy, and a great international record, 34 goals in 36 for england. then i let Baleaz go to Sunderland on a permanent deal and things went well then.
2 years on...
Zak, who had spent 9 years with after moving from barnsley, was an excptional forward. score 2-3 goals every time, and was an important player for me. after my 12th season ended , he wanted a challenge and seek to move elsewhere. i kept him on transfer list, with a price tag of 32m. then the some team, sunderland come in with an offer of 17m, and i had already made arrangement to bring in another prolfic scorer as a replacement. i accpeted it and then he moved away from me, and it was emotional to me, as i was the on that made him a World class striker.
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and so on the matchday, i was completely outplayed, and deserved to lose. the goal scorers for Sunderland were Zak and Baleaz.
Sad moments in my managerial career