Celtic are champions again. 8 in a Row for Celtic and BCFC collects 2/2 trophies so far. Massive success for Hibs finishing in 2nd place which should provide a stepping stone for future success. Rangers and Aberdeen also qualify for the Europa League with Hearts eventually slipping to 6th place in the League.
At the other end, St. Mirren drastically improve in the split to find themselves in 9th place. My Dundee side fall victim to split finishing i9n the playoff place but beat Ayr United to ensure a Dundee derby next season due to Dundee United getting promoted. Livingston go down with no shocks.
Scottish Cup
Both the old firm breeze into the final of the Scottish Cup where Celtic make it a treble, and a treble treble at that. BCFC must be delighted with his first season in charge. TNSSO will be a tad annoyed to have failed to win any silverware especially after reaching the final here.
Europe
You have to wake up from every dream and Celtic were rudely awoken by a Manchester United side who comfortably dispatched of the Scottish champions with relative ease. Regardless of that, a fantastic season from Celtic which definitely aided the coefficient.
Speaking of the coefficient. The league rose from 27th to 18th. We have one slight change in places
1st - Champions League 1st Qual
2nd - Europa League 1st Qual
3rd - Europa League 1st Qual
Managers
You may sack your manager after any update. Doing so will require you pay the remainder of their contract in full.
Unemployed managers are first come first serve.
If your manager gets sacked - If this happens the owner will get the choice on the next appointment or keeping their current manager. They can't poach another players manager but can buy them similar to a C2C deal if both managers can agree a fee!
Manager Movement:
Livingston - Manager Sacked Motherwell - Lucescu resigned - no replacement yet St. Johnstone - Tommy Wright Sacked - Replaced by Guus Hiddink
Transfers
Lewis Ferguson one stands out to me, other than that nothing major
Changes this season
The league sponsorship rights have expired and Scottish company SSE have stepped in with a £35 million pound deal for the premiership and a £10 million pound deal in the Championship. The company are believed to have been interested by the influx of new ownership and direction in the league.
Prize Money has went up by around 41% in the premiership and around 250% in the championship
(*= each year the club has been in red - points deduction after 3 years)
(# - State Loan = Only one of each loan type at any time)
(+ - Bank Loan = Only one of each loan type at any time)
Each club will be allowed 3 loan signings per season at 100% of the players wages. If you are loaning from a non-chairman club, the player must either be loan listed be seen as backup or worse in his squad status.
Only one of each loan active at any time
Players wages need to be calculated in the following way
Age 20 and under – x3 current wage
Age 21 – 25 – x2 current wage
Age 26 – 30 – x1.5 current wage
Age 31+ - No change
C2C transfers – No change
Format
Type - Club from/to - fee - wage
Window shown in following schedule
Schedule
Tonight: End of Season Update + Budgets
Thursday 6:00am I fly out to Dubrovnik
Sunday Night - Thursday 8th (12pm): Transfer Window Open (messages before then won’t be regarded)
Friday 9th: New Season Begins
if my inbox becomes full over this time then drop me an email @[email protected] with the subject title Chairman Game - X club
First season under new chairman Edwards brought renewed hope and optimism among the fans. Hamilton managed to secure the top league status and add some much needed quality to the team. The chairman now wants this team to push up the league and not just focus on avoiding relegation, although with limited funds this will still be a big challenge for this club.
A successful season also brought a stronger financial situation, the club managed to gain a profit over the season. This is the ultimate aim for the club right now.
New Season
Hamilton will expect big things next season for Rafidine Abdullah and Marko Bulat. the midfield partnership are vital for the team and will look to build a formidable duo. at only 17, Bulat has a very bright future and Hamilton need to improve in order to keep him with the club for an extend period of time.
In all honesty, no one will want to sign any players I dont want at the club anymore, so lets hope the manager sells them in the game. If you want one of my key players however, make me an offer and we can go from there.
"I've just come from quite a disappointing board meeting. Apparently after calculating our finances for this year, the accounts department have informed me we basically have no money...
I plan to go through all sponsorships, salaries, subscriptions etc and find out what is draining our finances. I didn't buy a single player last season and yet our balance is down by £2 million.
On the other hand...it might be time to consider a long term bank loan with low interest to make a push into the European places. It is a risk...but they need to be taken sometimes if you want to achieve greatness...or lots of money.
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What a first season in charge of Celtic Football Club. Zidane brings the treble treble to the club and also had one **** of a European run as we got all the way to the Europa League Quarter Finals where we went out to Man Utd.
Financially we are looking pretty strong as well as we have £12.5 Million to spend this window before any potential sales. We have a lot of restructuring to do in defence as Boyata left on a free transfer, Benkovic and Toljan’s loans both finished, and it is possible that Tierney will be sold this summer. So if you have a good defender, especially one that is Scottish, then get in touch if you want to discuss a deal.
Transfer List
DM/CM – Youssouf Mulumbu – £2mil
DM/CM – Kouassi Eboue - £4mil/LOAN
CM – Scott Brown - £2mil
CM – Franco Villalba - LOAN
CM/AM – Ryan Gravenberch – LOAN
RW – Marjan Shved - £1mil/LOAN
AM/LW – Pelayo Morilla – LOAN
LW – Scott Sinclair - £5mil
LW – Lewis Morgan – LOAN
LW – Mikey Johnston – LOAN
ST – Vakoun Issouf Bayo – LOAN
If you are interested in any of these players or any other player at the club then let me know and we can discuss a deal.
The first season under Olu Minter has been considered a success. Hibernian F.C finished second and also have the opportunity to be in the Europa League if they win their qualifying rounds. This is a good foundation that Olu Minter hopes to build on. Hibernian has $4 Mill to spend and with the additions of Alberto Moreno, Danny Welbeck and Alex Meret Olu Minter knows next season will even be better.
Anyone in the squad is avaliable as long as the a reasonable bid is made.
The manger Paul Heckingbottom has stated that he is look for defenders to bolster the squad.
Olu Minter Hopes that the Hibs can qualify for Europe once again and maybe even challenge Celtic for the League
After a strong start to the season, Kilmarnock faded away to finish in the bottom half of the table. Goals seemed to dry up as the season came to a close, and with finances not amazing, wholesale changes may not be possible. With a whole host of loan players departing the club, Killie will be looking at replacing these players with freebies.
The club are looking at players for all positions other than GK, and would jump at any cheap deals or loans from other chairman owned clubs.
All players are available for transfer at the right price.
Other clubs such as Livingston and St. Johnstone need to get in touch to keep their position in the game. A week and no contact is slacking compared to the rest
yeah mate, I have just had a moment when making that post clearly. As I said I done it being shattered. Didn’t think I was that off mind you. Sorry about that
A flurry of movement from some clubs in the transfer window. Scott McKenna leaves Aberdeen but is replaced by Stuart Findlay. How will that impact Kilmarnock's season?
Champions League
Celtic again carrying the flag for Scottish football. A tough group stage however and they will do very well to progress
Europa League
Aberdeen fail to qualify for the second year running amid a weak qualifying campaign
Europe is green and white this season as Hibernian also qualify for Europe. Big result for Wisdowman and Hibs are back where they belong in Europe. Can they make an impact though?
Rather disappointingly, Rangers also fail to qualify despite a significant wage bill in comparison to Hibernian. Can they sustain financially without Europe?
Betfred Cup
All chairman make it to the round of 16 and through the group stage where only Dundee, Kilmarnock and Hibernian are eliminated. Everyone else continues to the quarter final
League
It is very early as of now but here is the league standings
Next update will be tomorrow evening with a round-up of September - December before the January window opens at midnight tomorrow
Strong start to the season but I can't believe we lost 3 star players in one transfer window, and for such low fees as well. Lets hope we still have the quality to be at the top of the table and compete in Europe although that looks unlikely with the teams we have in our group.
Celtic knocked out Europe all together after recording just 1 win from 6 albeit in an extremely difficult group. I'm sure BCFC will be annoyed at not being in Europe after Christmas, especially after last seasons run
Europa League
Hibernian are also out of Europe however unlike Celtic they entered with less expectation and despite an early exit, did gain some positive results along the way against Partizan and Saint - Etienne
Betfred Cup
Yet another trophy has been returned to Parkhead. Celtic continue their 100% domestic trophy haul after they beey Ayr, Motherwell, St. Mirren and Rangers en route to their 19th Betfred Cup title
SSE Scottish Premier League
Celtic already walking away with the league despite very strong seasons from Hibernian and St. Mirren who chase the league leaders. Dundee also improving drastically on last season. Worrying times for Stevie G as i fear TNSSO might have it in for him following this campaign. Hamilton, St. Johnstone and Motherwell looking poor at the wrong end of the table.
Manager Movements
St. Johnstone: Guus Hiddink sacked - Robbie Neilson appointed
Kilmarnock: Steve Clarke resigned - Aitor Karanka appointed
Motherwell: Jose Mourinho sacked - No one appointed
You may sack your manager after any update. Doing so will require you pay the remainder of their contract in full.
Unemployed managers are first come first serve. If your manager gets sacked - If this happens the owner will get the choice on the next appointment or keeping their current manager. They can't poach another players manager but can buy them similar to a C2C deal if both managers can agree a fee!
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TRANSFER WINDOW OPEN
The window will be open until Sunday night at 10pm
Budgets are below
Transfer Budgets and Club Valuations for Loans
(*= each year the club has been in red - points deduction after 3 years)
(# - State Loan = Only one of each loan type at any time)
(+ - Bank Loan = Only one of each loan type at any time)
State Loan: Loan up to 25% of club value, interest increases by 5% for every year the loan is taken out for. (Maximum of 5 seasons)
Bank Loan: Loan up to 50% of club value, interest increases by 15% for every year the loan is taken out for. (Maximum of 3 seasons)
Only one of each loan active at any time
Clubs are allowed the following:
FGN – x4 per season (x2 Value) DOM – x4 per season (x1.5 Value) C2C – Unlimited Free – x5 (2-3 backups) (Highest wage offer wins) EXP - x4
(Loans count within the FGN and DOM category) Loans
Each club will be allowed 3 loan signings per season at 100% of the players wages. If you are loaning from a non-chairman club, the player must either be loan listed be seen as backup or worse in his squad status.
Wages
Players wages need to be calculated in the following way
Age 20 and under – x3 current wage
Age 21 – 25 – x2 current wage
Age 26 – 30 – x1.5 current wage
Age 31+ - No change
C2C transfers – No change
Format
Type - Club from/to - fee - wage
The window will be open until Sunday night at 10pm