I have just finished my 3rd season as Fiorentina manager & heres my story so far & how I have improved them.
In my 1st Season I decided to sell a few players to generate enough money for 2 x more first team players, which I managed to attain the services of both Salvatore Bochetti from Genoa for £9m & Yoann Gourcuff from Bordeux for £17.5m most notably.
With this in mind, I set the tactic to 4-1-2-2-1 with Gourcuff partnering Montolivio in the centre of the park being very creative & putting Vargas AML, Jovetic AMR (Inside forward) & Gilardino spearheading the attack as Poacher.
I had a very good season & my star men were Gourcuff & Gilardino in which I got knocked out of Champs League by Real Madrid in 1st Knockout round, but got to the final of Italian cup & lost on penalties to Inter. I ended up just missing out on the league by finishing 3rd with Gilardino finishing top league goalscorer.
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2nd Season I knew I had to improve & add more depth to challenge for the league so I bought Giussepe Rossi from Villareal for £22.5m & Omer Toprak from Freiburg for £8.75m along with a few more fringe players.
Rossi was bought as a direct replacement for Gilardino in few years & to also allow him to be rotated. Toprak was the main defender backup to both Bochetti & Gamberini if injured or tired & proving very strong.
I ended up winning the league quite impressively yet got knocked out by Inter in the Champs League quarter final which hurt as they also went on to win it.
I did get some revenge & won the Italian cup by beating Inter which proved sweet & Gilardino again finishing top goalscorer in the league. The progression of Ljajic & Veratti was quite exciting to note.
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3rd Season I really wanted to win Champions League & felt my only real weakness was the lack of a much stronger Defensive Midfielder as I still only had both Bolatti & Donadel filling the void. So I invested most of my money & bought both Sandro from Dinamo Kiev (at the time) for £18m & Alex Song from Arsenal for £6m as backup which allowed me to sell both Donadel & Bolatti for really good money considering.
I also had Arsenal bid £10.25m for 30yr Gamberini which after much thought I accepted as he was good yet not setting the world alight & he went which I then put Toprak into his position, thrusting him into Centre back next to Bochetti where they formed a great understanding. I also acquired Afellay for free who added more depth who could play in any of my midfield attacking roles who proved very useful.
By this point, Montolivio & Gourcuff were both "World Class" & dominated most midfield battles whilst becoming a feared creative force with the goalmachine Gilardino seemingly finishing off any chance created.
In the January window, I then sold left back Pasquale for £10m in January window which allowed me to move Vargas to Left back & brought Rossi into the first team as AML (Inside Forward) & played a big part.
I also bought a regen striker from Inter named Camillini, who I think may be the best player I have seen in the game for £21m which a screenshot is attached at the very bottom !!!
I ended up having an amazing season by winning the league, Italian Cup & finally, the Champions League in which I beat Arsenal 2-0.
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4th & Current Season I have just started & the transfer period has just finished in which I have had a lot of action due to the income of winning the previous competitions & also player sales.
I previously had an offer from Chelsea for Gilardino for £28m which I accepted at end of last season as I bought Camillini to take his place as he must be a regular due to his amazing stats !!!
I also had an offer for the rotated player Afellay as he had a wicked world cup & sold him to Lyon for £22.5m, who I got for free previous year !
De La Red also moved for £14.5m who I also got for free which I loaned as didnt need in the end & a few others less to mention.
I bought transfer listed Mauro Zarate for only £10.5m to rotate with Camillini & also, I had to buy the transfer listed World Class Claudio Marchisio from Juventus for £17.5m who has now replaced Sandro in starting eleven to compliment the world class Montolivio & Gourcuff in the centre. I also bought world Class Eden Hazard for £19.5m as I lost Afellay.
Lastly I acquired a new goalkeeper in Andrea Consigli for 9m who is really strong to replace the aging Frey.
Below I have sreenshotted my current first starting eleven & my second eleven which I rotate for smaller matches to ensure full fitness & best performances from the stars.
I will keep you updated on my defence of my league & competitions......
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In my 1st Season I decided to sell a few players to generate enough money for 2 x more first team players, which I managed to attain the services of both Salvatore Bochetti from Genoa for £9m & Yoann Gourcuff from Bordeux for £17.5m most notably.
With this in mind, I set the tactic to 4-1-2-2-1 with Gourcuff partnering Montolivio in the centre of the park being very creative & putting Vargas AML, Jovetic AMR (Inside forward) & Gilardino spearheading the attack as Poacher.
I had a very good season & my star men were Gourcuff & Gilardino in which I got knocked out of Champs League by Real Madrid in 1st Knockout round, but got to the final of Italian cup & lost on penalties to Inter. I ended up just missing out on the league by finishing 3rd with Gilardino finishing top league goalscorer.
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2nd Season I knew I had to improve & add more depth to challenge for the league so I bought Giussepe Rossi from Villareal for £22.5m & Omer Toprak from Freiburg for £8.75m along with a few more fringe players.
Rossi was bought as a direct replacement for Gilardino in few years & to also allow him to be rotated. Toprak was the main defender backup to both Bochetti & Gamberini if injured or tired & proving very strong.
I ended up winning the league quite impressively yet got knocked out by Inter in the Champs League quarter final which hurt as they also went on to win it.
I did get some revenge & won the Italian cup by beating Inter which proved sweet & Gilardino again finishing top goalscorer in the league. The progression of Ljajic & Veratti was quite exciting to note.
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3rd Season I really wanted to win Champions League & felt my only real weakness was the lack of a much stronger Defensive Midfielder as I still only had both Bolatti & Donadel filling the void. So I invested most of my money & bought both Sandro from Dinamo Kiev (at the time) for £18m & Alex Song from Arsenal for £6m as backup which allowed me to sell both Donadel & Bolatti for really good money considering.
I also had Arsenal bid £10.25m for 30yr Gamberini which after much thought I accepted as he was good yet not setting the world alight & he went which I then put Toprak into his position, thrusting him into Centre back next to Bochetti where they formed a great understanding. I also acquired Afellay for free who added more depth who could play in any of my midfield attacking roles who proved very useful.
By this point, Montolivio & Gourcuff were both "World Class" & dominated most midfield battles whilst becoming a feared creative force with the goalmachine Gilardino seemingly finishing off any chance created.
In the January window, I then sold left back Pasquale for £10m in January window which allowed me to move Vargas to Left back & brought Rossi into the first team as AML (Inside Forward) & played a big part.
I also bought a regen striker from Inter named Camillini, who I think may be the best player I have seen in the game for £21m which a screenshot is attached at the very bottom !!!
I ended up having an amazing season by winning the league, Italian Cup & finally, the Champions League in which I beat Arsenal 2-0.
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4th & Current Season I have just started & the transfer period has just finished in which I have had a lot of action due to the income of winning the previous competitions & also player sales.
I previously had an offer from Chelsea for Gilardino for £28m which I accepted at end of last season as I bought Camillini to take his place as he must be a regular due to his amazing stats !!!
I also had an offer for the rotated player Afellay as he had a wicked world cup & sold him to Lyon for £22.5m, who I got for free previous year !
De La Red also moved for £14.5m who I also got for free which I loaned as didnt need in the end & a few others less to mention.
I bought transfer listed Mauro Zarate for only £10.5m to rotate with Camillini & also, I had to buy the transfer listed World Class Claudio Marchisio from Juventus for £17.5m who has now replaced Sandro in starting eleven to compliment the world class Montolivio & Gourcuff in the centre. I also bought world Class Eden Hazard for £19.5m as I lost Afellay.
Lastly I acquired a new goalkeeper in Andrea Consigli for 9m who is really strong to replace the aging Frey.
Below I have sreenshotted my current first starting eleven & my second eleven which I rotate for smaller matches to ensure full fitness & best performances from the stars.
I will keep you updated on my defence of my league & competitions......
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