L'ascesa del rosanero - a Palermo la storia

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So with the transfer window nearing a close, the transfers at Palermo look like this:

Transfers In:
Davide Astori
Centre Back
Reported Fee: Free Transfer
Previous Club: Cagliari
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Yaya Sanogo
Striker
Reported Fee: Free Transfer
Previous Club: AJ Auxerre
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Diego Buonanotte
Attacking Midfielder
Reported Fee: 2.5M Euros
Previous Club: Malaga
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Andrea Poli
Centre Midfielder
Reported Fee: 5.5M Euros
Previous Club: Sampdoria
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Alphonse Areola
Goalkeeper
Reported Fee: 3.5M Euros
Previous Club: PSG
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Nick Willems (Regen)
Defensive Midfielder
Reported Fee: 3M Euros
Previous Club: Ajax
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Now for the two big name signings, they are:

Stevan Jovetic
Striker/Winger/Attacking Midfielder
Reported Fee: 12.25M Euros
Previous Club: Fiorentina
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Douglas Costa
Winger
Reported Fee: 10.5M Euros
Previous Club: Shakhtar Donetsk
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Transfers Out:
For these amount of signings it is obvious that some players had to leave the club, all be it the fringe players, these are as follows in order of price:

A.Bacinovic - Anzhi - 8M Euros
N.Bertolo - Torino - 3.7M Euros
E.Barreto - Deportivo - 3.4M Euros
J.Pedro - Braga - 2.5M Euros
F.Vazquez - Cesena - 1.5M Euros
E.Viviano - Inter Milan - 1.4M Euros
M.Donati - Atalanta - 1M Euros
F.Della Rocca - Bologna - 975k
A.Acquah - Cagliari - 500k
Rubinho - Atalanta - 500k
G.Cristofari - Bari - 500k
M.Milanovic - Verona - 140k (Co-Own)
A.Adamo - Padova - 130k (Co-Own)
G.Brichetto - Verona - 100k

G.Prestia - Leece - (Loan)

A running total of in and around 24.5M Euros!

The majority of those players never played a game for me so it was money well earned and it got us a fair few players to join our club by freeing up wages and transfer money!

In other news

Palermo draw Schalke in the Champions League Best placed playoff.

Elsewhere in the draw:

Zenit vs Panathinaikos
Steaua vs Athletico Madrid
Sporting CP vs Lyon
Galatasaray vs Arsenal

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To be continued..

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Pre Season 12'

And we were off...a trip to Spain and Portugal was on the cards, and a good pre season was all i asked for!

Espanyol vs Palermo
0-2
J.Ilicic, D.Buonanotte

Alcorcon vs Palermo
1-2
N.Willems, A.Hernandez

Zaragoza vs Palermo
1-1
A.Hernandez

Sabodell vs Palermo
0-3
D.Buonanotte, F.Miccoli x2

Boavista vs Palermo
0-1
J.Kurtic

All in all a very good pre season, picking up 4 wins and a draw on our travels, something we didn't do a lot of last season. Hopefully we can carry this form into the season.

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Best placed playoff

Schalke vs Palermo 1st Leg
1-1
M.Silvestre

Palermo vs Schalke 2nd Leg
3-1
J.Ilicic, A.Hernandez, M.Silvestre

Player of the Month
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2 Apps 3 Assists 1 Goal

A solid month, completing our pre season tour in style, but the main highlight was qualifying for the Champions League proper.

Europe here we come!

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August

With the transfer window now shut, i thought i would update you on the latest transfer in and out of Palermo!

Transfers In:

Aleksandar Ignjovski
Defensive Midfielder
Reported Fee: Loan
Previous Club: Werder Bremen
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For those of you who don't know him!
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Transfer Out:

M.Cetto - Bologna - 4.8M Euros
C.Labrin - Padova - 230K (Co-Own)

A.Simon - Benevento - 50K (Loan)

Fairly happy with our dealings in the transfer market for the start of the season, and i think that will be me finished for the season as far as buying going unless anything goes majorly wrong with injuries (fingers crossed). Especially happy with the signings of Jovetic and Douglas Costa.
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Group Stage Draw

Group D

Chelsea
CSKA Moscow
PSG
Palermo

Not an easy group in the slightest, but going into the group stage as 4th seeds was never going to hand us an easy group. Hopefully we can qualify from this, if not, let's hope we finish third and go into the Europa League!

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To be continued..

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Great moves in the Transfer Market pal, I expect to see you right up there challenging Juve this season :p

Tough Champions League group :/ PSG and Chelsea will be tough and a Russian team always throws a spanner into the plans as theyre so unpredictable. KIU pal
 
Sam91 said:
Great moves in the Transfer Market pal, I expect to see you right up there challenging Juve this season :p

Tough Champions League group :/ PSG and Chelsea will be tough and a Russian team always throws a spanner into the plans as theyre so unpredictable. KIU pal
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Hopefully mate, hopefully! We all know what FM is like though :(

Very tough group Sam, if i get through it, i've got to be some type of God :)
 
SammyJH94 said:
Just read through your story mate and im really enjoying it, picked up some really good transfers and hopefully you can get a top 3 finish in the CL group, KIU!

Check out my story if you can mate, would really appreciate it!
http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/football-manager-2012-stories/104114-aston-villa-%7C-road-glory-2.html
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Glad your enjoying it mate, always welcome more comments, it's what keeps me going because i know someone is actually reading!

Hopefully i can, but as i said before, you never know with FM :)

Will do :D
 
Great so far..very tough champions league group,but i am sure u will be ok even if u drop into europa league at least ur still in europe
 
White army said:
Great so far..very tough champions league group,but i am sure u will be ok even if u drop into europa league at least ur still in europe
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Yeh i should hopefully be ok mate, that's what happens when your 4th seeds :(
 
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September

The opening month of the season, always an exciting time to see how your team perform, and my team? Well, let's just say it went well.

Serie A
Sampdoria vs Palermo
2-2
J.Ilicic, A.Hernandez

Champions League Group D
Palermo vs CSKA Moscow
2-0
I.Semenov (O.G), A.Hernandez

Serie A
Palermo vs AS Roma
3-2
F.Balzaretti (O.G), A.Hernandez x2

Serie A
Lazio vs Palermo
0-2
A.Hernandez x2

Serie A
Palermo vs AC Milan
3-0
S.Jovetic x2, A.Hernandez

Couldn't be happier with the month, well i could, but that would be hoping for a lot. However, we went a full month unbeaten in all competitions, and playing in the Champions League adds to the amount of games we have to play in a season so we did very well considering especially against the likes of Roma and AC Milan.

September League Table
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Player of the Month
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5 Apps 7 Goals 1 Assist

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October

This was quite possibly one of the hardest months i have ever previewed in any of my saves before playing it. Have a look at the fixtures!

Champions League Group D
PSG vs Palermo
0-1
A.Mantovani

Serie A
Inter Milan vs Palermo
1-3
F.Miccoli x3

Serie A
Palermo vs Torino
3-0
A.Ignjovski, P.Caceres (O.G), A.Hernandez

Champions League Group D
Chelsea vs Palermo
2-1
S.Jovetic

Serie A
(C)Juventus vs Palermo
1-2
Douglas Costa, M.Silvestre

Serie A
Palermo vs Chievo
2-0
S.Jovetic, A.Mehmeti



(C) = Defending Champions

As i say, it was one of the toughest months I have ever experienced on FM and i have been playing a long time, but we prevailed winning all our games in the league and only losing out to Chelsea in the dying minutes of our Champions League encounter.

The first two games, we generally didn't deserve to win any of them, but we plugged away, our left back getting the goal in the PSG match and Miccoli coming off the bench to score a hat-rick in the game at Inter Milan!

The Juve game seen Douglas Costa make his debut for us as he was out for several months due to a torn hamstring, but he came back and we through him in at the deep end, and he rewarded our confidence by scoring a chipped shot on the edge of the box.

October League Table

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Player of the Month

A.Mantovani
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6 Apps 4 Assists 1 Goal

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To be continued..

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Thank you for taking the time to read so far..Plenty more updates to follow..

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Another great month of results there mate, very good start to the season your looking hard to beat! KIU!
 
SammyJH94 said:
Another great month of results there mate, very good start to the season your looking hard to beat! KIU!
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Yeh, still unbeaten in the league so thats a bonus, but Napoli are doing well, they still have Hamsik and Cavani, and i can never rule out Juve after last season!
 
Good month, you're doing great! You've made good signings and Hernandez is a tank, and it's a interesting story keep up the updates coming mate :)
 
Max22EFC said:
Good month, you're doing great! You've made good signings and Hernandez is a tank, and it's a interesting story keep up the updates coming mate :)
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Thanks mate, it's always good to get comments from new followers and i will be sure to keep them flying out :)

thanks again!
 
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