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Welcome back guys!
The friendlies:
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27/6/2015:
We started off the pre-season by playing against our affiliate club At. Malagueno and won convincingly by four goals to nil. Uche, Albentosa and Horta featured on the score sheet.
3/7/2015:
It became apparent that the tactic I created wasn't working out as we lost to Alaves 3-1. Charles scored the only goal.
9/7/2015:
The game against Benfica's reserve side was a very uncreative one and forced me to really think the tactic through.
15/7/2015:
A win for a change, however the game wasn't anything spectacular from us, although it's nice to see the promising midfielder maestro Fornals get on the score sheet.
20/7/2015:
A tight game with the counter tactic I created, we only had 3 shots in the whole game but still managed to score while keeping it somewhat tight at the back. Charles scores his second of the pre-season.
25/7/2015:
A win against AEK was mirrored by a great performance by us, however we were off in front of goal and the only one we scored was from a set piece.
28/7/2015:
This game pretty much reflects our whole pre-season so far, horrible. It hurts to think how this talented side cannot beat Ipswich.
1/8/2015:
Finally a confident win for us. I created a whole new tactic for the team and it seems to work wonders. Horta, Charles and Carlos score the goals for us.
5/8/2015:
I was so ****** at losing against Alaves at the start of the pre-season that I decided to play another one against them. I'm glad I did because we beat them 3-0 and Ontiveros, the future of Malaga CF, scored twice and also assisted Pavon's goal.
8/8/2015:
A game against El Palo really proved to me that the tactic works well as we beat the low league side by seven goals to nil. Uche, Cifuentes, Ontiveros and Carlos score our goals.
12/8/2015:
Four days later we had another go with the counter tactic I created with positive results. A 0-0 draw with Atletico Madrid away proves how well the team can defend.
17/8/2015:
The last game of the pre-season sees us beat Jaen 3-0 away with Duje Cop scoring a hattrick. Fun fact: I terminated Cop's loan after the game as I had no real use for him.
So that is the pre-season for us... Shall we take a look at the transfers Vetrone has made.
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The transfer roundup shows that we made a nice revenue by selling Rosales and Fornals to Liverpool and Tottenham respectively.
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Our first signing of the season is the Brazilian prospect Luan, who joins the team to replace Rosales on the right side of the defense.
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Next off, I decided to bring in Ilori from Liverpool on loan, because we were lacking depth in the center back department.
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Based on the pre-season games we had played at this point, I felt we lacked quality out on the wings and thus I decided to bring in the talented Argentinian prospect Pavon.
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Following the Pavon deal, Villalba fits the same requirements. I am very excited about what these two little magicians can do for the team.
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I brought Ivan on loan because the new tactic had a Center Attacking Midfielder and I didn't have many who could play the position yet.
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The two major sells that took place were Rosales and Fornals. Rosales I sold on purpose because he was a whiny B*tch and I don't accept that kind of nonsense at my club. I got a decent fee off of him and I am happy to offload him from the future Champions League winners.
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Now, Fornals had a release clause of 6,25million and Tottenham bidded something around the 4 million mark, I countered 6,25 because that was the release clause but Tottenham rejected that. However, a few days later I got an email that said Fornals has joined the Spurs after the London club met his release clause. I don't know when this happened but I have to admit I regret not offering Fornals a contract earlier.
Here are all the major transfers excluding the Ochoa loan who I had to loan out as I couldn't register him for the league due to foreign player restrictions. Now you might wonder what about De Arrascaeta. Yes, I loaned him in but once I realized I had too many foreign players, I terminated the loan and instead loaned in Ivan.
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The next update will be on the tactics and the final team of Malaga CF for the 2015-2016 campaign!
. My first update will be the background story of the manager I will use, what I can already give out to you guys is that he is Italian.