First season completed. Finished 7th and won the FA Cup so well happy.
In to pre-season and some significant changes made to the playing staff:
Out:
Cabaye sold by Mike Ashley
for £11.5M as the offer was too good to turn down apparently.
Best to QPR for £1.5M
Williamson sold for £1M
Ryan Taylor sold for £1.5M
Ameobi - released
Sturridge - loan ended
Had a decent budget of £25M so in came:
Papisse Cisse - £14M from Freiburg
Stephane Sessagnon - £3.5M from Sunderland
Nedum Onuoha - £2.2M from Man Citeh
Chris Cohen - £2M from Nottingham Forrest
Fernando Gago - £3M from Real Madrid - Very happy with this deal as he's going to replace Cabaye for a fraction of his sale and is a fully fledged Argentine international.
Mphela - £230k from Sundowns in South Africa. Bit of an unknown but worth a punt at such a cheap price and he's scored quite a few for the SA national team.
Still want to bring in two season long loans if I can - I have lined up Abou Diaby from the Gooners and Goran Pandev.
Already won the Community Shield, 4-0 against Man Utd who put out a scratch team tbh. Am in Europe this season so will be interesting how I get on.