SaintMotbot's Premier League Chairman Game

New owner for Swansea
31th April 2016

Swansea City has been taken over by Wolter Kroes. For people who aren’t Dutch: Wolter Kroes is a singer from the beautiful county: The Netherlands. He is mostly known for his songs: Ik heb de hele nacht liggen dromen and the number 1 song: Viva Hollandia. His song Viva Hollandia inspired him for buying Swansea City. His dream? Make it a club with only Dutch players!
In 1981, the club were promoted to the original Football League First Division. It was during the following season they came close to winning the league title, but a decline then set near the season's end before finishing sixth, although a club record. It was from here the club suffered a relegation the season after, returning to the Football League Fourth Division a few seasons later, then narrowly avoided relegation to the Football Conference in 2003. The Swansea City Supporters Society Ltd owns 20% of the club, with their involvement hailed by Supporters Direct as "the most high profile example of the involvement of a supporters' trust in the direct running of a club". The club's subsequent climb from the fourth division of English football to the top division is chronicled in the 2014 film, Jack to a King – The Swansea Story.
In 2011, Swansea were promoted to the Premier League, becoming the first Welsh team to play in it since its formation in 1992. On 24 February 2013, Swansea beat Bradford City 5–0 to win the 2012–13 Football League Cup (the competition's highest ever winning margin for the final), winning the first major trophy in the club's history and qualifying for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, where they reached the Last 32 stage but lost over two legs to SSC Napoli this season they are struggling in the Barclays Premier league with only 8 points out of the possible 42 and they are sitting in the 20th position. They didn’t even record a win this season!
The first act of Wolter Kroes as Chairman is the sacking of current interim Manager Steve Clark and the hiring of Dutch manager and Arsenal legend: Giovanni van Bronckhorst. He also hires Wim Jonk as the Head of Youth Department, what leads of the sacking of Dave Parnaby.
The Swansea fanbase reacted positively to the new owner and they will see what the future brings to them.
 
December Update

Premier League

Gameweek 15​

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Liverpool continue their assault on the Premier League by seeing off Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in a result that costs Hiddink his job. Arsenal return to some form by thrashing West Brom, Watford stun City, Southampton edge past West Ham and Leicester beat Crystal Palace as the leaders keep pace. Man United are held by a stubborn Swansea, while Newcastle win the Tyne-Wear derby.

Gameweek 16​

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This season is getting stranger and stranger as once again the teams at the top seem determined to throw it away. Norwich hold United and Swansea hold Liverpool, while Watford lose to Everton, Southampton lose out to City. Leicester are the big winners, taking a precious win over Stoke. Chelsea are held by West Brom, while a mention has to be given to Everton who are in fine form all of a sudden.

Gameweek 17​

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A better week for our top sides, as United win a crunch game against Leicester, Arsenal beat Tottenham in a similarly important game and Liverpool grind out a win over Norwich. Watford beat Aston Villa while Everton hold Southampton. Stoke now seem to be in real trouble with a poor loss against Palace while Swansea draw yet again.

Gameweek 18​

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I'm just going to stop trying to predict any of these results! A previously poor Stoke side suddenly pull out a performance to beat leaders Liverpool, but United cant take advantage as they drop points to Palace. Arsenal pull out a priceless win against Watford as they make it three wins on the bounce to surge back into contention, while Southampton draw yet again to Newcastle. Wins as well for Leicester, Spurs and Chelsea as they continue to climb the table but City are held by Everton

Gameweek 19​

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Its boxing day! and also the halfway point of our season! Arsenal make it four on the bounce by edging past Bournemouth which means they gain ground because United got thumped at home by Stoke! Liverpool go four points clear at the top thanks to a priceless win against Leicester, and Watford further cement their champions league placing by beating Newcastle. Saints return to some form by comfortable beating Villa while Norwich get a 2nd win in a row.

Gameweek 20
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Five in a row for Arsenal! and all of a sudden they are just a single point off the lead! Liverpool lose to Stoke who make it three in a row, while it is United's turn for a mini crisis as they only draw with Palace. Southampton capitalise on plenty of dropped points by beating Newcastle, while City and Norwich both pick up wins to keep their impressive form up. Guess what, yes! another draw for Swansea! who hold Tottenham.

Table​

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What a season it has been so far. Liverpool lead the way, followed closely by Arsenal, who were 9th just a month ago. Southampton lead the mini-battle between them, Leicester and Watford, while United have dropped out of the top four and are now just a single point ahead of City. Even Chelsea who have been under-performing are only two wins off of Champions league football. Stoke and Norwich have now pulled comfortably into mid-table and Swansea are off the bottom with their remarkable 12 draws!

League Cup​

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A really tasty looking final four left in the League Cup, as there is disappointment for the smaller teams.

Champions League​

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All four English teams qualify from the Champions League! Arsenal recover to top their group, as do United and City. Chelsea finish 2nd behind Roma.

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Some really tough draws for our sides in the knockout rounds, with Chelsea having to face Bayern, Arsenal being draw against Barcelona, Man City facing off against PSG and United with the easiest draw will face Wolfsburg.

Europa League​

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West Ham can only draw with Dnipro which means they dont make the cut, but Tottenham and Liverpool both complete the groups with perfect records, and Southampton comfortably make the cut.

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An excellent draw for Liverpool as they face Brugge, while Tottenham and Southampton have tough draws, facing Sporting and Fiorentina respectively.
Manager of the Month​

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Player of the Month​

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Young player of the Month​

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Game Save - will be included in transfer window opening.
 
5 games, 4 draws since i took over...

Was Van Bronckhorst already the new manager these games?
 
THE WINTER TRANSFER WINDOW IS NOW OPEN!​

The transfer window will run until this Sunday at 6PM GMT.

A second chance window will be open for a further 24 hours after this window.

Here is a reminder of the amount of transfers available to clubs in this window

C2C - Unlimited
C2C Loans - 2
Foreign - 2
Foreign Loan - 1
Domestic - 2
Domestic loan - 1
For U18 - 1
Free signings - 3

Players may be approached now on a pre-contract to sign on a free at the beginning of next season, the player will go to the club that make the highest wage offer, as with all transfers with multiple bidders.

TeamBalance
Arsenal- £13,500,000
Aston Villa- £1,700,000
Bournemouth- £7,800,000
Chelsea- £8,000,000
Crystal Palace- £2,700,000
Everton- £39,700,000
Leicester- £14,000,000
Liverpool- £55,600,000
Man City- £1,100,000
Man Utd- £68,000,000
Newcastle- £6,500,000
Norwich- £4,700,000
Southampton£7,600,000
Stoke- £1,300,000
Sunderland- £9,300,000
Swansea£6,500,000
Tottenham£51,000,000
Watford- £1,900,000
West Brom- £12,000,000
West Ham- £1,000,000

Game Save - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6YPiy4emMIHRU9USHc2X19aMGM/view?usp=sharing
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(I know a lot of clubs are in debt, pretty much every club!! however, I think.. most clubs have got tv rights money and sponsorship deals coming in, so you should all be fine!)

(Also, Swansea! Your manager change HAS happened, just not on this save file, so dont worry, its been done)
 
PM me about any Liverpool players and all that. Don't have a set transfer list, but I'm willing to listen offers :)
 
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Sam Allardyce sacked by Sunderland, Ronny Deila takes over

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John Cena has announced today that the Black Cats terminated Big Sam's contract after a bad start to the Premier League season, sitting in 18th after 20 games. The Tyne and Wear based club will have to pay Allardyce around 2.7 million to terminate his contract whilst they will bring in Ronny Deila from Celtic for a mere 260 000 pounds as he had 6 months left on his 10 000-pound-a-week contract at the Scottish club. With Sunderland's finances looking quite low, John Cena will probably need to look out for any potential sponsorship deals he could get but the Norwegian's appointment certainly seems like it could be a season-saving move for Sunderland.

 
If anyone wants anybody from Arsenal at all, don't be afraid to PM me! :)
 
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