Hi! This is my second attempt at a story here after trying a PSG youth story in a similar vein to Sam91's Chelsea story, however I got sacked in January, despite being top of the league and topping my champions league group, because I lost in cup...
So here it is and I have chosen sc Heerenveen!
I'm aiming to do either monthly or bi-monthly updates, I haven't decided which yet.
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On July 1st 2012, Marco van Basten decided to resign from his role of manager at Heerenveen due to what he complained was 'insufficient backing from the board' after being given a transfer budget of £2.6m and being told that in a year one of his star players, Filip Djuricic, shall be leaving to join Benfica. Heerenveen decided that this was the time to try something new then and hired little known Mexican manager Mason Alvarez.
Alvarez, only 25 years old, steps into his new job, his first real managerial job, seemingly full of capabilities having qualified with high marks on all his coaching courses and bringing some experience from his work as the U20 manager at his childhood team Chivas. Alvarez himself is a former player like his predecessor however his career was tragically cut short when he joined Porto 5 years ago and within 2 weeks was struck on the thigh with a full power Hulk free kick, which instantly shattered his bone and forced him to retire as it would never recover properly. Upon receiving the opportunity Alvarez had this to say:
"I am delighted to be hired here at Heerenveen, it really is a dream come true to be able to make my first step into management with a team with such a rich history for developing young players. I aim to continue this tradition and bring Heerenveen, and the Dutch league, back to where it belongs, the top of European football"
Upon his arrival, Alvarez quickly set out 3 players already at Heerenveen who he believed would be his team's stars for the forthcoming season:
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"Jeffrey is a fantastic young defender who I believe has the capabilities to be a future regular within the Dutch national team, I believe he is already one of the finest defenders in the league and shall be looking for him to lead our defence in this season"
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"Although Alfread has just arrived here it has already become clear to me that he is a deadly finisher of the ball and I'm looking for him to lead the line for us this season in a similar way to which he did at his previous clubs"
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"Despite the fact that Filip will be leaving next summer, I believe he still has a major role to play in our team for the following season. He is a brilliant passer of the pall and has unbelievable technique for someone so young, I think he can propel us to a fine league position in his final season here"
Since his appointment at Heerenveen, 22 days have passed and Heerenveen have played their only friendly of the summer against Anderlecht, as well as this. 3 players have been brought in, 3 have left and Alvarez has finally displayed what his tactics for the forthcoming season shall be:
sc Heerenveen 1 - 1 Anderlecht
Finnbogason
A decent start against a team in the Champions League for the forthcoming season, can't have any complaints really as position by position they are probably stronger than us.
Here's my 3 signings:
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Really happy I managed to get Jali to agree to join Heerenveen, really suprised as well to be honest as PSV were sniffing around him too. He'll go straight into the first team (obviously) as he is by far our best deep-lying playmaker. Only cost £2.5m too!
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He didn't want to join at first but with some gentle persuasion I managed to bring in Uzochukwu from Danish side FC Midtyland (close enough). Again he goes straight into the first team as a Ball-winning midfielder. Another cheap signing at £1.6m
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Finally there's Ricardo Centurion who's come in on loan from Racing Club in Argentina, I have the option to make it permanent after the season for £3m but I think I'll see how he develops first before making a decision, probably around March next year I'll make my final decision.
Below is my overall transfers for the window so far, there's still one or two more players I'm looking at but most of my major targets (Willems and Maher are the major two) won't want to join us for a couple of years atleast.
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Here's the tactic I'm using too:
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This is a pretty standard formation that I use in most of my saves, occasionally I'll make it a 4-2-3-1 by pushing one of the centre mids upto CAM or put one of them back to being a CDM but I think I'll stick with it like this this time. I've decided to go for BPDs too as I hope it will help us play good football from the back forwards however if this doesn't work out I'll just swap them back to normal CBs.
In the Europa League 3rd qualifying round we have been drawn against Olympija of Slovenia and we have VVV-Venlo to start off our league season soon too.
Next update will be August and possibly December. Thanks for reading!
So here it is and I have chosen sc Heerenveen!
I'm aiming to do either monthly or bi-monthly updates, I haven't decided which yet.
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On July 1st 2012, Marco van Basten decided to resign from his role of manager at Heerenveen due to what he complained was 'insufficient backing from the board' after being given a transfer budget of £2.6m and being told that in a year one of his star players, Filip Djuricic, shall be leaving to join Benfica. Heerenveen decided that this was the time to try something new then and hired little known Mexican manager Mason Alvarez.
Alvarez, only 25 years old, steps into his new job, his first real managerial job, seemingly full of capabilities having qualified with high marks on all his coaching courses and bringing some experience from his work as the U20 manager at his childhood team Chivas. Alvarez himself is a former player like his predecessor however his career was tragically cut short when he joined Porto 5 years ago and within 2 weeks was struck on the thigh with a full power Hulk free kick, which instantly shattered his bone and forced him to retire as it would never recover properly. Upon receiving the opportunity Alvarez had this to say:
"I am delighted to be hired here at Heerenveen, it really is a dream come true to be able to make my first step into management with a team with such a rich history for developing young players. I aim to continue this tradition and bring Heerenveen, and the Dutch league, back to where it belongs, the top of European football"
Upon his arrival, Alvarez quickly set out 3 players already at Heerenveen who he believed would be his team's stars for the forthcoming season:
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"Jeffrey is a fantastic young defender who I believe has the capabilities to be a future regular within the Dutch national team, I believe he is already one of the finest defenders in the league and shall be looking for him to lead our defence in this season"
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"Although Alfread has just arrived here it has already become clear to me that he is a deadly finisher of the ball and I'm looking for him to lead the line for us this season in a similar way to which he did at his previous clubs"
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"Despite the fact that Filip will be leaving next summer, I believe he still has a major role to play in our team for the following season. He is a brilliant passer of the pall and has unbelievable technique for someone so young, I think he can propel us to a fine league position in his final season here"
Since his appointment at Heerenveen, 22 days have passed and Heerenveen have played their only friendly of the summer against Anderlecht, as well as this. 3 players have been brought in, 3 have left and Alvarez has finally displayed what his tactics for the forthcoming season shall be:
sc Heerenveen 1 - 1 Anderlecht
Finnbogason
A decent start against a team in the Champions League for the forthcoming season, can't have any complaints really as position by position they are probably stronger than us.
Here's my 3 signings:
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Really happy I managed to get Jali to agree to join Heerenveen, really suprised as well to be honest as PSV were sniffing around him too. He'll go straight into the first team (obviously) as he is by far our best deep-lying playmaker. Only cost £2.5m too!
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He didn't want to join at first but with some gentle persuasion I managed to bring in Uzochukwu from Danish side FC Midtyland (close enough). Again he goes straight into the first team as a Ball-winning midfielder. Another cheap signing at £1.6m
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Finally there's Ricardo Centurion who's come in on loan from Racing Club in Argentina, I have the option to make it permanent after the season for £3m but I think I'll see how he develops first before making a decision, probably around March next year I'll make my final decision.
Below is my overall transfers for the window so far, there's still one or two more players I'm looking at but most of my major targets (Willems and Maher are the major two) won't want to join us for a couple of years atleast.
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Here's the tactic I'm using too:
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This is a pretty standard formation that I use in most of my saves, occasionally I'll make it a 4-2-3-1 by pushing one of the centre mids upto CAM or put one of them back to being a CDM but I think I'll stick with it like this this time. I've decided to go for BPDs too as I hope it will help us play good football from the back forwards however if this doesn't work out I'll just swap them back to normal CBs.
In the Europa League 3rd qualifying round we have been drawn against Olympija of Slovenia and we have VVV-Venlo to start off our league season soon too.
Next update will be August and possibly December. Thanks for reading!
