Preseason 4
Transfers Out
Again we looked to shift some players out to make cash so we could bring in players more suited to what we're wanting to build here/
Newcastle came in and spent over £110m on two of our players and we made a huge profit off of both Kamara who we signed on a free transfer and Zakharyan who only cost us £12m. Both were first team players but I wanted to make way for British players of the same quality. The other big mover was Olise and I couldn't stand in his way as PSG came in for him with a bid of £70m when he only cost us £17m. He also had a clause in his contract that he would be on over £200k after 5 international appearances and was sitting on 3 so was happy to shift him before he hit that.
Transfers In
We've made a total of 4 signings so far who can all add real quality to the team.
Fikayo Tomori
With Kamara going it was important to bring in a leading English CB so we signed Tomori from AC Milan for £60m. He's a current England international and will slot in nicely.
Jack Grealish
The club icon returns. He was fed up of not getting enough game time at Manchester City so we spend £50m for him to return to the club and we'll make sure he now finishes his career here as well. We did have to make him our highest paid player to get him back.
Kieran Tierney
We break our transfer record to go and sign a world class LB from Arsenal who are struggling at the moment as we spend £85m and hopefully he'll be worth every penny and stay at the club for a good few years.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin
He was transfer listed by Everton for £31m so it was daft not to go and bring him in to play 2nd fiddle to Adeyemi but he can also play down the wings as well so will get plenty of game time over the season. We even managed to beat PSG to his signature so it shows the pulling power we are starting to attract.
Expectations
Nothing out of the ordinary here and no real changes from last season either. I do expect us to finish in the top 4 again and hopefully we can get past the 3rd round of the FA cup since we haven't managed it the last 2 seasons.
Youth Player Promoted
I have decided to promote Kerr Smith from the reserves this season
He made his Scotland debut over the summer to show how far he's come. He has spent the last couple of seasons out on loan first at Oxford in League 1 and then in the Championship with Cardiff last season where he made 27 starts.
Friendlies
Not the best start losing against Celtic but at least we stepped it up once the fitness came back and we even manged a good draw against Bayern.
August
Not the best start having to play Liverpool in the first game and then Newcastle is slowly becoming a force as well especially since we keep selling them players.