The Mercenary Challenge: Becoming the richest manager in world football. A re-do.

We have injuries piling up, just like I mentioned in one of my previous posts so that is happening again. It is a shame. However we got a draw against Bayern Munich II and we lost one of our league games.

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We won two games back to back and went to 2nd place. Danilo Lima went to Vitesse for 850k pounds. We need to continue this form so that we can potentially challenge for the title.

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We have a result in the U23 International Cup and we also drew in one of the league games. A second division Croatian side offered me a job interview called Dugopolje. We are on the cusp of challenging for the league but we need to show more consistency.

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INJURIES, INJURIES, INJURIES. That's all I am going to say. On that similarity alone, we are like Wenger's Arsenal.

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I asked for a new contract with higher wages to stay at SLB B, but the board declined it. So I started applying for new jobs. I got an interview with Millwall in the Championship. That went okay, so let's see if they offer me good enough wages so that maybe I consider joining the club. We are doing okay in the league, better than last season. Also Rickson has gone to Colorado in the MLS for 900k pounds. We have signed Marcos Parana on loan from Gremio in Brazil.

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Rayan Cordier and Mussa Bakari have gone on loan to SonderjyskE and Alverca respectively. We have also got a couple of injuries and we are on a bad run of form. We have also been offered the Albania Under 19's role but I declined it.

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Junior Cesar Cardozo has joined SLB B on loan from Santos. Jerfeson has joined on loan from Corinthians in Brazil. Nelson Mane has gone on loan to Getafe. Our wretched run of form continues.

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Venancio Trinidade went on loan to Vitesse in Netherlands. Johnny Montero has joined SLB B on loan from Mafra and Joao Cabral moved on loan to SLB B from Sporting B.

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We have signed Denilson Hernanes on loan from CEC in Brazil and we also brought in Rodrigao on loan from COR in Brazil. Braima Mane went on loan to Santa Clara. Also we signed a player called Helder Vasco on a free transfer.

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So our poor run of form continues and we have a board meeting. We need 7 points in the next 5 games to stay in our job. Also Paulo Soares joined SLB B on loan from Real in Portugal.

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Our form has started to improve however we still need 2 points from the next 2 games to reach the points target. It is a matter of tight margins so we need to do well.

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We did not make it to the points target required. We got 6 points from 5 games instead of 7. So now I have been sacked by SLB B (Benfica's B team) after nearly 21 months in charge. It is the longest period of time I have stayed in a club so far in the save. We end our journey at SLB B with a 31% win rate, since the whole objective at the club is to blood in youngsters and giving them experience. We leave SLB B in 11th place in the Portuguese Second Division with 35 points in 27 games this season. So now I have applied for jobs at many different clubs and/or countries so I hope I can find a club that pays me more than 11.25k pounds per week, since the aim is to get richer. Our longest spell in this save maybe can help me land a job like that. So I am hoping that is the case.

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I have received a number of job interviews after my sacking at Benfica B, I also got a few job offers but I declined them all because of the wages on offer.

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I am continuing to decline job offers because of the wages on offer. It will be interesting to see which team comes in and hires me as their new manager.

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I have got a lot of job offers but the wages don't match or exceed what I earned at SLB B. I sound like a broken record but that's exactly what it is now.

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It is that time of the year again. It is 1st of July. And we are going to have a look at the managerial rich list. Top of the list is Antonio Conte at Inter earning 300k pounds per week. 2nd on the list is Jurgen Klopp at Real Madrid earning 175k pounds per week. And 3rd on the list is Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool earning 160k pounds per week. Under Conte last season, Inter won Serie A and the Champions League, they lost the Italian Cup final to Juventus. Under Klopp last season, Real Madrid came 3rd in La Liga, got knocked out in the Champions League quarter final against Chelsea and got knocked out in the fifth round of the Spanish Cup against Sporting Gijon. Under Rodgers last season, Liverpool won the Premier League, they also won the European Super Cup against Juventus, they got knocked out in the Carabao Cup 4th round against Rochdale, they got knocked out in the FA Cup fourth round replay against Chelsea and they got knocked out in the Champions League quarter final against Inter.

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Italy won the 2032 European Football Championship and Brazil won the 2032 Copa America. I also got a couple of job offers from a couple of clubs but I turned them down because of the wages on offer.

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Still not taking any job yet because the clubs have not matched my wage demands. I need to be earning 11.25k pounds or more for me to choose my next club or country to manage.

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