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January Update
Transfers
Players OUT
So the only two players going out were loans. Youngster Daryl Boons who looks very promising goes out on loan to Fortuna Sittard, hopefully he can get some Eredivisie playing time there, along with Cihat Celik who goes out on loan to Roda.
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Players IN
The first player to join us was youngster
Giancarlo Perez, the Costa Rican international had already agreed to join us in the summer. He will fit in to the 1st team and is currently 3rd choice CB. We lacked back up at Left Back, and then Javi Noblejas said he wanted to leave 'for Champions League football' -_- So we loaned
Cristian Cuevas from Chelsea. We play attacking Wing Backs, so he is a good fit. We then looked for a few more youngsters.
Juan Alejandro Ocampo will join us from Deportivo Cali for around 800k, and he looks a real talent. Hopefully we can nurture him into a top player for us. We then signed,
Franco Pereyra, the most exciting of the lot. This guy is the real deal. I am so happy we have managed to sign him. A few clubs wanted him on loan, but I wouldn't let him go as I think he is good enough for our first team straight away. The Uruguayan is a young Luis Suarez in the making! Can't wait to see how he ends up.
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It is worth noting as well that Franco Pererya has just won the Golden Boot for the U20 South American World Cup, with 8 goals! The award has been won by Neymar, Cavani, Adriano and Gabriel Barbosa..
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Results
21/1/17 / De Graafschap v Excelsior
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What a performance from us! We absolutely destroyed Excelsior from the first whistle. Cristian Cuevas made his debut because I benched Noblejas due to his off-field actions, and he scored 2 and got 2 assists! We were really good, apart from Borja Granero getting sent off again..
29/1/17 / Fortuna Sittard v De Graafschap
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We started the game really well, and won a penalty but van den Boomen missed it. We then missed a couple of real chances and the game was 0-0 at half time. We played with a real edgynous, and we just couldn't score. A really poor result, 2 points lost.
POTM
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After two really good performances, Kenneth Omerou is the POTM. He is developing well, but will have to fight for his place due to young Centre Backs we have coming through in Giancarlo Perez, Daryl Boons and Bertrand Moussa.
Eredivisie
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We are still top of the league, but we have dropped silly points and it may come back to haunt us. We should be at least 5 or 6 points clear, but we have failed to turn dominance into wins on numerous occasions. Ajax are coming!
Fixtures
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So after an emphatic home win and a poor away draw, we are loosing our grasp on 1st place. A huge month coming up, 4 wins would be brilliant for our title chances and really put pressure on the other teams.