Been a while since I've posted, so thought I'd put up an update seeing as my game's moved on about 3 years. The values of players seems a bit messes up too, as Santos isn't the highest valued even though it seems like he should be.
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Yucel Atalay (DMC) Age: 23. From: Mainz. Fee: £10.5M. Value: £9.75M. Just developed into the first team in the last couple of seasons. Combative defensive midfielder that breaks up play well.
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Dimitri Bourgeois (DC) Age: 20. From: RC Lens. Fee: £1.2M. Value: £4.8M. Young defender currently out on loan to Barcelona gaining first team experience. Great physical stats and a good prospect for the future.
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Buick (DR) Age: 28. From: Fluminense. Fee: £850K. Value: £22.5M. Value seems very high, but is a very consistent performer at full back. Initially an investment, but no other prospects at full back gave him his opportunity and he's held on to it.
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Claudio Carrara (ST) Age: 22. From: Inter Milan. Fee: £26M. Value: £19.25M. Still firing in the goals as the backup striker. Continued his brilliant development and loves the Champions League as a competition. Still not at Santos' level but he's certainly getting close. Great target man.
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Charles (AML) Age: 25. From: Enyimba. Fee: £50K. Value: £14.5M. Still the backup left winger, but his technical stats have improved especially. Great understudy and more than capable of taking the wide man berth when he needs to.
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Emanuel Effiong (AMR/C) Age: 30. From: Ajax. Fee: £14.5M. Value: £30M. Still the best all rounder in the squad in my eyes. Continues to provide so many goals and assists, it's hard to see when he's going to stop. Despite reaching 30, he's still easily one of the best members of the squad.
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Lex Frijters (AMC/ST) Age: 26. From: ADO Den Haag. Fee: £1.2M. Value: £25M. Was out on loan in my previous post, but now competes with Jules Meyer for the attacking midfielder spot. Definitely more of a goalscorer than Meyer and that's been very apparent this season.
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Armando Gentile (DMC) Age: 27. From: Inter Milan. Fee: £2.8M. Value: £32M. Still the little maestro of the team. Bad injury reduced his stats a bit, but he's been working back from that and seems to be back towards his best. Still loves a shot from distance too, and has taken up the captaincy recently too.
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Junior (DC) Age: 25. From: Atletico Paranaense. Fee: £1.5M. Value: £25.5M. Now taken up a stalwart position at centre half. Scored a good few goals over the last couple of seasons and is a dominant player in the air.
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Mohamed Kone (AML) Age: 28. From: Lyon. Fee: £4.8M. Value: £34.5M. Still a brilliant player on the wing that tears through defences seemingly at will. Got back to his goalscoring ways with this last season probably being his best so far. Had a bit of an injury so his stats might have reduced a tiny bit.
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Jakob Lund (DMC) Age: 22. From Brondy. Fee: Free. Value: £11M. Developing youngster who is on the fringe of the first team. Chipped in with a few good long range goals over the last couple of seasons. Good creative player with some good defensive performances too.
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Leandro Mendez (DC) Age: 28. From: Atlas. Fee: £10.5M. Value: £25M. Another one who's had a couple of niggling injuries, meaning he hasn't played as much as he previously had. Still a dominant defender and working his way back into the team well. Chipped in with a couple of goals too!
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Jules Meyer (AMC) Age: 26. From: Montpellier. Fee: £5.5M. Value: £19M. Frijters established himself as the form player in the back half of the season with the sheer amount of goals he scored, but Jules has still been a regular first teamer who's contributed a few goals himself and is still the more technical and creative of the two.
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Federico Redolfi (DC) Age: 25. From: Roma. Fee: £16.5M. Value: £26.5M. Redolfi has had a simply ridiculous season at centre half. He was the Premier League's leading goalscorer early on in the season and finished with 13 in the league. This has meant he's led the centre half partnership with Junior and taken over his set piece scoring mantle.
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Zoubir Rezig (DL) Age: 25. From: AS Monaco. Fee: £2.9M. Value: £31M. Another little maestro in the team who simply can't be dropped. Speed wise he might have lost a tiny bit, but he's still a quality player and looks like he'll hold the full back position for a very long time. Only scored a couple of goals, but he has chipped in with a good few assists at times!
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Ricardo Sanchez (DMC) Age: 25. From: Inter Milan. Fee: £4.7M. Value: £25.5M. Developed well at defensive midfield. His wheel doesn't really show how good a player he is - very combative and has a quality free kick on him.
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Santos (ST) Age: 27. From: Coritiba. Fee: £875K. Value: £29.5M. Well, what can I say? Simply an unreal striker. Goalscoring record hasn't stopped and he now has four consecutive seasons with over 30 goals, taking the golden boot as well. Value is low for some reason, but there really is no stopping Santos - still plenty of years left in him as well. Much more of a poacher than Carrara and it shows.
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Marc Taylor (GK) Age: 24. From: Southampton. Fee: £1.1M. Value: £6.5M. Now become the first choice goalkeeper with Joe Hart coming to the end of his career. Still young and developing but is a very good goalkeeper. Another where their wheel doesn't show their true value.
Overall, the team is still doing very well and now is fully consisting of newgens with Hart moving towards retirement, Crisetig leaving to go back to Inter for first team football and Hazard ageing. Still extremely happy with the squad and can't really fault it if I'm honest!