Summer Time
And so to the summer, 7m was what i was given by the board and a GK and a LB were priority,
Sebastian Saja-
View attachment 21427 38 and out of contract from Zaragoza, wanted 18k a week but Napoli and couple big names were interested in him so i count him as a bit of a coup, willdo lovely even for one season untill Bijlow gets back
Marvin Zeegalaar- Ok i broke my rule on this one because he is from Amsterdam and did come through Ajax but he was 250k (750 with add ons) and only 7k a week, plus we got him from Sporting so we are not dealing directly with them and he does'n't seem to have any attatchment to them
Joaquin Ardaiz- FREE-
View attachment 21425 Can't fail really only a 100k signing on fee and 4k a week, if he flops no big deal and if he exploads then he will make us rich, needs tutoring quick
Kasper Kusk-
View attachment 21424 I have always had my eye on this player, not exeptional but had very unique style and skill set, with my new 3412 the right wing or def wing and more a free role and this guy is a leftfooted right mid playmaker, so could be interesting, problem is Kuyt plays there, so does kardsrop and Van Ginkle and shuurman, but hes only 800k
Ferdi Kadiogu-
View attachment 21423 This was where i reached a bit of a cross roads, As much as i love my young bloods and believe in them, they are not quite what Ajax have, i want a supremely talented Dutch team and outside of Amsterdam there are only a handfull really out there, Mitchell Van Bergen would have been my dream summer signing but we are being quoted 16m so no chane of that, Ferdi on other hand was quoted at 6, so after a bit of negotiating we managed to thrash out 2.5 down rising to 8 on add ons.
So we were in a bit of a dilema, if we confirm both Kusk and Ferdi thats 4 out my 7m gone, and do we really need them, but then all our prayers were answered in the shape of rich mugs representing Paris, they wanted Rick Kardsdoorp and were willing to hand over 13.5m in straight cash, we played it cool and told them we would get back to them, put phone down then ordered a taxi to take Rick and familly straight to Rotterdam Airport on the 8*30 am flight to Paris, all the best lad
So now we are loaded and we can start looking at more quality to add,
View attachment 21416 Dario Bennedetto- Now this one may seem strange as we already had Jannsen who was performing outstandingly for us, but he is costing us a lot and he does't belong to us so there is no sell on and for a club like us we need to have an eye on money making as well as improving our side, sounds unromantic but we can't afford to be right now 15m in bank or not.
Ii made the decision to cancel Jannsens load (boosting another 4m to our budget btw) and going for this guy, 2.5 rising to 5 no sell ons and the add ons i always make difficult to hit and attribute wise he was just as good as jannsen plus alot quicker, 27 years old but i really like the look of him i think he will be the difference
Also to note we went for another dutch prospect in Thomas Buitink
View attachment 21412 3.5 rising to 7.5 but we can afford it, only snag is we will need to re train him as a inside right but along with Ferdi these 2 are class, i really want Van Bergen still and i may even just pay the ridiculous amount but we are doing well at the moment making smart decisions i don't want to blow it,,but i may because he is ****** good