IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME?!
This is the time of firsts. First clubs, first apps, first goals, first assists, first awards, first international call ups and so on.
Today we will see who are the first of the firsts.
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First we see that only 3 players haven't found a club by 31st of August. Interestingly only the unemployed have been called up for international duty. Probably because they are from Australia and don't have a lot of talent anyways. So they call up people who work part time as a teacher or a mechanic.
The only Russian was signed by Lokomotiv Moscow and is working on 9 € per week. That is even less what a cashier makes, seriously. But hey, theres good news also - at least it's in euros not rubles. More money for you Ivan, good for you.
The luckiest might be our dutch friends, both having joined Ajax, a club with, I dare say, the perfect youth facilities and system. It seems like they will be lifelong friendly enemies. Friends when representing their nation and club, but enemies when it comes to "who will get the top spot". Aru'un is already ahead of Telstar having made four appearances already for the first team. To be fair Telstar did join Ajax much later.
Then we have Christopher Burns. He is a child who has dreamed his whole life of playing for the great Rangers. Well it is a dream come true for our young friend, who has made a substitute appearance for the Rangers, playing with his heroes.
We can't forget about Hampus Silverholt. He has been first choice for striker position for the last six games in his club. He made his debut only 2 days after having joined Falkenbergs FF. He has scored a brace twice, but hat trick still seem too far away for him. Also Daniel Porter is Key Player in his club, having made 7 apps and scoring 4 goals.
And then we have the lucky bastards. The ******* who got signed for a great club on the first try: Hannibal Lecter (AC Milan, also his favourite club, I hate him), Shane Lawman (Liverpool), Brane Ormso (Leicester, actually don't know why I included him, it is a so-so club), Hugo Letellier (AS Monaco, they will probably sell him for 100 mil in 5 years or so), Hugo Caldeira (FC Porto, a great club where to grow) and of course I must include Ivan Ivanovich (Lokomotiv Mocow, with his huge wages, I'm almost jealous).
FIRST ONE TO FIND A CLUB - Derek Aru'un (Ajax), second one was Ivanovich - he was probably hungry and was offered 9 euros per week and he was like "9 euros, with that i could buy 6 potatoes instead of the 3 I steal every week."
FIRST ONE TO GET AN INJURY - Chris Ball (Bournemouth) - he is also the highest valued player, i guess the think highly of injury prone players there; too bad for Ritchie Andrews, who was 3 days too late.