Wolfsburg FC - The German Youth Challenge

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Wolfsburg

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Summer Transfer Window

July/August 2020

Season Expectations

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Players Out

So it was two London clubs who we secured big deals with as Tottenham pay around £17Million for Dongou whilst Arsenal signed right back Montoya for slightly less.
Both of them are former Barcelona trainees but i simply decided to cash in on them as i didnt see them playing much this season and their values would only rapidly decline through lack of game time.
The other big money transfer was Ramsey moving to Valencia for just under £10Million, i was happy with the fee but this was just as much about getting his 90k a week wages off our budget.
Were starting to get to the point in the save now were the regens come to the fore as i can sign so many decent youngsters for reasonable wages who are twice what some of my current players are.

Players In

So 4 players came in for slightly more than the £44Million we brought in from player sales this summer, I have a bit of a thing now for checking out players with a year left on their contracts and then snapping them up for a lot less than their real worth.
Here are my 4 new boys

Marc Bartra - DRC - Free

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Hes spent the past few seasons at Man City after joining from Bayern Munich but he refused a new deal and chose to sign with us. He is a better RB than Montoya and can cover at centre back hence why i let Montoya go.

Martin Scarrione - CM - £13Million

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He looks an amazing propsect and can probably do a job now, i let Ramsey go after i picked him up who in turn joined Valencia im guessing as this guys replacement, At £13Million you can see he was a steal but thats the big bonus when they only have 1 year left on their contract.

Giancarlo Albino - DC - £25.5Million

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He comes in from Bayer Leverkusen who by the way are managed by Pep Guardiola now as he had a good release clause compared to his value and he was seen by my scouts as better than all of my other defenders.

Richard Grant - GK - £7.75Million

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Zieler is refusing to sign a new deal after dropping out of the side last season so i needed a backup keeper and this guy looks good enough to fight for a starting berth, he is also yet another player signed with a year left on his contract.

Starting 11 and Tactic For New Season

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The regens are taking over! 4 in the starting 11 at the moment and 9 in the overall squad as we reach my favourite part of any save, a point in the game i struggle to reach a lot of times though.


Transfer History

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Wolfsburg

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August 2020

Despite 4 German Titles On The Bounce Were Still Only Joint Favourites With Bayern

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German Super Cup V Bayern

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Towering Spaniard Atienza was in fine form as we raced into a 4-0 lead but after i made a couple of subs it all went **** up and Bayern almost got back into the match after scoring 3 goals and then having a whole host of chances to get a 4th.

Champions League Group Drawn

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A very easy group draw for us as we get Sporting, PSV and Lyon but we are ranked the second best team in Europe at the moment so everyone should be easy at this stage.

August Fixtures

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So after the Cup win we started the league campaign off with a poor draw against Schalke before winning our next 3 league matches without any problems with last seasons top goalscorer Abdi looking to carry his goalscoring into this season having scored in 5 of our opening 6 matches.

League Table

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Player Stats

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Wolfsburg

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September 2020

Ledson out for a Month

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September Fixtures

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Besides from the draw with Bayern we win our other 5 matches including our first two Champions League group games of the new season.
Atienza has been in fine form so far this season and managed 4 goals alone in the 6-1 romping of Sporting.

League Table

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Hertha Berlin are the surprise package up in 2nd place at the moment whilst its lovely to see Bayern struggling down in mid table obscurity after losing twice already this season.

Player Stats

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4 of the top 5 players in the highest average rating chart whilst Barkley is the surprise name in the race for the Golden Boot with 5 league goals so far this season.

 
Wolfsburg

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October 2020

We Break Our Attendance Record And Its Not Even Our Stadium!

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October Fixtures

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4 easy wins in the league this month in the league whilst we also beat Lyon in the Champions League comfortably too. I wasnt overly impressed with our recent performances with the tactic so have reverted to my Arrigo Sachii tactic from some of my old saves like Limerick and Dundee United and it seems to have worked a treat especially for young Brazilian striker Jef who has been Unbelievable in recent matches.

League Table

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5 points clear of second placed Dortmund after only 11 games and Bayern are back down in 5th place struggling again with Leverkusen and Schalke looking good too in recent matches.

Player Stats

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We have Abdi and Barkely in the top 5 for the race for the Golden Boot whilst Draxler tops the assists chart and we have 4 of the top 5 players in the highest average rating charts.


 
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Wolfsburg

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November 2020

28 year old Swiss Left Back Ricardo Rodriguez Becomes Wolfsburg's Record League Appearance Holder

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November Fixtures

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3 wins in the league and 2 in the Champions League as we continue our impressive form and Qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League with 2 games to spare.
We did have a bit of an injury scare as were not laden with strikers in our squad because we usually only play 1 upfront but after changing the tactic to two we then had small injuries to Jef and Atienza which left us with a makeshift strikeforce of midfielder Gotze and 18 year old Rohlwing.

League Table

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As the league starts to get back to normal we are 7 points clear of second placed Schalke with Bayern moving up to 4th and recent surprise package Hertha Berlin dropping down into 6th.


Player Stats

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Draxler tops the assists chart whilst Abdi is up to second place in the race for the Golden Boot despite being a right winger!


 
Wolfsburg

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December 2020

Champions League Group Table

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So we ended the Group stage with a perfect 6 from 6 record scoring 20 goals and only conceding 3 as we look to win the Champions League for the second time.

Champions League 1st Knockout Rnd Draw

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I would say thats a pretty good draw for us as we avoid all of the big teams with the likes of Real Madrid and Monaco coming second in their groups potential banana skins.

December Fixtures

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I played my second string in the last group game and Gotze easily smashed in a hattrick whilst we struggled in a bore draw with Gladbach as were still without our 2 main strikers.
Atienza came back in the next game as we won 3 matches on the bounce including thrashing Hertha Berlin 6-1 in the league with Abdi in fine form.

League Table

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8 points clear at the top but Schalke do have a game in hand but look at the goal difference! Ours is twice as good as Schalkes.

Player Stats

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Abdi tops the Golden Boot chart as we head into the new year whilst Draxler is in his rightful place at the top of the assists charts, I know we all talk about goalscoring records but since Draxler joined he has 166 assists in all competitions.

 
Wolfsburg

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January 2020
Winter Transfer Window + Awards

Abdi Wins World Golden Ball

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Abdi Named World Player of the Year

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2 Wolfsburg Players In Team of the Year + 2 On The Bench

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Winter Transfers

So there was only one player in and one out. Zieler was refusing to sign a new deal for well over a year and is now our 3rd choice keeper because of it so i was glad to get £3.5Million for him.
The only player to come in was a young English striker from Man City who i got on the cheap as he only had 6 months left on his contract and he looks well worth his transfer fee!

Ashley Murphy - ST - £1.7Million

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Transfer History

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What's Abdi look like nowadays? He's killing it from that position!
 
Crazy that his finishing is only 10 and he gets so many goals. Imagine if that was higher - he'd be lethal. Do you think it's the high composure that helps him convert chances?
 
Crazy that his finishing is only 10 and he gets so many goals. Imagine if that was higher - he'd be lethal. Do you think it's the high composure that helps him convert chances?
He was on a bit of a run goalwise at that time because as you can see since my last update in december and that screenshot in april he only has 1 league goal
 
Wolfsburg

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January 2021

Finally Lose In The League After 51 Match Unbeaten Run

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Jan Fixtures

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Pep Guardiola's Leverkusen break our massive league unbeaten run but it doesnt take long for us to get back on track and hopefully start another unbeaten run with Draxler scoring both goals against Dusseldorf.

League Table

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So were only 2 points clear of second place Schalke but we do have a game in hand with Bayern slipping down to 3rd place.

Player Stats

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Abdi tops the goalscoring chart, average rating chart and most man of the match charts whilst Draxler tops the assists chart.​
 
Wolfsburg

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February 2021

Champions League 1st Knockout rnd

1st Leg V Valencia - Away

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Atienza was obviously happy to be back home in Spain as he knocks in a couple of good goals to put us in a very decent position for the second leg thanks to the away goals.

Feb Fixtures

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We had a very busy month with 7 wins from 8 as we started the month with a comfortable Cup Win against Rostock before rattling off 4 league wins in a row including an impressive win over Bayern but it all meant nothing as we soon lost to Schalke in the next league match.
We ended the month with a comfortable win against Freiburg with some of our backuip players getting game time with recent signing Murphy grabbing a hattrick.

League Table

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Everyone is all evened up now having played 25 games each and despite Schalke beating us there still 7 points behind us with Bayern a further point off them in 3rd place.

Player Stats

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Draxler and Abdi are good at everything - nuff said.​
 
Wolfsburg

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March 2021

Gabellini Out For 6 Weeks

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Break Our Record Attendance Again This Season

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Champions League 1st Knockout rnd

2nd Leg V Valencia - Home

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Well we went a goal down earlier on in this one but after i gave them a rollicking at half time they came out a changed team and Spaniard Atienza netted a quick hattrick with Jef getting a goal too.

Champions League Quarter Final Draw

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Not a bad draw in getting Chelsea, its nice to see a fellow German side still left even if it is Bayern whilst the big surprise is surely Lyon who we thrashed 3-0 and 4-0 in the group stages.

March Fixtures

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So domestically it was much quieter this month as we drew our first game against Hannover before nicking a win against Dortmund and ending the month with a demolition of Koln with Atienza getting his second hattrick of the month.

League Table

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6 points clear of second placed Bayern with 6 games to go and it looks like our 5th league title in a row is on its way.

Player Stats

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Abdi has plummeted down the Golden Boot chart having not scored in the league for months.​
 
Wolfsburg

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April 2021

400th Game In Charge Of Wolfsburg

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Champions League Quarter Finals

1st Leg V Chelsea - Away

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A comfortable 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge with Abdi in fine form with the man of the match performance and 2 goals to go with it.

2nd Leg V Chelsea - Home

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Chelsea took an early lead but we soon hit back with 2 goals in just over a minute before they managed to equalize before the break. It ended a draw with Abdi getting the man of the match again and us making the Semi Finals with a 5-3 on aggregate win.

Champions League Semi Final Draw

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We avoided Barcelona but have instead got Moneybags Monaco who have practically every decent regen under the sun.

Champions League Semi Final

1st Leg V Monaco - Away

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An impressive 2-1 win away from home thanks to Captain Doria getting a late winner, Their strikers Fredinho and Wilks are pretty much touted as the best two strikers in the World at the moment by my scouts.

2nd Leg V Monaco - Home

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Another European night when the Worlds Best Player Abdi makes the difference and you will never guess that we will be facing Lyon in the Final. A team we beat comfortably in the group stages this season!

Draxler Breaks Champions League Assists Record

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April Fixtures

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So domestically we win 3 out of 4 games as we thrash Werder Bremen before losing out to a late goal against Kaiserlauten.

League Table

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5 points clear of second place Bayern with only 2 games to go.

Player Stats

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After a recent flurry of goals Atienza has found himself on the Golden Boot list whilst Abdi hasnt scored for months.​
 
Can I have a screen of the club finances? Must be insane with those huge budgets. Great stuff by the way here, a real gem of a story.
 
Can I have a screen of the club finances? Must be insane with those huge budgets. Great stuff by the way here, a real gem of a story.

Here you go mate, as you can see we are projected to be making Hundreds of Millions for years to come, we make £50 odd Million in shirt sales alone

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Definitely, especially the top one... I'm still stuck with the lumbering 'Bafetimbi Gomis' :(.
 
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