Moneyball

Another upgrade to the facilities pushes completion back to September.

Pre-season will be in Portugal this year.



First time I've had this...

A few players who had no future at the club left

Right got a decent budget considering I only need one or two more players. Tom Cairney and Mateusz Taudul have already agreed to join. I definitely need a new striker and maybe a young left winger.

And so the bids start. They bid under his value so straight away it was turned down, he's my most versatile player. Taking everything into account including a 20% sell on fee I'd demand about £7 million before I sell him.

He's already asked for a new deal and is unhappy. My hand may be forced.

He requested a transfer so I offered him out for £8 million and got a fair bid from PSV that includes 45% of any profit made. He had a decent season but we've made a good profit after he cost the club £700k.

I already have Tom Cairney coming in as a replacement. Although he's not as versatile he's free younger and Scottish.

His contract is up at the end of the season so I'm tempted to cash in on the defender. I already have Sergio Gomez at the club who's more than a capable replacement.

He'll be off then..

Aresnal are also sniffing about...

This goes against signing players too early but he's a huge talent and will spend the season at Dundee Utd anyway.

I wasn't going to pay the £20k p/w he wanted and I'm sure I could get a cheap youngster to replace him as Sergi Gomez steps up.

I got Ryan Gauld from Dundee Utd, he's back on loan at them for the season and will join back up just in time to take over the reigns from Sammy.

Great signing in Cairney quality for Blackburn

Couldn't turn him down on a free!

Its all down to the player now, I had a £200k bid accepted along with Anderlecht. He'd make an excellent addition to the team and replace Efe Ambrose.

I have Mateusz Taudul coming in to be my back up keeper so I was able to offload Zlauska.

A controversial move selling my top goalscorer but I couldn't turn the bid down, I'm confident I can get a great replacement for a couple of million less.

I missed out in Milosevic after offering just £13k p/w but I always had a back up.



Didn't ask for this and will probably terminate it after a year.

I found the perfect replacement for Balde. Finnbogason netted goal every other game last year, I'm setting a target of 20 league goals for him this season. He cost the club £4 million and fits into the system very well.

Great signing there! Was always good against me when I was Ajax!

Aye he's who we should have went after in the summer in real life instead of the two donkeys we ended up with ha!

Hopefully next season we're climbing this list.

Young Tom Carroll adds much needed creativity to the middle of the park after Israelsson just didn't do it for us last season. He cost just £2 million and it shows I paid less than his value despite him being English.

He's the one player I didn't want to get any bids for. I think with his value to the squad it would take at least £10 million for me to let him leave.

Fletcher would be the perfect strike partner for Finnbogason. He's unhappy at Sunderland and transfer listed by request so he fits with the rule of signing players with personal problems.

Like I said every player has their price. He was a good player for us last season but I got a good offer for a 27 year old on £30k p/w after bonuses. I'll drop Commons down from the attacking mid spot to cover the left wing with Sammy.

I now have a deadly strike partnership. I don't see any reason why they shouldn't net 60/70 goals between them this season.

We'll pre-season was a disaster. Boerrigter was sold because the bid was good enough, he was one of the highest earners. I also have Samaras and Commons, both who are better and Ryan Gauld for next season.

Are you selling and making a profit pal? Some interesting moves. Fletcher should be a good acquisition at this level.