Gloria al Sammarinese...and myself

Decent, yet short, preseason




In:
Lucianinho is a solid 21 y.o. versatile Brazilian, no fee equals I want, loaned him to the lower league Illichivets in the Ukraine to give him a year to adjust to the climate of Eastern Europe. Kharchenko is a highly touted 15 y.o. Ukrainian midfielder, doing a little poaching of the lesser Ukrainian youth systems, a tried and true formula. Lucas is a very highly touted 19 y.o. Brazilian midfielder, I paid a good bit for him , so I want him to get maximum playing time which he may not have [yet] for me, so I loaned him to Celta Vigo in Spain. Claudio Báez is a very highly touted 19 y.o. Argentinian attacking player, will certainly become a solid rotational player here even at his young age. Ivan Momot is just a decent rotational Ukrainian midfielder, more defensive minded, just to add some Ukrainian depth to the squad; poached him from relegated Obolon so he went for pretty cheap. Jun'ichi Sasaki is an amazing attacking Japanese player who will jump right into the starting line-up for me. Du is an amazing 18 y.o. defensive minded Brazilian midfielder who will also jump right into the rotation despite his young age. Ciacci is the 20 y.o. future of the Sammarinese front line, you all know him

Out:
Let a ton of 33+ year olds go in Oscar, Insua(retired), Fred(retired), Milik(retired), Hamid, Lemina(retired). Montealegre is a 4.5 potential attacking player, so I want him to get maximum playing time a la out on loan. A bunch of other loans and then the big one, sold Bukharov, the god himself, for a price I couldn't turn down; I had been declining interests from PSG and Monaco but after multiple declines he wanted the chance to talk to the rich boys and leave the Ukraine, so I let him.



Something neat from the transfers I've made thus far

Damn. oh well.

Nah, I'm good.



With de Boer taking the PSG job, his position at Dortmund opened up. A chance to immediately reconnect with Bukharov! yes please, I will attend.

Dammit. Well, it's not like I'm stuck with a garbage team

Slow start to the season, need to get the wheels turning.



Too early to judge anything. Not worried.




These are just the transfers since the last update with updated total spent/earned.

In:
Nicolás Soria is a proven top league player who wanted out of Manchester; an Argentinian attacker that despite being 30 y.o. is still an amazing player and with Bukharov's departure, I wanted to bring in a proven goalscorer that could slot directly in.

Out:
Loaned some youngsters.

Super Cup again

More silverware!!!

Knew he would slot right in

Man have we got the wheels turning

All win month, love it.



Easy to be on top when you win every game haha



ugh ominous group. Hope we can sneak 2nd




Well there were no more transfers in after Soria. However still a lot of movement out of the club and this is the final updated total transfer earned from player sales. A positive net spend

Out:
Loaned some youngsters. The offers for Klimakov and Célio were too good to turn down, so I thought I'd cash in. Torrejón was old and making too much per week and I just wanted him out.

Meh. Poor performance.



Something lulzy prior to the Sweden match



Hey 1-6 away in Spain is a positive for me! We scored against the mighty Spain with the Sammarinese and only lost by 5 goals!

Great start to the league season pal!

Right on man!

Continuing our stunning form from last season



Feels good to finally be winning some things!




Would ya look at that! Setting ourselves up nicely to get out of the group!




Brought in a bunch of clubless Sammarinese who had at least a couple international caps.

A competitive point!!!! I don't even care that we played against 10 men for 86 minutes! A competitive point!!!



Ugh Starting keeper Guidi and Gobbi both got injured in training before this game, so we went in severely lacking on the defensive side of the pitch, and it certainly showed ugh awful

Didn't expect Georgia to be better that Spain... One point against Montenegro is not too shabby!

And, cruising with Shakhtar. As expected in the league, but also in the CL!

Another great month with shakhtar and brilliant in the CL!

Dominating the league Cracking start to your Champions League group.

Nothing new here, Schahkthar dominating without a problem

Congrats on the competitive point. A positive start to your World Cup qualifying campaign.

You and me both man haha Def glad for the point against Montenegro! Shakhtar are easy mode in the Ukraine but the CL has been a pleasant surprise.



Thanks Dan-O!



Johno man, appreciate it!




Agree haha One of the reasons I was skeptical on taking the job because of the lack of challenge haha



Thanks man! San Marino on the board!

Another undefeated month An 8 goal thriller at home against Juve!

Continuing to wreck domestically.



Consecutive titles is not even hard at this point




Have to stay on our toes but looking like we'll make it out of the group!



...Why? haha I mean I would probably only invest in Homegrown players at this point, and the two best Ukrainian players are a god on Liverpool and Bukharov who I just sold.

UGHHHH deserved more from this bloodbath in Moldova. The penalty was never one at all, and we couldn't even capitalize on almost a whole half playing against 10 men.



A WIN! A Friendly win, but a Sammarinese victory AWAY nonetheless!

Super month in the league and great to see another SM victory!!

Thanks Dan! Always awesome to see a Sammarinese victory!

P.S. any way you could delete that double post OP post?

Solid month!

Juventus handed us our first defeat of the season, but we gave a good account of ourselves in Turin.

Two solid league victories followed the Juve game.

An annoying home draw at home against Monaco which left us in 2nd place in the Champion's league and needing a solid win away in Greece as well as hoping that Monaco could nick a home victory against Juve for us to obtain that 1st position in the group.

Lucky to win 1-0 at home against Dnipro even though we dominated the game. Left it late through the Ecuadorian substitute midfielder Darwin.

Needed a victory away in Greece at Olympiakos to ensure we would at least get 2nd in the group. Following a tough game where we couldn't finish our chances, 2 of our 3 subs, with the other being Sasaki who assisted 2, scored the 3 vital goals to at least send us though in 2nd in the group.



Easy mode in the Ukraine with Shakhtar.




HEY-O! Monaco were able to beat Juve at home on the final matchday sending us through in first and actually Monaco knocked out Juve with that game and thus they came through in 2nd.




The Sammarinese ranks in the Ukraine are rising in Donetsk

They're 13th in La Liga....nah I'm good

12th in La Liga



11th in Serie A

This one was definitely a tough interview to turn down, but I like the team/board/finances/prospects here in Donetsk.

Should definitely advance to the next round of the Champion's League.

Good job turning those offers down, and a great draw in the CL it must be said

Haha they weren't too tough. Certainly is!

Also, thanks for deleting that post mate