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I got him to sign for Aberdeen but we were in Europe! Getting him to Wrexham is a great coup. I sold him to Saudi Arabia after a season as he dropped off a bit and I had money to get some new people in.

Out of genuine interest, having spent and received quite a lot of money and still playing in the Premier League, what exactly makes Forest's finances SO bad that the save cannot possibly be continued?

Not quite sure how Tottenham thought he'd somehow improve their squad. He became the most expensive Macedonian player of all time and our record sale on the 24th of January 2026, and then by the 18th March he's played once. As a sub. I shifted most of it into wage budget and I have three Man City players coming in on frees. Taylor Harwood-Belis, James McAtee and Liam Delap will arrive in the summer. Along with Matthias Braunöder from Austria Wien, PSG were sniffing around but we got in there first. Lazar Samardžić from Udinese will join on a free too, along with Lucas Román from Barcelona and Junior Kroupi from Lorient. Scouts doing their jobs around Europe finding the players out of contract. I'll probably have to move on a number of players in the summer, especially since most of those players are midfielders. But since most are on loan or out of contract at the end of the season I don't see much of an issue. Top of the league again, into the last 16 of the CL, having beaten Lazio 3-1 on aggregate. All going well.

I signed Jewison Bennette on loan in my first season at Aberdeen and he had an incredible season 31(1) apps, 7 goals, 11 assists, 5 POM and a 7.24 AV R. I wanted to sign him permanently but they'd just given him a bumper new contract at the time I eventually got enough money to put together a bid. After a season back at Sunderland he's gone to Norwich for £10.75m. So he's a great prospect!

Potential banana skin. De Zerbi's off to Juventus. I attended the interview, acted like a prima donna expecting them to laugh me out the door but then they offered me the job anyway. Think I'll turn it down but it was tempting. Brighton are an exciting young team.

Last 16 of the Champions League and comfortably winners of the league with an unbeaten season. That saw our player values rocket up. Against perhaps better judgement I decided to renew Toni Kroos' contract for another year even though he's now 35 and only 3 stars. But we signed Elia Caprile for his agreed price of £8.5m along with the most eccentric goalkeeper in the world Moisés Ramirez to be his backup. Then it was on with getting rid of the players I don't need anymore. Greg Taylor as per usual was released by Celtic on a free. But this year he looks a lot better than on previous versions, so he'll do as a backup. So Max Lowe is off to Saudi for £10.75m. Quite the swap. On the right back front Joshua Brenet was good for a free, but he's 31 and when the Saudis come calling you can't ignore it. £6.75m for him. Last out so far (not even 1st July yet) is going to be Daniel Jebbison. He ended up being third choice striker behind Toklomati and Miovski (Miovski was even second top scorer in the CL). So he's going to Germany for £4.5m. And with those arranged it's all about trying to make sure we don't rely on loans too much anymore (Mainoo is back for a third year, he completes this year he becomes home grown at Aberdeen and if we get enough money we can go after him and that's a no brainer) and so the two players I've made priorities: Neither will be starters. But at least the worry over homegrown players should be a lot easier to cope with. EDIT: Forgot to mention, Luka Topalovic. £1m from Domzale start of second season, just turned 18. 44 games total, 19 goals, 9 assists, 7 POM, av rating of 7.41. 17th place in NXTGen. He should be everyone's go to signing.

Controversial coach arrival? Perhaps.... But I thought it'd be funny.

Yeah I sold Duk for 10.5m in Jan and even though you only get to keep 50% (Benfica have a 50% of next transfer fee) I asked the board for more money on top of that and they gave it to me. Just plowed it into all the players I've seen in YouTube videos about the best/cheapest players to sign. Also sold Clarkson on deadline day to Southampton for £10m (Liverpool got 25% of that too). No brainer really. He wasn't going to play ahead of Mainoo or Kroos. Been an unbeaten start to the new season so far. Some big wins, including two Champions League wins, they are our easiest fixtures of the lot though. Was glad to beat Kobenhavn as they beat us to signing Morten Frendrup for only £10m on deadline day.

Aberdeen starting 11 going into season 2. Having won the league on the last day of the season last year. Still some tweaks to the team to be made. Loan deals etc. But a strong team I think. Elia Caprille, Jesse Lingard and Toni Kroos in Aberdeen is fun.

Just started second season with Aberdeen, signed Toni Kroos on £17.25k a week. Already gone into the dream eleven. Yeah he's 34. But he's WAY too good to be playing in the Scottish Prem.