Lisandro Lopez Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Yeah Bastos has been average so far for me (hence why I asked), abit of a combination between him still adapting and finding the right mix for him. Pjanić though is averaging over eight for me, he's awesome from the start in the AMC role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Did you see my edits on the previous post? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 No, just have. One free kick though, needs to perform better overall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 TBH Bastos & Pjanic have been set up to bang in crosses for Lopez, which is working well. I then have Toulalan & VDV breaking from midfield to support Lopez and pick up any scraps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtuck01 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I'm getting all jealous reading about how you are all doing in your full saves with Lyon, whereas I'm still just on't demo Anyway, I see in the squad analysis on page one that it is recommended that another leftback be signed to be back-up for Aly Cissokho.......................I instead would recommend retraining Anthony Reveillere to be a LB. He is of course first choice RB, but has a rating of "competent" at LB, and while Cissokho has been injured has has played really played well for me. (Clerc has of ciurse been put at RB duing this time) ------------------------------------------------ Could I just ask HoPeY, how has Miralem Pjanic been amended in your update? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I brought in Salvatore Bocchetti to play DL. He's predominantly a DC but I'm retraining him and he's doing well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Could I just ask HoPeY, how has Miralem Pjanic been amended in your update? I believe he hasn't mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 I can’t believe it but I’m already half way through the first season, so I thought I’d give a quick update. I went into pre-season with the intention to buy French, and I managed to succeed. The only problem is the French players I wanted don’t come cheap, so I spent quite a bit (all over 48 months). I have also just added Gourcuff to the squad as I needed a bit more quality on the wings. Pjanic and Bastos are doing ok but not weighing in with enough goals. Hopefully if the clubs take up the option on my loan players (Boumsong, Mensah & Piquionne) then that will generate around £15m to offset some of the spend. I also decided to mutually terminate Govou’s contract. I wasn’t using him and couldn’t sell him, so with his £82k a week contract expiring in 6 months it was considerably cheaper to do it this way (saved around £1.5m in wages). Things are going well in Ligue 1 after a shaky start (only 3 goals in the first 6 games), and I’ve also qualified for the Champions League knockout stages. Unfortunately as we finished second behind Arsenal that meant we would get a group winner, and who did we draw…..Barcelona . The squad are coming together. Mexes, Toulalan, Van der Vaart & Lopez have all been outstanding. Hopefully we can continue this form until the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Not using Gomis a lot I see! Good progress so far, the money spent is a lot though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Only using one striker & Lopez has been awesome. Gomis will get his chance as the season goes on. I did spend a lot, but I don't intend to spend anymore for a few seasons (other than maybe a quality DR). Got a good young squad now, with plenty of French players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteenfiveninetyeight Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Eventually got my copy of the game in the UK post and started a game as Toulouse in preparation for my online Ligue 1 game. As a Hearts fan the first thing I did was to scout Andrew Driver (AML) and Lee Wallce (FBL) and was pleasantly surprised. Driver is an England U21 international who is better than Mansare my current left winger and can be bought for £1.5m - bargain as my scouts say he will be a top Ligue 1 player. Wallace is now a Scotland international but Hearts want £3m for him which would blow my Toulouse budget so I need to sell first. My scouts rate him higher than M'Bengue who is also injured at the moment. If you are looking for a left back for Lyon I would scout Wallace and I would also scout Rangers CB Bougherra who looks a quality CB and can be had for around £4m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Need some help please. Liverpool made a £6.75m bid for Kallstrom, which I have negotiated to £13m (£2.5m up front & £10.5m over 30 months). Should I sell? I'm thinking yes in view of the amount I've spent, as this will go some way to help balance the books. I've got Bastos & Ederson to play AML. The other place I would use him is in a 3 man midfield but I've got Toulalan, VDV, Makoun, Moussa Sissoko & Pjanic (although I use Bodmer mainly as a DC he can also cover CM). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Could I just ask HoPeY, how has Miralem Pjanic been amended in your update? I corrected Pjanić's birth place, that was all. You can see this post for the factual information I have corrected/youth players added. Only Lisandro and Cissokho have had CA/PA alterations, only slightly which I have mentioned further up. I can’t believe it but I’m already half way through the first season, so I thought I’d give a quick update.I went into pre-season with the intention to buy French, and I managed to succeed. The only problem is the French players I wanted don’t come cheap, so I spent quite a bit (all over 48 months). I have also just added Gourcuff to the squad as I needed a bit more quality on the wings. Pjanic and Bastos are doing ok but not weighing in with enough goals. Hopefully if the clubs take up the option on my loan players (Boumsong, Mensah & Piquionne) then that will generate around £15m to offset some of the spend. I also decided to mutually terminate Govou’s contract. I wasn’t using him and couldn’t sell him, so with his £82k a week contract expiring in 6 months it was considerably cheaper to do it this way (saved around £1.5m in wages). Things are going well in Ligue 1 after a shaky start (only 3 goals in the first 6 games), and I’ve also qualified for the Champions League knockout stages. Unfortunately as we finished second behind Arsenal that meant we would get a group winner, and who did we draw…..Barcelona. The squad are coming together. Mexes, Toulalan, Van der Vaart & Lopez have all been outstanding. Hopefully we can continue this form until the end of the season. When did you manage to get Gourcuff? Find that strange Bordeaux would sell him at this stage. Releasing Govou on a free, haha. Anyway, keep up the good work! Need some help please. Liverpool made a £6.75m bid for Kallstrom, which I have negotiated to £13m (£2.5m up front & £10.5m over 30 months). Should I sell? I'm thinking yes in view of the amount I've spent, as this will go some way to help balance the books. I've got Bastos & Ederson to play AML. The other place I would use him is in a 3 man midfield but I've got Toulalan, VDV, Makoun, Moussa Sissoko & Pjanic (although I use Bodmer mainly as a DC he can also cover CM). Not quite enough for me with regards to Källström. If you can sneak out an extra £2Million than that would be more acceptable. I guess it depends how often you use him? If he's not playing then maybe you should cash in now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Am with Hopey on this one Spike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thanks for the advice Hopey & Purefun, but I will probably sell him (more to balance the books than anything). Can't remember how I came to sign Gourcuff? I think I was looking for French players that were realistic targets and he appeared on the list, so I scouted him and was pleased to find out he would come. I tried to get him at the start of the season but couldn't. A nice quick £4m profit was probably the reason Bordeaux were prepared to let him go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 What is? Selling Kallstrom or signing Gourcuff? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 The second one, although Källström has been excellent for me, but you know the saying different strokes for different folks. You have enough options to not miss him though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 It's in keeping with my aim of trying to keep it as French as possible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willis Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 It's in keeping with my aim of trying to keep it as French as possible You've done well to get Gourcuff at what looks to be a relatively affordable price. I would also be interesting to hear how Feghouli goes for you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Game got delivered yesterday, installed and patched up. Lyon here I come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtuck01 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Game got delivered yesterday, installed and patched up.Lyon here I come. Stop it, you're making me jealous. -------------------------- On the demo still, and although Bafetimbi Gomis hasn't played much, (just 4 starts 2 sub apps), he has bagged 5 goals. It's a real shame that the formation I have found most successful only has room for one striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Game got delivered yesterday, installed and patched up.Lyon here I come. \o/ Time to play catch up Come on Tucker, hurry up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtuck01 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Come on Tucker, hurry up Like I've said in other posts, I'm off on holiday on Saturday morning, so no point buying it now for just a tiny bit of use. Will be getting it once I come back though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Like I've said in other posts, I'm off on holiday on Saturday morning, so no point buying it now for just a tiny bit of use. Will be getting it once I come back though. Ok mate, have a good one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtuck01 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 And then my brilliant rein as OL manager will begin. Starting to get a bit depressed playing on the demo. I'm going along really well, (minus 2 defeat to Manchester United in the Champs League), but I know it can't last as will be patching up once I get the full game and will have to start a new save. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Tom have a nice relaxing holiday. Afterwards the stress of managing will come back to haunt you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted November 4, 2009 Author Share Posted November 4, 2009 Allez L'OL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Game is started up my fellow Lyonnais. Will update after the weekend. Unless I have a reason to brag. --- Allez L'OL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Good luck Purefun --- Allez L'OL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChewyFun Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Can I just say the quality of the OP alone has inspired me to start Lyon save. Thanks HoPeY Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Decided to sell Kallstrom for £13m to offset some of my rather large transfer spend. I have brought in Adrien from Sporting for £3m as a replacement. Despite playing for Portugal he was actually born in France I have also just been offered Pato for £18.25m, and despite being a very tempting offer I declined Finally, welcome ChewyFun and enjoy your Lyon save Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ (Manager) Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Evening all. Finally got around to playing FM10 and decided to restart my love affair with Lyon, those of you who remember my updates in the last 2 additions will be aware of my success with OL, so hoping to do the same again. Only managed to play the first month so far, and despite not scoring enough, things are going well. Qualified for the group stages of the Champions League knocking out Stuttgart in the qualifier. In Ligue 1 I am joint top, winning all 4 opening games 1-0. Which is in fact the same scoreline of my Champions League games. Only 2 signings so far, those being Canales for £1.3m and the loan signing of Otamendi, and Anderson has left on loan, being the only player to leave the club. I will update further once I have had a decent play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Welcome AJ (Manager) & good luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Welcome Chewy and AJ. Good luck with your games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Adrien has just scored within 5 minutes of his debut as a sub Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 Can I just say the quality of the OP alone has inspired me to start Lyon save.Thanks HoPeY Your welcome? Anyway good luck and enjoy ChewyFun. Decided to sell Kallstrom for £13m to offset some of my rather large transfer spend. I have brought in Adrien from Sporting for £3m as a replacement. Despite playing for Portugal he was actually born in France I have also just been offered Pato for £18.25m, and despite being a very tempting offer I declined Ah yes Adrien, I got him on FM09 and FM08 for my all French side, lovely little bonus him having France as his birth place. Evening all.Finally got around to playing FM10 and decided to restart my love affair with Lyon, those of you who remember my updates in the last 2 additions will be aware of my success with OL, so hoping to do the same again. Only managed to play the first month so far, and despite not scoring enough, things are going well. Qualified for the group stages of the Champions League knocking out Stuttgart in the qualifier. In Ligue 1 I am joint top, winning all 4 opening games 1-0. Which is in fact the same scoreline of my Champions League games. Only 2 signings so far, those being Canales for £1.3m and the loan signing of Otamendi, and Anderson has left on loan, being the only player to leave the club. I will update further once I have had a decent play. Welcome and good luck AJ (Manager). Good to see you again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I can’t believe that I’ve already finished my first season in charge (having the week off work has helped). So it’s time for my first end of season report. Transfers I spent a bit more here than I planned to :o, but the reason for this is that the top French players (and youngsters for that matter) don’t come cheap. The main priority was a world class centre-back, and there was only one French player that fitted the bill, Philippe Mexes. I was surprised to get him for £17m considering how much he cost on FM09. The other French contingent brought in were all youngsters (Moussa Sissoko, Sofiane Feghouli & Yoann Gourcuff). The other priority was a left-back and my main French target here was Gael Clichy, and although he was prepared to come Arsenal wanted far too much. Therefore the Italian Salvatore Bocchetti was signed, and what a good signing he has proved to be. Transfers Ligue 1 The Ligue 1 title was wrapped up relatively early having gone 20 games unbeaten at the start of the season. This meant a run out for most of my back up players towards the end of the season, which is where most of the defeats came. Even in the games that we drew or lost we completely dominated, but just didn’t score enough goals overall. Ligue 1 Table Champions League We qualified second in our group behind Arsenal, before getting the draw nobody wanted in the first KO round, the holders Barcelona. Despite putting up a brave fight over the two legs we went down 4-1 on aggregate. Domestic Cups The back-up players were used in both competitions and just weren’t good enough. We lost 1-0 to Monaco in the 11th round of the French Cup, and went out on penalties to Toulouse in the quarter final of the Coupe de la Ligue. It’s interesting to note that at no stage did we draw lower league opposition in either competition (it’s a fix)! Lyon award winners We featured very heavily in the end of season awards, and rightly so: Players Player of the Season – Jeremy Toulalan Star of the Competition – Rafael Van der Vaart Most Promising Player – Yoann Gourcuff Star Goalkeeper of the Competition – Hugo Lloris Star Team of the Competition – Lloris, Reveillere, Bocchetti, Mexes, Toulalan, Van der Vaart, Bastos (Sub), Lopez (Sub) Manager of the Season – Me Ligue 1 XI of the Season – Reveillere, Bocchetti, Mexes, Toulalan, Lopez Other details Squad stats Hopefully we can do a bit better in the Cup competitions next season. Thanks for reading Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I don't believe it Sunderland took up the £7m option on Mensah & Portsmouth took up the £3.9m option on Piqiuonne, but they both rejected the contracts. Piqiuonne then had the nerve to say he was sad to leave Portsmouth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 No worries if they played enough you can easely sell them. Mind you I would be severly ****ed off if they did that with me. :waves fist: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I hope you're right as I need to offload them to balance the books. Just been given £32.5m budget (£900k wages) for second season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilly777 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I hope you're right as I need to offload them to balance the books. Just been given £32.5m budget (£900k wages) for second season. Will most of that be going towards last seasons signings? Congrats on your first season though. Ive just started my lyon save and got past the friendlies, Lopez is injured for 4 weeks but other than that everything seems to be looking good. Have all day to play tomorrow so hopefully will get a fair bit done and an update will follow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Thanks Gilly. Yeah need to try & offset some of the first seasons spend. Good luck with your game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I hope you're right as I need to offload them to balance the books. Just been given £32.5m budget (£900k wages) for second season. Thats quit a lot tbh, seeing you already spent big. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Thats quit a lot tbh, seeing you already spent big. I don't intend to use much of it though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purefun Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Fair enough. You have a great looking team already anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Thanks Purefun Despite having a £32.5m transfer budget for my second season I didn’t see the need to spend big again, and have only brought in two new faces: Goalkeeper: Joe hart (£2.6m from Manchester City) – I had already decided last season that I wanted a younger back-up for Hugo Lloris sooner rather than later. It wasn’t a huge priority though and I decided to stick with Vercoutre for the first season at least. However after he missed virtually the entire first season with three separate injuries I decided it was time. The reason I chose Hart is because he was transfer listed and therefore came cheap, but is very solid and happy to play second fiddle to Lloris. I also looked at the French option of Remy Riou but he was too expensive for a back-up. Striker: Marouane Chamakh (£12m from Bordeaux) – As I’m only playing with one striker I only really need two in the squad. Lopez was absolutely awesome in his first season, but unfortunately when he got his chances Bafetimbi Gomis was nothing short of awful. In the event that Lopez goes down with a long term injury I don’t have faith that he can fill in, and to be honest he was my worst player in the first season. I therefore needed a second powerful striker to rotate with Lopez, and set my sights on Andre-Pierre Gignac, who in turn set his sights on Liverpool . My second choice was Artem Milevskyi who immediately chose Aston Villa ahead of my mighty Lyon :confused:. This left me with the third choice of Chamakh who despite offers from Inter and Manchester City chose Lyon, probably because they are one of his favoured teams and I was on his favoured personnel list. This left me with a number of players to offload, and unfortunately that hasn’t quite gone to plan: Vercoutre – On loan at Manchester City (£375k fee with an agreed price of £2.1m) Mensah – Catania (£5m) Piquionne – On loan at Toulouse (no fee with an agreed price of £3.8m) Gomis – On loan at OM (£1.1m fee with an agreed price of £6.5m) Boumsong – Unable to offload (his contract expires in 12 months so may use him as back-up and send Otamendi out on loan for a season) This leaves the squad looking as follows: GK – Lloris / Hart DR – Reveillere / Clerc DC – Mexes (capt) / Boumsong / Otamendi DC – Cris (vice capt) / Bodmer / Otamendi DL – Bocchetti / Cissokho MC – Toulalan / Pjanic MC – Makoun / Sissoko MC – Van der Vaart / Adrien AMR – Gourcuff / Feghouli AML – Bastos / Ederson ST – Lopez / Chamakh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 I can’t believe that I’ve already finished my first season in charge (having the week off work has helped). So it’s time for my first end of season report.Transfers I spent a bit more here than I planned to :o, but the reason for this is that the top French players (and youngsters for that matter) don’t come cheap. The main priority was a world class centre-back, and there was only one French player that fitted the bill, Philippe Mexes. I was surprised to get him for £17m considering how much he cost on FM09. The other French contingent brought in were all youngsters (Moussa Sissoko, Sofiane Feghouli & Yoann Gourcuff). The other priority was a left-back and my main French target here was Gael Clichy, and although he was prepared to come Arsenal wanted far too much. Therefore the Italian Salvatore Bocchetti was signed, and what a good signing he has proved to be. Transfers Ligue 1 The Ligue 1 title was wrapped up relatively early having gone 20 games unbeaten at the start of the season. This meant a run out for most of my back up players towards the end of the season, which is where most of the defeats came. Even in the games that we drew or lost we completely dominated, but just didn’t score enough goals overall. Ligue 1 Table Champions League We qualified second in our group behind Arsenal, before getting the draw nobody wanted in the first KO round, the holders Barcelona. Despite putting up a brave fight over the two legs we went down 4-1 on aggregate. Domestic Cups The back-up players were used in both competitions and just weren’t good enough. We lost 1-0 to Monaco in the 11th round of the French Cup, and went out on penalties to Toulouse in the quarter final of the Coupe de la Ligue. It’s interesting to note that at no stage did we draw lower league opposition in either competition (it’s a fix)! Lyon award winners We featured very heavily in the end of season awards, and rightly so: Players Player of the Season – Jeremy Toulalan Star of the Competition – Rafael Van der Vaart Most Promising Player – Yoann Gourcuff Star Goalkeeper of the Competition – Hugo Lloris Star Team of the Competition – Lloris, Reveillere, Bocchetti, Mexes, Toulalan, Van der Vaart, Bastos (Sub), Lopez (Sub) Manager of the Season – Me Ligue 1 XI of the Season – Reveillere, Bocchetti, Mexes, Toulalan, Lopez Other details Squad stats Hopefully we can do a bit better in the Cup competitions next season. Thanks for reading Congratulations with the season Spike, no shame in going out to Barça. Keep up the good work. I hope you're right as I need to offload them to balance the books. Just been given £32.5m budget (£900k wages) for second season. £32.5M? Will most of that be going towards last seasons signings? Congrats on your first season though.Ive just started my lyon save and got past the friendlies, Lopez is injured for 4 weeks but other than that everything seems to be looking good. Have all day to play tomorrow so hopefully will get a fair bit done and an update will follow Welcome and good luck Gilly777. Despite having a £32.5m transfer budget for my second season I didn’t see the need to spend big again, and have only brought in two new faces:Goalkeeper: Joe hart (£2.6m from Manchester City) – I had already decided last season that I wanted a younger back-up for Hugo Lloris sooner rather than later. It wasn’t a huge priority though and I decided to stick with Vercoutre for the first season at least. However after he missed virtually the entire first season with three separate injuries I decided it was time. The reason I chose Hart is because he was transfer listed and therefore came cheap, but is very solid and happy to play second fiddle to Lloris. I also looked at the French option of Remy Riou but he was too expensive for a back-up. Striker: Marouane Chamakh (£12m from Bordeaux) – As I’m only playing with one striker I only really need two in the squad. Lopez was absolutely awesome in his first season, but unfortunately when he got his chances Bafetimbi Gomis was nothing short of awful. In the event that Lopez goes down with a long term injury I don’t have faith that he can fill in, and to be honest he was my worst player in the first season. I therefore needed a second powerful striker to rotate with Lopez, and set my sights on Andre-Pierre Gignac, who in turn set his sights on Liverpool. My second choice was Artem Milevskyi who immediately chose Aston Villa ahead of my mighty Lyon. This left me with the third choice of Chamakh who despite offers from Inter and Manchester City chose Lyon, probably because they are one of his favoured teams and I was on his favoured personnel list. This left me with a number of players to offload, and unfortunately that hasn’t quite gone to plan: Vercoutre – On loan at Manchester City (£375k fee with an agreed price of £2.1m) Mensah – Catania (£5m) Piquionne – On loan at Toulouse (no fee with an agreed price of £3.8m) Gomis – On loan at OM (£1.1m fee with an agreed price of £6.5m) Boumsong – Unable to offload (his contract expires in 12 months so may use him as back-up and send Otamendi out on loan for a season) This leaves the squad looking as follows: GK – Lloris / Hart DR – Reveillere / Clerc DC – Mexes (capt) / Boumsong / Otamendi DC – Cris (vice capt) / Bodmer / Otamendi DL – Bocchetti / Cissokho MC – Toulalan / Pjanic MC – Makoun / Sissoko MC – Van der Vaart / Adrien AMR – Gourcuff / Feghouli AML – Bastos / Ederson ST – Lopez / Chamakh Marouane. x99 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Cheers Hopey I was really happy with the signing of Chamakh, even though he was my third choice. Just beat OM 2-1 in the Champions Trophy. Was shocked to see Pato playing up front for them (they paid £18.25m ). Bloody Boumsong just snubbed a contract from Monaco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisandro Lopez Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Pato? OM? Hmm. :/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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