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So we're 6 days on from the final game of the season and I receive this:

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Now what the **** do I do??!!! Liverpool have just sacked Alex McLeish (why the hell he was in charge I will never know), and despite finishing above them in the league, this is the club I love and my dream job. That transfer and wage budget is fantastic and I could work wonders with them.

Putting all personal feelings aside, what would you do? Or have I already made up my own mind?

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SRL88's Career - New Club Update - Liverpool FC

Name: Liverpool FC

Nickname: The Reds

Stadium: Anfield (45,362 all-seater....this will be changed)

Status: Professional

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So on Sunday May 24th 2020 I left my position at Villa Park and officially took charge as the new Manager of Liverpool Football Club. I am now in charge of the club I love, the club I have always supported (you will continue reading tomtuck :p) and aim to get them back to where they belong.

I have moved around pretty quickly in my managerial career with my longest post being the 3 1/2 years I had in charge of Darlington. I am now at a club I cant ever see myself leaving. I am 41 years old (not really, but in the game I am), and I can see myself being at this club for at least 10 years. I want to reshape this club from top to bottom and make them consistant contenders for trophies.

Finances:

In excellent shape. It just shows the difference between Villa & Liverpool.

Squad:

A pretty good squad but there are some ageing legs which I will look to replace.

Key Players:

Kyriakos Papadopoulos - Beaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssst!!!

Josh McEchran - Developed into a nice little player. Will be a perminant fixture in my starting line-up.

Alan Dzagoev - At 29 he is going to start going downhill soon, but I will look to get the best out of him while the quality is still there.

Sebastien Corchia - By far the best full back at a club. Looks a solid player.

No Board Expectations etc because of taking over at the end of the season. Will be included in a season preview.

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I'd stick with Aston Villa for another season :thup: You'll probably get bored of managing Liverpool.
I'd go. Could be the big stage for you to show what you can do. You've essentially saved Villa with the finances and took them forward. How far can they go? How fan can you take Liverpool?
Take it. It was one of your goals in the beginning, plus it's your favourite team and like Dejay said, you've saved Villa, so no hard feelings

Cheers for all your suggesstions, but as you can see, I had to take it.

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How are my Former Clubs Doing?

Kirklareli Spor

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| Season  |  League                  |  League Position |  Notes                         |
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| 2013/14 |  Second Division Group A |  11th            |  -                             |
| 2014/15 |  Second Division Group A |  9th             |  -                             |
| 2015/16 |  Second Division Group A |  5th             |  Lost in Play-Off Semi Final   |
| 2016/17 |  Second Division Group A |  5th             |  Lost in Play-Off Semi Final   |
| 2017/18 |  Second Division Group A |  6th             |  -                             |
| 2018/19 |  Second Division Group A |  6th             |  -                             |
| 2019/20 |  Second Division Group A |  3rd             |  Lost in Play-Off Semi Final   |[/Code]

Yet more Play-Off heartache for the Turks.

[size=3]Darlington FC[/size]

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| Season | League | League Position | Notes |
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| 2017/18 | Championship | 24th | Relegated |
| 2018/19 | League One | 20th | - |
| 2019/20 | League One | 8th | - | [/Code]

Missed out on the Play-Off's by 2pts.

[size=3]Blackpool FC[/size]

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| Season | League | League Position | Notes |
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| 2018/19 | Premier League | 18th | Resigned in November, Relegated, Carling Cup SF |
| 2019/20 | Championship | 13th | - |[/Code]

An average season for Blackpool.

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A Look Around The World

Here I will post the winners of the major competitions in and around the World. Any others, just ask and I can update for you!!!

Club - Domestic

English Premier League

2011/12 - 1st Man Utd 2nd Chelsea 3rd Man City

2012/13 - 1st Man Utd 2nd Arsenal 3rd Liverpool

2013/14 - 1st Liverpool 2nd Chelsea 3rd Man Utd

2014/15 - 1st Man Utd 2nd Liverpool 3rd Arsenal

2015/16 - 1st Man Utd 2nd Chelsea 3rd Man City

2016/17 - 1st Man Utd 2nd Man City 3rd Liverpool

2017/18 - 1st Arsenal 2nd Liverpool 3rd Chelsea

2018/19 - 1st Arsenal 2nd Man City 3rd Liverpool

2019/20 - 1st Man Utd 2nd Arsenal 3rd Sunderland

FA Cup

2011/12 - Winners Tottenham Runners-Up Everton

2012/13 - Winners West Ham Runners-Up Liverpool

2013/14 - Winners Man Utd Runners-Up Norwich

2014/15 - Winners Wolves Runners-Up Birmingham

2015/16 - Winners Arsenal Runners-Up Barnsley

2016/17 - Winners Leicester Runners-Up Chelsea

2017/18 - Winners Everton Runners-Up Arsenal

2018/19 - Winners Aston Villa Runners-Up Leicester

2019/20 - Winners Aston Villa Runners-Up Chelsea

League Cup

2011/12 - Winners Fulham Runners-Up Reading

2012/13 - Winners Tottenham Runners-Up West Brom

2013/14 - Winners Wolves Runners-Up Chelsea

2014/15 - Winners Arsenal Runners-Up Aston Villa

2015/16 - Winners Arsenal Runners-Up Liverpool

2016/17 - Winners West Brom Runners-Up Man City

2017/18 - Winners Liverpool Runners-Up Man City

2018/19 - Winners Arsenal Runners-Up Norwich

2019/20 - Winners Leicester Runners-Up Aston Villa

La Liga

2011/12 - 1st Barcelona 2nd Real Madrid 3rd Athletic Club

2012/13 - 1st Real Madrid 2nd Barcelona 3rd Villarreal

2013/14 - 1st Real Madrid 2nd Athletic Club 3rd Barcelona

2014/15 - 1st Real Madrid 2nd Barcelona 3rd Valencia

2015/16 - 1st Barcelona 2nd Real Madrid 3rd At. Madrid

2016/17 - 1st At.Madrid 2nd Barcelona 3rd Real Madrid

2017/18 - 1st Real Madrid 2nd Barcelona 3rd At.Madrid

2018/19 - 1st At.Madrid 2nd Barcelona 3rd Malaga

2019/20 - 1st Barcelona 2nd Real Madrid 3rd At.Madrid

Bundesliga

2011/12 - 1st Bayern Munich 2nd Werder Bremen 3rd Schalke

2012/13 - 1st Dortmund 2nd Bayern Munich 3rd Schalke

2013/14 - 1st Leverkusen 2nd Dortmund 3rd Bayern Munich

2014/15 - 1st Leverkusen 2nd Bayern Munich 3rd Schalke

2015/16 - 1st Bayern Munich 2nd Schalke 3rd Leverkusen

2016/17 - 1st Bayern Munich 2nd Schalke 3rd Leverkusen

2017/18 - 1st Bayern Munich 2nd Leverkusen 3rd Dortmund

2018/19 - 1st Bayern Munich 2nd Schalke 3rd Dortmund

2019/20 - 1st Bayern Munich 2nd Dortmund 3rd Hoffenheim

Serie A

2011/12 - 1st AC Milan 2nd Napoli 3rd Lazio

2012/13 - 1st Inter 2nd Juventus 3rd Napoli

2013/14 - 1st AC Milan 2nd Inter 3rd Juventus

2014/15 - 1st AC Milan 2nd Inter 3rd Sampdoria

2015/16 - 1st AC Milan 2nd Parma 3rd Palermo

2016/17 - 1st Palermo 2nd AC Milan 3rd Fiorentina

2017/18 - 1st AC Milan 2nd Cagliari 3rd Juventus

2018/19 - 1st AC Milan 2nd Sampdoria 3rd Fiorentina

2019/20 - 1st Palermo 2nd Inter 3rd AC Milan

French Ligue 1

2011/12 - 1st Valenciennes 2nd Bordeaux 3rd Marseille

2012/13 - 1st Lyon 2nd Marseille 3rd Sochaux

2013/14 - 1st Lyon 2nd PSG 3rd RC Lens

2014/15 - 1st Lyon 2nd PSG 3rd Marseille

2015/16 - 1st PSG 2nd Lyon 3rd Marseille

2016/17 - 1st Lyon 2nd PSG 3rd Marseille

2017/18 - 1st Lyon 2nd PSG 3rd Marseille

2018/19 - 1st Marseille 2nd PSG 3rd RC Lens

2019/20 - 1st PSG 2nd Toulouse 3rd Lyon

Club - Europe

Champions League

2011/12 - Winners Bayern Munich Runners-Up Man Utd

2012/13 - Winners AC Milan Runners-Up Barcelona

2013/14 - Winners Arsenal Runners-Up Liverpool

2014/15 - Winners PSG Runners-Up Barcelona

2015/16 - Winners AC Milan Runners-Up At. Madrid

2016/17 - Winners Barcelona Runners-Up Real Madrid

2017/18 - Winners Liverpool Runners-Up Bayern Munich

2018/19 - Winners Bayern Munich Runners-Up Arsenal

2019/20 - Winners Man Utd Runners-Up Barcelona

Europa League

2011/12 - Winners Arsenal Runners-Up Rubin Kazan

2012/13 - Winners Bayern Munich Runners-Up Porto

2013/14 - Winners Chelsea Runners-Up Napoli

2014/15 - Winners Benfica Runners-Up Bayern Munich

2015/16 - Winners Man City Runners-Up Aston Villa

2016/17 - Winners Liverpool Runners-Up Roma

2017/18 - Winners Arsenal Runners-Up Lyon

2018/19 - Winners Betis Runners-Up Tottenham

2019/20 - Winners Real Madrid Runners-Up Chelsea

International

World Cup

2014 - Winners France Runners-Up Ghana 3rd Place England Hosts Brazil

2018 - Winners France Runners-Up Belgium 3rd Place Spain Hosts Russia

European Championships

2012 - Winners Germany Runners-Up France Hosts Ukraine/Poland

2016 - Winners Spain Runners-Up Belgium Hosts France

2020 - Winners Croatia Runners-Up Russia Hosts Belgium

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Good luck with Liverpool, SRL88. Tough job to do
Villa are doomed

Good luck with Liverpool. Feels dirty saying that...

Gutted for Villa

Good to see you've landed your dream job though. Hope you can achieve everything you aim for there mate

Good luck with Liverpool,hope you give Man Utd several beatings
Don't think you could turn that Liverpool job down, looked very tempting. Good luck

Cheers for the comments lads :thup:. Looking foward to sinking my teeth into the challenge.

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You did a great job with Villa, well done!

Good luck at Anfield; I took over from McLeish there too. I think I'd kill myself if was ever in contention for the Liverpool job though! #YNWA :)

Cant believe he was in charge of them. What were the board thinking!!! I probably wouldnt take over in real life because I would hate myself if I done a bad job ha.

Nice move, great to see Josh McEachran turn into a good player he is usually a let down on my saves. Does this mean we will not see a move from Liverpool for a long while?

I want to win at least everything and at a certain point a clean sweep. I havent managed Liverpool on FM for 3 or 4 years so I want a decent shot at it.

Good luck at Liverpool :thup:

Cheers mate!!!

Good luck at Liverpool. They got a very good manager in you :D Cant believe you only cost £2 million

Unbelievable isnt it. I was thinking I would be worth Villas Boas money at least :p.

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SRL88's Career - Season Preview - 2020/21 Liverpool FC

Board Expectations:

Premier League:- Qualify for Champions League

Europa League:- Reach Quater Finals

FA Cup:- Reach Semi-Finals

League Cup:- Not Important

My Expectations:

Premier League:- Champions League is a must

Europa League:- Not to bothered

FA Cup:- Three years in a row would be nice

League Cup:- Win it

Budgets:

Transfer:- £83m

Wage:- £2,207,153k

Balance:- £118,217,620m

Squad:

Pretty thin at the minute but I have been getting rid of a few and aim to replace them. There is a lot of quality in the side and Im really looking forward to seeing them in action.

Key Player(s):

Hernan Ojeda - Signed for £11m from Sporting and will most likely force Pepe out the side. I wanted someone younger in and he fits the bill.

Stevan Jovetic - Best attacker at the club by far. Will be my main source of goals most likely.

Kyriakos Papadopoulos - As mentioned.......beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeasssssssssssssssst :D.

David Alaba - I signed him on a free transfer and what a free transfer he is. Quality player.

Alan Dzagoev - Still a great player. Looking forward to seeing him in action.

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I'd take it if approached, sod Liverpool. ;)
Yeah I would as well. You applying ??
Tough decision but I'd think the Barca job would get boring after a couple of seasons.
You can't leave your dream job without ever managing a single game. You'd instantly fall from Kop Hero to Anfield's Most Hated person... ;-)
Well, I'm not a fan of Liverpool, but it is your dream job, so if I were you, I'd stay at Liverpool and win the league with them, do well in Europe etc.

I'm sure that the Barca job will come up again :)

I don't know. I'm coming around to the Barca job and using it to unleash their youngsters

Im not leaving :lol:. Just nice to be linked!!!

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Always nice to be linked with Barce :thup:

Not something worth complaining about anyway :lol:.

That's quite a balance :p

I bet you're looking forward to this season!

Cant wait. Really looking forward to it.

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Not for my team sorry dude. Nice to be linked with Barcelona, if you were at any team that wasn't Liverpool would you have left?

If I was still at Villa I would have. If I had just joined a team and they approached me I would probably have stayed.

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SRL88's Career - Pre-Season - 2020/21 - Liverpool FC

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A perfect pre-season. Builds up confidence and fitness levels. The team bedded nicely together and I couldnt really have asked for more. A great way to go into the season.

A lot of players brought into the squad during the window for big fee's. It was needed to make the squad fresh and also to bring some younger players into the side to replace older legs.

Hector Solbes - Brought in to replace a 33yo Lucas who is in talks with a few clubs. Will hopefully justify his price tag.

David Alaba - An excellent free transfer. Brings a lot of quality and experience to the side.

Christopher Ord - A huge player signing which smashes Liverpool's transfer record. Will need to start scoring quickly to justify his fee, but I have every bit of faith.

Hernan Ojeda - The clubs new number 1. Will replace Pepe between the sticks.

Rob Wilson - A player I signed for Villa, from Liverpool and I have brought him back to the club.

Sergio Diaz - Cracking signing. Well worth his transfer fee.

Marcelo Chafer - Signed for just £5m and looks a bargain. Really pleased with bringing him in.

Stjepan Anicic - Signed when Jack Robinson handed in a transfer request and a great replacement for him.

Transfers - Out

Sold a lot of players, especially ones ageing or not good enough. I would have liked to keep Robinson but he wanted a new challenge.

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Awesome pre season :thup:

Cheers mate.

:eek: 55M on Ord?! Good pre season as well :thup: Hernan Ojeda looks very good :cool:

It needed to be done. Complete lack of English players at the club and he was valued at £30m anyway. Should be a big striker in the coming years for us.

The one that annoyed me is Solbes. I had him scouted by 3 scouts who all rated him at 3 1/2 stars. When I signed him he is rated no higher than 2*.

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It needed to be done. Complete lack of English players at the club and he was valued at £30m anyway. Should be a big striker in the coming years for us.

The one that annoyed me is Solbes. I had him scouted by 3 scouts who all rated him at 3 1/2 stars. When I signed him he is rated no higher than 2*.

Which club did you sign Ord from?

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Which club did you sign Ord from?

Dortmund.

Christopher Ord - A huge player signing which smashes Liverpool's transfer record. holly smokes £55M :eek:

As long as he scores I dont mind. Plus, we have over £120m in the bank :cool:.

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