pelicanstuff Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Recreativo, 3rd season in FM 2007 - I will be playing in the CL qualifiers. I need a new DL and DM as my current ones aren't good enough. I have a lot of youngsters for both who will hopefully turn out good, but aren't ready yet. My current 1st choice DM is Abel Buades, a technical type, so I could probably use someone physical to swap around with him. I have had Alou Diarra in on loan who has been alright as cover, but I'm not sure if I want him or can afford him. I have Haestad who could play there, but he is doing a good job down the left for me and my only piece of good cover there will be Rothen. I don't really have a first choice LB - Doumbe, who should really be a RB, has played mostly there this season, and a french guy called Alain Cantereil has been playing there as well. Doumbe has been good, but I need him as cover on the right, and Cantareil isn't really good enough. It will take some doing to match my league finish this past season, and I need more class in the team. I have £6.75 million approx to spend on the two. I would have had more, but I just managet to pick up Gourcuff to solve my AMC problem for £3.5m My team will be looking like: Janukiewicz Ruz ? Pavluychek Engedal ? Haestad V. Hleb Gourcuff Uche Borriello Any help gratefully received. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonahno6 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Tomas Sivok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanstuff Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 He was indeed in my thoughts. I'm not sure if I can get him for a good price though - he is at HSV at the moment. I have also been thinking about Eduardo Costa, but am not sure whether he will be good enough. I'll put an offer in for Sivok, but I'm not too hopeful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanstuff Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Also, in case anyone mentions Christian Schulz for LB, I tried to get him but he has gone to Liverpool instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanstuff Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Ok, have finally started going through the off-season (I really hate it, unlike most people) and a few new options have presented themselves. I have been battling for Sivok, finally had a bid accepted but at £3.3m is a bit steep plus there are other clubs in for him, and he has just had a very good Euro 2008. I'm struggling to get the wages down so I can afford to squeeze him in, but there's probably only a 50/50 chance of it happening. Other options I have come across: DM Senna - Is getting on a bit, but available, and should be cheap for £1.1m-1.4m Sunny - Not superb yet but might break into the team, has a minimum fee release of £2.6m Miguel Falcon - Probably not a popular choice, but I like him, and he would be good captain material. Slow but very tall and strong, should cost about £1m DL - I am still having problems with this one. I have a few potential targets lined up: Evra - Should cost about £3m but not the best defensively, and 25 other clubs are after him. Clichy - Will be a bit pricey, right on my limit (£5m ish) and may not want to leave Atletico Van Damme - Quite cheap (£1.5m-ish), a monster defensively, but looks more of a DC than a DL who can get forward and put crosses in. Esparza - A good player, but more of a midfielder, and maybe a slightly boring choice. Somewhere between £2.5 and 3m, I'm guessing. Antonio Lopez - I would love to land him, but he will be at the limit of my price range (£4.5m-ish), I probably can't afford his wages, and 10 other clubs have already made bids, including some big ones. Taye Taiwo - Physically good, a little weak technically, and I'm not sure how much he will cost. Any comments on the above would be fine and dandy. I also need to consider whether to ger rid of my ageing backup midfielders (Figo, Veron - they are still technically astounding but not so pacey, and it would free up some wage bill - but having said that, they gave me some real moments of magic last year without which I wouldn't have got into the CL qualifiers. I suppose it depends how my luck with injuries goes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pelicanstuff Posted August 20, 2008 Author Share Posted August 20, 2008 Oh. I might actually have to make a quick decision here, Sivok vs Senna, young vs old, expensive vs cheap etc.... Edit - Buades has been on fire pre-season, going to be a difficult decision who ends up on the bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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