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Played with a narrow 4231 at Parma for the past two seasons (winning the league twice), but recently changed to a wide version. Looks very solid. Also because I have a lot of great attacking midfielders, all with a bit of a different skillset. Pablo Torre is my main man for now. Picked him up for 27.5M in the summer of 2026 and after a wonky start he's been slaying it. Great PPM's for someone sitting in the hole. Moreno-Manzanaro is the kid who will probably take over from Torre in a few years. Actually found him at Juventud Laguna in Spain and picked him up for 50k. Katsamakas had been my main man before Torre arrived, stole him from Bayern for 3M but his technicals are not what they should be. And finally, Anderson's been very important for me ever since we picked him up for free at the start of the third season. Played as a CM(A) in the first year, bagging 16 goals, but then moved up to the ACM slot.

Had a lot of success with a flat 451 in my second season in the Serie A with Parma. André Anderson joined us for a free from Lazio and, playing asa CM(A), bagged 16 goals in 32 games in the league for us.

That's an impressive season. Well done on Anel btw, should be world class! How's Orsolini doing for you?

André Anderson, Brazilian/Italian midfielder. Did great for me! Also keep an eye on Lucca from Pisa, he tends to become available at a knockoff price after one or two years and is an amazing all round striker.

Transfer news A few more outgoings after Araujo. Soriano was unhappy with his playing time and moves to Monaco for 10M. Ferrarini joins Cagliari for 3.5M, and Pirola went to Sampdoria for 1.9M. There was also serious interest for Katsamakas, mainly by Inter, but if we let him go to another title contender they'll have to improve their bids. I'm not opposed to letting him go per se, as his technicals are not good enough and with the upcoming of Moreno-Manzanaro, he'll be reduntant sooner or later. Two more incoming signings. We found a potential 16-year old central defender in the Serie B at Catanzaro, Alessandro Crippa joins us for a mere 2.5M. And we also shop in Denmark at Brondby, where we pick up one of their more gifted youngsters in an 8M deal.

Exactly my thoughts. We've used the money to bring in a few high potentials, and will use Bartalucci, who returned from loan at Brescia, as a rotation option instead.

Transfer news Araujo has been wanting to move to a bigger club for a while now, and we agreed that he could leave when a team would bid 46.5M. Tottenham came in and went even further, upping their offer to 51M. Unfortunately, about 14M of this goes to Benficia because they had a 30% on profit clause. We accepted and off he goes. This means Ibba may be promoted to the first team as a rotation option straight away. If not, we'll dive into the transfer market to strengthen the squad.

Luckily, yes. We wouldn't have stood a chance with the goalscoring record of Inter otherwise.

Transfer news Not a big transfer kitty this season, but our squad is pretty well set. We currently signed one player, a young 17-year old Italian central defender who looks very promising! Matteo Ibba joins us from Roma for roughly 14M.

2027-2028: Season overview Serie A We started off well enough with three wins in a row before getting heavily beaten in Turin by Juve in a hellish month, where we played (in a row) Real, Juve, Lazio, Inter and Bayer Leverkusen. We dropped another two points at home against Lazio because of the inescapable Immobile (just retire already), but bounced back with a 2-0 home win over Inter which would prove crucial at the end of the season. This was the start of an amazing streak of games, where won nine league games in a row before losing away at Milan. Including CL games, we didn't concede for 10 games in a row. We once again picked up again with a 2-0 win over Napoli, then went on to win the next five games until we lost away at Inter mid February, 2-1. Not surprisingly, this was another very rough line of games with Inter away (cup), inter away (league), Lazio away, Juve home, Man United away (CL). We beat the Romans on their own turf but lost the game against Juve. The good news is that we went on another winning streak afterwards, until drawing at home against rivals Milan in the last game of April. As shown above, the league went all the way to the wire. We drew against Torino two games before the end but Inter did the same in their away game against Juve which meant we were equal before the last game. Our direct result against the top team from Milan however put us in first place, and after a resounding 4-0 win over Salternitana, that's where we stayed. Back to back champions! All in all, I think Inter would have deserved it more this year but it was tight. They had an amazing goalscoring record, netting 117 times for an xG of 85.42.. It would be nice if we could do the same one day, as we only scored 80 goals from an xG of 81.63.. Coppa Italia A reassuring 3-0 win over Fiorentina, then went outagainst Inter because of fixture congestion, tired legs and the fact that we didn't score despite being the better team. Unlucky really. Champions League A great European season this time. The group stage pitted us against Spanish giants Real Madrid, German surprise package Bayer Leverkusen and Shakhtar Donetsk. We lost our opening game in Madrid but then went on to win the other five games, including two 5-0 victories over the Germans and a very satisfying 3-1 beating of Los Galacticos. Winning the group didn't do us any favours, as we got defending CL and PL champions Manchester United in the first knockout stage. A 2-2 draw at Old Trafford set the stage for an upset as we finished the job at home on penalties (as away goals no longer count). We then eliminated the other team from Madrid after a buzzing 5-1 victory at home. We met Real Madrid again in the semis in this time, our luck ran out. We were the better team in Italy but failed to put the ball behind Courtois and got punished for it in Bernabeu, losing 2-1 in a very even game which could have gone either way. Despite the elimination, I'm very happy with the progress we've made and I feel like we're getting closer to the final. Finances and facilities Thanks to the good performances in the league and Europe, we're quite stable financially with 48M in the bank. We're in the top six of wage bills now, which shows how far we've come. We finally managed to max out the youth setup, and the plans to build a new stadium have been set into motion! The Nevio Scala Stadium will host rougly 37k seats, with a roof and undersoil heating, and will cost a whopping 138M. We'll be able to move in another three years, which gives me some incentive to carry on the save. On players and performances Standout performers this year were Orsolini, Obrégon, Zagaritis and newcomer Torre who contributed immensely with 10 goals and 16 assists. Youngster Orlandi also did very, very well as an inverted wing back on the right and will remain first choice next season. To be fair, I think everyone did very well this year, with no real underperformers. When it comes to contract, we managed to seduce Staelens to sign a new deal that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2032. Obrégon was willing to sign a new deal but he wanted 500k p/w, which is way outside of my budget. Luckily, there's no interest for him and he's signed until 2032 as well. Orsolini's contract ran out next year, but he also signed an extension until 2032. All of this means that if anyone leaves, it will be for big, big money.

Champions!

Four. Orlandi to the byline, cuts back, passes it to Orsolini who puts it into the far corner.

Corner Orsolini, Iglesias heads it home, 3-0!

Czene pulls down Orsolini in the area, we get a penalty kick after a VAR intervention. Orsolini puts it into the top corner, I think we can begin the celebrations.

Salternitana down to ten men!

On the hour mark, Katsamakas hits the bar again. We should have been 3-0 up by now, but aren't efficient. Salernitana had one big chance that gave us a scare, but Carnesecchi was there to save the day. Meanwhile, Inter still lead 1-0.

Three minutes later, virtually champions again!

15 minutes in. Inter are ahead, and we should have been too, threatening thrice from a corner and Orsolini hitting the bar.

Looks like it's ALL the way to the wire.

As I said, there's always a risk. Good scouts help, especially with JPP.

Forgot Midtjylland. France has just too many talent producing clubs, same goes for Brazil. Gotta be lucky there. To be fair, I miss quite a lot as well. For example, I paid 18M for Togni but he hasn't really improved, so that might be money down the drain. Ditto for Trier who looked like a potential amazing defender but hasn't made any real progress, or Guerin.

Almost forgot: in Eastern Europe, I tend to keep an eye on Dinamo and Partizan. Both usually teeming with talent.

Atletico Nacional is on my shortlist. In Colombia, I generally watch Junior too. Uruguay: Penarol, Defensor Sporting (which often can be chosen as an affiliate club), Nacional Chile: Colo Colo, Universidad de Chile Argentina: Boca, River Norway: Bodo/Glimt, Rosenborg Denmark: Kobenhavn, Brondby Portugal: The big ones, mostly For example: Soto came from Atletico Nacional, Rojas from Junior. Fer Narro was a scout suggestion. Staelens was on the NxGn list, Obrégon as well, but I think my scouts spotted him first. Jensen came from Kobenhavn, Bellander from Rosenborg, Rindsem from Rosenborg. Carrupt came from Portuguese TND, which is one of my feeder clubs. Santo from SLB.

And they're often on my shortlist for some time. I'd been following Staelens for almost two years, Obregon a year and a half. Katsamakas was a lucky optional fee with the loan.

Some of them come from the top 50 nxGn list. Scouting is set by my chief scout. And I have a list of clubs that I keep a close eye on in Scandinavia, Colombia, Uruguay and Eastern Europe.