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That's such a wild formation and lineup I'm so impressed it works so well though

One of the first things I did was renew his contract until 2026, at 160k. He's a good mentor too, so i'll probably have him beyond that.

I renewed Virgil and Salah also, until 2026. I do plan on selling them at the end of second season as they have regressed and can probably still get mahoosive money. Shame about Robbo though, he's solid. Where's he going? Can't imagine him playing for anyone else.

Is it just me who always seems to see Alisson get injuries? He missed 2 months so far this season with 3 separate injuries, which has probably cost me being comfortably top, as Kelleher has been sold and I've got a loan 2* goalkeeper from Chelsea who covers but he does suck in comparison. Anyway, on course to get about 90 something points pretty comfortably, wish Haaland would **** off.

Season 2 15 games into the new season and 13 wins, 2 draws. On 41 points and 1 point ahead of City so it's a tight race - Think i've found a good system for my squad so happy so far. Found that Gravenberch and Elliot are seriously close to taking over from Mac Allister and Szobo, they've really improved! Anybody keep Mac and Szobo as first choice or do you replace them? Also, I've finally did something useful with Darwin and he's scoring at a reasonable rate. Endrick seems to be a good backup until he surpasses Darwin too. Only thing is that Darwin seems to get better and worse every other month and it's noticeable in his output. Guess that means he's his his potential and is fluctuating.

My goodness, who offered £100m for Tsimi?

Ended up copying you there, fingers crossed there's still money for them next year. Jota and Gakpo have gone for £50m and £60m respectively this summer. Sepp Van den Berg also, but only for £7.5m. Signed : Jorrel Hato - £39m 2.5 stars at 18 and can cover CB and LB so could be the left Gomez (but better!) Junior Kroupi - £19.5m Just turned 18, he can cover forward areas...5* potential too Scalvini - £73m Endrick - £13.5m Have had big offers for Nunez from Barca and Mac Allister but I'm keen to keep them just now. Trying to get rid of Carvalho but i've only had a £10m offer which is frustrating.

Right here we go, gonna do what I did on FM23 Season 1 League = 2nd FA cup = Winner League cup = Semi's Europa = Winner Decent season, by any stretch. Took a while to find a formula really, but even then we had some right blip moments down to bad finishing and weird defending. But that's what I need to iron out. Salah, really really good Was gonna show my transfers, but for some reason my incoming transfers in blank...Bit of a bug I think. Season 2 and I have a £90m offer for VVD and £140m offer for Salah...Thoughts? Neither have really declined and have contracts for a further 2 years.

Struggling to get much output out of Nunez and Gakpo upfront, although I changed them to advanced forwards and i'm atleast getting a couple of goals here and there. However, Nunez has about 4 goals for me in December then got injured for 6 weeks. Gakpo isn't much better so I know which position i'm targetting next. Also, Alisson just got injured for 3 months with a training injury. Bloody idiot. i'm a couple of points off the top so that injury in particular will probably be quite damaging. I started with Trent in IWB so that he came into midfield, but teams seemed to be exploiting that position. I've since moved him to CWB and defensively we're a bit more sound, I also feel like we're more balanced.

Bit pissed I still have Hendo and Fab, but no Gravenberch Anyway, sold Hendo to Spurs for £14Mil and didn't get bids for an injured Fab...Then got in Grav for £70 odd mil Also got rid of Jota for a £49Mil loan to mandatory fee, then Fati in for £93Mil rising to £107Mil. Problem : I didn't negotiate his wage properly and he's on 250k going unto 300k with 5% pay rises each year which won't work in a couple of years.

Well this was nice but I got sacked

Season 29/30 Great start. Worst season, ever. Won the Super Cup and Community Shield without breaking a sweat, then proceeded to having the worst season in the history of FM. 14th after 9 games, 6th after 36 games and CL is out of reach Reached the CL semi's where I got beaten on pens by league leaders City, who'll go on to face United in the final. Talk about a s*** show. Out both the domestic cups too. It really has been an awful season, not because i'm creating much less but the finishing has been just woeful this season. Darwin is either not fit or missing any 1v1 he can get close to, Endrick broke his collarbone and has been generally worse anyway. I'll need to have a think in the summer because it's not working right now. I went on a massive run of form getting up to 3rd place before collapsing again in the last few games. Not that xG would show that, but the actual scores show otherwise. Perhaps my regen keeper isn't the one, but he's 3.5* so he's good. Screenshots to follow, unfortunately. I'm gonna play a game against Sheffield just now, who are 20th. the game is titled "El Sackico" which is lovely

End of summer 29 window update : A lot of loan outs and not enough selling really. Got a bloated squad so now I've got a wage bill of 6.1m which is far too much. I'm actually gonna look to do something with Doak in the winter as his 10% wage rises mean that he's getting £325k pw which is mental. Brought in a striker for £44Mil with plenty of potential and who can cover/rotate with Darwin, Elliot, Doak and Endrick with regards to ST and RW.

Cheers mate He's still reasonable IMO. Unfortunately my other LB was injured for the final, so Robbo had to play. Here he is 3 months later though, he's lost even more physical stats since that final.

It was an interesting one, I have a regen called Nunes but I wasn't convinced he was ready. I ended up taking Musiala away from CM (Mez) and sticking him upfront. Another regen called Rousselle (who's above somewhere) played in CM (Mez). Good news though... Whoop whoop! Got lucky, actually. Goal came the two unlikely source in regards to Bajcetic and Rice Played rubbish but finally got a CL win so over the moon with that. Took me 7 years to win it, but in the meantime, I cleared up most of the domestic trophies...Am I Pep? In the new season, I've won the super cup and charity shield. Going for as many trophies as possible this year. Budget permitting, both If I had to choose, I'd probably prioritise a CB right now

Quick update, as i'm fuming right now. Won the league on 96 points, resting players after we'd won meant we dropped points after that. Won the FA cup final vs Spurs easily which meant getting my best players rested for the 2nd half so they're fresh for the CL final vs Real Madrid. Notification in my inbox. Endrick has broken his ribs in training and Nunez has an ankle injury. Both out for 4/5 weeks FML

Thanks pal, i'm glad you enjoy them as I enjoy writing them. Season 7 Update : Hitting the business end of the season and all is going rather smoothly, apart from being chucked out the League cup semi's by United. Darwin is on 45 goals in March, Endrick is on 30 odd and Musiala, Kvara, Elliot have really good numbers too so my big boys are flying. we're also on course to hit 101 points this season with 6 games to go, assuming we win them all. We're about 12 points ahead of our closest competitors, so the league is pretty much in the bag. I'm into the CL semi's with PSG in my way this year. They've obviously still got Mbappe, who else can afford his wages? But it looks like they've also recruited sensibly as they've got a brilliant team so this is a big one. After that, it's Real or City in the final, if I can overcome PSG. I've recalled 2 CM's for squad depth, both of which i'll post below when i'm on my laptop. This may be an area where i've gone wrong in the past as I like a relatively small squad where everybody plays. Naturally though, injuries play a part and that has made it difficult in the past seasons. Ironically, this year I've got no injuries at this point - Probably to do with the fact I'm able to rotate more?

Season 6 Yeah, another season, another CL failure. 2nd in the league to Arsenal due to an awful patch, and won both domestic trophies. Darwin was bloody excellent, but he kept getting niggles meaning he would miss big games and I think that contributed to the league failure. He still ended up with 24 league goals though. On the new season and transfer wise - Nothing much to report other than Diaby left for an £41Mil, which was a good return on a free transfer. Celleher left on a free after a number of years good service as our number 2. On the other hand, I've promoted couple of regens. Martins at LB and Rousselle (who was signed for £55mil a couple of seasons back) into the first team fold, to phase out some of the older players. Alexandre is going to replace Gomez, who leaves on a free, as backup CB. Beyond that, Rice and Bajcetic are CB cover. I've also got a backup keeper with 5* potential so he'll play the easy CL games and all cup games. Onto Season 7 I'm in Jan right now and I'm well clear in the lead. This season has been a dawdle so far, but I'm nowhere near the business end so irrelevant so far. Below is my current squad. Very sad that Darwin is now 29, but he's a club legend now. Endrick is well primed to eventually take over, particularly as he's now one of my few 5* players. Rousselle went from backup this season to cemented started. He's absolutely brilliant and will definitely only get better, according to my coach reports. another one who's on the verge of first choice is my CB Alexandre who's come on leaps and bounds this year. Konate is leaving on a free end of season anyway, as he wanted 400k a week. No thanks pal, you're 30 in 4 months. Anyway, a few ball skills to work on and plenty of development room to do so.

Well I was going a period where Tsimikas had gone for good money and my regen backup wasn't good enough yet so he covered all 4 of the defender positions. However, now my fullback options are all better than him so he's leaving at the end of season 6 on a free. I'll post my regens coming through once season 6 is over, unfortunately they have similar surnames (Martins/Martin) which is an annoyance. Funnily, having got rid of Diaz for £50m and Bellingham for £200m and only signed 3 regens for £18m combined, all of which have been papped out on loan, i'm having a decent season - Probably better than the last! 1st in the league, League cup winners, FA cup semi and CL quarters so far. I'm looking for a modest quadruple this year.

Didn't win, goodbye expensive laptop. Beaten 8-7 on aggregate by City (belter of a tie), some of the goals I conceded were so weird. Ended up coming 2nd in league, won the domestic cups and PSG won CL. Onto the next season, big changes coming. Early outgoing is Jude Bellingham for an initial £155m, rising to £200m. Something like £80m upfront, £75m over 2 years then £25m if he plays 10 games, 9m if he wins german cup, £6m if he wins CL and something else. He gets 10% of the fee though as per his contract, so maximum of £180m to me. I think he's brilliant, but his numbers weren't fantastic.

Oh and the regens on loan look decent, here's a summary of them :

Season 4 Just to finish off what I started, season 4 was frustrating. Won the league, papped out the cups early, but took Bayern to ET in the CL final only to be beaten again. Bayern in the CL final. Again. They have a banging team, with Leao, Fati, Saka, Camavinga etc. New signings did well, Diary exceeded expectations I think. Really hope the likes of Doak, Endrick and some of the regens can kick on next season. Season 5 Did a lot of scouting this season and have purchased heavily on really good young players. Rice was a total last minute buy, but the extra depth and quality has been much appreciated and needed. I'm almost at the end of the season and I've won the Carabao. I'm probably not gonna win the league as City are 7 points ahead with 7 games to go. I'm in the CL semi's against City and I'm in the FA cup final against United. Squad currently looks like this. If I can get past City, it's PSG or Wolfsburg in the final. I'll chuck my laptop out the window if I don't win it this season. Oh and Virgil is leaving at the end of the season. In good time too, he has really declined. I've got some decent CB regens but nothing beyond 3* apart from Konate, Gomez, Scalvini and Rice. I'm actually thinking about getting rid of a good 5/6 numbers this summer and really using my youngsters next season. That means the likes of Nunez, VVD, Robbo, Fabian, Diary, Allison, Diaz all getting punted gracefully for good money. Not sure yet, nervous to do it.

Glad it wasn't just me!

Cheers mate! Further season 4 update : Really busy January window. Wasn't really planning too much, but I got some more reasonable offers for players so who am I to do nothing about it? Firstly, an offer came in for just over £60m for Jota from Atletico, so I quickly secured a £125m deal for Endrick at Real Madrid. Jota is 29 so he's at that age where he can be sold for decent money and Endricks still a pup, so this one will work out in the end. Secondly, I noticed that Kvaratkhelia no longer was listed as "Not for sale" on deadline day and Bayern and City were sniffing about. Apparently he was gonna be available for just under £100m. I quickly started trying to punt Diaz, who's 29 and valued at £89m for £75m but couldn't get a big in. Anyway, I opened bidding with Kvaratkhelia for £75m which was accepted. I signed him on £275k pw and then Napoli immedately tried to loan Carvalho with a mandatory buy of £55m. Negotiated to £60m, perfect! Also signed a fantastic spanish regen from Bilbao for his release clause of £20m who was then immediately loaned back - Happy with that, they have state of the art training facilities and he actually starts for them. It means that this season, my outgoings are £220m and incomings (incuding Carvalho) will be £210m. However, where our new signings are earning about £700k pw between them, my outgoings were earning about £1.3m pw, so it's worked out nicely in that sense. Silly goals conceded have stopped and we're flying again. Darwin just got player of the month for Jan having scored 10 in 4, he started 3 and was subbed off in the others Also, I have been absolutely stumped by not being able to use all 5 subs in some games - I didn't realise they had to be spread across 3 stoppages. I thought there was a bug, but I learned something new. Took me 4 seasons to notice the /3 stoppages & /5 substitutions used during a game.

Season 4 update : Salah left Went to Barca for free on 350k pw, so that's a huge hole to fill. Attempted to get Saka, Fati and Kvaratkhelia, but Barca and Napoli wouldn't sell and Bayern beat me to Saka. In the end, I took Moussa Diaby on a free from Leverkusen, who's rated 4* and plays on the right - Him and Doak are sharing the responsibility there. Also Signed a RB regen for £15m from Milan, so that's my RB covered for the next while, assuming he gets better. Sold Tsimikas for £52m and Keita for £45 (as part of loan to buy from prev season) and a couple of other little sales so my finances are sitting quite nicely as it stands. I am in the market for a top class attacker though, I feel we're missing something. Rejected £130m offer from Madrid from Nunez and £55m for Gomez also. Season has started very weirdly. Seem to be conceding the most stupid goals, where ricochets just land at opposition feet to score. I'm winning games on xG but winning few. That being said, i'm 5/5 wins in CL and joint top in the league, but I was 6th for a while! Nunez and Musiala getting injured frequently hasn't helped though. They're both absolute monsters, but seem to regularly get little injuries.