Got FM a couple of weeks ago for £20 on cdkeys, been craving playing it for a while so finally caved in. Started as Saints, made the changes that Hasenhuttl made this month, plus a couple more.
Out;
Shane Long - £12m to Newcastle
Wesley Hoedt - £18.25m to Watford
Steven Davis - £4.7m to Leicester
Fraser Forster - £5m to Rennes
In;
Jacob Bruun Larsen - £21m from Dortmund
Frenkie de Jong - £26m (£31m) from Ajax
Had an awful start to the season, finding myself with a 1-0-8 record. Ended up turning it around though about November time and by January we were sat about 16th and a few points clear of relegation. January had a few more signings come in and just one major outgoing.
Out;
Manolo Gabbiadini - £18.25m to Burnley
He'd scored 1 goal at that point and it was a penalty vs Chelsea. Shambles of a player on FM, in the few seasons we've had him irl I've never got anything out of him on the game either. Danny Ings only had 1 goal at this stage as well, Austin was top scorer with 6. So my main focus for January was someone who can score.
In;
Manuel Lanzini - Loan from West Ham
Krzysztof Piatek - £16.25m (£19.25m) from Genoa
Serge Gnabry - Loan from Bayern
Jack Clarke - £2.6m from Leeds
Piatek ended up top scorer with 12 goals in 16 league games by the end of the season. Class striker. Had a really good run in the league and only dropped points vs the big teams. We finished 9th place and lost to Chelsea in FA Cup 1/4 final. Liverpool won the league, they were ridiculous all season. Leicester, Cardiff and Burnley got relegated.
So 2nd season transfer window has just closed, I made a lot of changes to the squad. More than I planned but clubs made rubbish offers for my players and I gave them a big offer reply that they actually accepted.
Out;
Ryan Bertrand - £30m to Watford
M. Elyounoussi - £26m to Fulham
Oriol Romeu - £17m to Crystal Palace
Charlie Austin - £2.2m to Bristol City
Cedric - £3.2m (£4.4m) to Marseille
Jordy Clasie - £6.25m (£8.25m) to Bordeaux
Guido Carrillo - £10.75m (£13.25m) to Bordeaux
Maya Yoshida - £1.5m to Huddersfield
Sofiane Boufal - £14.75m (£18m) to Leicester
Sam Gallagher - £17m to Brighton
Jack Stephens - £9.5m (£12m) to Cardiff
Harrison Reed - £4.6m to Bristol City
James Ward-Prowse - £40m to Wolves
Stuart Armstrong - £11.75m (£13m) to Brighton
£194m of money into the club. Bertrand and Ward-Prowse were big offers and I didn't think they'd actually accept them. Gallagher for £17m is stupid cos he's shite. Elyounoussi was shit for me first season, no idea how he went for £26m. Few average prices in there but last years of contracts and people demanding to move after signing their replacements.
In;
Jack Grealish - £14.5m from Aston Villa
Denis Suarez - £6.75m from Barcelona
Domenico Berardi - £16m from Sassuolo
Danny Ings - £18m (£20m) from Liverpool - fucking pre-agreed shite for someone with 2 goals in a season.
Louis Thompson - £2.2m from Norwich
James Maddison - £24.5m from Leicester
Johnny Evans - £3m from Leicester
Harry Maguire - £28.5m from Leicester
Stephen Ward - £1.5m from Burnley
Tom Heaton - £8.75m from Burnley
Thomas Meunier - £11.5m from PSG
Andre Gomes - £12.75m from Barcelona
Cenk Tosun - £17m from Everton
Kemar Roofe - £8m from Leeds
£173m spent on players. Grealish was agreed before the end of the season, he was signed to replace Elyounoussi who was embarrassing. Suarez was cheap and a good option. Berardi is class and under £20m should be well worth it and better than Redmond. Thompson is just back up for about 12 positions. Maddison, Evans and Maguire were raided from Leicester, £55m combined should prove good value. Ward is back up for Targett. Heaton should be no.1 cos McCarthy and Gunn were pretty crap. Meunier should prove good competition for Valery who was ridiculously good first season. Andre Gomes was the JWP replacement on deadline day. Tosun and Roofe came in because I realised I only had Piatek and Ings as strikers and Ings was shocking.
So my starting 11 and subs this season is now..
Heaton
Valery Maguire Vestegaard Targett
de Jong Gomes
Berardi Maddison Grealish
Piatek
Suarez
Evans
Lemina
Tosun
Meunier
Redmond
Roofe
lets see how it goes..