Sime Vrsaljko from Dinamo

Never heard of him? But hey, he got one of the best stats ever for someone as young as he is. Sime Vrsaljko is transfer listed at the start of the game. I have no idea why and don't bother either because it just makes my life easier if I have the money to buy him over!

Main attributes to be considered for a wing back.
1. Pace
2. Crossing
3. Positioning
4. Stamina
5. Marking

Already bought by Ath Madrid early in game...

Well, at the start of the game, his states are as follow

1. Pace - 15
2. Crossing - 13
3. Positioning - 11
4. Stamina - 17
5. Marking - 13

Very very good attributes for a 19 years old...Caught the eyes of big club and ended up in Atlético Madrid for a fee of £3.2m

After three seasons at La Liga with Atlético Madrid , he moves to Manchester United for a fee of £14m , at the age of 22!!!

Three seasons later...

Stats are now as follow:

1. Pace - 16 (Up 1)

2. Crossing - 14 (Up 1)
3. Positioning - 14 (Up 3)
4. Stamina - 19 (Up 2)
5. Marking - 15 (Up 2)

Not only he has the pace to beat opponents marker, his dribble skill stands at 13... Good concentration and determination. Have the strength to fend off physical challenge from opponent and most importantly versatile! He can also play in the midfielder which is an add point !

Possible Prized Away Fee At the start of the game: £2.7m - £3.2m

FM 2012 Wonderkid and Hot Prospect- Defender (right) / Wing Back

This will be the page that list all good and promising RB/ WB in game.

CLICK ON THE NAMES TO SEE THE DETAILS OF EACH PLAYER!

1.
Sime Vrsaljko
Estimated Prize Away Value : £2.7m - £3.2m (first season)

James Tomkin - The West Ham Hot Prospect

James Tomkin, one of the most promising youngster in West Ham squad. Ever wonder how his development gonna be after 3 years in FM 2012 game? Will he be a good signing? This post will be explaining in detail all these.

For a center defender, the most important attributes we are looking for are
1. Marking
2. Concentration
3. Positioning
4.Strength

Tackling,Anticipation and pace are equally important.

James Tomkin at the start of the game.

These are the stats he has at the start of the game.
Marking- 14
Concentration -11
Positioning - 12
Strength - 14
Pace - 13
Tackling - 13
Anticipation - 13
These are great especially given the fact that he is only 22 years old. At the start of my game, Newcastle United already prized him away with a bid of £3.2m....

3 seasons later.... 2014-2015

Marking- 14 (Same)
Concentration -13( Up 2)
Positioning - 15 (Up 3)
Strength - 16 (Up 2)
Pace - 14 (Up 1)
Tackling - 14 (Up 1)
Anticipation - 15 (Up 2)

Estimated value of £4.7m.... by now, he is already attracting interest of various top club including Tottenham, Arsenal and few others. Makes no mistake, he also has heading of 15 and 17 for jumping which makes him a goal threat as well as a good reliable defender. Promising and can still improve further.

FM 2012 Wonderkid and Hot Prospect- Defender (center)

This will be the page that list all good and promising center defender in game.

CLICK ON THE NAMES TO SEE THE DETAILS OF EACH PLAYER!

1.
James Tomkin 
Estimated Prize Away Value : £3.2m (first season)

FM 2012 Wonderkid And Hot Prospect

Ever wonder who is the next Wayne Rooney?

Wanting to sign the next Steven Gerrard for your team?

Or  do you want to get the next John Terry and Iker Casillas to tighten up your defense and get more clean sheets.

Worry not as FM Freak Kid will provide you the latest up-to-date wonderkid and hot prospect in game! The list will be updated from time to time. Each and every area of the team will have its own page! Stay tuned!

*CLICK ON THE RESPECTIVE AREA TO VIEW THE LIST*

Goalkeepers:
- coming soon -

Defender Left / Left Wingbacks:
- coming soon -



Defender right/ RightWingbacks:
Last Updated - Dec 5

Center Defenders /Sweepers

Last Updated - Dec 4

Right Wingers/ Right Midfielders


- coming soon -

 Left Wingers/ Left Midfielders
- coming soon -

 Midfielders / Defensive Midfielders
- coming soon -

  Strikers/Target Man/ Second Striker/ Trequartista

- coming soon -

Leeds United and The First Two Signing

After considering for a while, I have decided to go with Leeds United as my first team to manage in Football Manager 2012.

Leeds United, the team I picked.

Few other teams that I have considered include West Ham United, Birmingham City FC and Hull City FC but in my opinion, their team consist too many good players that promotion to the Premier League is almost guaranteed. Not challenging and it would be of no fun if it's too easy.



Leeds United, on the other hand, have a decent squad although the financial part would mean that only small amount of transfer budget will be provided. It would be challenging as I have never manage Leeds United before.

Cutting short my story, I have already make 2 new signings to the existing squad.

One young midfielder, one veteran defender.

For midfield, I have signed Jay Spearing from Liverpool Football Club. It's interesting to see that once you started the game, young promising midfielder like Jay Spearing is already being transfer listed.

At the age of 22, Spearing definitely still have a lot to offer to the team. His stamina, position, teamwork and work rate all over 15. These are actually the main attributes that we are looking for in a midfielder. Thus, he is a fairly good midfielder for his age.What matters most is Kenny Dalglish, the manager at Liverpool is willing to accept at monthly installment payment for this transfer. Anyway, I will be looking forward to see what he will be able to offer to the team!

The next signing happened to be a free signing. Cant ignore the fact that he is a good footballer but he made himself a name in World Cup after being headbutted by Zinedine Zidane.  Yes, he is the man called Marco Matterazi.

Remember this? In a world cup few years back!

Although he is now 37 years old (in game), I think he still has a lot to offer to the team. Marking at 14, Concentration at 13, more than enough for league games in Championship division. 16 for position and work rate, 14 for teamwork...You couldn't ask more from a 37 veteran defender. More importantly, he got 16 for his strength. More than enough to hold back big striker like Peter Crouch, Darrent Bent and others although he is not going to meet them unless we get promoted.

Also take note that he has 17 for heading and 16 for jumping. That would make him a good goal threat to the opponent when it comes to corner. All these makes him a good bargain signing.

Hmm, that's all for today. I think I am looking forward for few more signings before getting ready for the league to kick off!

Show Your Authority As Manager

Do players obey you? Do they even respect you? Do they have doubts about your managerial skill?Well, afraid them no more and show them who is the boss around.

It happens to me when I fined a player and he,despite playing badly, said the fine was harsh.

Never in my game, I have my team losing to team fighting to avoid relegation in a big margin of scoreline.

I had one now.My team lose 4-0 against Wolves in League Cup!!!They beat the shit out of us and the worst player on pitch was Matic.


Rating of 4.5 out of 10.Stunning and surprising performance.

Then, he came out saying he is SHOCKED to be handed an official warning despite playing badly.

What's so shocking about the fine when you played badly?

I don't have much patience for him and transfer listed him straightaway.

Good that,NAC Breda actually came in with a bid of 7.5m for him...So, Matic played his last game against Wolves and bid farewell with the supporters.

Thank you very much for the money and bye bye!

So guys, if you have encounter something like this, don't hold back.Sell them out, get someone better in.Show them who's the boss!

Hunting For Bargains- The Free Deals

I think I'm crazy in some sense.I love bargains. I love cheap stuffs.Worse still, I love free stuffs.So, in FM 2010, I tried my best to hunt for contract-expiring players in order to persuade them to join my team for free in the summer.

They say you pay peanuts you get monkeys.You pay for what you get.So, these free players certainly not good enough which is why their clubs are letting them go for free but after what happened to my signing of Baros, I think that's rubbish.Baros, a free signing I made was an instant success and is a huge success...One nobody will ever forget.He bangs in goals like some goal scoring machine.

Thus, I made a huge list of free signings, in an effort to find another Milan Baros.


I signed eleven free players this season.Yea, I know what's on your mind now.You must be thinking I'm crazy.Well, never try never know.Let's see what happen next.

I have high expectations for players like Matic, N'Gog,Dia and Makoun.

FM 2010 :Jermain Defoe

Jermain Defoe,definitely one of the best striker in Premier League.



Based on my save game, he had 3 impressive seasons with Spurs.In his 1st season, he single-handed pushed Spurs into top4. In his 3rd season, with him banging goals for fun, Spurs are standing firmly on 2nd in league standing.

This is his stats for all 3 seasons in my game based on Patch 10.3.

*****CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE*****

First Season:

He started 39 games and scored 35 goals. 28 goals came from league games and 7 from cups.Another 13 assists in league.

Total contribution for 1st season: 35 goals, 13 assist, 8 MOM.

Second Season:

In his second season, he played as much as 42 games and scored 29 goals and had a hand in another 14 goals scored by his teammates.

Third Season:

The season is still running...7 league games more but Defoe already scored 29 games.As if that's not enough, he also provided 13 goals...Another season where he scored 20 league goals.No wonder Spurs are standing firm at 2nd spot in league table...

Past Injuries Record:

Impressive fitness. The longest period he ever sidelined is 11 days.That's why in all 3 seasons, he played as much as 42 games,45 games...

FM Freak Kid Scout Report Conclusion:
In my save game,he is almost unstoppable...Great finishing...Stats might not be flowery like Crouch, Wayne Rooney but he is definitely around their level...if not better....

From my pov, these are the pros and cons of signing him.

Pros:
-Home Grown(nation)
-Consistent
-Great provider
-No problem in adapting for any team in Premier League
-Payable wage...(Wage stands around 50k+ for now in my game)
-Discipline player. Zero red cards in my game and less than 10 yellow throughout his 3 seasons.
-Fit and not injury-prone.

Cons:
-Won't come cheaply.English players are usually overpriced.
-Height is a concern...

Recommendation rate :

4 /5 stars

Bargain Midfielder

Found this cheap, awesome star in the making...Stats resembles those like Essien, Mascherano yet available for less than 1m.

***CLICK TO ENLARGE THE IMAGE***



Jay Spearing from Liverpool reserves.

Taken this when I m in my 3rd season with patch 10.3 ;)

For those who need cheaper options for DM/CM, you guys can consider Jay Spearing from Liverpool reserves.

My Second Paid Signing

Sorry for making you guys waiting but here's my second signing. Remember what I said few posts back? This season, due to the fact that Milan Baros turning into a bargain signing, I tried my best to sign as many quality free signings as possible.

Sakho was my one and only signing until I paid another chunk of cash for this Italian.


I remember there was a time where I posted my ranting about missing out on Aquilani because he chose to move on loan to Aston Villa instead of joining me.

Now, after a season gone, I finally have the chance to sign him.His stats are still pretty good.

Most importantly, just one month after signing him, his price raised by 500k.

When I saw him on transfer list with a price tag of 7.5 million, I quickly made a move.Now, he is estimated at 8 million pound.He will prove a competition for my midfield area and hopefully, he will gel well with Cattermole!

Frank Lampard? Steven Gerrard? Cesc Fabregas? Hell no, it's Alberto Aquilani in the house. :P

Splashing The Cash!

I wonder if you read this post of mine last month.If you haven't , you should do it now simply by clicking HERE.

Apparently, last month, I was moaning about not having adequate wage cap that caused me missing out quality signings like Sakho


and Kroos.A season later, I made him my 1st signing of the season(as in the first signing where I splash the cash) by splashing as much as 25m pound on him!


2 times the money Palermo paid PSG to buy him!

His stats are as impressive as always!

Now, in my game, he is only 24 years old.Given how CB tend to be able to play until 35 or more, Sakho will have at least another 11-13 years of playing time. 25m probably is a bargain if he can gel well with his defensive partner, Otamendi.

Just in case you guys don't remember, I also signed another 2 french players on Free which I mentioned in my last few post.I'm trying to build a Le France club :P Hahaha! Meanwhile, guys, let me know what do you think about these 3 signings so far!

Pre Season Friendly And Signings

In my last post, Anonymous asked for preseason report.So, this post will be talking about my preseason activity. Do take note that the title of the post incidate it's pre season friendly and not friendlies. I have no idea why but my assistant manager canceled out all preseason friendlies except one.Maybe, he is resting players for Community Shield...Maybe...

Meanwhile, let's put the preseason friendly aside and talk about 2 signings I made because one of them happened to be the Man Of The Match for the friendly match!

Encouraged by the fact that free signings can make a big impact, an example of Milan Baros, I decided to try out another few free signings.Two free signings...

Coincidentally, these 2 players happen to be french players. Haha...Am I'm trying to build a team of Le France? The answer is..Nope!It's mere coincidence!

The first french player is...

David N'Gog

*Too see his stats ,click to enlarge*

This former Liverpool Football Club player happened to have his contract expired in the summer with PSG reluctant to offer him a new one.So, I jumped in and offered him a contract.

Straight after he joined us, his estimated value increased to 6m pound! If he cant make any impact, I will sell him cheap... Even 3-4m is a profit for me. Heh!


2nd player I signed is Mathieu Valbuena.Also on free...

*Too see his stats ,click to enlarge*

Actually, I signed him as a companion for french players I'm trying to sign like Ribery, Sakho and others.

Now that, I have N'Gog in the house, he will serve as a good companion for N'Gog and can acts as a backup player for Salvio.I'm kinda short of AMR anyway. ;)

Back to preseason friendly...

Our only Friendly opponent is FC Lorient.

Like I mentioned earlier, one of these free signings turned out to be man of the match.

*click to enlarge*

N'Gog managed to score 2 in 3 minutes.Another Baros in the making? Lol.Both happen to be former Liverpool former. Is that mere coincidence or former Liverpool flops forward have what it needs to do well in my club? Maybe I should try signing Djibril Cisse, Emile Heskey, Craig Bellamy, Robbie Keane and few others. :P

Record Breaker!

Baros is crazily good!This is his second seasons with us and he just can't stop scoring and beating records.

24 league goals by December! Crazy.


Previous record of his in 2011, 23goals in a season.Now, it's only halfway of the season, he already scored more than what he scored last season.Impressive.

9 man of the match! His previous record of 8 came from full season.

Anyway, he just beat Keirrison's record by 5seconds.


He is now the record holder for scoring the fastest goal for Queens Park Rangers.

I wonder what happen if I sign him earlier.Insanely good and getting him on free just make me can't stop smiling!

Get Snubbed

Never thought this would happen...Sakho was for sale and Kroos can be signed on pre contract which is a free transfer.When I declare interest in Sakho and Kroos, both reacted positively.They want to join me...Join our club...

After all,the stature of the club improved greatly after we got 2nd in league and qualified for CL.

In the end...



I lose out both of them because I can't offer them the wage they want.Again and again, the wage capital is killing the chances of me getting good player.

Screw the board.When will they give me a decent wage to sign QUALITY players I want?

*long sigh*

Still Queens Park Rangers!

Hi guys,I'm still managing Queens Park Rangers.It's my 4th season .Normally,the very 1st thing I do for early season is to sign players to improve the current squad but this time around, I should be signing a new assistant manager to help me out because....

Big clubs keep stealing staffs away from me.Each and every season, I have to replace someone in some area.Damn it.If only our club is bigger and richer(in wage), I'm sure I will be able to keep them in club! Screw those big clubs!

For the start of season expectations, I chose qualifying for continental as our minimum season expectation despite finishing 2nd last season.I'm trying to play safe.

Even for that,we got as much as 27m of transfer budget and as little as 725k in wage.I think as usual, I will spend some money to increase the wage budget.

Back to transfer activity,I sold off Andrea Dossena, Peter Ramage and others simply because they are not good enough to be in the 1st team.They had been blowing cold and hot for sometimes.They just cant play consistently and force me to find replacement to replace them.Sorry and thanks for everything.

In this transfer window, I made as much as 8 transfer.4 of them are hot prospect for the future.

Initially, I signed a wonderkid for left back position.A Regen 17 years old with incredible impressive stats- Sorin Velicu.Due to the fact that he is only 17 and yet to reach 18, he can only join my team in January.That left me no choice but to sign another left back for the time being and I splashes 14million to sign Monzon from FC Lorient.

Here's Monzon's stats.Click to enlarge if you want to see it in a clearer view.

For right back position left behind by Peter Ramage,I signed Rafinha from Schalke.He will fight his right back position with Dan Gosling, the young gems in my team.

Julio Baptista arrived on free to replace the Santa Cruz who just cant score goals for me.Took 2.4m from Burnley and wave my hands , saying goodbye to Santa Cruz.


Kaspars Gorkss was sold off to Reading for 500k and Shawcross arrived from Man Utd for 4m pound.

Other signings like Areola, Derbal,Caldirola and Velicu are hot prospect I signed for reserves :P

For our fixture, we start our season with a trip to White Hart Lane before playing Man Utd at Loftus Road.


But the most important match will be the one on 27th October, vs Chelsea.They are our fierce rivals and of course it will be the most important match for the 1st half of the season.


For preseason friendlies,


The pre season friendlies have been brilliant.We won all the matches.Joe Hart had been impressive, keeping 5 cleansheet in 6 preseason friendlies.Not only that we are able to keep as much as 5 cleansheets, we also won the matches with big score margin.Simply brilliant!

I can't wait to kick start the new season! Til then!

Aquilani and Michela Quattrociocche

Aquilani FOR SALE!



Don't get me wrong.He is still with Liverpool but Aquilani is for sale in my game!!!The 20m pound midfielder is only for sale for 6.5m!!!Sadly, I missed out on him as he prefer a bigger club and he went on loan to Aston Villa.

Nicknamed Little Prince, Aquilani sure has his own little Princess.Yes, a little off topic but I'm sure someone is interested in knowing Aquilani's WAG.


Came across this little princess of Aquilani called Michela Quattrociocche who happens to be an Italian actress.



Hot and sexy both of them are.Sweet little couple.

Back to what I said earlier, I can't believe I missed out on him!!!I blame the board for not giving adequate wage budget.*sigh*Never mind, will deal with what I have in my squad for now.Hopefully, we can be among the elites come end of season.

Big Blow!

Big blow it is. One of the key player in my team just get himself injured and will be out for the rest of the season.

Cattermole just get himself injured in my FM10 game :(

Considering this SS was taken in February, yes, Cattermole is out for 6months until June .

Because of that, I'm left with only

Jones, Rowland and Buzsaky for my midfield.I decided to buy another replacement in January and I brought in

Gojko Kacar

Only 3.4m was paid for his service, with his impressive stats, I guess it's a bargain?He didn't arrive on Loftus Road alone.Another signing was made but this one was free.Olexandr Aliev
joined the club after his existing contract expired.




This is another good signing.Not only it's free, the player is still pretty young and came with impressive stats.Let's hope he will do well and adapt well to our team!

Finally, a good news!

Ghana want me as their manager.Now, I'm trying to lead them to World Cup Final :)

FM 2010 Wonderkid and Hot Prospects - Strikers (With Screenshots!)

***Notes***
I will be updating this list on daily basis.So, it will be better if you check it frequently to see any new updates on the list.

Strikers:

Key Attributes:
Finishing, Composure, First Touch

Sub Attributes:
Acceleration, Heading , Agility, Off The Ball, Technique, Dribbling, Flair.


*Click players' name for screenshots and view the stats*


Adrian
Age: 21
Club:Deportivo
Nationality:Spanish
Wage: £ 7,000 per week
Value: £3,800,000

Adrian
Age: 19
Club:Fluminense
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 4,700 per week
Value: £950,000

Adrian
Age: 19
Club:Fluminense
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 4,700 per week
Value: £950,000

Alberto Bueno
Age: 21
Club:Valladolid
Nationality:Spanish
Wage: £ 7,500 per week
Value: £2,100,000


Alberto Paloschi
Age: 19
Club:Parma/AC Milan Co Owned
Nationality:Italian
Wage: £ 9,500 per week
Value: £6,000,000


Alex Teixeira
Age: 19
Club:Vasco
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 4,800 per week
Value: £1,300,000

Batuhan Karadeniz
Age: 18
Club:Besiktas
Nationality:Turkish
Wage: £ 1,700 per week
Value: £4,100,000

Ben Sahar
Age: 19
Club:Espanyol
Nationality:Israeli
Wage: £ 6,250 per week
Value: £6,000,000

Bojan Krkic
Age: 18
Club:Barcelona
Nationality:Spanish
Wage: £ 28,500 per week
Value: £8,000,000

Bruno Fornaroli
Age: 21
Club:Recreativo
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 6,750 per week
Value: £2,100,000

Bruno Mezenga
Age: 20
Club:Flamengo
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 4,300 per week
Value: £1,500,000

Carlos Vela
Age: 20
Club:Arsenal
Nationality:Mexican
Wage: £ 22,000 per week
Value: £5,000,000

Ched Evans
Age: 20
Club:Sheffield United
Nationality:Welsh
Wage: £ 20,000 per week
Value: £3,000,000

Chris Wood
Age: 20
Club:West Brom
Nationality:New Zealand
Wage: £ 1,500 per week
Value: £2,100,000

Ciro
Age: 20
Club:Sport Recife
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 1,600 per week
Value: £1,700,000

Daniel Aquino
Age: 19
Club:Murcia
Nationality:Spanish
Wage: £ 1,800 per week
Value: £1,900,000

Daniel Sturridge
Age: 19
Club:Chelsea
Nationality:English
Wage: £ 40,000 per week
Value: £4,600,000

Danny Welbeck
Age: 18
Club:Man Utd
Nationality:English
Wage: £ 450 per week
Value: £5,250,000

David N'Gog
Age: 20
Club:Liverpool
Nationality:French
Wage: £ 10,000 per week
Value: £3,600,000

Dentinho
Age: 20
Club:Corinthians
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 2,900 per week
Value: £2,300,000

Diego Costa
Age: 20
Club:Valladolid
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 6,250 per week
Value: £3,800,000

Eren Derdiyok
Age: 21
Club:Leverkusen
Nationality:Swiss
Wage: £ 27,000 per week
Value: £4,600,000

Federico Macheda
Age: 17
Club:Man Utd
Nationality:Italian
Wage: £ 1, 400 per week
Value: £4,400,000

Felipe Caicedo
Age: 20
Club:Sporting CP (On loan from Manchester City)
Nationality:Ecuadoran
Wage: £ 16,000 per week
Value: £4,400,000

Fraizer Campbell
Age: 21
Club:Sunderland
Nationality:English
Wage: £ 25,000 per week
Value: £3,500,000

German Pacheco
Age: 18
Club:Rayo Under 19s (on loan from Ath Madrid)
Nationality:Argentinian
Wage: £ 5,750 per week
Value: £1,400,000

Gonzalo Higuain
Age: 21
Club:Real Madrid
Nationality:Argentinian
Wage: £ 50,000 per week
Value: £14,000,000

Guido Marilungo
Age: 19
Club:Leece (On loan from Sampdoria)
Nationality:Italian
Wage: £ 110 per week
Value: £2,100,000

Guilherme
Age: 20
Club:CSKA Moskow
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 12,750 per week
Value: £4,100,000

Jael
Age: 20
Club:Bahia
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 2,200 per week
Value: £230,000

James Vaughan
Age: 20
Club:Everton
Nationality:English
Wage: £ 5,000 per week
Value: £4,500,000

Jay Rodriguez
Age: 19
Club:Burnley
Nationality:English
Wage: £ 1,000 per week
Value: £2,700,000

Jonathan Cristaldo
Age: 20
Club:Velez
Nationality:Argentinian
Wage: £ 450 per week
Value: £1,400,000

Jose Baxter
Age: 17
Club:Everton
Nationality:English
Wage: £ 800 per week
Value: £1,900,000

Karim Benzema
Age: 21
Club:Real Madrid
Nationality:French
Wage: £ 145,000 per week
Value: £15,750,000

Keirrison
Age: 20
Club:Benfica (on loan from Barcelona)
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 18,750 per week
Value: £5,750,000

Kévin Mirallas
Age: 21
Club:AS Saint-Etienne
Nationality:Belgian
Wage: £ 13,000 per week
Value: £4,400,000

Khouma Babacar
Age: 16
Club:Fiorentina
Nationality:Senegalese
Wage: £ 55 per week
Value: £2,700,000

Kristian Nemeth
Age: 20
Club:AEK Athens (on loan from Liverpool)
Nationality:Hungarian
Wage: £ 3,000 per week
Value: £2,000,000

Levan Mchedlidze
Age: 20
Club:Palermo (on loan from Empoli)
Nationality:Georgian
Wage: £ 7,150 per week
Value: £2,000,000

Maicon
Age: 19
Club:Fluminense
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 1,900 per week
Value: £2,000,000

Maikon Leite
Age: 20
Club:Santos
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 2,500 per week
Value: £1,400,000

Mario Balotelli
Age: 18
Club:Inter Milan
Nationality:Italian
Wage: £ 36,000 per week
Value: £6,750,000

Marko Arnautovic
Age: 20
Club:Inter Milan (on loan from FC Twente)
Nationality:Austrian
Wage: £ 5,550 per week
Value: £3,700,000

Milton Caraglio
Age: 20
Club:Central
Nationality:Argentinian
Wage: £ 625 per week
Value: £4,200,000

Nathan Delfouneso
Age: 18
Club:Aston Villa
Nationality:English
Wage: £ 400 per week
Value: £2,600,000

Neymar
Age: 20
Club:Santos
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 6,250 per week
Value: £4,200,000

Nicklas Bendtner
Age: 21
Club:Arsenal
Nationality:Danish
Wage: £ 35,000 per week
Value: £6,750,000

Nikola Kalinic
Age: 21
Club:Blackburn
Nationality:Croatian
Wage: £ 26,000 per week
Value: £3,000,000

Olexandr Gladkyi
Age: 21
Club:Shaktar
Nationality:Ukrainian
Wage: £ 6,250 per week
Value: £3,200,000

Pablo Mouche
Age: 21
Club:Boca
Nationality:Argentinian
Wage: £ 1,700 per week
Value: £3,000,000

Pato
Age: 19
Club:AC Milan
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 24,000 per week
Value: £16,250,000

Paulo Henrique
Age: 20
Club:ss Heerenveen
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 6,750 per week
Value: £1,800,000

Rafael Coelho
Age: 21
Club:Figueirense
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £1,300 per week
Value: £1,500,000

Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Age: 20
Club:FC Utrecht
Nationality:Dutch
Wage: £ 4,800 per week
Value: £2,400,000

Robert Acquafresca
Age: 21
Club:Atlanta (On loan from Genoa)
Nationality:Italian
Wage: £ 6,250 per week
Value: £4,700,000

Robert Lewandowski
Age: 20
Club:Lech
Nationality:Polish
Wage: £ 1,300 per week
Value: £1,100,000

Sercan Yildirim
Age: 19
Club:Bursaspor
Nationality:Turkish
Wage: £ 7,000 per week
Value: £3,300,000

Sergio Aguero
Age: 21
Club:Atletico Madrid
Nationality:Argentinian
Wage: £ 52,000 per week
Value: £17,250,000


Seydou Doumbia
Age: 21
Club:Young Boys
Nationality:Ivorian
Wage: £ 4,400 per week
Value: £2,500,000

Stefano Okaka
Age: 19
Club:Roma
Nationality:Italian
Wage: £ 7,250 per week
Value: £5,000,000

Takayuki Morimoto
Age: 21
Club:Catania
Nationality:Japanese
Wage: £ 7,250 per week
Value: £4,900,000

Thomas Muller
Age: 19
Club:Bayern
Nationality:German
Wage: £ 9,500 per week
Value: £4,500,000

Thomas Necid
Age: 19
Club:CSKA Moscow
Nationality:Czech
Wage: £ 2,300 per week
Value: £4,900,000

Victor Anichebe
Age: 21
Club:Everton
Nationality:English
Wage: £ 5,000 per week
Value: £3,900,000

Walter
Age: 19
Club:Internacional
Nationality:Brazilian
Wage: £ 1,900 per week
Value: £1,400,000

Third Season- The Preseason and Transfers

Entering the 3rd season with Q.P.R, the board is not going easy on me with "Finished midtable" as minimum requirement.

Transfers:
There are few areas I have to improve on mainly because those players playing in those positions last season are gone...Camara retired, Tosic left after refusing to join permanently.In addition to that, Peter Ramage seems to be not good enough to be the regular on right back.

So, 3 areas that must be improved before the season kick start.

-Striker
-Left Winger
-Right back.

As usual, I started searching for free bargain before splashing cash.Found three good signings that agreed to join the team.


Milan Baros:

Pros:
-Would have no problem adapting to English football after his spells with Villa and Liverpool.
-Great pace and decent physically.
-Free

Cons:
-Poor heading, poor jumping.Definitely cant be a target man.
-A risky signing since he is at his 30 now.

Esper Johnsen:


Pros:
-Will be great as backup gk for Hart.
-Allow me to offload Cerny
-Good goalkeeping attributes.
-Free

Cons:
-Adaptability is a concern.

Piotr Trochowski:

Pros:
-Versatility
-Allow me to offload Lee Cook.
-Good attributes.
-Free
-Only 24yo now and can still improve.

Cons:
-Adaptability is a concern.
-Decision making is poor.
-Low strength
-Low work rate.


Transfers In:
I made few more signings after these 3.I brought in 4 more strikers.Santa Cruz and Keirrison were listed.So I grabbed the chance to sign them.


Santos(a regen) and Cristaldo are signed for the future.Both are still too young to be a regular in the team.

Gosling was brought in to provide competition for Ramage on right back.Rodwell, on the other hand, came in through swap deal involving De Laet moving to Everton.I would say it's a bargain since Rodwell is more versatile, younger and better.Thank you Everton :D

Transfers Out:
To make the account balance, I have to offload players even if it means to let them go FREE.Wage capital is horrible despite the huge amount of transfer budget given.

Hall, Szamotulski were all released.

Agyemang and Helguson all left on free while Saha and Cerny were sold for a little profit.


Preseason:
The team did well in preseason, winning all but two.One of the two matches was draw, another being defeat.


Two of the matches were fulled of goals - 6-0 and 7-0.




Santa Cruz managed to get hat trick both from both matches.Another good news is Cattermole is banging in goals :D

Damn!I can't wait for the new season to start!