![]() Rodriguez started brilliantly, but my attachment to the romantic notion of his glorious come back could have cost the team. Of those 19 league goals, 17 were scored before Christmas, 10 before the end of September. The numbers look solid but what they don’t show you is the huge 20 hour goal drought he suffered at the back end of the season. This season was good but also managed to be a huge disappointment. In the previous season he had a brilliant campaign, scoring 34 goals in all competitions. He understands the predicament of Reece Oxford better than anyone. Last season featured the resurrection of Jay Rodriguez. How will Oxford recover? Will he recover? Another layer added into the story. Just days after arriving, the game decided to destroy him. Especially as I was unable to resist adding Reece Oxford and Trent Alexander-Arnold to the squad. In the next season that list will have to be long again. A number had to go out on loan, as was always going to the case. Three players from that huge raft of 2017 players have moved on. A third, Jacob Maddox, left for Watford for £250k plus add ons. On FM 2016 Alfie clearly had limited potential. ![]() Alfie Mawson left in the summer window, going to Wigan for less than a million. One of the England youth successes of the 2017 summer was gone. Iorfa had played 9 games at that stage, he may have gone on to play over 20 but he wanted to go and I didn’t see him becoming a first choice. I then sold Dominic Iorfa to Bayern Munich in January for £8.5 million. At the beginning of the season I sold Virgil van Dijk for £24million, plus many millions of add ons, replacing him with Eric Dier (. In a “normal” save being unable to sign players might be a problem. Off it, there was an ongoing takeover bid that ultimately fell apart. ![]() On the pitch it was a second season of unexpected success. Lucas Vazquez (Fulham) – £4.3 million Dani Ceballos (Real Sociedad) – £4.2 million Jordan Amavi (Udinese) – £6.75 million Borja Mayoral (Chelsea) – £24 million Jesus Vallejo (Arsenal) – £21 million Hakan Calhanoglu (Napoli) – £11.The second season at New England Saints has been completed. Rafinha (Arsenal) – £24 million Mateo Musacchio (Manchester United) – £18.75 million Ze Gomes (Benfica) – £28 million La Liga: Winners Copa del Rey: Winners Champions League: Last 16 European Super Cup: Runners-up Kiko Casilla (Fulham) – £4.9 million Ignacio Camacho (AC Milan) – £9 million Stefan de Vrij (Juventus) – £23 million Marco Asensio (Schalke) – £16.75 million Martin Odegaard (Shakhtar) – £11 million Gareth Bale (Manchester United) – £15.5 million Nuno Santos (Benfica) – £12.75 million Dani Ceballos (Real Betis) – £10.75 million Renato Sanches (Benfica) – £23 million La Liga: Runners-up Copa del Rey: 5th Round Champions League: Winners European Super Cup: Runners-up Jesus Vallejo (Fiorentina) – Loan Fabio Coentrao (PSG) – £15 million Marouane Fellaini (Granada) – £2-1 million Jordan Amavi (AS Monaco) – £22.5 million Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) – £35 million La Liga: Third Copa del Rey: 5th Round Champions League: Winners Spanish Super Cup: Winners ![]() Jesus Vallejo (Loan) – Malaga Martin Odegaard (Fiorentina) – Loan Alvaro Arbeloa (Udinese) – £325,000 Pepe (Newcastle) – £1.2 million Nacho (Valencia) – £6.5 million Lucas Silva (Roma) – £11.5 million) Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer Leverkusen) – £31 million Nicolas Nkoulou (Juventus) – £16.75 million Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) – £6.25 million Stefan De Vrij (Lazio) – £30 million Ignacio Camacho (Malaga) £14.25 million La Liga: Winners Copa del Rey: Semi-finals Champions League: Last 16 Spanish Super Cup: Winners La Liga: Winners Cope del Rey: Runners-up Champions League: Quarter-finalsĬarlos Vela (Real Sociedad) – £28.5 millionĭenis Cheryshev (Liverpool) – £4.6 million Jese (Arsenal) – £14.5 million Casemiro (Bayern Munich) – £25 million Martin Odegaard (Olympiacos) – Loan This allowed us to get a better overview to see how he would do, rather than one season where success or failure could be a one-off. We then simulated five years into the future to find out how he got on. We moved Rafa Benitez out and put Zidane in on a contract set to run for six years.
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