European League 2 - Set 2 - Manchester United

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Initial budget; £30m
Less Money spent: £71m
Plus Money received from player sales: £20m
Plus Money received from player releases: £23m
Current budget: £2m

Goalkeepers

Hugo Lloris
Anders Lindegaard

Defence

Eric Abidal
Thiago Silva
Jonny Evans
Lucio
Fábio da Silva
Maicon
Aly Cissokho

Midfield

Kim Kallstrom
Javier Mascherano
Mesut Ozil
Ibrahim Afellay
Michael Carrick
Lucho Gonzalez
Wesley Sneijder
Jesus Navas
Ever Banega

Forwards
Michael Owen
Dimitar Berbatov
Wayne Rooney
Pedro Rodriguez
Mauro Zarate

New XI

-------------------------- Lloris -------------------------
Maicon ----------- Lucio --------- T.Silva --------- Abidal
----------------------- Mascherano ---------------------
---------------- Sneijder --------- Ozil ------------------
Navas -------------------------------------------- Pedro
------------------------- Rooney -----------------------

Subs
Lindegaard
Evans
Cissokho
Carrick
Lucho G
Afellay
Berbatov

Original XI

------------------------ De Gea ------------------------
Rafael --------- Ferdinand ---- Vidic --------------- Evra
----------------- Fletcher ---- Carrick ------------------
Nani --------------------------------------------- Young
---------------- Hernandez -- Rooney -------------------

Subs
Lindegaard
Smalling
Jones
Anderson
Giggs
Valencia
Berbatov


Transfers In

Arbeloa + Pepe + Kaka - Real Madrid (1)
Gourcuff + Kallstrom + 20m - Lyon (2)
Lloris + Rafael + Lass + Sneijder - Man City (3)
Lahm + Pedro + Coentrao - Real Madrid (4)
Abidal + Carvalho + Mascherano + Ozil + Afellay - Barcelona (5)
Lucio + Cissokho - Man City (6)
Maicon + T.Silva + Lucho G + Zarate - Inter (7)

Foreigns:
- Navas £32m
- Podolski £12m
- Huntelaar £15m
- Banaga £12m

Transfers Out

Rafael + Vidic + Valencia - Real Madrid (1)
Smalling + Jones + Anderson + Park + Welbeck - Lyon (2)
De Gea + Arbeloa + Gourcuff + Kaka - Man City (3)
Evra + Nani + Young + Giggs - Real Madrid (4)
Lahm + Pepe + Lass + Hernandez + Podolski - Barcelona (5)
Carvalho + Coentrao - Man City (6)
Rafael + Ferdinand + Fletcher + Huntelaar - Inter (7)

Releases £23m

I may come back to you later depending on what others may offer.
Good offers

Dont think Evra is better than Lahm mate. And i rate Pedro pretty similar to Nani

Wouldn't do that, but....

Lucio
for
Pepe + Podolski?

Means your defence is almost as good as what you started with?

Lahm + Pedro
=
Evra + Nani

Willing to take a punt

Lahm + Pedro + Coentrao
=
Evra + Nani + A.Young + Giggs?

Deal mate

Could do, yeh.

Have a offer logged with Barce so couldn't confirm as of yet.

What for Lahm and Pepe?

Lahm + Pepe + Lass + Hernandez + Podolski
for
Abidal + Carvalho + Ozil + Masch + Affelay

If I made it Rio instead of Pepe
---------------------
I prefer Pepe to Rio but not much in them to be honest.
I want Podolski mate because your getting a great deal with the Podolski/Affelay

Up to you mate

Lahm + Pepe + Lass + Hernandez + Podolski
for
Abidal + Carvalho + Ozil + Masch + Affelay

deal

Good man - I think you got a very good deal there.
You offer some good deals Guv

Capdevila and VDW are yours. I outbid you on Melo though. Soz

No worries mate, cheers

Fletcher, Ferdinand, Navas
=
VdV, Gallas, Lennon

enq.

Doesn't interest me, sorry.

Calvalho/Ferdinand is what I want

Good offer but prefer my players i think.

I personally prefer Berbatov but dont think hes rated as highly, especially not this season. And i dont like him up there on his own really. Fletcher > Ramires, but not by much, Ramres is one of the few Chelsea players i like, massively under rated IMO, and Rafael < Ivanovic.

Sneidjer/Ozil + Navas + Fletcher (+ Coentrao)
=
Eto'o + Milner + Anderson (+ Bastos)

Eto'o Ozil/Sneidjer Pedro
Rooney

is better IMO, because Sneidjer and especially Ozil operate better in a free AM role rather than a CM role. Sort yourself a DM and you're onto a winner.

Fletcher, Ferdinand, Navas
=
VdV, Gallas, Lennon

Was a bit ambitious, sorry bud.

Ozil = Vdv?

Carvalho, Mascherano, Pedro & Coentrao
for
Lucio, Khedira, Cazorla & Cissokho

Fletcher + Rafael + Abidal + Berbatov + Ozil + Evans

for

Ramires + Ivanovic + Marcelo + Gomez + Muller + Boateng

Not really interested in that - was entertaining the idea of Forlan and Tevez off Drogba.

Tempting although I got slated last time for having Sneijder and VdV as CMs rather than AMs. Will ponder this one, reckon we can sort something out.

===

Suprised you got slated for having VDV and Sneijder. Compliment each other brilliantly.

Had Cazorla > Pedro in my head when I made the offer although thinking about it, thats not really the case.

Coentrao is the one I want.

How about just...

Carvalho & Coentrao
for
Lucio & Cissokho

Any Modric/Sneijder deal at all possible? Failing that, would you be keen on MvB and VdV?

Yeah, deal mate.

Ozil + Navas + Lloris
for
VdV + Bale + Akinfeev

I don't know about Navas playing on the left. Can you make it Pedro?

Personally I rate Navas = Pedro, it's just Pedro plays for Barcelona so may be rated higher on here! I couldn't include Cap for Cissokho. What about

Parker/Fletcher
Adebayor/Berbatov
Lennon/Affellay?

People are describing Silva as the best CB in Europe right now.Rio looked a bit dodge last night by all accounts.

Would you consider...

Chivu + Silva + Maicon + Lucho
for
Lucio + Rio + Rafael + Fletcher

Ozil + Pedro + Lloris + Berbatov
for
VdV + Bale + Akinfeev + Llorente

--

I don't know - Adebayor is on fire and Berba's ratings are dropping. To be honest, if I had Berba I would opt for Llorente and go with the Spanish fron three. Risky though.

If there is a different option then let me know.

Problem is I see it like this:

Rio => Silva
Maicon >> Rafael
Lucho <= Fletcher

Hence why I added the Lucio/Chivu part....which I don't see as a massivbe jump - Chivu always rated, and gives you a defence of:

------------------------ Lloris -------------------------
Maicon ----------Silva ---------- Chivu --------- Abidal
---------------------- Mascherano --------------------

Which looks pretty decent to me.

What else could you add if not that?

"I could add Huntelaar for Zarate maybe"

The deal in principle works for me, and this is a good addition, so i could do this

Torres + Lampard + Aguero
=
Rooney + Fletcher + Sneijder

ENQ

Make it Lucho, not Fletcher in the previous deal, if anything it's slightly more in your favour then

Ozil + Pedro + Lloris + Evans
for
VdV + Bale + Akinfeev + Dawson

enq.

Sneidjer/Ozil + Pedro (+ Coentrao)
=
Eto'o + Hamsik (+ Bastos)

not a bad offer but only see 1 gain for me there, that being only just. Its Ozil im interested in really.

Yaya + Pato + Fabregas
=
Masch + Rooney + Sneijder

Pedro + Muller
for
Bale + VdV

--

Probably not mate.

Ozil + Pedro + Lloris + Evans
for
VdV + Bale + Akinfeev + Dawson

Something along those lines?

Berbatov for Gomez. Although IRL i wouldnt be so sure.

Sneijder is the main player I'm after in the deal though.

-------Lampard----Mascherano
--Ozil-----------------------------Pedro
----------------Aguero
------------Torres

Can I get Sneijder another way?

Hart, VDV, Bale
=
Lloris, Ozil, Pedro

Gives you the Sneidjer/VDV combo

Hart, VDV, Bale
=
Lloris, Ozil, Pedro

I'm still interested in Mascherano.

Any scope for....

Khedira, Mata, Granero & Frey
for
Mascherano, Pedro, Carrick & Lindergaard

Hmm, good offer
Would Sneidjer be at all possible?

I really like this team mate - you have done a top job IMO.
Defensive subs may need stregthening but overall a fab first team

Any interest in
Podolski + Hulk
=
Carrick + Berbatov

Pending another deal?

I'm losing Lampard to get Xavi

I was hoping to improve my striker position as Podolski holds more of a rating on here than Carrick. Thought it balanced the deal.

Also allows you to get rid of two original players from your bench, but no worries.

Khedira, Mata, Granero & Frey
for
Mascherano, Pedro, Carrick & Lindergaard

Ramos + Yaya + Higuain
=
Maicon + Masch + Rooney