Athletico Bilbao Baggins FC

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Name: Athletico Bilbao Baggins FC
Stadium: Hobbiton Valley Stadium
Capacity: 100,000 (if they are under 5ft tall)


Team sheet

Goalkeepers
David De Gea GK
Diego Alves GK

Defenders
Micah Richards RB/CB
Dominico Criscito LB/CB
Sebastian Coates CB
Georgio Chiellini CB/LB
Vincent Kompany CB
Ashley Cole LB
Ryan Bertrand LB
Maurico Isla RB/LB/CB/RM/RW/CM
Alexander Buttner LB


Midfielders
Esteban Cambiasso DM/CM
Santi Cazorla RM/LM
Nigel De Jong DM
Yann M'Vila DM/CM
Yaya Toure DM/CM/AM
Xavi CM


Strikers/Wingers
Pablo Osvaldo ST
Gonzalo Higuain ST
Sebastian Giovinco ST/LW
Isaac Cuenca RW/LW
Alexis Sanchez RW/LW
Angelo Henriquez ST/LW/RW
Sortiris Ninis LW/ST/RW


Remaining budget: 10.3m

Transfers out

Ever Banega to Bull
Demba Ba to Ollyrules
Craig Bellamy to Ollyrules for 7m
Daniel Sturridge + Jack Rodwell to Twist for 25m + PX
Adam Johnson to Ollyrules
Andy Polo to Marky £3m
Nene to Twist for PX
Nolito to Marky for 11m
Lucas to Olly for PX & 2m
Eduardo Vargas 13m to lawyers
Maxwell 6.5m to lawyers
Aaron Lennon PX to Marky
Andre Schurrle PX to Marky
Robinho 21m to lawyers
Alex to Russell
Wilson Palacios £8m to lawyers
Ronaldinho PX to Marky
Toni Kroos 26m to Marky
Coutinho - £7.5m
Aaron Ramsey - £11.5m
Ezequiel Garay - £12.5m
Bas Dost - 8m
Thiago Motta - 10m to Bull
Christian Fuchs - 5m to Marky
Demba Cisse to Olly - 5m + PX
Gotze + Ba + 16m to Marky
Lucas Piazon to lawyers 8m
Subotic to Olly 18.5m
VDW to Olly
Thiago Alcantara - £21m to lawyers
VDV + Abate to Olly
Andre Ayew & Granit Xhaka to lawyers 25m

Transfers in

Craig Bellamy ST 4
Demba Ba ST 13.5
Diego Alves GK 6.7
Esteban Cambiasso MI 15
Maxwell DE 5.3
Nene MI 11
Sebastian Coates DE 4.4
Aaron Lennon 15.1m
Alex £10.1m
Andy Polo 0.5m
David De Gea 15.6m
Ever Banega 11.8m
Ezekiel Garay 12.1m
Jack Rodwell 18.1m
Mario Gotze 26.5m
Mats Hummels 23.5m
Ronaldinho 6.7m
Ignazio Abate from Bull
Daniel Sturridge & 5m from Olly
Demba Cisse £12m
Adam Johnson from Twist PX
Eduardo Vargas from Twist PX
Lucas Leiva from Ollyrules for 2m & PX
Ashley Cole 15m
Thiago Motta 13m
Nolito & VDW from Twist for PX & 100k
Andre Schurrle from Leverkusen
Aaron Ramsey & Coutinho from Olly
Santi Cazorla 17.5m
Neven Subotic 16m
Robinho PX from Marky
Wilson Palacios, Lucas Piazon and 8m from Marky for PX
Andre Ayew 12.5m
Bas Dost 7m
Bryan Oviedo 0.5m
Toni Kroos 23m + Alex from Russell
Christian Fuchs 9m from OTW
Granit Xhaka PX from Marky
Ryan Betrand from Olly 3m
Thiago Alcantara 17.5m
Nigel De Jong 15m
Yaya Toure 31m
Georgio Chiellini 21m
Giovinco 11m
Isaac Cuenca 3.91 from OTW
Demba Ba + VDV from Olly
Gonzalo Higuain from Marky PX
Nemanja Vidic 22.5m
Micah Richards from Olly PX + 6m
Isla and Lucas Moura from Olly
Javier Pastore from PSG 25.5m
David Villa from Barca 24.5m
Alexander Buttner 2.3m
Angelo Henriquez 500k

I am prepared to offer £32m for Cazorla plus players....but not Hazard

Further on from that, I have made a star player bid. Cazorla is my main target however, so would rather use the cash I have to get him

Don't really want to sell Jesus tbh.

Vidic = 30m

£12.5 million for Papadopalopalos (sp)

Fair enough. Deal at £14M? If so go ahead and confirm

I'd want Higuain if I were to sell Navas.

Higuain + ?
=
Navas + ?

The ? Can be anyone except the players listed as nfs.

Is villa available at all? Happy to go big

a replacement winger

im presuming that's your david james impression

no chance

prbs Santi tbh mainly cos Lucas ain't going psg until Jan so season will be done by then

Id still prefer Santi tbh and on that note im going for interview

Hummels.= bonucci

gives chemistrt at centre hlf which increases ratings

Are you interested in Torres? Cazorla.....de Jong.....and one other?

Just throwing it out there

ENQ

A simple no would have sufficed

No.
Do we have a deal?

ill pass on that nothing against the offer tbh but i just feel Benzema would work better with my midfield then Higuain

nah ill pass but cheers anyway

Hazard is going nowhere, but Cabaye could be for sale if you want to change your offer

nah ill pass

Hazard is not for sale. I assume that means you would not want to sell carzola which is fair enough. Interested in de jong for more bite in my midfield. I am happy with my strikers so I don't need villa thank you.

carzola + de jong = Cabaye + Marin + cleverley

if u need a striker then Suarez is the only one I would sell atm

Villa, Giovinco and Bertrand
For
Carroll, Schurrle, Ansaldi and cash?

No thanks, you know my feelings about De Jong. And I hate Moura's guts.

Ivanovic isn't for sale sorry

Sorry, but not interested in Cambiasso. I would be looking more for someone like Pastore

Not really that interested in De Jong or Giovinco as I think I have better options already.

Whilst I like Pastore, I wouldn't want to lose either of Xavi or Vidal for him.

What would you like for Mr Vidic Hero.

I was thinking more along the lines of say Skrtel/Agger + cash. If that interests you at all

Hero wrote:Neither of them would be usurping Chiellini or Hummels whilst Vidic may well do so why would I downgrade purely to benefit you?

How about...

Vidic & Moura
For
Agger & Hulk

Both we get decent replacements, both sides are worth similar.

Because you are a nice guy

But seriously, I would offer the cash to make up for the difference in values between the players, so you could upgrade other areas of your team.

And no to that deal, the Moura boat has sailed, and I think I got off at the right time. Don't wanna get back on it

Rami for Chiellini?

Gives me chemistry at CB, and Rami is a top class defender anyway.

No worries then:

Can we do any deal involving Mexes/Bonucci and Hummels? Would love to pair Hummels and Rami.

You don't have anyone good enough to replace Di Maria IMO. And Ibrahimovic > Higuain IMO and strikers are the most important part of teams in these games. So I'll leave it

I don't think it's fair to judge on two games. I bet over the course of the season Higuain and Benzema will eat into each other's gametime. That's why I wouldn't like to have either.

As for Ibra, he's hardly going off the radar playing in France. They're still playing in the champions league which is where most managers will do their scouting.

Hazard isn't for sale. Thanks anyway

Xavi + Honda for Pastore + Vidic

Enq

Go on then.

Can you confirm please, I need to get LB shopping.

How much for Bertrand and Isla btw?

How about a loan for Isla? £2m for 3 weeks

Bertrand, name your price!

Villa and x and cash for Eto'o and Bertrand?

Villa, Giovinco and Bertrand for Schurrle, Carroll, and x/cash

Debuchy could be available if you're interested...

Schurrle, Debuchy and x for Villa, Giovinco and Bertrand

Schurrle => Giovinco (on ratings on here rather than actual talent...)
Debuchy >> Bertrand

So I'd want villa included to knock it in my favour with a cf included

Marin = de Jong.

I need a CDM, you need a winger

Schurrle and x
for
Giovinco, Bertrand and Richards?

enq

I'm losing out too much there in my opinion.

Sigurdsson + cash = Cazorla
ENQ

I would want toure, xavi and carzola.

Schurrle, Reus and Eto'o
for
Cazorla, Giovinco and Higs?

enq

Schurrle = Giovinco (Possibly slightly higher in ratings on here)
Reus > Cazorla
Eto'o < Higs

What would you want in a deal for them then?