Tempelman

@Johno Derek is probably at the police station

Starting after the international break we play against Sassuolo. We had a difficult first half but scored twice in the second half to win the game 3-1. Playing our first CL game and it is a home vs Salzburg. A dominating performance from the lads saw us ran out easy 3-0 winners. AS Roma away was a up next and after a tough first half, we pulled the game in our favour winning 2-1. Next up is another tough game against Inter at home. We played a decent game, but a difficult one for us. Edging it 1-0. Like last year we have a string of difficult matches as Juventus away is up after this one. I really cannot explain what happened here, it seemed to be such a nervy game from our side, or did Juve just play THAT good? We were just 1-0 behind after the first half. I tried to motivate the players and everyone reacted positively, but got the total opposite out the players... A 4-0 trashing and I was fuming. Granted that I really had to rest some key players in this match... Our next game is again a difficult one: Borussia Dortmund! I wanted to see improvement over the last match. We were quickly 1-0 behind, but it was our turn after this... We turned the first half around leading 2-1, and further dominated the second to win 4-1! Cagliari at home in the Serie A is next. We totally dominated this game, but only narrowly won 2-1. After the international break we play against Benevento. ............. Next! ... Which is the home game against Atl. Madrid at home. First minute: Osimhen. 3rd minute: Nene. 2-0 ahead! We finished the first half 3-0 ahead with Osimhen again scoring (He is on a roll lately!) and played out the second half professionally. On to Brescia away in the Serie A, where Lucas quickly opened the score! Osimhen, coming on as a substitute, made it 2-0 with a penalty. Verona home was a really good game, a dominating 5-0 win despite Osimhen missing a penalty. Despite the heavy loss against Juventus which is (I think) an incident, we have played such dominating games... We tie with Milan in points at the moment in the Serie A. In the CL we are totally dominating the group, with totally convincing wins against all teams so far. Schedule and results: Competition overview: Chelsea have made Diego Paolino their main target. And you know if that happens you will likely lose the battle to keep him. I have at the moment no interest in other players to buy, just looking for cheap talent here and there. I have put another player of Bordeaux again on my shortlist though: Maximiliano Milano, a newgen winger I bought for them. Not really interested, just keeping an eye on him, because he is great. Also Giorgio Valia of them is on my shortlist, also a newgen with a load of talent... BUT, we will see how it goes! I'm happy with the team at the moment, I don't think there is need to improve unless I find a gem or bargain.

Typically @Derek you mean! 🤣

@Derek Why did you have to storm the stadium without a ticket? Good luck, good luck good luck!!!!!

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Looking good! What is your starting XI?

Shame they were not interesten, but you are doing fine!

And my expectations are still low, top 4, CL group stage is the goal, first knockout round, which is a little more difficult seeing the group. But with this team... With a little luck I could win the CL

Feyenoord vs Roma! I so hope Feyenoord will win this final!

Difficult... But I would just stay where you are now, let them come to you

Yes, but difficult! What you think of the team I bought together?

A short update as I want to finish the transfer window... We start the new season the way we ended, against Bologna. And we opened the season in style with a very convincing performance from the lads, 8-1 was the score with Nene and Gravenberch scoring on their debuts! In the Champions League have drawn with Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, and RB Salzburg. A very difficult group indeed... Atalanta away is up next. This time we had a difficult match, but ultimately won the match 2-1. Schedule and results: Competition overview: Little bit of transfer news: - Oscar has been sold to Shakhtar for a fee of 13,75M, slightly above his value. He was surplus since I have quite a lot of midfielders above him. - I expected nothing major to happen on transfer deadline day, but Tottenham made a 44M bid on Scamacca. Keeping in mind that he won't expect much playing time, decided to cash in on him. Looking to improve the defence, and bought Roger Ibanez off of Roma for 53M with installments. - Low bids were made on Fabian and Fratessi by Barcelona, both I still consider too important to sell. Both bids were around the 35M mark and way below their value. - Wanted to make a move for Tino Livramento of Real Madrid, because he was cheap at 11M, but his salary demands were incredibly insane, and probably a bug of the game. He earns 900K p/w! In total I spent 557M on new players, which is, well, a lot of money! Over half a billion! But I am very happy with the squad. Transfer overview: Finances: The team has been improved on almost every front. Maybe the only position that needs a little improvement is the GK position, but Livakovic will do for now, he has been playing really good in goal. We are going to be a force to be reckoned with. Ideal starting XI:

Home to Milan is next, at half time we had a comfortable 2-0 lead, Milan simply did not have a chance. Only to give the lead away in the second half, but ultimately Ribeiro scored the winning goal in the 85th minute. Totally deserved victory! First leg away to Man City in the Champions League. We started really well and quickly scored the opening goal, but it was disallowed unfortunately. Though we did match Man City, who didn't really play well. We were pretty equal throughout the match and it ended the way it started, a great result! Empoli away then, where Fabio Vieira scored a wonderful free kick from 35 yards, for me the goal of the season! Eventually won 3-0. Man City at home is next. We played such a great first half! Osimhen opened the score with a scorcher from distance, and Fabian scored with a shot from the edge of the area, 2-0 half time! Continued to play well and defend the lead in the second half, we are through to the semi finals of the Champions League! What a magnificent performance from the lads! Paris SG is next! Still buzzing from the last match... Crotone away is up next and we won comfortably: 3-0. Five matches to go and we are in 1st place with 76 points, Roma is second with 72, and Inter is third with 71. Wondering where Juventus is? They're 8th.... Coppa time! Torino away is next, we won 3-0 at home in the first leg. And we are through to the final with a 1-0 win, playing against Juventus in the final! So far we have exceeded ALL expectations of the board (Serie A: was Europa League qualification = challenging title, CL: first knockout round = semi finals, Coppa: semi finals = finals). Salernitana at home is next on the list, an easy 2-0 win! Still 4 points ahead of Roma in second place. First leg of the semi finals in the Champions League vs PSG at home... This was quite a nervy game... We were nowhere in the first half, but in the second half managed to save a draw: 1-1... A very difficult away match is going to be next... Cagliari in the Serie A is next: a disappointing 2-2 draw. PSG away in the CL is next... A good first half where we missed two chances to open the game up. Lorenzo Lucca of PSG opened the score in the second half, and we just could not make a fist and push on. 1-0 loss. But, extremely proud of the performances!!!! Fiorentina away in the Serie A is up next and we narrowly won 1-0. Two matches to go, two points ahead. Final time again, the Coppa final against Juventus. We hada difficult game against them and ultimately lost 1-0... Next is Venezia at home, we dominated and won 6-0, but the title has not been secured just yet, still 2 points ahead and one match to go against Bologna away. We won 2-1, AND WON THE SERIE A TITLE! A great ending of the season! Schedule and results: Competition overview: Before the next season started both our budgets have been upped significantly. A 147M transfer budget, and a 3,8M wage budget. I was also asked to spend the entire transfer budget... Well, you don't have to ask me twice! - Ryan Gravenberch was already set to sign, as mentioned before. - David Rojas Cifuentes of Bordeaux was my main target next, and signed him for 122M with installments, he will probably play on the left, Gustavo Lucas on the right, and Osimhen will move to the striker position, ahead of Scamacca. - Dorgeles Nene of Bordeaux again was signed next, he will cost us 95M in total with installments, and will take over the AMC position as a shadow striker. - Jurrien Timber, who is surprisingly STILL at Ajax, will also join the club for 100M, again with installments. - Kaiky is sold to Hertha Berlin for 70M, as a replacement I once again turned to a Bordeaux player, and signed Mattia Viti, and signed him for a total fee of 83M. - Made a move for Matthijs de Ligt, but he was eventually uninterested. - Bid of 60M was made on Renan from Dortmund, but not interested in selling. In other news (And I still believe this is a great feature of this game), Gustavo Lucas has come out as gay! That is it for now...

Nice start of the season in the league! Hopefully you will qualify for the next round in the EL

It's already insane with all the money PSG has, they aren't able to hold onto him. Also, it's greed, come on.. Kylian has way more money than he can spend in his lifetime

At the moment, yes, we certainly could improve the defence, and I will. Livakovic is getting old too, will look into that when the summer transfer period arrives

I am imagining an attacking trio with Cifuentes on left, Gustavo Lucas on the right, and Osimhen as striker. Now that would be a world class attack. Plus Gravenberch in midfield, with Fabian

In my game, as you saw, he was at Napoli.. I never played him tbh

Crazy actually. Players get more and more control, which (in my opinion) is not a good development. The coach/manager should be given the highest priority, whether your name is Messi, Ronaldo, or (with respect) youngster Mbappe..

Nah, I'm fucked 🤣🤣🤣 That midfield... 🤯

First match after the winter transfer period is against Torino away. We weren't really playing well, but despite that won the match 1-0. Next is Sampdoria away and just as last season, they ended the match with 10 men, but before that happened we were already 2-0 ahead. Gustavo Lucas scored his first goal and the match was eventually won 4-0. Coppa time again, the quarter final against Atalanta is up. We won the match 1-0, on to the semi finals! Next up is Spezia at home, we dominated the match and won 2-0. First leg at home in the Champions League against Chelsea is up next! Chelsea quickly got red carded, and before half time Scamacca opened the score. Osimhen made it 2-0 very quick after the first one. The score remained this way despite creating various chances. Still, a good win! Next is Sassuolo away, we had the better of the match but it ended in a draw. Against Udinese it was the same story: 0-0. First leg of the Coppa vs Torino is next. We are with one leg in the final, won 3-0 at home. Home to Atalanta we finished it in the first half, winning 2-0. Milan played at home (or away, same stadium) to Inter, and drew, extending our lead to 5 points in the Serie A. Second leg away in the Champions League against Chelsea! The first half was pretty much ours actually, although we were behind in the 2nd minute already. We scored 1-1 in the 20th minute and in the beginning of the second half we even took the lead: 2-1. Then Chelsea woke up and started attacking. We stood our ground, though had to swallow two goals. On to the quarter finals, which I honestly did not expect! On to Roma! Another difficult match... Despite having the better of the game (again), we drew the match 1-1. The draw for the quarter final of the Champions League has also been made. It is the team I fear the most: Man City. Any other team, but them for God's sake... 😠 But, I also have a big announcement to make later in this post. Next is Verona away in the league where Scamacca opened the score quickly. Things went bad when Kaiky received a red card for a horrendous, dumb tackle in the midfield, and thanks to this dude we lost the game 2-1. I was pretty furious. Schedule and results: Competition overview: Transfer wise I've kept myself a little quiet, I had little to spend anyway, 700K left. But at every opportunity kept begging the board for more money. I did make Ryan Gravenberch my top target for the midfield, but did not expect him he would want to join Napoli. He is at Liverpool at the moment. If anything I would probably make a move in the next transfer period, but here is what happened next... Bugging the board to increase next season's transfer budget, which was again upped to 96M, but also begging them to up this season's transfer budget. Initially they refused, but in the end they gave in and upped the transfer budget to 70M (!). Okay, nice. On to Gravenberch! 123M bid, I don't care, my funds are unlimited at the moment. 🤑 He accepted our extremely generous contract, and thus will join in the summer for a record high fee! Yes, obviously this is an extremely high transfer fee, but, Gravenberch is such a huge player at the moment! I came, I saw, and went for it 😁 Plus, we are ahead of a another huge transfer, as I'm looking to none other then David Rojas Cifuentes (Bordeaux) to the club. He is my top target for the upcoming season. Ryan Gravenberch profile: David Rojas Cifuentes profile:

Yeah, disappointing really! But it was a good season nonetheless 🙂

Never had a owner blocking a transfer like that before...

I think for Sinisterra that fee is on the high side (in my honest opinion...) You managed to sign Sarr? Were those transfers within the transfer budget then?

First match to be played today is Atalanta away, the match was and started even, but we were 3-1 behind after the first half. In the second half we managed to level te score, and even had two chances to finish off the game. 3-3 is a fair outcome though. Away to Roma which is always a difficult match, but they were surprisingly lacklustre the entire game and we finished the game in the first half: 2-0. Not soon after their manager was fired. Next up is the home match vs Benfica in the Champions League. We totally dominated and smashed them 5-1. Back to the league where we face Torino. Although the score was 3-2, we actually dominated the game and conceded two stupid goals.. After the international roundup it is time for Milan away. Let's face it, Milan was the better team here, we lost 3-1. Just our first loss in the league... We're still in 1st place with one point ahead. Bayern at home is next, it was a difficult match, we finally op ened the score in the 84th minute and I was already celebrating a very important win, but Bayern managed to equalise in the 96th minute... Disappointing... But we did qualify for the first knockout round! Empoli at home was next. I'll admit we had a tough time in the first half, but run them over in the second half, winning 4-1. Salernitana away is next. Dominating this game and winning 3-0. Crotone was our next victim, as we totally trashed them with a 8-0 win. Biggest win in my career so far! Last group match against Bordeaux away (Still funny to play against my former club!). Rodrigo Ribeiro scored his first goal and won the game for us: 1-0. Away to Cagliari was next, and we just could not get into the match this time around. A bitter pill to swallow as we lost 2-1. In the first knockout round of the CL we are pitted against Chelsea. Damn. Was hoping for a little easier opponent... Our last match of 2026 is against Fiorentina. We totally dominated and it was an easy 3-1 win here. First game was against Verona away, who were dead last. Romero scored a hattrick and we won 5-0, as well as a certain 'new signing' scored on his debut. Up next is Bologna who we also dominated and won 3-0. First match in the Coppa was next, to Avellino, an easy 3-0 win. Lazio home up next, we narrowly won despite dominating: 1-0. Inter at home next, we were actually better but drew the game. Juventus is up next and this is one of the weirdest matches I have ever seen on FM. It seemed like an amateur match for God's sake. The game went back and forth with a lot of goals: 5-5. WTF? Schedule and results: Competition overview: My transfer budget was eventually upped to 33,5M before the winter transfer period, and I spend it all before it even started. - Berat Ozdemir was sold to Shahktar for 16,75M. Although a decent player, decided to cash on him. As a replacement I bought shortlisted player 24yo Luka Susic (dubbed 'new signing') from Leipzig for 28M, with installments obviously. - As backup for left and/or rightbacks I have signed Portuguese/Brazilian 20yo newgen Klinsmann Dahlen for 42M from Porto (Which sounds like a nazi name, but sure, who gives a shit right?). He can play on both positions in the back, right and left, plus he is a wonderkid. - Piotr Zielinski left (rather unfortunately) to PSG. I rejected some bids, which were in the 2M range, and although I have enough midfielders, for me he still was an important player. I did not want to sell him. But he complained. Sold him for 3,7M but thought it was too low for his ability. As a future replacement, I signed a newgen who I also scouted (I always have certain lists and keep scouting the globe). Spanish 16yo AMC newgen Jose Alberto Cabellero will join the club from Vallecano for 7M, which is I think (or hope) a bargain. - Again there was a lot of interest in players, I was hoping to sell Scamacca (for example), because he is really high valued and I also think he could definitely be replaced by a better player. There was also a bid on Eljif Elmas from Liverpool, but was not looking to sell him, as he is a pretty allround player, plus the bid was kinda on the low side (26,M). Klinsmann Dahlen (nickname: The Nazi) profile: Jose Alberto Cabellero profile: I have also (continually) asked to increase the transfer budget for next season (accepted), the transfer budget for this season (rejected) and the wage budget (accepted). The budget for next season is now 88M, and the wage budget is now at 3,3M (currently spending 3M). The owner keeps investing so I keep asking. Because I'm fucking greedy. 🤑