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Update on Internazionale, season 1
Have I got an update for you folks.
Remember when I said that Inter needed a massive overhaul at the start of the season? Nope. I won the Scudetto undefeated with only Candreva and Criscito on top of the current Inter squad. I finished with a 27-11-0 record (92 points), scoring 81 goals and conceding 22. Palacio finished my top scorer with 25 in the league and 29 in all competitions, while Hamsik had an incredible 27-goal haul to be named Capocannoniere for the 2013/14 season.
I beat Milan in the cup final, a tense 2-1 win that went down to all three goals being scored in the last ten minutes. Palacio opened the scoring before Balotelli equalised, and Kovacic tapped in the winner just before the start of injury time. To make the next season harder, I've adjusted my sliders to give the CPU more of an advantage. Hopefully, we'll have fewer 4-0 blowouts.
Not sure if I mentioned this, but I hired a 5/5 Italian scout who found some excellent Italian midfielders under 18, and they're now developing in my academy.
Internazionale, season 2
The board was damn proud of me for achieving the double and gave me a massive €40 million in transfer fees and €170,000 in wages to spend.
With several of my older players retiring or leaving the club as free agents, the clearout began. Matuidi arrived as expected, and I immediately went out and spent €6 million on Montoya, whose contract with Barcelona was due to expire at the end of the 2014/15 season. With the gap at RB plugged, my next focus was on selling as many of my unwanted players as possible.
Juan Jesus, who asked to leave the club at the end of the previous season, moved to Fiorentina for a whopping €19 million. Dortmund came in for Handanovic with an offer of €18 million; I didn't plan on selling him, but the money was too good to refuse. With the €22.2 million I got from the board from those sales, I bought Loic Perrin from Saint-Etienne for €7 million and Tim Krul from Newcastle for €6.4 million.
Next came the massive clearout. Palacio went to Fulham for €7 million, Joel Obi to Torino for €2.4 million, Pereira to Toulouse for €3 million, Longo and Paramatti to Empoli and Pescara for free, Nagatomo to Lazio for €4 million, Jonathan to Real Sociedad for €4.8 million, Carrizo to Elche for €1.5 million, and Alvarez to Athletic Bilbao for €9.5 million.
Thankfully, I had a bunch of players coming back from loan. I let the assistant manager form a temporary setup for the three friendlies (4-0 win vs. Augsburg, 2-1 loss to Elche, 6-0 demolition of Sunderland). During this time, I was busy selling players and trying to convince Kagawa to come to Italy after agreeing a €25 million fee with United. Unfortunately, he didn't want to leave his club. I simulated the Supercoppa against Milan, which ended 3-3 in extra time and 5-4 in my favour after penalties.
With the huge gap between the Supercoppa and my first game (on deadline day), I focused on bringing players in. Spurs refused my first offer of €20 million and Kovacic for Christian Eriksen. After some negotiation, we agreed a straight fee of €34 million. Pescara came in for Marco Benassi on loan, and Liverpool took Ishak Belfodil for the season. In need of another striker, I paid Southampton €12 million for Dani Osvaldo.
I paid Chelsea €10 million plus Kovacic to secure the services of Thorgan Hazard, who now wears number 17 for Inter as Eden does for the Blues. Roma claimed they wouldn't sell Alessio Romagnoli to me, but they were more than happy when I offered €5 million (a good investment, I think). I also needed to replace Guarin with a more defensive midfielder, so I offered him to Lyon for Maxime Gonalons. They asked for €2 million to be thrown in, and I agreed. I also wanted to get Campagnaro off my wage bill (€110,000!), so I swapped him and €2.5 million for Ibrahima Mbaye of Livorno (who's supposed to be on loan from Inter, but is programmed as their player).
In the end, I made about €65 million worth of sales (receiving 60% of that from the board) and spent more than €80 million. The season opener against Chievo was a 4-1 away win with debut goals for Osvaldo and Eriksen (brace), plus one from Taider. My Champions Cup group opponents are Arsenal, Braga, Sevilla... tough, but I should definitely make it through.
This is my squad as of September 1:
GK Krul
RB Montoya
RCB Perrin (c)
LCB Ranocchia
LB Criscito
RDM Gonalons
LDM Matuidi
RAM Candreva
CAM T. Hazard
LAM Eriksen
ST Osvaldo
Bench: GK Belec, CB Andreolli, RB Wallace, CDM Kuzmanovic, CM Taider, RW Miyaichi, ST Icardi
Reserve: GK Bardi, CB Romagnoli, LB Mbaye, CM Laxalt
I'll start Belec in cup games and Bardi against weaker Serie A teams, and one of the two in European competition once I've qualified for the last 16.
Andreolli will rotate with the first-choice central defenders. Romagnoli will make at least 15 appearances with a minimum of five starts; this also applies to the substitute full-backs.
Kuzmanovic will rotate with the defensive midfield pivot; Taider will step in when required, but his main job is to join Miyaichi in rotating into attacking midfield. Laxalt will play where required, though primarily as cover at wide CAM, and make at least 15 appearances with a minimum of five starts.
Osvaldo and Icardi will each get a five-game run in Serie A/Europe to begin with, and whoever scores and creates more in those five will be my first-choice striker. If either gets injured, I recall Belfodil from Liverpool.
Update on Internazionale, season 1
Have I got an update for you folks.
Remember when I said that Inter needed a massive overhaul at the start of the season? Nope. I won the Scudetto undefeated with only Candreva and Criscito on top of the current Inter squad. I finished with a 27-11-0 record (92 points), scoring 81 goals and conceding 22. Palacio finished my top scorer with 25 in the league and 29 in all competitions, while Hamsik had an incredible 27-goal haul to be named Capocannoniere for the 2013/14 season.
I beat Milan in the cup final, a tense 2-1 win that went down to all three goals being scored in the last ten minutes. Palacio opened the scoring before Balotelli equalised, and Kovacic tapped in the winner just before the start of injury time. To make the next season harder, I've adjusted my sliders to give the CPU more of an advantage. Hopefully, we'll have fewer 4-0 blowouts.
Not sure if I mentioned this, but I hired a 5/5 Italian scout who found some excellent Italian midfielders under 18, and they're now developing in my academy.
Internazionale, season 2
The board was damn proud of me for achieving the double and gave me a massive €40 million in transfer fees and €170,000 in wages to spend.
With several of my older players retiring or leaving the club as free agents, the clearout began. Matuidi arrived as expected, and I immediately went out and spent €6 million on Montoya, whose contract with Barcelona was due to expire at the end of the 2014/15 season. With the gap at RB plugged, my next focus was on selling as many of my unwanted players as possible.
Juan Jesus, who asked to leave the club at the end of the previous season, moved to Fiorentina for a whopping €19 million. Dortmund came in for Handanovic with an offer of €18 million; I didn't plan on selling him, but the money was too good to refuse. With the €22.2 million I got from the board from those sales, I bought Loic Perrin from Saint-Etienne for €7 million and Tim Krul from Newcastle for €6.4 million.
Next came the massive clearout. Palacio went to Fulham for €7 million, Joel Obi to Torino for €2.4 million, Pereira to Toulouse for €3 million, Longo and Paramatti to Empoli and Pescara for free, Nagatomo to Lazio for €4 million, Jonathan to Real Sociedad for €4.8 million, Carrizo to Elche for €1.5 million, and Alvarez to Athletic Bilbao for €9.5 million.
Thankfully, I had a bunch of players coming back from loan. I let the assistant manager form a temporary setup for the three friendlies (4-0 win vs. Augsburg, 2-1 loss to Elche, 6-0 demolition of Sunderland). During this time, I was busy selling players and trying to convince Kagawa to come to Italy after agreeing a €25 million fee with United. Unfortunately, he didn't want to leave his club. I simulated the Supercoppa against Milan, which ended 3-3 in extra time and 5-4 in my favour after penalties.
With the huge gap between the Supercoppa and my first game (on deadline day), I focused on bringing players in. Spurs refused my first offer of €20 million and Kovacic for Christian Eriksen. After some negotiation, we agreed a straight fee of €34 million. Pescara came in for Marco Benassi on loan, and Liverpool took Ishak Belfodil for the season. In need of another striker, I paid Southampton €12 million for Dani Osvaldo.
I paid Chelsea €10 million plus Kovacic to secure the services of Thorgan Hazard, who now wears number 17 for Inter as Eden does for the Blues. Roma claimed they wouldn't sell Alessio Romagnoli to me, but they were more than happy when I offered €5 million (a good investment, I think). I also needed to replace Guarin with a more defensive midfielder, so I offered him to Lyon for Maxime Gonalons. They asked for €2 million to be thrown in, and I agreed. I also wanted to get Campagnaro off my wage bill (€110,000!), so I swapped him and €2.5 million for Ibrahima Mbaye of Livorno (who's supposed to be on loan from Inter, but is programmed as their player).
In the end, I made about €65 million worth of sales (receiving 60% of that from the board) and spent more than €80 million. The season opener against Chievo was a 4-1 away win with debut goals for Osvaldo and Eriksen (brace), plus one from Taider. My Champions Cup group opponents are Arsenal, Braga, Sevilla... tough, but I should definitely make it through.
This is my squad as of September 1:
GK Krul
RB Montoya
RCB Perrin (c)
LCB Ranocchia
LB Criscito
RDM Gonalons
LDM Matuidi
RAM Candreva
CAM T. Hazard
LAM Eriksen
ST Osvaldo
Bench: GK Belec, CB Andreolli, RB Wallace, CDM Kuzmanovic, CM Taider, RW Miyaichi, ST Icardi
Reserve: GK Bardi, CB Romagnoli, LB Mbaye, CM Laxalt
I'll start Belec in cup games and Bardi against weaker Serie A teams, and one of the two in European competition once I've qualified for the last 16.
Andreolli will rotate with the first-choice central defenders. Romagnoli will make at least 15 appearances with a minimum of five starts; this also applies to the substitute full-backs.
Kuzmanovic will rotate with the defensive midfield pivot; Taider will step in when required, but his main job is to join Miyaichi in rotating into attacking midfield. Laxalt will play where required, though primarily as cover at wide CAM, and make at least 15 appearances with a minimum of five starts.
Osvaldo and Icardi will each get a five-game run in Serie A/Europe to begin with, and whoever scores and creates more in those five will be my first-choice striker. If either gets injured, I recall Belfodil from Liverpool.
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