Re: Football Manager 2012 - Official Thread - Demo Out Now!!!!
Just beaten the Arsenal 'invincibles' record. Now 50 games in the league unbeaten although i brought it up with a 0-0 draw against Swansea that i was not happy with. Brought in Paloschi, Loideiro, Guardado, Grenier, Montoya, Muniesa and Nesta on frees in the summer to add more depth to the squad and to make money off them apart from Nesta. Only Paloschi, Nesta and Montoya are in the 1st team squad with the rest on loan.
Bought Migliaccio and Banega for around £5m combined as i let Hargreaves go. Got Gignac on loan again but hes not that good so ive splashed out £6.5m on Tafer who joins in Jan.
Got around 15-20 youngsters out on loan, the best of them has to be Abu. Hes going to be quality when i put him in the 1st team squad and eventually take over from NDJ.
As for players who are cheap and good the few ive found are:
Facundo Ferreyra - Striker - Banfield.(He was on loan at Racing Club when i found him and he has a future fee set but they didnt buy him so i brought him in for £1.5m.
Clement Grenier - AMC - Lyon. Got him on a free but you would be able to get him cheap if he extends his contract. Ive loaned him out straight away to Brugge and in 10 games he has 5 gls, 4 as and average rating of 7.47.
Mateo Kovacic - AMC - Dinamo. Im sure plenty already know about him because he was class in 11 aswell but hes even better now. Cost me £3.5m but didnt join until summer as he was under 18. Hes on loan at Brugge aswell and hes doing just aswell as Grenier and is only 18.
Romario - Rb - Vitoria. Hes 17 so you cant get him straight away but he will cost £2m max and turns into a new Dani Alves. I had him on loan at Charlton for last 6 months of 1st season and now hes at Brum so another step up. He'll go out to a prem team next year and then be brought back to fight out with Micah.
Giovanni Moreno - AMLC - Racing Club. I havent bought him but hes at Liverpool and hes been on fire for them. They spent £6m on him so may get him cheaper.
Lucas Andersen - AMRC/S - Aab. Wolves snapped him up for £625k and hes only played a handful of games for them but done well in them all and his value has shot up. Would easily get in championship clubs and be decent back up for lower Prem.
Mathieu Coutadeur - MC - As Monaco or Lorient(dont know when he moved). Had a stormer of a season for Lorient which made Arsenal splash out £9.25m after Lorient got him for £1.7m.
Jose Sosa - Anywhere in mid - Dont know where hes at at the start of game but Chelsea spent over £12m on him and hes been brilliant. Would probably be able to get him straight away for way under half of that.
Michael Lumb - Lb - Zenit. Leicester got him for under £1m and then sold him to Everton for £4.6m after a very good season in championship. Stats arent amazing but good solid player for very little money.
Dominique Malonga - St/AMLC - on loan at Betis on mine but Newcastle bought him for £2m after a decent season there and hes already got 6 in 9 and an assist. Looks like the bargain of the century.
I will put more up if people want them but remember players may be at different clubs than ive put down as i dont know when they moved.