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

Demba Ba + £14.5 million = Papiss Cisse
Enq

Ok I shall leave it then

Vidal/Marchisio = Would need Yaya Toure involved in any offer
Cuenca = Could sell, he is starting to get into Barca team as well as Tello though, can't see any p/ex deal unless you include a half decent player but 6m cash would make me sell
Hazard = Gotze needs to be involved.

Nope, have too many defenders. Want straight cash

Would you still take £5M for Fuchs?

Marky wrote:Would you still take £5M for Fuchs?

Any chance of this before I spend elsewhere?

Spend it elsewhere Marky

Right...

Sorry that came across quite snappy, wasnt meant to be!

That's ok then

But just to confirm, is he available at all? You quoted £5m before hence my offer.

I did previously but there's no-one especially grabbing me at the moment in foreigns to make me want to throw the cash out.

Ah sod it, go on then confirm it. I'll just hold onto the cash for now.

Interested in Ashley Cole. Going for a English back four. Is he NFS?

i would need a very very good offer he is a great player who has a great future.

cash wont do btw.

Blaszczykowski wouldn't be a legal word in scrabble, as proper nouns aren't allowed

It might mean Brown or something in Polish.

Nope, it's only used as a surname.

Believe it or not, I play a lot of scrabble, I've played German, Dutch and Polish versions too.

Yeah, you can have Cabaye.

Merely match the 23m I paid for him.

I'll pass there lol!

Giovinco and Xhaka for Hazard?

Erm, is that a joke. I don't want to be disrespectful but...

Xhaka's not going anywhere big anytime soon, he's not that great at the moment and would get nowhere near my line up, it's not like I'd be dropping Vidal or Marchisio for him.

Giovinco has had one alright season, but before that he wasn't going anywhere. Even if I didn't have Hazard, I wouldn't play Giovinco. Robinho and Nolito I would play over Giovinco.

If you want Hazard, then I want Cazorla, Gotze or Yaya Toure involved in the deal.

I'm not a fan of Giovinco and think he's over-rated. He was made to look good by being one of the better players in a mid-table team. It's like Jelavic at Everton or something, he's a good player, but in a mid-table team and is while is a good player, is hardly going to be mentioned in the same breath as other Premier League strikers like Rooney, Suarez, Van Persie, Aguero etc.

Robinho's isn't gash, sorry but that's a joke. He's had a good season for Milan, scored eleven goals and got fourteen assists and helped them get a very good second place in the title hunt. Only lost out to an unbeaten Juventus team.

Also, Robinho has a transfermarkt value nearly double that of Giovinco (€20m vs €12.5m)

Just a question......

Would you be interested in Strootman to partner De Jong, to give Toure more freedom to push up field rather than playing him as a CDM?

Just seeing what is on offer. Would like Ashley

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I like Strootman but I'm happy with my midfield so he would only be coming in as cover. Ashley would not be involved in the deal.

Hero shouldn't you be replying on the other persons page

Yeah, aw well.

It would take a very crazy offer to prize Hart away, I rate him as one of the best in the world.

Haha something like that.

I am waiting for Nad to come on for the second part of my plan

Papiss Cisse interests me.

I will offer Ba + Cash for Cisse

How much?

£15 million + Demba Ba = Papiss Cisse
Enq

I can't say that I would. Due to the lack of star players, i'd only be able to lose Higuain for another striker of his ilk.

Hero I need to get an answer sharpish on Cisse if possible?

I am willing to up he cash to £20 million + Ba for him to try and push the deal through?

Reus is available.

Giorgio Chiellini + Thiago = Reus + 10m

No I am looking for a CB and a creative midfielder tbh.

So Thiago + Giorgio Chiellini = Reus + how much

If I let Higuain go I'd want Gotze and Ba, because no-one's selling their star players and my squad has good strength in depth.

While £30m and Ba is a great offer it would weaken my team.

Hero wrote:Bale and Ba
for
Cisse and Giovinco?

Enq

Sorry but that interests me in no way. The difference between Bale and Giovinco is much larger than the difference between Cisse and Ba

Right Hero.

Ba + Van der Vaart = Cisse

That is better than my Ba + £20 million considering VDV's TM price is £22 million

Can we get this moving?

Ok I will chuck in £5 million

Ba + VDV + £5 million = Cisse

I know I am majorly overpaying but I need a striker desperately! Confirm if you so wish!

I couldn't do Gotze and cash for Higuain as it would leave my side weaker overall.

How about:

Gotze, Ba and Hummels
=
Higuain, Gourcuff, Rafinha and Juan
ENQ

You've already got VDV to replace Gotze, Subotic and Chiellini at the back and you'd get Higuain upfront. You said yourself it's about strengthening the first XI. Gourcuff would cover VDV, Rafinha is > Van der Wiel and Juan is some CB cover.

i would like Gotze to what will it take?

what would you like for him then?

(cue Lampard + £4 million for Gotze offer from Bull)

Lamps + ? + 10m?

If you need the cash to get deals through, I am prepared to offer 23m for VDV

RE: Gotze and Ba for Higuain.

Far be it for me to believe everything on goal.com, but...

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3277/la-liga/2012/06/16/3178088/higuain-reaffirms-commitment-to-real-madrid

That suggests he's staying at Real Madrid.

I'll let the Hummels thing go, and offer;

Gotze, Ba and £15M
for
Higuain

I would deal on that right now, and I know it's overpaying for him but I don't want to let Higuain leave and it would take a huge offer like that to get him.

i dont have hernandez btw.

could do Cardozo + ?

or Lamps + Bender?

Cardozo + Lamps? + ?(something if you wish)

whats wrong with that?

im giving you a better striker then Ba.

would you want Turan involved or anyone else maybe Stuklenburg?

Cardozo + ? + ?

I would take Gotze and Ba and £15M for Higuain. Papadopoulos doesn't interest me these days as i'm well stocked on CB's, only by improving them (ie Hummels) would I sign a CB when i've got Boateng, Badstuber and Howedes.

As I just said to Afro, i'm not over-valuing Higuain, just putting a Hulk style release fee on him. He's very valuable to my team so it would be a deal I want to let him go.

Rafael Van Der Vaart + Georgio Chiellini = M'Vila + 25m

ENQ

Gotze = Cardozo + ????

Sorry, I know you're trying to get a good deal but i'd quite happily call off the deal and keep Higuain than accept anything less.