FC Basel

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GOALKEEPERS
Gianluigi Buffon 
Germano Vailati

DEFENDERS

Right Backs
Atsuto Uchida
Philipp Degen

Centre Backs
Andrea Barzagli
John Terry 
Sauro Gaston


Left Backs
Marcell Jansen
Behrang Safari
Javier Zanetti 

MIDFIELD

Right Wingers
David Degen
Endogan Adili

Defensive Midfielders 
Blaise Matuidi
William Carvalho 
Marcelo Diaz

Attacking Midfield
Max Meyer
Thomas Rosicky
Oscar

Left Wingers
Stephan Andrist



STRIKERS
Didier Drogba
Giovanni Sio
David Villa 

Transfers In
Max Meyer - £900k - Schalke
Blaise Matuidi - £16m - PSG
Sami Khedira - Real Madrid - £19.5m
Andre Schurrle -  Chelsea -  £19.5m
John Terry - Chelsea - £8.8m
Gianluigi Buffon - Juventus - £6.6m
Maxwell - PSG - £3.5m
Thomas Rosicky - Southampton - £3m
Phil Jagielka PEX 1- Ballbag 
David Villa PEX 1- Ballbag 
Maxime Gonalons PEX 1- Ballbag 
Javier Zanetti - £900k - Inter Milan
Eric Abidal - £900k - Monaco
William Carvalho - £3.1m - Sporting Lisbon 
Ryan Gauld - £500k - Dundee United
Lucas Andersen - Basel - £1.5m - Athletico
Marco Reus - Dortmund - 30m
Koke - PEX 2 - Ballbag
Andreas Barzagli - PEX 2 - Ballbag
Didier Drogba - PEX 2 - Ballbag
Oscar - Chelsea - £30m
Marcell Jansen - Hamburger - £5.3m

Transfers Out
Neymar -  Lawyers -  £50m
Kay Voser - Lawyers - £600k
Mirko Salvi - Released - £25k
Velijko Simic - Released - £60k
Aliji Naser - Released - £25k
Fabian Ritter - Released - £25k
Aleksandar Dragovic -  Lawyers -  £7m
Yann Sommer - Lawyers - £8m
Craig Bellamy - Lawyers - £2m
Darko Jevtic - Lawyers - £150k
Arlind Ajeti - Lawyers - £500k
Sami Khedira plus £6.5m - Ballbag PEX 1
Mohamed Elneny - Releases - £900k
Valentin Stocker - Lawyers - £6m
Taulant Xhaka -  Lawyers - £500k 
Raul Bobadilla - Releases - £1.1m
Matias Delgado - Lawyers - £750k
Serey Die - Lawyers - £2.5m
Maximine Gonalons - £12m - Lawyers
Ryan Gauld - Ajax -  £500k
Andre Schurlle - £22m - Lawyers
Marco Reus PEX 2 - Ballbag
Eric Abidal - PEX 2 - Ballbag
Marco Streller - PEX 2 - Ballbag
1.9m - PEX 2 - Ballbag
Ivan Ivanov - Lawyers - £3m
Mohamed Salah - Lawyers 8.5m
Phil Jagielka - Releases - £3.3m
Koke - Releases - £11m
Maxwell - Releases - £1.55m
Fabian Schar - Releases - £2.65m
Fabian Frei - Releases - £1.3m


Budget £1.15m
1m for Tactics and votes GM 8
1m for Tactics and votes GM 9
1m for Tactics and votes GM 10
1m for Tactics and votes GM 11
5.5m end of season prize money
1m for Tactics and votes GM1
1m for Tactics and votes GM2
1m for Tactics and votes GM3

Baggio scored a cracker that World Cup vs Czechoslovakia though, as my memory serves.

Yeah, that was Italia 90. T'was the tournament he made his name.

USA 94 was the one he was injured but Italy were reliant on him. They got to the final and played for penalties, only for Baggio to sky his and Baresi missed his too

My biggest memory of 1994 is Letchkov scoring a diving header with his bald head.

Italia 90 was the best World Cup ever:

Roger Milla

England's run to 4th place

Italy and the brief emergence of Toto Schillaci (both he and Baggio started the tournament on the bench!)

My first recollection of great European players such as Andreas Herzog, Toni Polster, Tomáš Skuhravý, Abel Balbo, François Omam-Biyik, Marius Lăcătuş, Florin Răducioiu, Ilie Dumitrescu, Gica Popescu, Stefan Schwarz, Tomas Brolin, Jorginho, Carlos Valderrama, Freddy Rincón, René Higuita, Thomas Häßler, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Robert Prosinečki, Dejan Savićević, Robert Jarni, Enzo Francescoli, Rubén Sosa, Daniel Fonseca, Richard Witschge...so many players that formed my early memories of football.

Dejan Stefanovic - what a player. And Ruben Sosa!

Here is a name for you Azzy. It would have tried to sign this player in every pretend manager game if I played them in 1990...

Dragan Stojkovic

Yeah, he was good too. Shame his time at Marseille never panned out, he could have gone down as one of the great Yugoslavs of all time. He'll never get the recognition that Stankovic gets, or Suker, or even someone like Aljosa Asanovic.

Viva, you may as well change you page to the World Cup 90 Discussion Page  

Azzy Mahmood wrote:Yeah, he was good too. Shame his time at Marseille never panned out, he could have gone down as one of the great Yugoslavs of all time. He'll never get the recognition that Stankovic gets, or Suker, or even someone like Aljosa Asanovic.

How about Mihajlovic? I used to see him all the time on Gazetta Football Italia on Saturday mornings. Always banging in free kicks, or spitting on someone.

Sinisa Mihajlovic was an enigma, played LB, CB, DM, LM, CM, and either scored a world-beating free kick, stuck in a 40 yard screamer, or went mental. He was like Roy Keane but with talent.

You have Schurrle as a RW, but he's better on the left wing. I want Schurrle, so I will offer you Navas in a straight swap.

One manager's incorrect opinion shouldn't be the basis of player ratings.

Navas was almost certainly rated as the best right winger in the league before. Schurrle was rated okay and now they're both in the premier league. The honest reason is so that I can put Schurrle LW and Pedro RW on their stronger sides, as I have two right wingers.

My honest answer is I rate Schurrle and Navas pretty much equal, it was just convenient for me to have a LW instead of a RW. If you look back, I think GSC and Marky had Navas, he was really rated as one of the best wingers in the world. Neither Navas or Schurrle have done much in the premier league yet.

 But that's fair enough, I'm not going to force you into dealing today. Not even with my cute face

Okay. From now on, any post you or any of your players wish to make has to be vetted by me. PM me anything you want to post, and where it needs to be posted

Any post?  Even when I'm posting on the homepage?  You can be my fitness coach instead.

Your last two posts could have placed our club in media difficulties. I implore you, don't be a keyboard warrior and defy me. The club cannot afford a scandal.

On a side note, Sami Khedira is settling in well

I'll watch what I say from now on but stopping me saying what's on my mind is like caging the great white shark. 

I see Khedira has been getting very friendly with Schurrle,  for our next away match can you make sure every player has his own room.

I'll do that, although it does mean that we won't be able to afford dinner for all the players that night. Some of them will have to share their spag bol.

Sacrifices need to be made for the good of the team so cancel our presidential rooms degrade to one basic room that us two can share.

Alright. We can watch some DVDs of players you're looking at signing, then get an early night.

Azzy Mahmood wrote:Alright. We can watch some DVDs of players you're looking at signing, then get an early night.

Keiran Dyer and Titus Bramble...

Nope. Michael Owen and Jonathan Woodsman

Wrong again,  Ferdinand ,  Lampard and Dyer.

As your social media spokesman, I cannot stress enough how bad it would be for our club to have Rio Ferdinand on the books. I hope you meant Anton.

I'd want more than £5m for Flamini, as he's been a big influence on Arsenal's season so far, something around the £8m mark would be required to tempt me.

The league is locked up,  everyone join my page and lets discuss what trainers I should buy next.  I'm leaning towards Puma Suede Grey.

Only if their Hi Tops

Will they match your brown cords?

Hi tops haha what is you been smoking Nick if you're over 19 and wearing hi tops you deserve a double flying kick to the chest. 

Haha Hero you still remember them no don't think they'll go well with the cord jeans. Do you still shop at Jacamo?

Nah Viva, its all about rocking the Hi or Mid tops. Suppose looking nice & youthful I can pull them off  

Im flying Premium Economy to States with Virgin so we get 2 x 23Kg luggage allowance each (me & the mrs) so im planning on bringing loads of trainers back!

I'm anti hi tops, i can tolerate the Nike blazers just about but the Adidas hi tops are ridiculous look like space shoes. 

You'll get trainers there that will never be released in UK,  get me a pair please xx

I've never shopped at Jacamo though I impressed myself that I was in a large rather than an XL the other day when I tried it on.

I only have Nike Hi Tops.
Got 2 x Dunks, Terminators & a pair of limited edition Blazers which were from USA.
I was looking.going through all my trainers the other week & realised I havent bough a pair of trainers in this country for 6 years now. (Ive bought Pimsoles etc but not trainers).
As my cuz lives in States whenever family go out there or she comes back I get a pair.

Im not going till July but ive already got a list of people who want trainers lol. Wouldnt be hard for you to collect them from me being in Brum.

Maybe one day you'll be a medium like me Hero.  When's the league opening? 

Same I haven't bought trainers in a while.

Open the damn league up please.

I said please.

 

Dont worry Viva, people are being directed over here via pm.... 

ill have to say no to that, im happy playing him and distin at the back, and wouldnt want to have to look for other cb options when changes elsewhere are more of a priority

still the same answer to be honest

I want Andre Schurrle and John Terry.

Nice move....Sonner out, Buffon and cash in

Thank you, they say keepers make the least impact in these leagues but to bring in a keeper of Buffos pedigree and saving money is a win win situation.

VivaPaulScholes wrote:Thank you, they say keepers make the least impact in these leagues but to bring in a keeper of Buffos pedigree and saving money is a win win situation.

Great bit of business mate.

Cheers Nick, two top rated managers acknowledge my signing must mean something.

Give me cash prices

I wanted both players before you went and signed them. I need a leader at the back and Terry fits the bill.

I can think of a player who you'd prefer to John Terry at centre back in any case who is available, and as for Schurrle surely you'd prefer to get two players in for £10m as you have a couple of weaknesses in your XI.

Sorry, wrong page
 

Afro wrote:£4.5m for John Terry

Afro wrote:Sorry, wrong page
 

Afro wrote:£4.5m for John Terry

Ill make it £5.1m + Free technology advise for 6 months

I don't know what mind games you're trying but they'll never work with me.