Ok so time for the update I promised.
Towards the end of the season we hit abysmal form and found ourselves 7th ,at this point I thought we was gonna miss out on any hope of getting Champions league qualification however luckily for us we weren't the only ones getting silly losses & results
With this in mind I got my boot and kicked some of the players up the backside with 3 games remaining we was now in 4th
We won 2 of the 3 which left 1 remaining game..
If we lost or drew Lazio would of took the CL place(even a win if they won would of cost us ), thankfully it was our day not only did we win but Lazio lost (thank you Palermo)
After some inconsistent performances a few players had to leave ( I won't cover all transfers for the first season just the ones that I brought in January that didn't come good and any other notable departures & arrivals)
At the age of 34 I decided it was in both parties interests to not renew Pasqual's contract so that saw him leave on a free to CSKA MOSCOW
The first casualty of signings was Ron Vlaar I brought him in on a free & he looked good on his debut but immediately after become a lazy annoying player averaging 6.00 , I transfer listed him and to my surprise Ac Milan bought him , they are welcome to him in all honesty .
Then Viera(Ivory Coast CB) & Emmanuel Mas, Jordan Rhodes ,Borja Valero & Kalinic all were sold , bar Borja (he was sold due to coming towards the latter stages of his career and wanting a chance at a title & more money for his family ) the rest underperformed, despite this all were picked up easily and we got ourselves a nice 50m from sales in total
Before I move on some success stories from the 1st season that I signed : Gino Peruzzi, Timo Horn * Julian Dos Santos
Allowing me to bring in the likes of Simone Zaza & Belotti
Also in the English Prem Southampton got themselves relegated so we did a Liverpool and raided them for a few :
Bringing in Wanyama,Virgil Van Dyk & James Ward Prowse
I am still looking for a leftback with a few targets in mind but other than that and the expected arrival of Renan as a backup keeper in late Dec, I am very happy with the squad
So far in my sec season pre season is going well we got a few wins and even drew with PSG
let's hope we can get closer to Juve & Ac this seeason & battle for some silverware !