Notts County Story — Last Season Transfer News

Hello folks, my last season at the helm of Notts County is getting closer! After winning a fantastic quadruple there was no more silverware to win apart from the FIFA Club World Cup. But I surely want to make this last season one to remember!

The board gave me no choice regarding the season expectations, they want another title! The transfer budget wasn’t too big though, only 55 million pounds. You might remember that I promised a big name transfer but that sum didn’t give me too many hopes of luring in a world class star.

The bookmakers were pretty sure that we were going to win the title, that surely adds some pressure.

Anyway, on with the transfers. Before beginning the chase for that world class player I had to bring in another free one, you know that I like doing that :) The free transfer is Belgian midfielder Axel Witsel, he will replace the aging Lucas Biglia in our midfield.

And now, the chase for the new star. First I tried to get Lionel Messi, my favorite player. The chase ended pretty quickly though, the lad didn’t want to leave Barcelona.

Next I moved on to Francesc Fabregas. After some negotiations Arsenal settled for 75 million, a sum that was way over my transfer budget so I had to move on to another target.

My next targets were from the Italian league, Inter’s Mario Balotelli and Milan’s Pato. Those didn’t go too well either, their clubs wanted more than 100 million pounds for each of them!

I had just two more names on my mind, Wayne Rooney (30 years old now) and Sergio Aguero. Manchester United wanted 35 million pounds for Rooney and I stepped out of the chase, it was too much for a 30-year old. Juventus did pay that much though, so Wayne moved to Torino. Finally, after pretty long negotiations Atletico Madrid agreed to sell Sergio Aguero for 55 million pounds. The player signed the contract immediately, so here’s my new star, Diego Maradona‘s son-in law!

Chris Gadi immediately started to complain about too much competition for a first team place so I told him to pack his bags and sold him to Manchester City for 16 million pounds. With that money I bought myself a new winger that could provide backup on both flanks, Aston Villa‘s James Milner.

Here’s a quick recap of all the transfers, a few youngsters from the reserves were sold and a few others were bought, nothing special.

The friendly games went pretty well except the unlucky draw with Independiente (they didn’t have any shots on target but equalized thanks to an own goal). Sergio Aguero looked pretty impressive, he scored a few goals and showed some of his skills despite not being fully fit yet.

The first month of the season will see us facing tough challenges right away, double encounters with Chelsea and Arsenal.

That’s what happened during the transfer window, I’m looking forward to reading your views about the new faces at Meadow Lane. I’m also going to update the current squad pages shortly so that you will be able to view all the player profiles and their career stats. Thanks for reading, see you in the comments box! ;)

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