Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of the story! Last time I left you, we had a luck-lusted attempt at champions league knockout progression which ended up with a draw against Arsenal while internationally, Uruguay had sailed into the World cup group stages against, amongst others, England.
This one will just be about Varberg however, and our transfer spree since January along with the champions league and domestic league campaigns. So lets dive in, transfers first!
I have to admit, it has been a rather busy one with a number of transfers coming in, and out! Obviously, my main priorities were signing youngsters for the future so I could qualify them for the ‘Home Grown’ rule, however I also divulged in some free talent that I thought would get me a bit of profit while helping the team out here and there. So here is the transfer round-up this winter:
We will start with the ‘Outs’.
Only a couple of players that left us from the first team. Milan Djuric was the first to leave after his contract wasn’t renewed. Strangely I picked him up last summer and he hasn’t played as much as I thought he might have. This, coupled with a huge wage bill and degrading physical stats meant he was on his way.
Coupling him would be Luka Mijaljevic. Again, another striker brought with Djuric in the summer and he was purely used for his ‘Home Grown’ status. Bench-warming came at a cool £14,000 p/w and for this, he was out the door for good.
The other players your seeing are mearly reserve/youth players that were nowhere near good enough for the club. They were sent their marching orders without a second thought.
Also, what you cant see from that list are the lads who retired. Sandro left us in Decemeber, picked up the midfielder on a free back in 2021 and was brilliant for the first two years before getting replaced due to his physical stats getting the better of him. The other player was Filip Stenström, a great full back that I obtained in 2022. You may remember him best for his fantastic goal (which is my current goal of the month entry!).
So.. Ins!
Matthias Urun
First one then, and I was looking closer to home for this signing. Urun has joined us from league runners up Hammarby for £350k. Not a bad price for a ‘Home Grown’ 17 year old that has a decent potential. Probably isnt going to get a game, but when I have trained him up with the facilities we have at the club now, ill send him out on loan.
Mario Tejera
Every time I look at this lad, he looks better and better. The left back position was a troubling one for me, I have Scherer on the right and I needed a decent left back to pair and I managed to stumble upon Mario. £2.4m was his price tag from Villarreal and I couldn’t be happier. Unfortunately, he wont grow into a ‘Home Grown’ player, but at 18, he has massive potential.
Dudu
Its freebie time! Dudu will be brought in purely for profit as I can see me at least selling him on for a few million at the end of the season. Will most likely be a rotation player in the center of midfield, but he has very good stats, coupled with great experience. Hopefully, he can produce when he is brought on!
Iñaki Huarte
Tell you what, Sears will be envious of this signing! With Basque nationality, I nabbed him up for an astounding £180k! Couldn’t believe it, but Athletic had transfer listed him when he was worth £1.8m and I literally couldn’t resist as he has the potential to play at a similar level to Lecomte. At the tender age of 16, he still has miles of potential to fill and will become a great rotational striker in a few years i’m sure.
Adriano
Last but not least, it is another free signing. Adriano has joined us after a massive spell at Dinamo Moscow which saw him obtain Russian citizenship with 13 caps to boot! Wanted a new face amongst that back line and i thought that with his experience, we would become a lot more solid as Kemal isn’t performing as he should.
In July, I will be introducing the following to you as well; Denis Belyakov, Louis Taylor with Paulo and Facundo Castro coming at the end of 2026. The squad is going to be huge!
So this is the squad as it stands now, showing all the potential that the players have to offer!
Lastly for this page will be the news!
Only one piece of information again really and its to do with the youth facilities:
Yeah thats right, the upgrade is getting further upgraded! Yay :). Thats great news for us, because at the moment our youth facilities are at ‘Excellent’. Not too sure what the next level up is, but we will hopefully find out next year. ‘State of the art’?
Go to the next page to see how we started the season..
Darren Smith
22 мая, 2011 at 10:45
Unlucky against Arsenal Jake, they were just a step too far this year. You’re heading in the right direction and all these facility upgrades ill just put Varbergs further on the map. I can’t wait for the World Cup!!!
ps. Really random but we both pressed publish at the same time. Look at my posts publish time and yours…freaky ;)
Excessive
22 мая, 2011 at 11:02
Haha I know?! Great minds think a like and all that. Sorry I got their a little later than you ;)
Your right, hopefully that will mean we are going in the right direction. They were just too strong for us at the end of the day but we will come back fighting next year :).
Ana Garcia
22 мая, 2011 at 12:09
Some good signings Jake,
But how stingy are you! Huarte on £7 pounds a week! I know you want to get him cheap but you could have offered him a bit more!
Bad luck against Arsenal, but they did have Jesus so it was always going to be an uphill task! :)
Domestically you still look miles ahead of the rest so hopefully your new signings can develop well and help push the club into the latter stages of the champions league.
Good luck!! :)
Excessive
23 мая, 2011 at 09:52
Don’t worry!! Huarte has signed a provisional contract on £300p/w. Although I don’t mind if he’s on £7.. Keeps the finances down!
That’s true.. Was like the second coming in many ways. Everyone got trounced ;)
I hope so Ana, thank you :)
Sears
22 мая, 2011 at 13:31
Superb signings Jake, shame you lost to Arsenal but you did excellent to get that far!
However, here in Bilbao people are raging and looking for your head cuz you gave Huarte just £7 pounds a week… :-p Hopefully he’ll turn into a wonderful player for you…
good luck!
Excessive
23 мая, 2011 at 09:54
Thanks mate! I hope so too :).
Well, Bilbao did want him out.. Which I can’t understand really?!
vaibhavc
22 мая, 2011 at 13:35
Hey Excessive
Well, I don’t think many would have expected you winning against Arsenal but it was a good effort, all in all. Good luck on your season.
Excessive
23 мая, 2011 at 09:56
Cheers Vaibhav, I suppose not. They won the league and were Champions leave finalists in the end so I can be proud of my lads :)
Laxeyman
22 мая, 2011 at 14:05
Good signings Jake, and unlucky against Arsenal, I’m sure you’ll eventually go a long way in the Champions League! The league should be yours again, good luck!
Excessive
23 мая, 2011 at 09:58
Thanks Laxey, I’ll do whatever it takes for Varberg BOIS to win a Champions League trophy :)
plobdork
22 мая, 2011 at 14:18
sum gud sighnings there jake some dont look to good though
p.s- check out my fantasy kit thread every1 its on the forum at https://footballmanagerstory.com/forum/football-manager-2011-stories/my-new-fm-story/msg469/?topicseen#new
Excessive
23 мая, 2011 at 10:00
Cheers PB. Just out of interest, who do you think are the bad signings?
Requested on your thread too mate!
CsAtlantis
22 мая, 2011 at 16:32
Guess arsenal are too strong for now Jake, don’t worry, you’ve still got your youngsters to bring up, maybe you will get a better draw next time
Looking forward to the World Cup, good luck with getting your new comp! Faster FM is always good :D
Excessive
23 мая, 2011 at 10:03
I hope so pal! Better draw in 3-4 years time when my youngsters have developed will be awesome :).
Same! I’m hoping for some knockout fun in the World Cup.
Getting Windows today, so with any luck I’ll be posting my next update on the new PC :D
Johnny Karp
22 мая, 2011 at 17:33
Another great transfer window but another Champions League disappointment… I’m sure that will change soon though, those youngsters that you have brought in seem to have what it takes to push this proud club further. Good luck with the computer, fingers crossed! :)
Excessive
23 мая, 2011 at 10:05
Cheers Johnny, I hope your right! :D
Thanks bud, working alright so far. Can’t wait to get it up and running tonight though!!
Lye
23 мая, 2011 at 02:06
Hi Jake,
Some astute signing on several young players there which can secure your club’s future. Best of luck in the coming games. Hope you have a great season ahead.
Excessive
23 мая, 2011 at 10:06
Cheers lye :)
Always looking to improve for the future. Hopefully these lads have what it takes to play in a Varbergs BOIS shirt!
Stromson
23 мая, 2011 at 16:05
Not a bad preseason, and I hope those youngsters will be able to fulfill their potential! That was great news about Hammarby making the group stages, and hopefully that’ll provide a healthy boost to your coefficient (thus allowing you to sign the calibre of player needed to best Arsenal).
Excessive
24 мая, 2011 at 09:32
I hope so too mate!
Haha, I never would have believed it. Does make the co-eff better though, which is only a good thing. Can’t do it all on my own ;).
Cheers Stromo!