Real Madrid CF

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Budget = 0m

Goalkeepers:

GK Iker Casillas (captain)
GK Shay Given

Defenders:

DF Carlos Puyol
DF Nemanja Vidic
DF Sergio Ramos (vice-captain)
DF Gabriel Heinze
DF Naldo
DF Patrice Evra

Midfielders:

MF Cesc Fabregas
MF Xabi Alonso
MF Florent Malouda
MF Franck Ribery
MF Ryan Giggs
MF Yaya Toure
MF Sergio Busquets
MF/FW Thomas Muller
MF Fernando Gago

Forwards:

FW Cristiano Ronaldo
FW Gonzalo Higuaín
FW Diego Milito
FW Falcao


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Starting XI:

----------------Casillas-------------------
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Ramos------Puyol----Vidic--------Evra
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------------Alonso----Yaya-------------
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---------------Fabregas----------------
Ronaldo--------------------------Ribery
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----------------Higuain--------------------

Subs:
Given, Heinze, Gago, Busquets, Malouda, T.Muller, D.Milito

Other squad players: Giggs, Falcao, Naldo


Transfers In:

Lahm - p/ex
Vidic, Valencia, Rafael - p/ex
Yaya + Silva + Kompany + Richards + 7m
Pedro + Fabregas + Puyol - p/ex
Forlan + D.Milito - p/ex
Shay Given - 7m
Nani, Evra, A.Young, Giggs - p/ex
Falcao - 12m
Pato + Veloso - p/ex
Ferdinand + Gourcuff - p/ex
Alex, Malouda, Ribery, T.Muller - p/ex
Heinze, Gago, Naldo, Busquets - p/ex

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Transfers Out:

Marcelo + Sahin - p/ex
Pepe, Kaka, Arbeloa - p/ex
Khedira + Lass + Di Maria + Rafael
D.Silva + Ozil + Carvalho - p/ex
Benzema + Granero - p/ex
Pedro + Lahm + Coentrao - p/ex
GK Antonio Adán - 2m
MF José Callejón - 3m
MF Hamit Altintop - 4m
DF Raphaël Varane - 3m
Forlan + Young - p/ex
Pato + Kompany - p/ex
Ferdinand, Nani, Valencia, Gourcuff - p/ex
Alex, Richards, Veloso - p/ex

Torres + Robben + Cole + Rafinha/Bosingwa + Essien
=
Higuain + Ronaldo + Lahm + Coentrao + Alonso

Valencia + Coentrao + Kompany = Milner + Kolarov + Cris + £23m

Torres => Higuain
Robben < Ronaldo
Cole > Lahm (Lahm better at right back)
Rafinha => Coentrao (Just need a LB)
Essien => Alonso

How can I improve it?

Oh, ok. Thought Clichy might have held a higher rating.

Offer doesn't interest me to be honest. Need to hold on to my cash if I can.

Chilleni + Pirlo + Vidal + Luca Toni
=
Carvalho + Alonso + Benzema??

Silva + Ozil + Carvalho
for
Pedro + Fabregas + Puyol

enq

Silva + Ozil + Carvalho + Yaya + Benzema
for
Pedro + Fabregas + Puyol + Busquets + D.Villa?
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If you leave Villa/Benzema - I could deal

Villa is the best striker in the at the moment

personally I don't think there is much between Yaya/Busquets.
Its just that I hate Busquets because of his theatrics but otherwise, a very good footballer.

How abot the original offer of...
Silva + Ozil + Carvalho
for
Pedro + Fabregas + Puyol

You CB improves and you get Fab who fits nicely on your formation as an AM

your choice mate

Silva + Ozil + Carvalho
for
Pedro + Fabregas + Puyol

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Nice one Jimbo

Lahm + Higuain
=
Evra + Rooney
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I would say that I was losing out marginally on both players.

Lahm + Higuain + Arbeloa
=
Evra + Rooney + Coentrao

might make me deal

Coentrao + Benzema
=
Modric + Assou-Ekotto

enq.

I've just sold Arbeloa for Rafael. Tbh I rate them fairly equally esp with all the Mancs on this league. Would you do the deal if it were Rafael?

As for £10m, maybe but seems a bit over the top to me. Perhaps:

Lahm + Higuain + Rafael + Berbatov + £10m
=
Evra + Rooney + Coentrao + Benzema

Decent offer. If it were Nasri, not Mata, you'd have a deal.

Hmm, OK. I'll do this then. Let me know.

Lahm + Higuain + Rafael + £10m
=
Evra + Rooney + Coentrao

Want to keep Mata really if I can.

How about just....

Benzema & Granero
for
Forlan & D. Milito

Yeah deal.

Any decision yet on the above bud?

Lucio + Tevez + Cissokho + Muntari
For
Puyol + Pedro + Coentrao + Forlan

Puyol and Vidic too similar?

Lahm + Higuain + Rafael + Nani
=
Evra + Rooney + Coentrao + Pedro

Nani >= Pedro imo and re-unites the old Man Utd wing combo.
Evra >= Lahm at LB
Rooney > Higuain
Rafael < Coentrao

Really? Lahm is naturally a RB who can play LB. He prefers RB. Evra is defintely rated higher at LB on here due to the large number of Mancs we have.

Anything possible on this deal?

Was looking to get Coentrao as well since I need to get two top quality fullbacks. Any way to get him involved? Could add Carrick or similar to give you central midfield backup whiich you lack atm.

Lahm + Pedro + Coentrao
=
Evra + Nani + A.Young + Giggs?
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I could do that. Let me know if you're willing to do so.

Forlan = Ozil?
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Forlan not as highly rated as before for some strange reason
I see it as Ozil>Forlan

Says I

What for Lahm?

De Rossi can be used

Evra then?

Not keen on Valencia to be honest.

Not a bad offer but not intrested in Richards really. AM interested in other subs like Kompany and Forlan.

Maicon + Pazzini
for
Richards + Forlan

You have Milito as your CF for your bench.....Maicon could prove really handy to strengthen elsewhere.

No, sorry, Forlan straight in instead of '?????'.

Could add Stankovic?

Lampard's rated higher.
I can put Neymar on the bench if need be or sign one from foreigns tomorrow

Muller + Anelka + Alex

for

Young + Forlan + Kompany??

maybe something like that?

what would you want added?

Eto'o + Hart + Anderson
=
Nani + Given + Yaya

Enq

A very good offer but I'd probably rate them like this:

Busquets = Yaya
Robinho > Young

I think its all about preference with the two of them, I rate Busquets really highly so I'd see them at least equal

Essien + Luiz
=
Yaya + Vidic

I would require

Nani + Young + Kompany + Forlan + D.Milito

for

Ribery + Malouda + Alex + Anelka + Rossi

OK well i saw Ribery as a possible gain and Rossi definitely, but no worries.

What would it take to get Young and Valencia of you mate?

A.Young + Giggs
=
Gerrard

i couldnt do that my midfield is weak enough as it is

Would do this:

Valencia + A.Young + Forlan
=
Krasic + Veloso + Pato??

What about just Veloso and Pato = Young and forlan?

Its up on confirmations mate

Keita + Podolski
for
Kompany + Valencia

I see Yaya/Masch and Fabregas/Sneijder as pretty much equal. In fact with my formation I need Masch more than Yaya imo. Either way, Rooney is > Pato. Would have to be Higuain for me to consider that.

If that's the case, then it would have to be Di Miria/Ronaldo

Robben + Di Miria
=
Ronaldo + Nani

What for Pato?

No Robben then