Intro.

So after a longer break than expected, "Scout Centre" has returned. My schedule was far more hectic than expected but I should now have time to get this out on a more consistent basis. Enjoy!

Scout Centre.

Maximiliano Salas. Having been by developed by All Boys in Argentina Salas was sent on loan at the start of the season to O'Higgins to play in the Primera Division in Chile. While on loan Salas has started 13 games, primarily as a right winger. In that time he has netted 6 goals and assisted 3 more helping the team to 6th in the league. With two more games left of the season there's still time for him to improve his tally. With All Boys are struggling it will be interesting to see where Salas decides to go with his career next season, at 21 he is still young and will surely have a long line of teams looking to acquire his services. On Soccer Manager Salas is rated 78 and valued at £500,000 meaning he could be useful in a few teams youth squads and is a worthwhile risk for teams with the space.

Wilhelm Vorsager. Having worked his way up through the youth ranks, Vorsager broke into the Admiral Wacker first team during the 17/18season where he made 11 first team appearances. This season the 21-year-old has missed just 2 games in all competitions. He has played in the Europa League qualifiers giving him slight European experience and aided his team with 2 goals and 3 assists. However, his biggest asset is his versatility. So far this season Vorsager has played primarily as a defensive midfielder and has also been deployed as a centre back 5 times. But he has played as an attacking midfield option and up front this season too. Standing at over 6'2", his physicality is a key benefit in his control of the centre of the midfield. Rated 78 and valued at £600,000, Vorsager is and affordable youth option with good potential to rise. The future development of his positional versatility would also make him a solid option.

Jonathan Amon. With American youngsters catching the eye lately, Jonathan Amon is a bit of a different take on the trend. Having joined Nordsjaellan in 2014, Amon has slowly made a name for himself in Denmark and has developed a lot this season. The 20 year old has made 18 Superligaen appearances this season netting 2 goals and assisting 2 more from the wing. Amon also featured in one of the Europa League Qualifiers and scored against Partizan. He has also scored a further 2 goals in the Superligaen Championship Round this season. Rated 75 and with wing and striker positions available to him, Amon offers a solid versatile forward option for a fee of just £600,000. The American wonderkid trend could also see a bigger team come in for the talented winger.

Sidney Friede. Joining Hertha Berlin in 2012, Friede showed huge promise in the youth teams netting 16 goals and assisting 10 in 2 seasons in the A-Junioren Bundesliga Nord/Nordost before impressing in the Regionalliga Nordost last season. This year he continued his development in the youth ranks before joining Mouscron in the Jupiler Pro League on loan in January. He made 8 appearances scoring 2 and assisting 1 from the centre of midfield and helped the team rise from 15th to 10th and go unbeaten in the last 8 games of the season. Hertha have shown a lot of faith in their youth throughout the years and with interest in Arne Maier mounting, there may be a spot in the centre of midfield to fill. At 21 and rated 78, Friede is available for £1,000,000. He has also featured in the German youth ranks up to U20 level where he featured this year.

Ivan Nevistic. Currently contracted to Rijeka who are 2nd in the 1.HNL, Nevistic has spent the past two seasons out on loan. After a bland early spell at NS Mura where he made no appearances, Nevistic was sent to 2.HNL side NK Varazdin in February. Since joining, the 20-year-old has played all 12 games and kept 4 clean sheets while only conceding 10 goals. The strong run of results saw Varazdin rise to 1st in the league. The strong performances of Nevistic will surely have attracted interest from a host of teams. He has also featured for Croatia U20 in two friendlies. Rated just 73 he wont have a major role to play in many squads, but with a price tag of £300,000 it's a worthwhile risk for teams that have the space.

So, not so much SM related, however as self-proclaimed football lovers & experts here in T100 I feel this is something which all of us, if you haven't already, should have a look into.

Football Index.

Now this isn't an alternative to SM, it's not something even along the same lines for the most part, but it's certainly something which knowledge expressed or learned on SM & in T100 should be used for if you ask me!

The concept is simple, you invest real life cash into players in real world football at prices within the market (football index) & from this you can make or of course lose money, like any Stockmarket, although the difference here is that we know our football in T100 & invest a lot of time on SM with very different kinds of gains.

So how it works. First you simply have capital gains. You buy a player for £1. If enough player buy futures (shares) in a player, that players price will move up positively to show this. So when this player has enough futures bought, he rises to £1.01 & you therefore have a £0.01p profit for every single future (share) that you own for that player. If you bought £1000 worth of shares in that £1 player & he moved up just £0.01p you will of course have just made £10.

What is it that makes a player rise or fall in price? Performances (dividends & in play dividends), transfer hype, media (dividends).

Dividends. There are 3 forms of dividends where you can gain additional cash from just the capital appreciation from player price movement. Performance Buzz (PB). FI (Football Index) use Opta to provide data from performances & award points per performance from criteria. The top forward, midfielder or defender + goalkeeper are eligible on game days to win payouts for every share you own of that player if they are the top point scorer.

Payouts are made every single day however what types of payouts are in action on each day changes upon fixtures available, when there are no fixtures available media payouts take pole position.

Now, why I'm posting all this is simply because I've been there, tried & tested it & have made money, real life money for simply just knowing a bit about football. What's different to gambling with bookies? I've not lost any money. For the past 4 months I've used FI (Football Index) I've made a +13.70% ROI (return on investment). That's all the money I've deposited, I've not lost a penny. It's safe to say that when I gamble with the bookies I can win more quicker, in a day in fact, but what I can't do is not lose money. But you can lose money on FI, for sure you can, you shouldn't for a second think you can't but it's certainly easy when you watch football, love football, invest time into knowing what's happening in football, in the transfer market, across the 5 major European leagues, if you do these things, I'm confident in saying you'll make money using FI.

How can you learn more? Multiple ways & I would recommend doing so before investing anything.

You can visit footballindex.academy to learn all the ins & outs of how it works to a far greater level than I have shown above.

There is a stats website you can sign up & use, limited versions of stats reports are free but you can also subscribe for the full whack (which I recommend & use myself) at a cost of £8.99 a month, if you check the below recommended podcasts you'll hear of & see in the episode descriptions discount codes which you can use for a half price first month for example. For these check indexgain.co.uk

There is also a fantastic Slack community, which you get premium access to if you subscribe to IndexGain, I would actually recommend this 100% if you end up trying out FI but more so even if you take a discount first month of IndexGain & then stop the subscription just to access to the slack community as you get a lot of instant info that can assist with trades.

On Spotify & Apple Music there is a podcast 'Football Index Guide' there are around 90 episodes lasting around 60-90 mins each where investors discuss everything FI.

I'm more than happy to personally discuss or answer any questions you may have also, just drop me a DM/PM on SM.

Just to note, for the first 7 days you trade on FI, you can trade up to £500 & if you decide it's not for you, withdrawal all of it without any problems.

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