2023
Espanyol bring in dynamic duo
After a solid start to life in division 2, Espanyol have this week moved to strengthen their attacking threat further by securing Mane and Sesko.
Mane was identified as a possible transfer target due to his versatility of being able to lead the line or play wide. With the teams goal scoring threat currently sat on the shoulders of veteran Cavani, its hoped Mane who will join mid-season will help the team in the second half of the season to get crucial points in the teams battle to beat the drop.
"We all know what Mane can bring to a team, and his age and location is not an issue for us. We've had players like Ibrahimovic last season show their worth short term for our club, and along with Muller who is already here his experience and rating will be invaluable"
The big capture though is one for the future and a player the manager has tried to sign for the last couple of years. Sesko has all the traits to become one of the very best. He has impressed in Austria and is now playing in Germany where he is expected to shine.
"He has for a long time been muttered in the same breath as Haaland, though has some way to go to have the success the Norwegian has. He is a big lad and has been clinical so far in his career. He is someway off our first team picture yet, but will spearhead our youth team this season to try and impress. Our academy continues to look strong with other additions this past week of Lepenant and young Montenegro starlet Adzic. Adzic celebrated his move by getting his first international under 21 cap last night at just 17 years old and has already hit 4 goals in 11 appearances this season in the top flight in his homeland. He is a big lad for a attacking midfielder and one we expect to be on the rise sooner or later".
Meanwhile fellow youth players Pacho, Hickey and Zabarnyi are now fully established first team starters, with Oroz and Lepenant also part of the first team squad. "We wanted to create a path to the first team and have opted to go with our youngsters at the back this season. It's always a gamble to sacrifice the ratings, but we really believe in these lads, who have the opportunity to grow as one unit for many seasons to come along side Sergio Gomez who continues to hold his spot in defence. We will continue to give first team minutes to other youth players as we did last season with Ben Seghir, who shined when he was given the opportunity and Sudakov. With the new rules we need to manage concerns and have sent a few out on loan and will likely send 2 or 3 more out over the next week or so. "
Regarding job speculation, "This is my club, my home and the thought of leaving has never crossed my mind. My current deal runs until the end of the season and renewal talks are on hold due to personal issues, though I can say with certainty this will be my final club within top 100"
D1 Back Pages (Matchday 3)
Old Lady Squeezes McKenzie in Close Encounter
A game that in reality could of went anyway, a draw would of been a fairer result but happy with the 3 points.
kevin mcgregor (Juventus)
Madrid Come From Behind At Arsenal
Lukaku bags brace to continue Real's unbeaten start to the season
Valencia See Off Villa With Wilf Magic
Zaha with a goal and two assists
Could he be our star man this season?
Ash L (Valencia CF)
Benfica Snatch Late Win In Classico
Pedro with the late winner
We were second best, so delighted to take the points home.
Gregg Robinson (SL Benfica)
it's been a very frustrating start, decent performances but poor results, and more so as this seems to happen every single season. I'll keep trying and making some adjustments.
André Guerra (FC Porto)
Nine Man Atleti Lose At City
Harmer: "Ever Get the Feeling You've Been Cheated?"
Not the best start to the season, especially against managerless City! We certainly didn’t help ourselves by having two players sent off in the first half!
Gav Harmer (Atletico Madrid)
Adam gets Barca off to winning start
First game in charge and a big win 3-2 over Bayern
Rodrygo scored twice but it was Mahrez who was most impressive with a goal, assist and motm. Happy with that!
Adam (Barcelona)
Valencia boss plays down Barca links
Manager was bookies' favourite to take over at Camp Nou
Yes there was some brief contact with Barcelona but I am here today and will be here for this season at least. The fans have welcomed me here from day one and I will continue to do my best for this great club.
Ash L (Valencia CF)
D2 Back Pages (Matchday 3)
New Internacional Manager Loses Debut in Humiliating Defeat
Fans not happy getting thrashed 3-0 by Stoke
My worse result for some time. Squad will now be assessed, but certainly Costa and Szobo are not for sale.
Paul Masters (SC Internacional)
Standard Liège Suffer Heavy Defeat to São Paulo
Tammy Abraham Hat-Trick
Hoffenheim Win With Only Shot on Target
Clear chances were at a premium
Thanks to MotM Drągowski for keeping us in the game
Carl Martin (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
Espanyol Edge Levante In Tight Game
Cavani bagged both goals to justify the clubs decision to bring him in
Age is just a number, and the likes of Cavani are critical to our young players developing. It was important to get back to winning ways after our defeat to PSG and send our home support home happy.
glen mullan (RCD Espanyol)
Pedro Vilar (Tottenham Hotspur)
Draxler, Pulgar and Gunter Available at Spurs
Part exchange only
Milan Pointless and Bottom of the Table
Think this seasons gonna be a rough one.
Andrew Bailey (AC Milan)
D3 Back Pages (Matchday 3)
New CSKA Signing Blasts Teammates
Losses Pile Up
I can’t believe I have to play with this shit.
Marcelo Brozovic (CSKA Moskva)
Ten Man Sassuolo Stun Schalke With Late Win
Gyasi the hero
We can fight! Got our first points of the season with a vital win.
Hugos Monkides (Sassuolo)
Awful result for Schalke in a game that they dominated and against ten men. Early season optimism hopefully not misplaced.
Steven Allington (FC Schalke 04)
Sampdoria Hold Sunderland to Draw
Milik scores in first minute
A red card for Zapata destroyed our possibilities to win the match.
Alessandro Ioli (Sunderland)
Ajax Denied by Red Card
Played with a man down for an hour at Inter
A valiant effort against one of the stronger sides in the division. Happy with the performance. On to the next one where Sancho comes back from injury.
Syed Shah (Ajax)
Twente Draw With Swansea to Keep Up Good Start
Pasalic rescues a point
After going one nil down we managed to get a second half penalty and end the game with a point … very happy with 4 points after the first 3 games.
Jamie Alldridge (FC Twente)
Gladbach Stun Cruzeiro in Brazil!
Gladbach unbeaten in their opening two away games, fifth in the table
A game I was expecting to lose by a couple of goals so i was pleased with the point. The stats were close so probably a fair result. A good start to the season for us.
⭐️Ken Keeley⭐️ (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
D4 Back Pages (Matchday 3)
Augsburg Top Of The Table!
Augsburg 2 - 0 winners at Saint-Etienne
Wallace the hero with 2 goals and then manages to get him self sent off.
paddy d (FC Augsburg)
Olympiacos Star Juanmi Available for Transfer
Attilio Bonicci Earns Transfer Ban with Cektovič Signing
Squad Cap violation blamed on club admin failure
Olympiacos Draw 3-3 Thriller With AZ Alkmaar
Patrick and Calleri were amongst the goalscorers
First point of the season, I am not satisfied so far at all.
Master T (Olympiacos)
Feyenoord Denied By Late Equaliser
1 - 1 against Monaco in a great game
We almost took the victory if it weren't for Rousillon's last minute goal.
Sheene Ralspunsky (Feyenoord)
Sevilla Unbeaten in Division 4
Not a bad start to D4, 3 games unbeaten, need to pick up a few wins though while we wait for the potential rises (and falls) to happen.
Mister TRX (Sevilla)
D5 Back Pages (Matchday 3)
Beşiktaş Get First Win Over Pointless Lyon
Beşiktaş Struggling in D5 After Slow Start
Bailly Joins Lazio in £3.8m Transfer
Santos FC Draw to Bottom of the League
Drawing to bottom of the league isn't ideal, but still 7 points from 9 is solid/
Daniel Wythe (Santos FC)
Dynamo Kyiv Denied by Partizan
Penalty, red card and Sergio Rico with 4 fantastic saves were enough for the 3 points
We focus on our next game to avoid the same mistakes.
Chris Baggio (Dynamo Kyiv)
Club Brugge Maintain Perfect Start
Big Sim was the player of the match
Barcelona Appoint Villain
After a frenzied morning of speculation on social media, Barcelona have announced who will be their new boss to replace Dan Wallace.
The board considered several top class applications, but appointed Adam on the basis of his more than 350 games at Aston Villa.
Under Adam's stewardship, Villa have made good progress, from mid-table in D3 to qualifying for Europe in D1. In the last two seasons Villa made it to a Youth Shield final and a World Club Shield final.
I have made some brave moves in the transfer market and sold some big hitters in the name of long term progression.
I’m not a club hopper and will keep a long term plan in place whilst trying to make first team improvements.
My Villa side shows I have done that relatively successfully.
I'm thrilled to take on this special Barcelona squad.
Adam (Barcelona)
Zerbo Denies Barcelona Links
I always said that if it depended on me I would sign for life for Levante, Barcelona excellent team, well built by a friend but I would never have applied, just as I didn't do it for Juventus which is the team of which I am a fan, I am in love with my Levante project and I still have many goals to achieve
Salvatore Zerbo (Levante)
Next Barcelona Manager odds
Even though it's one of the biggest jobs going I don't expect any of the top top sides to see managers applying for the position. 'closer to home' from the earlier press release could mean Glen but would he leave his project across the city? The same goes for Salvatore at Levante, though would he continue his friends project at Barca?
Ash L then came into the mix, and became my favourite, fantastic job at Valencia making them a steady mid to top end Div1 side, English side managers, I believe alot of these guys are very settled, but I think Adam at Villa has done some very shrewd business over his time and Villa and might just be the preferred choice at Barca,
Gav Harmer, I know says he loves Madrid but could be be swayed to move to the Catalan giants, it would of course mean a new pair of socks,
Doug Earle in the same area as Glen and Salvatore would he leave his Leicester city project, but one of the top managers in here, so certainly will be one of the names on the table.
Jamie N, won a few trophies at city and if he moved to Spain could we see the return of Alex to City for a 3rd spell?
Scott the legendary Barcelona manager could he be asked to return and bring Barca back to top spot and again show brother James who's boss 😳
Andrew Kelly did a great job at Real and going along nicely at PSG certainly was in my thoughts this morning when I made the list up, just unsure if he would leave PSG? Good luck to whoever gets the job 😊
D1 Back Pages (Matchday 2)
Barcelona in Crisis as Manager Walks Out
Wallace Leaves but Denies Corruption
Atleti's Title Hopes Dashed by Everton
Harmer - "Ever Get the Feeling You've Been Cheated?"
Delighted with our first 3 points in what promises to be a tough top division as always. Secured a great 2-1 victory over Gav's Atletico.
RJ Alston (Everton)
Real on Fire as Payet Nets Wonder Free Kick
Madrid make it two wins out of two with a clinical performance against Leverkusen
0-0 upto 60 minutes until Payet, fresh off the bench and with his first touch, curls in a beauty of a free kick. Lukaku adds the cherry late on for a 2-0 victory.
Rob Ryan (Real Madrid)
Juventus Shoot Down Gunners
2-0 winners over arsenal away from home
Another solid performance, early days but 6 points out of 6, 4 goals for and 0 against.
kevin mcgregor (Juventus)
Real Madrid Complete Sanches Transfer
Lemar goes to Stoke
Valencia Exposed by Benfica
2-0 home defeat
Stats quite close but Benfica’s prowess upfront was too much for the home side.
Ash L (Valencia)
Benzema and Ronny started despite reports that Atletico Madrid have been trying to unsettle them for the past 4 days.
Gregg Robinson (SL Benfica)
Porto's Title Challenge in Shambles
Draw with Baggies brings first point
A goal conceded in the 1st minute and a monstrous performance from opponent's goalkeeper Kobel screwd things up for us tonight. Still looking for the 1st win, hopefully soon enough. It sucks to always struggle to get results in the first matches of the season, it kinda kills the hope.
André Guerra (FC Porto)
Valencia Reinforce Defence
Pedraza Signs from Inter
D2 Back Pages (Matchday 2)
Internacional Boss Disappears
"One day he was there, the next he was gone"
Several hundred retired goalkeepers expressed their gratitude for the opportinity of playing under the former manager.
Chris Mackenzie (Liverpool)
Mancini potentially available
Attacking midfielder/forward wanted as a replacement
United Beat Spurs to Stay Top
Hard fought 1-0 win
Certainly creating chances now and seem to me much more solid at the back, reinforcements at the back have certainly helped so far.
Niall Taylor (Manchester United)
Luka Jovic Signs for Celtic!
Grillitsch and de Jong got to Lazio
Liverpool Bring in Danjuma and Otamendi
Depay and Plea move to Inter
Stoke Seal Lemar Move
Sanches switches to Saints
First Win for Favourites Levante
Wirtz and Vlahovic on target
Good performance from Adeyemi who will have a lot of space this season.
Salvatore Zerbo (Levante UD)
Celta and TSG Share Spoils
A closely fought 1-1 draw
A crazy 2 minute spell.
Carl Martin (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
Espanyol Beaten by PSG
Gaffer "happy with the performance"
We put a shift in, dominated the ball but was just not clinical in front of goal. We are progressing nicely and have more options this season than last, since in a good place in terms of optimism.
glen mullan (RCD Espanyol)
Palacios "unhappy" at Liege
"Going nowhere" says boss Reynolds
D3 Back Pages (Matchday 2)
River Plate Drop More Points in Frustrating Draw
Jones Moans as Plate Falls Down Table
We lost first match when we should of got a point & dropped 2pts tonight. Could be a long season of missed opportunities. Their GK had a great game in a MOTM performance
Jay Jones (River Plate)
Sassuolo Held by Galatasaray
Monkides Not Concerned
We held Galatasaray at 1-1 until the 72nd minute, but in the end we didn't have enough. I am not concerned about our performances so far but hopefully we can pick up some points soon.
Hugos Monkides (Sassuolo)
Twente Two Good!
Barrow Brace Beats Black Cats
A better performance this week.
Jamie Alldridge (FC Twente)
Schalke Draw With Dinamo Zagreb
Immobile Scores Again
Good battle with Dinamo. Maybe should have capitalised on man advantage but would take a draw.
Steven Allington (FC Schalke 04)
Eagles Brought Down To Earth
Palace Beaten 3 - 0 by Anderlecht
Well beaten tonight. Couldn't get a sniff despite 8 corners.
Alex McLean (Crystal Palace)
Internazionale Swoop for Depay in Blockbuster Deal
Plea Also Joins as does Tadic from Valencia.
Danjuma, Otamendi and Vasquez to Liverpool.
Inter Open to Selling Politano or Anderson
for Youth Player
D4 Back Pages (Matchday 2)
Torino Thrash Feyenoord in Convincing Win
Palazon and Morales star
Torino left with all 3 points in a convincing performance against Feyenoord as the game ended 3-0. All of Il Toro's men in the final third were involved in the goals.
L H (Torino)
Second consecutive defeat, we will have to change the team.
Sheene Ralspunsky (Feyenoord)
Málaga Willing to Trade Noa Lang
Looking for a higher rated player. Any position considered.
D5 Back Pages (Matchday 2)
Santos Beat Napoli to Maintain Perfect Start
Late Cornelius double wins it for Wythe
Very happy with 2 wins from 2, long may it continue.
Daniel Wythe (Santos FC)
Dynamo Kyiv Cruise Past Lyon
Ukrainians unbeaten, OL pointless
A clean victory (0-2) tonight as Adama Traore did what we all expected from him! One goal, one assist and Mom! Dovbyk scored again! Very pleased to see the team working as planned!
Chris Baggio (Dynamo Kyiv)
Basel Beaten By Brugge
Malcom brilliance wins it for visitors
Nothing between the teams on stats.
Josh McMillan (FC Basel)
Partizan Appoint New Manager Ricardo Alexandre
Former Brighton boss steps up from Top 120
Wahbi Khazri Moves to Marseille
Veteran adds depth to league leaders
Independiente open to every offer
Willing to swap James Tavernier and Will Hughes
D5 Back Pages (Matchday 1)
Transfer News
Jesús Navas joins Lazio
Veteran leaves Rotterdam for Rome
Sergi Roberto to Brugge!
Versatile Valencia midfielder signs for Belgians
Newcastle sign Santi Mina
Club hopes new prisoner can play on day release
Manager Reactions
Kyiv attacks Donetsk
Derby deadlock in Ukraine
Derby tonight! New season with first match against Shakhtar!
Not a result we wanted but a fair one. Dovbyk did the job we brought him for! Diaz with the assist as a substitution!
We expect more from Traore as he made a lot of effort in the pitch but he had some sloppy decisions on last actions! When he is 100% ready he should be a key player for us!
Chris Baggio (Dynamo Kyiv manager)
Brugge bounce back
Flying Donkeys grounded
After the 4-0 loss in the friendly game against Chievo Verona, we take back our pride with a 3-0 victory against the same Chievo.
No Sweat/No Glory
Davy Vandendriessche (Club Brugge KV)
Club News
Basel bolster squad
Boss hails new signings
Not many changes going into the first team apart from Terans 87 and Balde 86.
Timber joined towards end of last season and so did Bard so they are like new signings.
A massive external scouting operation has been happening this summer for the youth side.
Josh McMillan (FC Basel)
Party's off for Partizan
Wynne loss leaves club in disarray
Fans sing "Who ate all the pies?!" as new manager Wynne loses first game in charge, then quits.
Independiente seeking winger
Must be young, fit and ready for action
Pedrinho, Jesus Ferreira and Cajuste available in exchange.
Gianluca Ghio (Independiente)
D2 Back Pages (Matchday 1)
Manager Reactions
Muller Delight!
Mullan masterminds win in Milan
A Crucial 1-0 away win. This is a tough place to come to get a result, but in the end we probably did enough to deserve the win and put an early 3 points on the board. It was pleasing to keep a clean sheet with our youthful defence, whilst creating plenty of chances at the other end.
glen mullan (RCD Espanyol)
United Start with a Bang
Hamburger Thrashed
4-1 home win over Hamburg, a big surprise, as we start the season with a win, much more attacking style this season with, hopefully we can keep scoring goals as last season that was a disappointment, up next Spurs.
Niall Taylor (Manchester United)
Our performance wasn't too bad, just outclassed.
David Marsden (Hamburger SV)
Levante Suffer Disappointing Defeat to Celtic
Hoops come back from two goals down with last minute winner
As a game and match stats I am very satisfied, we dominated but we were not lucky… we have time.
Salvatore Zerbo (Levante UD)
Standard Liege Languish in Relegation Zone
Shocking performance and start - Reynolds
Always good to get 3 points on the board, we overcame a strong Liege side with a brace from Che Adams and a goal from El Shaarawy in a 3 - 1 away win. I wasn't expecting it, I think it's the most shots on target I've had since I joined.
Carl Martin (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)
We were shite.
Lee Reynolds (Standard Liege)
Werder Win Under New Manager
DouDou's Bremen Start With Lucky Win
Transfer News
Celtic Strengthen Defence with Bednarek Signing
Aaron Martin moves to Fenerbahce
Finally we have signed a left back. . . . Cheers for the deal Hugo.
simon thomas (Fenerbahçe SK)
Espanyol Sign Zabarnyi from Leicester City
Manager Mullan "delighted to bring in a very long term target"
Crysencio Summerville Joins Hamburger
Lafont will follow with Kepa going to United
Sule and Manadava both available
looking for younger replacements
2 players for Sule. PM me if interested.
Lee Reynolds (Standard Liège)
Draxler and Pulgar both available
to pre-deal
Can be sold individual or together.
Pedro Vilar (Tottenham Hotspur)
D4 Back Pages (Matchday 1)
Around the Grounds
Feyenoord say goodbye to key players
Regarding the signings, we brought young players to contribute something to the team but unfortunately we had to say goodbye to very good players from the team
Sheene Ralspunsky (Feyenoord)
Mister TRX: We'll prove the doubters wrong
Sevilla return to Division 4, favourites to go straight back down
It is likely to be a tough season.
Ospina will be under pressure from a talent trio of understudies at least 2 should get a big rise this season and will likely replace him.
A new look defence will have to prove themselves this season. The midfield is more settled with no changes from last season with Caputo leading the line upfront.
The youth team sees a number of talents perhaps none more so than Bryan Zaragoza. He may well pick up some 1st team game time here towards the end of the season.
Mister TRX (Sevilla)
Division of Death
Division 4 will prove to be very entertaining this season
Torino start their season at home against fellow Italian side AS Roma, a side that was relegated from D3 last season - providing a stern test for their manager upon his return to Top 100.
The media keep asking questions about predictions for the season, but the only answer they've been met with is: "We will see."
L H (Torino)
Manager Reactions
Il Toro off to a winning start
Morales stars as Torino beat Roma 2 - 1 on opening day
An encounter that proved to be very close with little differences - including the most important one. José Luis Morales picks up the MOTM award; Captain Brice Samba is the unsung hero!
L H (Torino)
Stuttgart edge out Feyenoord
Isco turns back the clock!
Narrow win. 37 games to go. One game at a time :)
Tharanidharan (VfB Stuttgart)
We started the season on the wrong foot but I know very well that we will recover in the next games.
Sheene Ralspunsky (Feyenoord)
Augsburg hold favourites Malaga
Will take that for the first game given they are favourite to go up.
paddy d (FC Augsburg)
Transfer News
Olympiacos bring in Rakitic and Doekhi
Albiol moves to Manchester United, Riquelme to WBA in exchange
Rodrigo Moreno joins Málaga
Bebou moves to Southampton in exchange
For Sale/Wanted
Juanmi for sale
Centre back wanted in exchange
Juanmi (88 rated) is for sale. I need a 88+ CB as a replacement. I am ready to throw in few of my squad players to help the deal if needed
Master T (Olympiacos)
Stuttgart eye defensive midfielder and winger
Maycon available
Happy to give 3 or 4 players for 1. U24 - 86 and above rated.
Tharanidharan (VfB Stuttgart)
D3 Back Pages (Matchday 1)
Manager Reactions
Schalke Smash Four Past Twente
Immobile brace on debut
Immobile nearly scored as many goals in one game as En-Nesyri did all season!
Steven Allington (FC Schalke 04)
Black Cats Sink Swans
Opening day win for new Sunderland boss Ioli
22 total shots (like Swansea) and 54 percent ball possession… Zappa and Dunk gave 3 important points to us.
Alessandro Ioli (Sunderland)
Narrow defeat first game of the season, even game, their keeper MOTM but was very even all except the 2-1 scoreline. We go again and we got the red card! Not much changed from last season then!
andy vh (Swansea City)
Crystal Palace Beat CSKA in Thriller
McLean sticks it to "Putin's Army"
Kevin Volland with the 2 assists marks the wisdom of selling Biraghi! Great win for Palace!
Alex McLean (Crystal Palace)
Palace had too much firepower.
Chris Meida (CSKA Moskva)
Ajax Start New Season with Comfortable Win
"A great way to start" - Syed Shah
A great way to start the tenure at Ajax as we've beat the gatekeepers of Div 3 in a comfortable 3-1 win. Scouting was done well as all the goals were scored by the new boys. Debuts: Casco, Diaz, Darmian, Vieira and finally Sancho.
Syed Shah (Ajax)
Keeley "Glad to be Bach"
Belotti brace keeps The Wolves at bay
A narrow win in my first game in charge. Stats marginally in our favour but shots on target 5 each.
⭐️Ken Keeley⭐️ (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Sassuolo Slump
Start with a 2-0 loss at home to Dinamo Zagreb
Not ideal but we can improve.
Hugos Monkides (Sassuolo)
Transfer News
Köln Sign Free Agent Kellyman
Gaffer Gursi signs highly thought of new player as his Youth Shield prize pick
Galatasaray Open to Offers
Part exchange only
Please look at squad and make a DECENT offer or pm me.
King Kev the Daddy (Galatasaray SK)