Hala Madrid y Viva España!

[AlexanderO]

"Hala Madrid y Viva España!"

(A save report about Real Madrid and Spain)

1.0 | Introduction Real Madrid.


Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club was founded the 6:th of March, 1902. The clubs most common nicknames is Los Blancos or Los Merengues, which both are reffering to Real Madrid having worn white shirts since its foundation. In 1920 the club were given the crown and the word "Real", which means "Royal", by the at the time Spanish king. Unlike most European football clubs Real Madrid's members, their "socios", have owned and operated the royal club since its foundation. Real Madrid is one of the most well known clubs in the whole world, which has meant that the club is in the top rankings of the richest and most valuable club. The capital club plays its homegames at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, named after Real Madrid legend Santiago Bernabeu. The stadium opened 1947 and has a capacity of 85,454. Real Madrid is regarded as one of the, if not the most, successfull football club in the world. With 32 La Liga titles, 9 Champions League titles(most) and 18 Copa del Rey titles. The club has over the years built up many fierce rivals with which they are competing for the fame and glory. Real Madrid's biggest rival is the Catalonian side FC Barcelona, a club every Madridista hate as much as they love Real Madrid. Apart from FC Barcelona they are great rivals with Athletic Club de Bilbao, Atletico de Madrid and FC Bayern München. The match between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona is regarded as the "El Clasico", one of the most classic matches in the world of football. Their match against local rivals Atletico de Madrid is known as "El Derbi Madridleño" The current president of the capital club is the much beloved business man Florentino Peréz. ​




1.1 | Information

* The first thing that you should know is that I will not write this as a story (if its ok?). I will write it like a report, which means that I wont write it from any other persons view than my own. I will analyze and give my own thoughts about it. So it will not be containing any story like the one of Aitor Herrera, for example.

* I will be writing about my favourite team Real Madrid and the spanish national team.

* I will be trying to do monthly updates both regarding Real Madrid and Spain. You will get updates about Transfers, the squad, tactics and special matches aswell. I will announce in the bottom corner of every update what to expect from the coming one, just so you know.

* Im not the fastest person when it comes to playing Football Manager, a reason is that I have a computer that easily gets overheated and have almost every available league and country loaded.

* Before starting the game I edited the potential of two youthplayers, Jose Rodriguez and Enzo Zidane. Since I think the first is very underrated in the game and I want to have a new Zidane in the first team. (No overrating when setting their potential.) I hope that this wont change your liking or anything for my report.



Coming update: Introduction Spanish national team and my objectives with the save.

[Joenoes]

Seems a bit of a easy game to start but good luck, will follow this to see how you do!

[Sam91]

Never seen a Madrid story on here so I think it makes a nice change

[AlexanderO]

Yeah, I know it isn't the hardet challenge to take on. But I just can't start a save with another team before I have tried a long-one with Real Madrid, haha!

Yes, I noticed that too, which I thought was pretty weird since the status and everything. Someone has to be the first so!

[AlexanderO]

I forgot to ask, what do you all think about the design of the "report" and the fact that it is more from my point of view and analasis rather than like a story? cheers.

[Joenoes]

I like the sound of a report style, makes a change than just posting a story. Again good luck

[AlexanderO]

Good to hear, I thought that I would start with Real Madrid and do a report and then, if successfull, I would go for another team. Cheers

new update coming later today!!

[AlexanderO]

"Vamos mi España!"

1.2 | Introduction Spain


Spain national football team, or for the Spaniards known as the Selección. Spain is localised in the southwestern of Europe and is a large country with a population of about 48 millions. The nations colours is the yellow and red, which their nickname "La Roja", "The Red", indicates. 1904 Spain became a member of FIFA and later in 1920 the nation played its first professional football match. Spain have participated in thirteen World Cups and nine European Championships. At the moment Spain is both reigning World and European Champions, having won two consecutive Europeans Championships. Ranked as number one in the world, Spain is the national team that everyone is hunting to take down. Spain has, in their trophyroom, one World Cup, three European Championships and one Olympic Games Gold medal.



1.3 | Objectives

Before starting to play, I have made a list of objectives which I aim to achieve with Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. Here you can read my coming objectives;

Real Madrid:

* Reclaim what is rightfully ours, the recognition as the best team in whole of Spain.

* Have more wins than losses against FC Barcelona.

* Give it all to win, every Madridistas dream, La Decima!

* Aim to give La Cantera the opportunity and produce quality players.

* Have a player winning the Balon d'O , more than once in their Real Madrid-career.

Spain:


* Retain the position as the leading football team in the world.

* Succeed in winning a European Championship and a World Cup.

* Have a Spanish player winning the Balon d'Or.

* Make a successfull change from the old faithfulls to the new and upcoming!



Coming update: Transfer activity

[AlexanderO]

"Why put another layer of gold on the Bentley, when you are loosing the entire engine?"

- Zinedine Zidane, surrounding the transfer of Claude Makelele and David Beckham.

1.4 | Transfer activity (Underlined words are clickable for screenshots.)

Players in/out - Staff in/out

Transferbudget: £4,34 mil.
Wagebudget: £2,15 mil. / week

IN

Andreas Cornelius | Age: 19 | Nation: | Former team: FC Köbenhavn | Contract: 2017 | Wages: £12,500 | Cost: £2 mil. | My rating:

Jores Okore | Age: 20 | Nation: | Former team: FC Nordsjaelland | Contract: 2017 | Wages: £8,500 | Cost: £1,3 mil. | My rating:

Adryan | Age: 18 | Nation: | Former team: Flamengo | Contract: 2015 | Wages: £1,500 | Cost: £875,000 | My rating:

José Ángel Pozo | Age: 16 | Nation: | Former team: Manchester City | Contract: 2015 | Wages: £9,250 | Cost: £875,000 | My rating:

Joel Valencia | Age: 17 | Nation: | Former team: Real Zaragoza | Contract: 2015 | Wages: £8,250 | Cost: £575,000 | My rating:

Zakaria Bakkali | Age: 16 | Nation: | Former team: PSV Eindhoven | Contract: 2015 | Wages: £2,000 | Cost: £575,000 | My rating:

Kenny Tete | Age: 16 | Nation: | Former team: Ajax | Contract: 2015 | Wages: £1,500 | Cost: £525,000 | My rating:

George Green | Age: 16 | Nation: | Former team: Everton | Contract: 2015 | Wages: £22,000 | Cost: £500,000 | My rating:

Joel Pohjanpalo | Age: 17 | Nation: | Former team: HJK Helsingfors | Contract: 2015 | Wages: £2,400 | Cost: £140,000 | My rating:

Jaime|Age: 17 | Nation: | Former team: Cádiz | Contract: 2015 | Wages: £2,400 | Cost: £65,000 | My rating:

Fabrice Olinga | Age: 16 | Nation: | Former team: Málaga | Contract: 2013 | Wages: £300 | Cost: Loan | My rating:

Paul Quaye | Age: 16 | Nation: | Former team: RCD Espanyol | Contract: 2013 | Wages: £250 | Cost: Loan | My rating:

Luke Shaw | Age: 17 | Nation: | Former team: Southampton | Contract: 2013 | Wages: £200 | Cost: Loan | My rating:

OUT

Ricardo Carvalho | Nation: | New team: Newcastle United | Cost: £1,4 mil.

Total cost: £7,75 mil. | Total sales: £1,4 mil. | Remaining transferbudget: £0 | New wagebudget: £2,09 mil. / week



1.5 | Thoughts about the transferwindow

So after a quiet hectic transferwindow, where we brought in a total of 13 (!) new faces. Even though the number might sound very high, you should know that of these 13 players no-one will belong to the first-team squad when the campaign kicks off. So the players that I've brought in is very talented players with a bright future ahead of them. Where some might become a first-team players in the upcoming years. The transfer that I'm the most proud of is Adryan, Bakkali and Okore. It's three talented and future star players that will play with Real Madrid Castilla, Real Madrid C or Real Madrid U19's, to get the playing time they need to continue developing. The three loanes is players that I see great future potential in and whom I will be trying to bring in permanently to the capitol city.

Only one player left the club during the summerwindow, and that was the Portugese centraldefender Ricardo Carvalho. Whom was sitting on an outgoing contract, high wages and would not get any playing time with Raphael Varane and Raul Albiol ahead of him in the ranks. We say thank you to the hardworking and experienced centraldefender and good luck on his new adventure in Newcastle and England.



Coming update: Pre-season.

[Death Ball]

Liking it very much so far, keep up the good work.