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Still kind of in shock, just sold Efe Ambrose to Southampton for £13M. Also scraped into Champions Leage last year (where I was roundly whipped by Chelsea, Athletico Madrid & Basel - but never mind that).

Play 4,2,3,1 and after spending on competition for Fraser Forster (Benoit Costil), and strengthening both wings, (got Tom Ince on left & Kasper Kusk on right) I have around £10M / 60K wages to play with. Celtic with money? My 1st Scottish save on FM 14. Maybe this is usual?

1st priority is CD to replace Ambrose, willing to spend £4M-£5M on that.

Also looking for decent ball-winning midfielder.

Got Matej Vydra arriving from Udinesse in July but any decent target man / complete forward recommendations would be muchly appreciated.

p.s. If someone could explain how to take/attach a screenshot (Ludite that I am) I can post current team.
 
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Alright mate, i'm going with Celtic atm and am halfway through season 3 - really enjoying it!

McMullan from the academy has developed into a good player for me, with McKay as back up up front and Jordan Rhodes my main striker, so they might be able to do the job for you?

My best signings have been Seb Rode on a free transfer, still a key player in midfield, Gauld out wide,Begovic in goal as Forster left unfortunately and for a CB i've had Rekik on loan since the beginning of the game haha! But possibly Jedvaj from Roma or Baldwin from Peterboro might be a decent shout?

Let me know if you want any other info from my game - i too signed Vydra who did well, but I think i let him go too early unfortunately :/ Good luck mate
 
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Cheers ZeroMusic,

Seb Rode looks awesome. Unfortunately he joins Leverkusen on 1st July. Couldn't afford Rhodes & Gauld never mind anyone else.

Jedvaj was a good shout but he's not talking to me so I went for Stefano Denswil who I got for £2.8M / £24K basic wage with £4K appearance fee.

Also signed Humam Tariq for £400K after his move to PSG collapsed - it's a sign!!! :p [No problem with work permit which a few folk on here have mentioned they'd been having].

Got Sky Sports News on in the background and Tom Ince just went to Hull (in the real world). Idiot, should come to Celtic - suppose that's why it's just a game.

Oh, and Man City called, they want Rekik back.
 
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Just sold Kasper Kusk for £11M to Monaco so now need an AMR for about £6-8M about £30K wages who will actually come to Scotland. Don't seem to be able to find anyone decent! Either not as good as Kusk or won't talk to me. ***.
 
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Lucas Ocampos? Usually doenst get much game time at Monaco and could be available for a knock down price? If not, Sean Murray, Gauld if youve got a bit of a budget now, or possibly look to develop Forest?
 
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Ended up getting Andrija Zivkovic in from Partizan. Already have Tom Ince who can play on right & Matej Vydra as well. Still do have Forest as well. Looked @ Lucas Ocampos but he's out for 3 months (which is probably why they bought Kusk from me!!).

Also got Dorin Rotariu in from Dinamo Bucharest who can play either wing but better on left if Ince is on right.

Got Carlos Fierro, Mario Sampirisi, Florin Gardos, Luis Jiminez, Alex Serrano and Kenny McLean (since I was going to struggle to fill Cham League Scottish quotient) and a couple of regens.

Selling Ambrose, Van ****, Kusk & Pukki netted me almost £40M and ploughed most of it back in again. 1st time I've played a Celtic save since FM 12 - having money to play with feels weird!

Thanks for the advice by the way!
 
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Right, scratch that. Just starting 3rd season now.

Have about £15M and £120K wages to spend but can't really think what to improve with anyone who will come to play in SFPL.

Taken in over £80M of transfer fees over 2 seasons, spent £40M+ last (2nd) season spread about most positions, in 3rd summer window (before 3rd season) I've 'only' spent c.£25M of the £43M - a lot of that is now going on wages. Most of income has been using tips on here (eg Kasper Kusk) and selling on for silly money.

Got £20.5M for Matej Vydra (to Watford), £15M for Nir Biton from AC Milan (really!!!), James Forest £3.9 to Villa & Fraser Forster to West Ham for £1.4M (although 25% went to Newcastle) this current window. I've knocked back £10M+ for Stefano Denswill and Humam Tariq as I have no idea if I could replace them for the money - minimum board expectations is to qualify for the Champions League, which I have done on past 2 seasons then essentially got my **** kicked. Hoping to put up a bit of a better contest this time - if I qualify via 3 rounds of course!

Brought in Balanta (£5.5M from Ajax), Filipe (£4.5M from Arsenal - he was transfer listed), Ravel Morrison £4M, Nicola Leali 700k (3rd choice but like him in real world), Jack Rodwell & John Guidetti 'from' Man City for £4M and free as released on Bosman. Got Georginio Wijnaldum, Leonardo Capezzi & Fraser Fyvie (**** but need to keep Scottish quotient up for Champ League) all on frees.

Have good defence with Denswill & Balanta, attacking midfield LRC seem fine and have Carlos Fierro & Michy Batshuayi (and Guidetti I supose) up front.

Players are now complaining that there is 'too much competition for places'.

I've asked b4 how to post a screenshot (I'm an idiot).

Is this normal / has anyone else played as Celtic and just got silly money? My saves on FM 14 have been Crewe, Portsmouth & Celtic.

The one thing I'm missing is a real kick-a** ball-winner in midfield but for the life of me I can't find one better than Scott Brown (who is still my captain).

To actually make a point / ask a question. Any CM's to be recommended? Or (3 seasons will be the longest I've gone into FM 14 without it crashing on me) is it worth waiting for re-gens?
 
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