Manager: Daniella Contra
Club(s): Sevilla
League: Liga BBVA
Year / month: 2013 / Jun
Age: 27
Nationality: Spanish
Club Record: 4th in La Liga. Europa 2nd Round Knockout Phase (Lost to Tottenham), 5th round of the Spanish Cup (Lost to Espanyol)
Trophies: none
Clubs Transfers (IN):
Fernando Gago - 3.3mil
Jose Luis, Narvaez - 925K
Club Transfers (OUT):
Arouna Kone - Free
Deivid - Free
Jairo - Free
Alejandro - Free
Christian Romaric - 8.5mil
Jose Campana - Loan
Alexis - Loan (400K)
Julien Escude - Loan (375K)
Piotr Trochowski - 2.9mil
Julian - Loan
Finishing 4th in La Liga gives Sevilla a birth to the European Champions League! Wonderful achievement for Daniella. Selling off Romaric gave her plenty of room to navigate the transfer market however, not much action done there. A bit of an expense to sign Gago for 3.3mil but it appeared to work out as he played well and was put into Sevilla's top 11. Finishing 29 points behind Barcelona shows the massive quality gap that remains in the Spanish first Division, Will Contra help Sevilla overcome that?
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Manager: Gaizka Alonso
Club(s): Bury
League: nPower 1
Year / month: 2013 / Jun
Age: 41
Nationality: Spanish
Club Record: 11th in nPower 1, FA cup 2nd Round (Loss to Hartlepool), JPT 1st round (Loss to Walsall), League Cup 1st round (Loss to Leicester)
Trophies: none
Club Transfers (IN):
Luca Scapuzzi - Loan
Willie McLaren - free
Ian Bennett - free
Marcus Maddison - free
Louis Hutton - free
Csaba Feher - free
Scott Gallacher - free
Sammy Ameobi - Loan
Sam Johnstone - Loan
Charni Ekangamene - Loan
Sam Collins - free
Andy Robinson - free
Csaba Somogyi - free
Total: 0
Club Transfers (OUT):
Cillian Lordan - free
Steven Schumacher - free
Patrick Cregg - free
Andy Bishop - free
Michael Jones - free
Lenell John-Lewis - free
Zach Rothwell - free
Mark Hartmann - free
Ritchie Branagan - free
Danny Hudson - free
Luke McCarthy - free
John Bateman - free
Maurice Ross - free
Total: 0
Alonso has been ruthless in the transfer window bringing in man after man! Sending away 13 players shows that there is a bit of a revolving door policy at Bury. The mediocre finish to the season will leave many Bury fans wondering if this process is the way to run the club. Alonso has the full backing of the board though they want him to succeed and believe they have the right man at the club. Alonso keeps dumbfounding the pundits though as they consistantly tout Bury to be relegated, so finishing 14th can be seen as an achievement for the club and Alonso.
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Manager: Joseba Muniain
Club(s): FC Bayern
League: Bundesliga
Year / month: 2013 / Jun
Age: 26
Nationality: Basque
Club Record: 1st in the Bundesliga, Champions League Semi Finals (Loss to Barcelona), German Cup Quarter Final (Loss to Dortmund)
Trophies: Bundesliga (2), German Cup
Clubs Transfers (IN):
Dede - 14mil
Asamoah Gyan - 10.5mil
Adisu Ougo - 5mil
Vladimir Stojkovic - 1.5mil
Total: 31mil
Club Transfers (OUT):
Danny Schwarz - free
Anatoliy Tymoschuk - free
Anduele Pryor - free
Rouven Sattelmaier - free
Dennis Chessa - free
Sebastian Dreier - free
Boy Deul - Free
Timothy van der Meulen - free
Saer Sene - free
Nikolas Jullich - free
Daniel Steimel - free
Rico Strieder - free
Max Dombrowka - free
Total: 0
A solid victory in the Bundesliga gives the top German squad another crack at the Champions league after succumbing to a loss to the eventual winners Barcelona (who beat Manchester United 1-0 in the finals). A untimely loss to Dortmund stunted their progress in the league as they went on a 3 game slide (4 including the loss to Dortmund) The transfer market was very active for Muniain as he spent 31mil on bringing in talent this season. The signing of Gyan seems to be a nice piece of work for him as he (gyan) had a wonderful scoring record for the club, mostly coming off the bench to score a few late goals. Muniain let a lot of young players go for free before the season got underway, clearly showing his stern policy on playing standards, many of these young players found clubs very quickly a number became first team slots within lower league teams. Muniain wasn't ready to let these mediocre players waste their time in the youth system.
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Manager: Sam Turland
Age: 27
Nationality: Sammarinese
Year / month: 2013 / Jun
Club(s): San Marino
League: Serie C2/A
Club Record: 7th Serie C2, Serie C2 group stage
Trophies: none
Club Transfers (IN):
Dario Campagna - free
Domenico Fumarolo - free
Matteo Bruscagin - free
Cristian Cacciatore - free
Franco Chiavarini - free
Pasquale Cunzi - free
Roberto Maurantonio - free
Total: 0
Club Transfers (OUT):
Federico Del Grosso - free
Luca Riberto - free
Bruno Di Napoli - free
Domenico Del Grande - free
Matteo Bartolini - free
Marco Ingrosso - free
Chris Robinson - 40K
Total: 40K
Turland parted ways with his best youth talent in the January window to much dismay to many of the fans who were disappointed not to see this young player become a consistant starter. Taking the 40K was the best option for the struggling (Financially) San Marino club. Multiple losses early in the season meant that it would be hard for the San Marino club to mount a serious title challenge. They will definately need to have a good season to reach the media prediction of 2nd. Theres love for Turland all around the nation as they wait with eager anticipation for the next season.
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