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France

Nantes 12 +16
Paris 10 +9
Lille 9 +2

Bundesliga

Gladbach 12 +12
Schalke 12 +9
Dresden 10 +6 unmanaged
Cologne 9 +5 unmanaged
Bayern 8 +8

Dutch

Liege 12 +8
Ajax 10 +9
Genk 10 +6
Mechelen 9 +5
Rotterdam 9 +4

Serie A

AC Milan 12 +12
Inter Milan 9 +0
Fiorentina 7 +4
Juventus 7 +0

Scotland

Celtic 12 +12
St Johnstone 12 +10
Inverness 9 +15
Rangers 9+7
Aberdeen 9 +6

Spain

Barcelona 12 +11
Atletico 9 +7
Zaragoza 9 +7
Real Madrid 9 +6
Real Betis 9 +5

MLS

Harrisburg 10 +7
Galaxy 10 +7
Cosmos 10 +5
Tampa 9 +8
Chicago 9 +5

The first five team race for the title the MLS has ever seen...

Yugoslavia

Dragovol 12 +14
Red Star 12 +10
Zagreb 10 +12
Maribor 9 +3 unmanaged

Dragovol back to their best it would seem...

Champions Cup Group Stages Match Day 2

Juventus 4 Man City 4
Liverpool 3 Bayern 1

Ajax 2 Watford 2
Man United 5 ( five ) Valencia 0

Benfica 1 Charlton 1
Gladbach 5 ( five ) Inter Milan 3

Paris 2 Plymouth 2
AC Milan 2 Schalke 1

Europa Cup Group Stages Match Day 2

Marseille 0 Real Madrid 1
Chelsea 4 Newcastle 0

Anderlecht 1 Barcelona 2
Fulham 3 Roma 0

Atletico Madrid 3 Arsenal 2
QPR 0 Nantes 2

Shelbourne 0 Aston Villa 1
Panathinaikos 0 Genk 5 ( five )

Copa Libertadores Group Stages Match Day 2

Penarol 0 River Plate 0
Tachira 2 Fluminense 0

Strongest 0 Argentinos 3
Catolica 2 Botafogo 1

Defensor 3 Corinthians 2
Cruzeiro 0 Vasco 2

Blooming 1 Santos 2
Coritiba 1 Sao Paulo 4

Transfers now...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Premiership

Charlton 10 +3
Man City 9 +9
Watford 9 +7
Plymouth 8 +3
Villa 7 +4

Not a disaster but that's two late goals conceded in two weeks - still loads of the season to go so no panic especially given I had to play away twice in a week here. 

Could have done with a CL win but still - tough away tie so not a disaster either

Barcelona spend big on two players from Botafogo by laying out £12.5millions for Gaya and a massive £45millions for Torreira.

Charlton have sold Emerson to Birmingham for £38millions and Danny Ings to Liverpool for £15millions plus young Paul Glatzel, could this be the end of Tevez's illustrious career at Anfield with the younger Prosenik looking to take over at target man ?

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Barcelona spend big on two players from Botafogo by laying out £12.5millions for Gaya and a massive £45millions for Torreira.

It may seem like a lot now but watch this investment. Gaya is already a full Spanish international and poised to replace Jordi Alba and Torreira is Uruguay’s key holding midfielder and has been immense in Italy for a couple of seasons.

Training and Finances now...

Happy with this week’s work, a couple of good wins and great squad additions. Just boarded my 7am flight to Barcelona and starting to feel my 4am alarm. Still better than last week’s trip to Vilnius though. Next up ...... Rosvadov.

Printing now and then I will send out the email turns later today...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Barcelona spend big on two players from Botafogo by laying out £12.5millions for Gaya and a massive £45millions for Torreira.

This was too good of a opportunity to miss, helps the development of Genk. With the stadium capacity the most crucial at the moment. With 70,000 fans but only 25,000 stadium.

Phil@Watford wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Barcelona spend big on two players from Botafogo by laying out £12.5millions for Gaya and a massive £45millions for Torreira.

This was too good of a opportunity to miss, helps the development of Genk. With the stadium capacity the most crucial at the moment. With 70,000 fans but only 25,000 stadium.

A good deal all round. And given the volume of great young players at Genk I don’t think Phil will miss them. He’s building a great team there.

Email turns all sent out.

Rob@Barcelona wrote:

Phil@Watford wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Barcelona spend big on two players from Botafogo by laying out £12.5millions for Gaya and a massive £45millions for Torreira.

This was too good of a opportunity to miss, helps the development of Genk. With the stadium capacity the most crucial at the moment. With 70,000 fans but only 25,000 stadium.

A good deal all round. And given the volume of great young players at Genk I don’t think Phil will miss them. He’s building a great team there.

I very often notice that the most successful managers plan at least 2 years ahead...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Rob@Barcelona wrote:

Phil@Watford wrote:

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Barcelona spend big on two players from Botafogo by laying out £12.5millions for Gaya and a massive £45millions for Torreira.

This was too good of a opportunity to miss, helps the development of Genk. With the stadium capacity the most crucial at the moment. With 70,000 fans but only 25,000 stadium.

A good deal all round. And given the volume of great young players at Genk I don’t think Phil will miss them. He’s building a great team there.

I very often notice that the most successful managers plan at least 2 years ahead...

Well I'm hoping to bring lots of success to the Genk fans! And hopefully with the style of football they are playing then can enjoy the games too!

Griezmann coming off pens. Missed 2 in one game this week. One of them hasn’t even landed yet he ballooned it so badly.