{"id":20739,"date":"2018-02-12T16:30:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T16:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/?p=20739"},"modified":"2018-02-12T15:35:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T15:35:18","slug":"ic-geracao-de-ouro-9-i-raid-teams-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehighertempopress.com\/2018\/02\/ic-geracao-de-ouro-9-i-raid-teams-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The IC…Geracao de Ouro #9: I raid the teams of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t think I’d have the time to quite get through enough to justify an update this week but the gods of time have conspired with me and I got through a fair whack including finding maybe the first great young star of this save.<\/p>\n

Transfers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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As you can see, I’ve been a very busy boy over the summer period. Our sales column probably won’t be that busy for a couple of seasons now that I’ve shunted out what seems like the world’s supply of right-wingers. As always though we’ll try not to focus too much on the outs as they’re not really part of the goal to this save although a couple of the later ones are notable.<\/p>\n

Xande was absolutely rapid and looked to be a great little young winger for the first team this season but Mainz met his release clause which was always going to be an issue. Sebastian Rincon was going to be a backup but he kicked up a fuss when I brought in Xande’s replacement (who is sensational) and I shunted him out the door.<\/p>\n

Anyway, onto the important part: the ins. We start with my panic signing which brings one of my rules back into your conscious thought. As you will remember, I’m only allowed one signing per window over the age of 20 for the off-chance I screw this up and need a star signing to bail me out. Sadly, this isn’t a star but a signing of what I thought was a necessity. Left-back Ghislan Konan was a wanted man and said he’d leave when I got a replacement. Spoiler alert but he didn’t and I still got the replacement in Camilo del Castillo, who is shite.<\/p>\n

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Now we’ve got the mistake out of the way, allow me to introduce you to the two big money moves of the window: Boris Kolev and Marco Silva.<\/p>\n

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I mean take a look at those attributes on these boys. Boris arrived from Ludogorets in his native Bulgaria for \u00a31.5 million which is probably a premium price for a Bulgarian league player but, with Juventus sniffing around and offering him a trial, he’s clearly going to be a really good player.<\/p>\n

As for Marco, his attributes scream striker but I’m going to use him on the wings. The deal to bring him to Guimaraes was expensive for us and wiped out all of our money at that point and he’s only on a one year contract which is going to need to be extended ASAP. This one could end up in heartbreak.<\/p>\n

The next lot of signings are ones I’ve pinched from Africa for cheap. There’s a pre-contract, future signing I’m quite excited about and a couple of B team players who could be OK.<\/p>\n

The pre-contract signing (arriving in December) is ASEC’s striker Yannick Diallo:<\/p>\n

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Arriving next summer is French youth international Amor Jaziri from ES Tunis for \u00a3400,000:<\/p>\n

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Roland Kouame was going to join on a pre-contract agreement like Diallo however a lack of depth in the B team meant that I paid Africa Sports \u00a318,000 for his immediate service:<\/p>\n

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Tanzanian(!) keeper Bakari Kisiga arrive from the amazingly named Simba on a free:<\/p>\n

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Free agent Australian George Park was brought across to play for our B team as well:<\/p>\n

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Finally, Cameroonian midfielder Daniel Nguidjol joined from Coton Sport for \u00a330,000:<\/p>\n

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And to wrap up our summer business, I went centre back crazy and picked up the best teenage freebies I could find in Portugal. It was slim pickings:<\/p>\n