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Excellent, get back to me with what you think.

Also, I've managed to get an internship in Brussels starting on the 3rd June, so I''ll be there probably from the second... My internet may well be cut down, so you may be on your own from then. Thought I should mention it. But hopefully I do have internet!

That round has now finished, so we won't have got anyone! Haha. If I'm not on, feel free to bid yourself.

Cesar Azpilicueta - £5.5 mill (cloughie/furball)
Joaquin - £3 mill (Cab/Him)
Sergio Busquets - £27.5 mill (Baxter/Blunder)
Rafael - £5.5 mill (Cab/Him)
Diego Milito - £4 mill (cloughie/furball)
Dante - £7 mill (Cab/Him)
Franck Ribery - £19 mill (cloughie/furball)
Oliver Giroud - £5.5 mill (cloughie/furball)
Antonio Valencia - £5.5 mill (cloughie/furball)
Manuel Neuer - £26.5 mill (cloughie/furball)

Joaquin at a low price, Rafael, Milito, Dante and Valencia this round. Sorry I've been inactive over the weekend bro! You gonna be on in a couple of hours?

No problem. Decent pick at this stage, always rated him, would love to see him in the premiership.

Nope, not yet.

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Are you around this weekend btw?

But I think our defenders will be our most important players.

I really rate Chiellini too. Up there in the top 3 defenders in the world for me.

If we can pick up Agger cheap that'll be gun.

paid 2 mill over my limit of what I said for Chiellini, but thought it'd be worth it. If it proves otherwise, sorry. I just thought it'd be worth it. I will back this one. More than what I was hoping for, but I think he's worth it.

Decent considering Lahm cost £36mill, Alonso went for £26mill and Falcao went for £36.5mill. On the latest Fifa, Huntelaar is rated at 85 and Falcao at 88.

Haha we did. So far we've got Rafa (£1mill), Gylfi (£5mill), Sandro (£9.5mill), Colo (£12mill) and Huntelaar (£15.5mill). All quality, and we've spent £43mill, if my maths is correct. so we have £287mill left.

Not yet, no.

Or maybe players like Chiellini or Vermaelen say, to play left side of centre back and CBs that double as RBs to play on the right side so that we can instruct them to move out to wingers if needed, and instruct cdms to go more defensive when on the defence? If you can do that?

Possibly, but even so, you'd think he'd check. I mean I did that, but I just put 2 bids higher (so £1mill on top of the increase bid) just to be certain.

Here's Thursdays list:

Danny
Angel Di Maria
Alan Dzagoev
Arturo Vidal
Anthony Reveillere
Daniel Sturridge
Sebastien Kehl
Dede
Eric Abidal
Samir Nasri

You know, a decent full back may not be such a bad idea. If we play one CB, an RB and an LB, and 2 central defensive midfielders who can drop back and essentially form a back four with the CD playing a sweeper role, then stepping up when we win the ball back. That way we can cover the wings when we inevitably come up against players like Ronaldo (if we don't get Ronaldo). See what I'm saying? Feel free to ridicule the idea if you think it's silly though.

Right ok. I'll sort this round then. I'll stick to limits that I set this time, don't worry

I know right! When he was about £19mill I was tempted to put some on him, but it wouldn't have made a difference. The stupid thing is that Eddie had the leading bid on him anyway at £30mill, then he upped it himself to £36mill...

Day 29
Antoine Griezmann
Andrea Barzagli
Maxwell
Gary Cahill
Ashley Young
Francesco Totti
Edin Dzeko
Arjen Robben
Fernando Muslera
Juan Mata

Day 30
Júlio César
Rio Mavuba
Juanfran
Andre Ayew
Xavi
Domenico Criscito
Daniele De Rossi
Steve Mandanda
Thomas Vermaelen
Demba Ba

Day 31
Roberto Soldado
Victor Moses
Glen Johnson
Maicon
Stephane Lichtsteiner
Marcel Schmelzer
Mapou Yanga M'Biwa
Neven Subotic
David Alaba
Javier Pastore

Day 32
Robert Lewandowski
Riccardo Montolivo
Ashley Cole
Stephan Kiessling
Douglas Costa
Kyriakos Papadopolous
Jan Kirchoff
Diego Contento
Danny Welbeck
Wojciech Szczęsny

Day 33
Thiago Alacantara
Matija Nastasic
Łukasz Piszczek
Nacho Monreal
Kevin Strootman
Lisandro Lopez
Victor Valdes
Ryan Giggs
Neymar
Pepe Reina

These are the last 5 rounds. If we save money, there are some quality players in there. Ronaldo doesn't go until quite late either.

If my maths is current, this round ends at 3pm tomorrow our time. I'll probably put in any bids then. If Nani is below £12/13mill, I might put one on him too. Likewise if Jakub is cheap, I might put something on him. Ideally I think it'd be best to keep our money till the end.

Well Lahm went for £36mill, hence stretching to £25m. Naturally, I'll keep it as low as possible.

Yeah. Reckon £25mill would probably be the absolute limit for a Chiellini. I'll try and stick on a late bid for him.