The big-spending first season saw Newcastle reach the Champions League for the first time since 2003, which meant there was plenty of cash in the bank for 'Director of Football' Alan Shearer to throw around.
This experiment, as the save name suggests, takes us to Newcastle United and their new moneybags Saudi owners.
Leeds United had reached heady heights heading into the 2024/25 campaign, with our Euro Cup success leading us into the Champions League and a +£300 million transfer budget at our disposal. We began the Summer by selling off a few players that weren't quite cutting it. This saw midfielder Alessandro Cortinovis move to Derby for... Continue Reading →
Leeds United moved into 2023 having easily secured qualification to the knockout stages of the Euro Cup. This was secured as the 2022 World Cup was taking place in Qatar and the competition was won by France, who lifted the trophy after a penalty shoot-out victory following a 0-0 draw with Italy - which was... Continue Reading →
The 2022/23 campaign would see Leeds United play in European competition for the first time in 20 years. A massive summer clearout saw no less than 26 players depart the club, either permanently or on loan. The biggest outgoing was striker Patrick Bamford, the Premier League top scorer two seasons previous, who was showing signs... Continue Reading →
We went into the 2020/21 campaign having sealed Leeds United's place in the Premier League and enjoying a rise in financial clout as a result. That allowed us to spend a bit more money to strengthen in the summer. Our main signing was Argentinian winger Rodrigo De Paul, who came in for £9.75 million from... Continue Reading →
Leeds United went into 2020 sitting pretty in eight place in their first season back in the Premier League after a strong run of five wins and a draw through December had catapulted them up the table. I didn't see much need to spend in January, instead waiting for the summer when it looked like... Continue Reading →
The Leeds United save had gotten off to a great start, heading into 2019 on a three-month unbeaten streak. The January transfer window saw a bit more activity, with the main outgoing seeing Kemar Roofe - who I'd decided wasn't as good as Patrick Bamford - moving to Swansea City for £5 million. We brought... Continue Reading →
After recording the best-ever finish in Atalanta's history, expectations increased heading into the 2020-21 campaign. Indeed, the board bumped our lowest possible expectation for the season from 'mid-table finish' up to 'top-half finish.' Another summer of outgoings preceded the campaign, with 26 players exiting the club either on permanent transfers, being released or on loan.... Continue Reading →
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