Season 1 of Bottom At Christmas ended with a pretty pathetic relegation at Nottingham Forest. But, for some reason, Forest didn't sack Big Sam, so he was forced to resign and holiday ahead to Christmas 2024.
A massive summer turnover had worked very nicely as Empoli FC sat pretty in the top half of Serie A heading into 2025. Any risk of relegation looked long gone, given we were 19 points clear of the dropzone.
Football Manager 2024 is about two months away and a critical factor affecting the big decision of which team to manage is the players you'll have at your disposal.
Having assessed his options, and having already managed in England and Germany, Big Sam decided it was time to tick off a new country. Because Allardici was headed to Italy.
I don't normally write dedicated transfer special blog posts but when you have a transfer window this mad, it absolutely deserves one. In the summer of 2023 Khaliza Unidi have spent £165 million on no less than 19 new players! And they've brought in £37 million by selling 7 players.
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