Transfer Madness at CFC FC

In what has been a crazy few days over at CFC FC around £10m worth of new player talent has been brought into the club including the legendary Sergio Aguero and some significant big name players also moving on.

The transfer madness started with what could possibly be a GW record for a youth transfer with 19 year old defender Neil McDonald sold for a staggering £3m and 19 year old defender come winger Andrea Fois leaving for £1.5m.

But this was just a modest start to the transfer glut we would see the following day. World famous AMC RL Ivan Rakitic was sold for £1.8m to Sama United. Then talented youth players Julio and Alberto Carlos Amorim also left the club in an exchange deal which saw Ryan Babel joining CFC. This was swiftly followed by the signing of highly physical yet talented AMC RL Victor Obinna for £1.7m from The Noirs.

But the most audacious deal saw Sergio Aguero joining CFC from Hadjuk Spliff in a deal which saw some world class talent going in the other direction, namely Geard Pique, Carlos Vela and Guilherme. The deal looked like it could be on the rocks for a while until CFC chucked another £1m into the pot.

Strong defender Gabriel dos Santos was the only other big name player in for a bargain 330k although a few more squad players have been snapped up too.

I caught up with CFC FC manager Anthony Goodlet to see what was going on!

The transfer madness started with the sale of two promising youth players, McDonald and Fois, what was the reasoning behind selling some of the best defensive youth talent around ?

A.G - McDonald played as a defensive midfielder which is a position I don't think you need a 3 million man for. Fois was harder to let go but again as a right back I don't think you need quite as much quality. £4,5m profit on two youths bought for almost nothing was too much to turn down!

Some other youth players have moved on too, did you not rate them or are you shifting focus away from the youth team?

A.G - Julio I didn't rate as someone who was going to get better by a huge amount. Amorim would make it but I sacrificed him for the first team. The youth team is a means to an end for me, if they don't fit in with my first team plans they are up for high trades. Plus I enjoy rebuilding a youth sqaud (for the 3rd time!) and you will soon see a new generation of youngsters coming through to be traded for shiny gold coins when the time comes!

Obviously the big transfer was for Aguero. You exchanged Vela, Pique, Guilherme and £1m just for one player. Do you really think he was worth all that?

A.G - 34 goals in 26 matches is your answer! I overpaid but for the simple reason that the chance to sign Aguero was never likely going to present itself again. Guilherme was being replaced by Aguero, Vela was already going to be on the way out soon as soon as I signed ether Obina or Babel who were both on my radar. Pique is the only part of the transfer I will miss, however I have two very high potential defenders in Bombardini and Yannick Ramirez and the transfer gives them more opportunities.

Any regrets ?

A.G - I'd do the transfer again :)

Did you feel you needed one big star to push things to the next level and are you planning to challenge Turkiye for top spot in the rankings ?

A.G - Well, not one big star but three of them! Aguero, Babel and Obinna are all part of a tactic i've (and you !!) have been working on for a while and it was a case of finally getting the players to fit it. I figured there was no chance of getting Augero but I fired off a mail to Saeed speculatively. As for challenging Turkiye, yes, my plan is to be #1 soon. It will be hard but I think I have the team to make it possible. I just need ill Skillz to get a load of broken legs and T-Bag Town to stop fluking matches.

Will we be seeing any more transfers or are you done ?

A.G - I'm done for now, i've got my first team in place and I plan to expand my stadium a little more. My stadium income has increased a lot recently and I want to build upon that. Just Gael Martin, 5* potential youth AMC in auction at the moment!

The Xtreme Evening League 1 is pretty much a three horse race at the moment between T-Bag Town, CFC FC and Worcester City FC. Do you think your signings will provide enough to give you the title ? (mid way point in the season and T-Bag Town have lost 1, CFC FC 1 and Worcester City 2)

A.G - I hope so, with how tight it is however it is very hard to predict as one or two bad results will kill your chances. Worcester City have really made it interesting this year, doing very well for a bit of a surprise package! At the moment my team is looking as near unbeatable as it's ever been, at least in the league. Two legged cup games are a different matter!

And Finally your league rivals, T-Bag Town are suggesting you only made these signings are you were scared you wouldn't win the league, how do you react to that?

A.G (*****CENSORED*****)

A spokesman for T-Bag Town seemed unphased by the signings and said confidence was still high at Strawberry field that they would soon be lifting the league title.

**update** While writing this, T-Bag Town have dumped CFC FC out of the Xtreme Evening Grass Roots cup with a 1-0 AGG win. T-Bag Town Club captain Franco Brienza seemed pleased with the result but failed to comment on the cynical injury caused to Aguero.