Season Overview:
Well I would summarise that as an amazing season. We won the league and the champions league, if we had just won the cup that would be the treble. Yes it would be amazing but the champions league is obviously the competition you most want to win. I really don't know what else to say without rambling on about nothing so I will just call the season amazing!
Competitions:
League: 1ST
Spanish Cup: Final (Lost against Barcelona)
Champions League: Winners
Player Awards:
Spanish Player of the Year: Sergio Ramos
Spanish Young Player of the Year: Markovic (2nd: Digne)
Spanish League Player of the Year: Pepe (3rd: Varane)
Manager of the Year: Me!
Champions League Best Player: Cristiano Ronaldo
Champions League Golden Boot: Christiano Ronaldo (2nd: Lewandowsi)
Team Awards:
Team of the Season: Marcelo, Varane, Pepe, Ramos and Casillas on the bench.
Champions League Dream Team: Marcelo, Varane, Pepe, Ramos, Ronaldo, Bale and Lewandowski
Best Player in Europe: Cristiano Ronaldo (2nd: Gareth Bale)
European Club Rankings: We moved up by one position to 1st!
Key Players:
Pepe - His defensive side is one of the best in the world now, but 17 goals in 32 games (league) is amazing!
Alonso - He set up 16 goals in 16 games, simply essential.
Ronaldo - He either scores or assists at least once a game generally, Ronaldo standard.
Transfers Overview:
Lewandowski 5/10 - He has done alright, its just I was expecting a lot more.
Digne 9/10 - He has been superb, I am planning him to play more next season.
Markovic 8/10 - Very surprising, did not think I would have to think 'him or Isco?'
Lamela 5/10 - He has been so dissappointing. Really hoping he improves. A lot.
Stegen 4/10 - Played poorly in the games where he did get a chance.
Sahin 8/10 - Has been so impressive since coming back from loan and I will be keeping him!
Transfer Plans:
Coming in: Being European champions and having a budget of £179M (!!!) I guess I could nearly sign anyone. However, I am planning on starting the youth 'revolution' so I wont be spending big... likely. I will be looking at young players below the age of 21. Position wise, not too sure, probably whoever turns up on that scouting list, position might not play a major part.
Going out:The only player I will be looking to get rid of is
Modric. He is very very good but he doesn't get into the team with Alonso playing there. Furthermore, Sahin creates more chances unlike Modric who scores more often.
Youth Development:
Well most of the players in the U19 side that look decent with high potential are 16. This is far too young for my liking if I was going to promote them to the first team. The only player I have decided to call up is
Jaime. Hes decent, not much more but with the lack of defenders I have, he might just get a chance and just might impress. If I am honest, I can't see him ever getting much further than being a squad rotation. Furthermore, I hope that
Sanabria will get better and better. Because of the lack of called up players, I will looking to sign some younger players that can maybe come straight into the first team or perhaps I will send them out on loan or allow to develop in the U19 side. We will see!
Targets:
The only way I can improve this season cup wise is to win the Spanish Cup. However there are other possibilities such as going unbeaten or have a higher point gap between us and second place. Its so hard to retain your champions status but I think we can. I am hoping to have a nice balance of youth and experience too.