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So after tomorrow, Pogba will be my worst rated player in my front six. Good to see Eriksen get a rise, and Zouma was reviewed with Chelsea after all instead of with Everton.
 

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Jimenez +1 89
Tomori +1 83
ORIGI +1 89

Very happy considering I bought Jimenez and Origi for min value!

I’ll be honest didn’t expect the origi +1 but I guess if you perform in the CL...
 

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Who has the best front six in terms of rating? Probably @Damien I guess
Darlington (94.7 avg):

Modric (95)
Kante (94) Vidal (93)
Willian (92) Ronaldo (99) Aubameyang (95)​

Manchester United (94.2 avg):

Pogba (93) Kroos (95)
Eriksen (94) Griezmann (95) Sterling (94)*
Mbappe (94)​

*will be after tomorrow. I know I said the same about Shaw being 90 but if Sterling doesn't rise it'll be the biggest miscarriage of justice in the past two days on SM

Manchester City (94 avg):

Busquets (95) Pjanic (94)
Muller (93) Silva (94) Reus (93)
Aguero (95)
Everton (93.7 avg):

Iniesta (93) Bernardo (93)*
Mane (94) Coutinho (94) Jesus (92)
Neymar (96)​

*confident he'll be 93 after tomorrow

Nottingham Forest (93 avg):

Verratti (94) Matuidi (92)
Asensio (91) Firmino (93) Sane (92)
Lewandowski (96)
Liverpool (93 avg):

Matic (91)
De Bruyne (95) Bale (94)
Alberto (90)
Salah (95) Dybala (93)
Aston Villa (92.8 avg):

Rakitic (93) Bonaventura (91)
Lingard (91) Perisic (92) Rashford (91)
Messi (99)​

Arsenal (92.5 avg):

Tielemans (89) Ake (89)
Rodriguez (93) Thiago (94) Hazard (95)
Kane (95)​


Sunderland (92.2 avg):

Draxler (91) Fernandes (90) Tolisso (91)
Costa (92) Icardi (93) Suarez (96)

I'll leave it there. Not got the time to go through the rest of the teams but I think they'll be the highest rated.
 

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Great deal for Sancho for both parties
That isn't even the full deal. When everyone sees the rest, there'll be a fair bit of shock but ultimately I think it is the best decision. Mansfield have essentially transformed their first team - you'll see in a day or two.

I didn't mind selling the other players involved, but decision basically came down to who I think'll have the greater career between Martial and Sancho. Huge risk, and a tough decision as I've had Martial since 2012, but I think I've made the right choice.
 

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For those interest in what the final deal is and how long this has been building up for:

Wanted to get it through without involving Zouma (and gut says, RR probably still would have accepted without), but the 9 bids for Sancho forced my hand a bit.

I'm probably the only person in the game world with the squad depth to be able to do a deal like this, giving up four of my 89+ rated players for one 90 rated and still have 20+ 90 rated players left.

Huge thanks to Phil for advising me throughout.
 
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For those interest in what the final deal is and how long this has been building up for:

Wanted to get it through without involving Zouma (and gut says, RR probably still would have accepted without), but the 9 bids for Sancho forced my hand a bit.

I'm probably the only person in the game world with the squad depth to be able to do a deal like this, giving up four of my 89+ rated players for one 90 rated and still have 20+ 90 rated players left.

Huge thanks to Phil for advising me throughout.
:( Damn. Top signing. Sancho will reach higher ratings than either of those exch. players can dream.
 

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:( Damn. Top signing. Sancho will reach higher ratings than either of those exch. players can dream.
If he's fortunate with injuries. All of mine had high hopes at one stage but injuries knocked them down. Zouma, Milik and Shaw have all finally recovered from their setbacks and look to have solid careers.
 

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Hearing your offer made me feel better about including Zouma. Now you'll be on the hunt for another player to exchange your army on.
Can't think of any other player i'd go that high for.
 

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Remember signing Sancho when at Leeds when he was 17, amazing how far he's come.
 

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Can't think of any other player i'd go that high for.
There are a good few U21 players out there still. I've got the two highest rated aged 19 or under (after de Ligt:o). I also have the highest rated 20 year old.
He is class and seems to have a good mentality too. You gave a good deal. Best I could give is 3 players.
RR is the real winner from all this. Truly has strengthened his squad as he had ageing problems.
Remember signing Sancho when at Leeds when he was 17, amazing how far he's come.
Great signing. Guess you didn't see the benefit of his rating rises before you moved to Sunderland.
 

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But in terms of ratings, Southend and United have the best teenage players. All other Teenagers are 83 rated or below.

91 - Southend - DE LIGT, Matthijs
85 - Southend - DIABY, Moussa
85 - Southend - ÖMUR, Abdülkadir

90 - Manchester United - SANCHO, Jadon
87 - Manchester United - JÚNIOR, Vinícius

86 - Arsenal - KAMARA, Boubacar
86 - Manchester City - RODRYGO, Goes
86 - Nottingham Forest - NDICKA, Evan
85 - Fulham - SESSEGNON, Ryan
85 - Tottenham - FÉLIX, João
 

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Best Class 98
94 - Manchester United - MBAPPE, Kylian
91 - Everton - ALEXANDER-ARNOLD, Trent
90 - Cardiff City - AOUAR, Houssem
90 - Nottingham Forest - MILITÃO, Éder


Best Class 99
91 - Southend Utd - DE LIGT, Matthijs
90 - Southend Utd - DONNARUMMA, Gianluigi
90 - Southend Utd - HAVERTZ, Kai

88 - Manchester United - KONATÉ, Ibrahima
88 - Newcastle Utd - RICE, Declan

Best Class 00
90 - Manchester United - SANCHO, Jadon
87 - Manchester United - JÚNIOR, Vinícius

86 - Manchester City - RODRYGO, Goes
85 - Sunderland - HUDSON-ODOI, Callum
85 - Fulham - SESSEGNON, Ryan
 

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Great signing. Guess you didn't see the benefit of his rating rises before you moved to Sunderland.
He was the number one youth player along with Isak I had at Leeds , but was still really green, while Isak has stalled Sancho has gone from strength to strength, just goes to show its difficult to predict how youth players will pan out. I hope CHO gets a chance with Chelsea next season and kicks on like Sancho.
 
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And there are four or five other names on there I've tried to get. Happy to have got Konate. You've got the class of 99 sewn up.
He was the number one youth player along with Isak I had at Leed, but was still really green, while Isak has stalled Sancho has gone from strength to strength, just goes to show its difficult to predict how youth players will pan out. I hope CHO gets a chance with Chelsea next season and kicks on like Sancho.
I'm sure he will, especially if they get Lampard.