Midnight in Paris | A PSG Franchise

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PARIS – With Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) just recently becoming the sole shareholders of French Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain, team president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, announced there would be major changes. The first big move came today when the team announced now ex-manger, Antoine Kombouare, was fired in favor of the American, tbuc. tbuc doesn't have any experience coaching in Europe, but played a key role in the U.S. Men's youth club system before arriving in Paris.

“We feel by hiring tbuc, we can get this club more exposure in the United States. Football is starting to become more popular over there and more matches are being shown on television. He has some ties with the U.S. youth system, plus we plan on added some quality players over this transfer period and hope to gain further exposure by having a handful of our matches broadcasted on American television networks,” explained Al-Khelaifi.

With the new change at manger and the announcement by the president claiming the squad plans to add additional quality, top class players expectations are beginning to raise. New manager tbuc had this to say about what he expects this season in Paris, “This team already has a few quality player on the roster, so we don’t feel we have to go out and pay for overpriced stars. We will be busy looking to bring in world class talent, but only for the right price. Our goal is to qualify for the Champions League next season and eventually turn this club into one of the best in the world.”

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Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, also known simply as Paris Saint-Germain and familiarly as Paris SG or PSG, is a professional association football club based in Paris, France. The club was founded on 12 August 1970, thanks to the merger of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain. PSG has been playing in the Ligue 1 since 1974, the current championship record. The Parc des Princes, with a capacity of 48,712 seats, has been Paris Saint-Germain's home since 1973. PSG's crest features a red silhouette of the Eiffel Tower with the white royal cradle of Louis XIV between its legs on a blue background with white edging.

Uniforms

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Paris Saint-Germain 2011-12 Squad

Goalkeepers:

[b]#	Name				Nationality	Age	Overall[/b]
1	Nicolas Douchez			France		31	79
16	Alphonse Arιola			France		18	65
30	Salvatore Sirigu		Italy		24	79

Defenders:

[b]#	Name				Nationality	Age	Overall[/b]
3	Mamadou Sakho			France		21	81
4	Milan Biševac			Serbia		27	78
5	Siaka Tiιnι			Ivory Coast	29	75
6	Zoumana Camara			France		32	73
15	Diego Lugano			Uruguay		30	81
21	Gregory van der Weil		Netherlands	23	78
22	Sylvain Armand			France		30	74
26	Christophe Jallet		France		27	76

Midfielders:

[b]#	Name				Nationality	Age	Overall[/b]
7	Jιrιmy Mιnez			France		24	81
10	Nenκ				Brazil		29	84
14	Blaise Matuidi			France		24	78
17	Granddi Ngoyi			France		23	66
20	Clιment Chantτme		France		23	74
23	Mohamed Sissoko			Mali		26	76
27	Javier Pastore			Argintina	22	83
29	John Obi Mikel			Nigeria		24	81
31	Marc Albrighton			England		21	75

Forwards:

[b]#	Name				Nationality	Age	Overall[/b]
8	Pιguy Luyindula			France		32	73
9	Guillaume Hoarau		France		27	78
11	Mevlόt Erdinη			Turckey		24	77
13	Jimmy Kamghain			France		18	62
18	Loris Arnaud			France		24	62
19	Kιvin Gameiro			France		24	83
24	Gonzalo Higuain			Argentina	23	85
25	Jean-Christophe Bahebeck	France		18	68
29	Neeskens Kebano			France		19	66

Players out on loan:

[b]Name				Nationality	Age	Overall	Loan Team[/b]
Everton				Brazil		24	66	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (S. Korea)
Jean-Eudes Maurice 		France		25	66	Lens (France - 2nd Division)
Alassane Tambι			France		19	65	Lens (France - 2nd Division)
Loοck Landre			France		19	65	Dijon (France - 1st Division)

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Paris Saint-Germain 2011 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Jul 16	vs Levante (Freindly)	Lost, 2-0
Jul 23	at Manchester City (Friendly)	Lost, 3-1
Jul 30	vs Barcelona (Friendly)	Lost, 3-0
Aug 6	vs Lorient	Lost, 3-0
Aug 14	at Stade Rennes	Won, 1-0
Aug 20	vs Valenciennes	Won, 2-1
Aug 27	at Toulouse	Tied, 1-1
Sep 4	at Evian Thonon
Sep 10	vs Brest
Sep 14	vs Nice
Sep 21	at Nancy (Coupe de Ligue)
Sep 25	at Montpellier
Oct 2	vs Lyon
Oct 15	at Ajaccio
Oct 22	vs Dijon
Oct 29	vs Cean
Nov 6	at Bordeaux
Nov 19	vs Nancy
Nov 27	at Marseille
Dec 4	vs Auxerre
Dec 10	at Sochaux
Dec 14	at St-Etienne
Dec 18	vs Lille
Jan 14	vs Toulouse
Jan 28	at Brest
Feb 11	at Nice
Feb 18	vs Montpellier
Feb 26	at Lyon
Mar 4	vs Ajaccio
Mar 11	at Montpellier
Mar 11	at Dijon
Mar 25	vs Bordeaux
Mar 30	at Nancy
Apr 2	vs Evian Thonon
Apr 8	vs Marseille
Apr 15	at Auxerre
Apr 21	at Sochaux
Apr 26	vs St-Etienne
Apr 29	at Lille
May 6	at Valenciennes
May 12	vs Stade Rennes
May 20	at Lorient

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Ligue 1 Table
TEAM	GP	W	D	L	PTS
Marseille	6	5	1	0	16
Lyon	5	4	0	1	12
Rennes	5	4	0	1	12
Lille	5	3	2	0	11
PSG	5	3	1	1	10
Saint-Etienne	5	3	0	2	9
Nice	4	3	0	1	9
Bordeaux	5	2	1	2	7
Lorient	5	2	1	2	7
Sochaux	5	2	1	2	7
Evian Thonon	6	2	1	3	5
Cean	4	1	2	1	4
Toulouse	4	1	1	2	4
Brest	5	1	1	3	4
Auxerre	4	1	1	2	4
Valenciennes	5	1	1	3	4
Ajaccio	5	1	1	3	4
Montpellier	5	1	0	4	3
Nancy	5	1	0	4	3
Dijon	5	0	1	4	1

TOP SCORERS:

[b]NAME			CLUB		GOALS[/b]
1. Moussa Sow		Lille		5
2. Mathieu Valbuena	Marseille	5
3. Andre Ayew		Marseille	4
4. Michel Bastos	Lyon		3
5. Jeremy Morel		Marseille	3
6. Kevin Gameiro	PSG		3
7. Olivier Giroud	Montpellier	3
8. Eric Bautheac	Dijon		3
9. Anthony Le Tallec	Bordeaux	2
10. Anthony Deroin	Caen		2

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TRANSFER WINDOW: CLOSED

Transfer Budget: $6,736,100

PURCHASED:
RM Marc Albrighton – Aston Villa → PSG – $15,500,000
CDM John Obi Mikel – Chelsea → PSG – $14,500,000
ST Gonzalo Higuain – Real Madrid → PSG – $37,000,000
RB Gregory van der Weil – Ajax → PSG – $13,750,000

SOLD:
ST Guillaume Hoarau – PSG → Wigan Athletic – $16,000,000
RB Ceara – PSG → Real Racing – $925,000

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Transfer Rumors

July 2, 2011

• Newcastle Utd. show interest in German defender Robert Huth.
• Bayern Leverkusen have contacted Arsenal regarding midfielder Abou Diaby.

July 4, 2011

• Daniel Agger of Liverpool are on Inter Milan's list of targets.
• EPL side Sunderland make a move for Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez.
• Robert Huth also draws interest from Everton and Newcastle.
• Athletic Bilbao sent a inquire on Sporting Gijon midfielder Miguel de las Cuevas.

July 5, 2011

• Stoke City confirm Newcastle's $14,000,000 bid for defender Robert Huth.
• Bayern Leverkusen submit a $6,500,000 bid to Arsenal for midfielder Abou Diaby.
• Bayern Leverkusen are also rumored to be interested in Schalke's #9, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
• Czech midfielder David Jarolim has been strongly linked to Italian side Lecce.
  

July 6, 2011

• Wojciech Szczęsny, Arsenal's top keeper has drawn serious interest from Newcastle and Stoke City.
• Arsenal has received a bid from Stoke City of $19,000,000 for their starting goalkeeper.
• Greek side Catania has received a bid of $22,000,000 for their striker, Alejandro Gomez from Sunderland.

July 8, 2011

• Bayern Leverkusen offer Schalke $22,000,000 for Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
• French side Bordeaux offer $15,500,000 for Lille defender Aurιlien Chedjou.

July 9, 2011

• Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain draws interest from PSG and Inter Milan.
• French side Rennes show serious interest interest in Newcastle midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa.

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Dutch defender van der Wiel heading to PSG


Gregory van der Wiel being introduced as the newest member of Paris Saint-Germain.

July 9, 2012

PARIS – Just two weeks after becoming the new manger at Paris Saint-Germain, tbuc introduced his first signing of the summer transfer window. Dutch right back Gregory van der Wiel joins the club after spending five years at Ajax. “I am proud to announce van der Wiel as my first signing,” expressed tbuc with a big smile on his face. He continued by saying, “we feel he is one of the top full backs in the world and at 23 years of age he not only has experience at the club level, but at the international level as well."

Gregory van der Wiel has made 20 appearances for the Dutch national team including five in the last World Cup. He was also apart of the team when they lost to Spain in the 2010 World Cup Final. Also in 2010, van der Wiel was given the annual Johan Crujiff Award for “Young Player of the Year” in the Netherlands.

tbuc concluding the press conference by saying, “With such great pace, we see van der Wiel as a continuous threat running up and down for right side of the pitch. We expect him to be in the starting eleven ever game, beginning with our first friendly in a week.”

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Transfer Rumors

July 10, 2011

• Inter Milan confirm Sunderland's $10,500,000 bid for veteran defender Walter Samuel.
• Chelsea submit a $36,500,000 bid to Napoli for star winger Ezequiel Lavezzi.
• PSG ANNOUNCE THE SALE OF BRAZILIAN DEFENDER CEARA FOR $1,000,000.

July 11, 2011

• Milan place a $35,500,000 bid for Lazio's Hernanes.

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• Arsenal land centeral defender Joleon Lescott for $19,500,000.

i feel like City came out on top here.

interesting Gonzalo Higuain was born in France but plays elsewhere ... material to be used by opposing fans? or maybe supporting fans when /if he isn't performing well...

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There was a glitch in my last game. After I bought Higuan from Real Madrid I got the email saying the deal was done, so I went to set my lineup and he wasn't there. So I back out and saw this...

For a second I thought maybe Man U outbid me and for some reason the game sent me an email saying I got him. But then I see this, so I know I won the bid...

So I go to the transfer section to type in his name to see if he is at least listed on Man U's roster which he was. I wouldn't have cared, but I lost the $35.5M in transfer funds and $200,000 in weekly wages which is nearly 2/3 of the money I had left.

I reset the franchise. Roster and schedule are still the same, but obliviously the transfers aren't. So I'll keep using this thread, but for those following (if any!) scroll up about three post and reread those as I've edited those.

Thought on the van der Wiel signing?

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i feel like City came out on top here.

interesting Gonzalo Higuain was born in France but plays elsewhere ... material to be used by opposing fans? or maybe supporting fans when /if he isn't performing well...

I'm still going after Higuain hard. This time he's going to cost even more! I'd say it would be used against him by opposing fans just because Argentina is so much deeper upfront compared to France. If he played for France he be one of there best players. Now if he's not in top form guys like Tevez, Lavezzi, Aguero would all play ahead of him. I'm sure fans would let him know that too.

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DONE DEALS

GK Wojciech Szczęsny – Arsenal → Stoke City – $19,000,000
CB Daniel Agger – Liverpool → Inter Milan – $23,500,000
ST Alejandro Gomez – Catania → Sunderland – $22,000,000

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Transfer Rumors

July 13, 2011

• Robert Huth was quoted "I'm stay at Stoke." It was earlier announced Stoke City received a $14,000,000 from Newcastle for the big German defender.
• Juventus submit a $8,500,000 bid for Barcelona defender Eric Abidal.
• Schalke receive a $26,000,000 bid from Wolfsburg on the ever popular Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

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Summer Splash: PSG Land Star Striker


Gonzalo Higuain talks to the media in Madrid before boarding a flight to Paris

PARIS – PSG’s new manger make his second signing today, this one a little more memorable. The story first broke by ESPN earlier this morning, it was announced that Gonzalo Higuain would be making the switch from Real Madrid to Paris Saint-Germain. A deal that was worth $37,000,000. The official new conference is scheduled for tomorrow as Higuain, just 23 years old, has just recently sign his new contract for 5-years worth $250,000 a week.

Gonzalo Higuain is a native of France. Born to an Argentinean father, Gonzalo elected to represent his father’s home country on the international level. As apart of the Argentine national team, Higuain has scored eight goals in 12 caps, including four goals in as many games during the 2010 World Cup.