FM 2008: Staff Guide

we have a thread for players, but i realised we don't have one for staff so i thought this would be a good idea. so if you find a good member of staff can you list him in here, cos personally i find it hard to get the staff these days. can we please keep to the format, and can we give any 7 star ratings, i'll start off.

Name: Pako Ayestaran
Role(s): Asst Man
7 star training: defence, tactical
Current club: none
Other notes: is very good as a manager if you decide to go on holiday, due to high tac knowledge....

G.Nanni-physio-Bologna
F.Baresi-youth coach-Milan
V.Pincolini-ass man-Parma
V.Scala-coach-Roma
P.Paixo (sp) hes brazilian and prob best coach/ass man in game
Claudio Gaudino (fitness at Inter)

Some Scouts

The countries on the right are the places that he scouts best(on my game)(in order of how well)

Antonio Schio - Italy, Ukraine, Croatia 6/10
(Judging CA 17, Judging PA 12, Tactical knowledge 18)

Sandro Orlandelli - Argentina, Brazil, Uraguay 9/10
(Judging CA 18, Judging PA 17, Tactical knowledge 17)

Rene Moons - Holland, Denmark, Belgium 6.5/10
(Judging CA 18, Judging PA 14, Tactical knowledge 15)

Daniel Karbassiyoon - Italy, England, USA, Mexico 10/10
(Judging CA 20, Judging PA 20, Tactical knowledge 17)

Wolfgang Grobe - Germany 6/10
(Judging CA 13, Judging PA 15, Tactical knowledge 17)

Giles Grimandi - France, England, Czech Republic, Belgium, Switzerland 8.5/10
(Judging CA 17, Judging PA 16, Tactical knowledge 20)

Francis Cagigao - Spain, England, Argentina, Brazil 7/10]
(Judging CA 17, Judging PA 17, Tactical knowledge 15)

Tony Banfield - England, Nigeria [B]8/10
(Judging CA 19, Judging PA 18, Tactical knowledge 16)

Francis Cagigao - Spain, England, Argentina, Brazil 7/10
(Judging CA 17, Judging PA 17, Tactical knowledge 15)

Tony Banfield - England, Nigeria 8/10
(Judging CA 19, Judging PA 18, Tactical knowledge 16)

I always go 1 coach for each discipline.
I have 6 and 7 star ratings only:

Fitness: Jon Dalzell & Donogh Holohan
Attacking - Chris Donolly
Defence - Ron Reid
Set Piece - John Murtough
Ball Control - Jimmy Hendrie
Shooting - Tom Boyd
Tactics - Vito Scala
GK - Ray Clemence

Name: Ryszard Szul
Role(s): Physio
Current club: Legia

These are all free agents:

Bjorn Nilsson is a very good ass-man imo.

Luit Zwaneld(spelling) 7 star coach in many things.

Ally Lynch very good fitness coach.

Kenneth Powel goalkeeping coach.

Name: Bill Beswick
Role(s): Asst Man/Coach
7 star training: None
Current club: None
Other notes: 20 man management, 20 determination, 18 JPA, 17 JPP, 18 Dicipline & 20 Motivation

Name: Wil Rodrigues
Role(s): Scout
Current club: None
Nationality: Brazilian (good for scouting south america)

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Here you go for guide

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Strength = Fitness 18
Aerobic = Fitness 18
Goalkeepers = GK 18
Tactics = Tactics 18
Defence = Defence 18 + Tactics 18
or Defence 19 = Tactics 14
or Defence 20 + Tactics 10

Attack is the same as Defence except substitute Defence stats for attacking stats

Ball Control = Technique 18 + Mental 18
19 + 14
20 + 10

Shooting = Technique 18 + Attack 18
19 + 14
20 + 10

Set Peices = Tech 17 + Mental/Att combine 39
Tech 18 + Ment/Att combined 36
Tech 19 + Ment/Att combined 33
Tech 20 + Ment/Att combined 30

These will give you 7 star training on each area,
You only need the one coach on each area but obviously the more you have the less the workload.

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FM 08 : Good Strikers Guide Part1

Post all the good strikers you discover in here too.

Please try to use this format:
Name:
Age:
position:
Club:
Value:
Work permit needed/not needed:

Cristian Nazarith
16?
Striker
America
Compensation
Work Permit Needed (Often get on appeal)

Name: Amauri
Age: 27 years old
position: ST
Club: Palermo
Value: £4.9m
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed

Name: Asamoah Gyan
Age: 21
position: AMR, ST
Club: Udinese
Value: $10,500,000
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed

Name: Mario Balotelli
Age: 17
position: ST
Club: Inter
Value: $4,300,000
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed

Name: Edison Cavani
Age: 20
Club: Palmero
Value: $8,750,000
Postion: ST
WP: Needed

Name: Henri Saivet
Age: 16
Club: Girondins Bordeaux
Value: -
Postion: AMRL, FC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Arturo Lupoli
Age: 20
Club: Fiorentina
Value: $10,250,000
Postion: ST
WP: Not Needed

Name: Emilio Nsue
Age: 18
Club: Mallorca
Value: $2,300,000
Postion: ST
WP: Not Needed

Name: Adrian
Age: 19
Club: Deportivo
Value: $8,000,000
Postion: ST
WP: Not Needed

Name: Marco Ruben
Age: 20
Club: River
Value: $5,000,000
Postion: ST
WP: Needed

Name: Welliton
Age: 20
Club: Spartak Moscow
Value: $5,750,000
Postion: AM/FC
WP: Needed

Name: Okaka
Age: 18
Club: Roma (@ Modena on loan)
Value: $8,000,000
Postion: ST
WP: Not Needed

Name: Bojan
Age: 16-17 cant remember
Club: Barcelona
Value: not much - 200kish
Postion: ST
WP: Not Needed

Name: Bojan
Age: 17
Club: Barcelona
Value: $8,500,000
Postion: ST
WP: Not Needed

Name: Luke Moore
Age: 21
Club: Aston Villa
Value: $9,000,000
Postion: ST
WP: Not Needed

Name: Giuseppe Rossi
Age: 20
Club: Villarreal
Value: $12,250,000
Postion: AM/FC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Davide Di Gennaro
Age: 19
Club: Bologna
Value: $2,400,000
Position: ST
WP: Not Needed

Name: Vagner Love
Age: 23
Club: CSKA Moscow
Value: 6 mio €
Position: FC
WP: Needed

Name: Alan Kardec
Age: 18
Club: Vasco
Value: 2.9 mio €
Position: ST
WP: Needed

Name: Rodrigo Placio
Age: 25 i think
Club: Boca
Value: 4Mil
Position: FC
WP: Needed

Name: Wayne Rooney
Age: 22
Club: Man Uts
Value: 25 Mil i think
Position: FC
WP: Needed

Name: Raul Tamudo
Age: 30 (gee I just saw that..)
Club: Espanyol
Value: 12-15 mill but I paid like 20 mill
WP: Not Needed

Name: Charles-Andre Doudin
Age: 20
position: SC
Club: La Chaux-de-Fonds
Value: £275kish (i think he was more than that, but i signed him for man u for that)
Work permit needed/not needed: not needed ( he is from switzerland

Name:Carlos Javier Acuna
Age:19
position:FC
Club:Young Boys
Value:Free agant
Work permit needed/not needed:Not needed

Name: Karim Benzema
Age: 19
Position: FC
Club: Lyon
Value: £6,500,000
Work Permit: Not needed

Ever Banega
19
DM
Boca
£900K
W/P Needed

Arturo Lupoli
19
ST
Fiorentina
£3M
W/P Not Needed

Lukas Podolski
22
FC
FC Bayern
£6M
W/P Not Needed

Giampaolo Pazzini
22
ST
Fiorentina
£5M
W/P Not Needed

Zdravko Kuzmanovic
20
MC
Fiorentina
£3M
W/P Not Needed





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FM 2008 : Good Midfielders Part 1

Use this format if you want share:

Name:
Age:
Club:
Value:
Midfield postion:
Work permit needed/not needed

Name: Darron Gibson
Age: 19
Club:Manchester United
Value:$5m
Midfield postion:Center Midfield
Work permit needed/not needed:not needed

Name : Anton Putilo
Age : 20
Club : Minsk (probably the next belarusian star-bargain)
Value : 160k (IN BP)
Position : MRC
Work Permit : Needed

Name: Sotiris Ninis
Age: 17
Club: Panathinaikos
Value: 180k
Midfield postion: AMRC
Work permit needed/not needed: Not needed.

Name: Yoann Gouffran
Age: 21
Club: Caen
Value: 2.7m
Midfield Position: AMR
Work Permit: Not needed

Name: Mika Aaritalo
Age: 21
Club: Man City
Value: 100k
Midfield postion: AMRL/ST
Work permit needed/not needed: not needed

Name: Lucas Leiva
Age: 20
Club: Liverpool
Value: 6mil
Midfield postion: DM
Work permit needed/not needed: not needed

Name: josh wright
Age: 17?
Club: charlton
Value: 250k
Midfield postion: MC
Work permit not needed

Name: Jeremy Menez
Age: 20
Club: AS Monaco
Value: £4.2mill
Work permit not needed

NameBig Griniego
Age:22
Club:Werder Bremen
Value:not sure
Midfield postion:AMC
Work permit: Not needed

Name: Leonardo Ponzio
Age: 25
Club: River
Value: £2.2Mill
Position: DM,MRC
Work Permit: Not needed (Part Italian)

Name: Pablo Piatti
Age: 18
Club: Estudiantes (LP)
Value: Can be around £65-80k
Position: AMC
Work Permit: Not needed (Part Italian)

Josh Wright
17
Charlton
175k?
MC
Not needed

Name: Eric Addo
Age: 28
Club: PSV
Value: Free transer
Position: DC,DM
Work Permit:Not needed

Good championship signing

Name: Ever Banega
Age: 19
Club: Boca
Value: $2,700,000
Midfield postion: DM / MC
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed

Name: Giovani dos Santos
Age: 18
Club: Barcelona
Value: $10,250,000
Midfield postion: AMLC
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed

Name: Sebastian Giovinco
Age: 20
Club: Empoli
Value: $8,750,000
Midfield postion: AMLC, FC
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed

Name: Claudio Marchisio
Age: 21
Club: Juventus (on loan @ Empoli)
Value: $7,250,000
Postion: MC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Alessandro Rossina
Age: 23
Club: Torino
Value: $11,250,000
Postion: AMRLC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Luca Cigarini
Age: 21
Club: Parma
Value: $3,500,000
Postion: AMC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Francisco Merida
Age: 17
Club: Arsenal
Value: $1,600,000
Postion: AMLC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Sami Khedira
Age: 20
Club: Stuttgart
Value: $8,500,000
Postion: DM
WP: Not Needed

Name: Leyrielton
Age: 19
Club: Goias
Value: $3,000,000
Postion: D/WB/MR
WP: Needed

Name: Gabriel Obertan
Age: 18
Club: Girondins Bordeaux
Value: $5,750,000
Postion: AMRL, FC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Omar Benzerga
Age: 17
Club: LOSC Lille Metropole
Value: $550,000
Postion: DM
WP: Not Needed

Name: Lucas Trecarichi
Age: 16
Club: Sevilla Atletico
Value: $1,300,000
Postion: AMLC
WP: Needed

Name: Miguel Veloso
Age: 21
Club: Sporting CP
Value: $9,750,000
Postion: DC, DM (natural)
WP: Not Needed

Name: Helder Barbosa
Age: 20
Club: Porto
Value: $450,000
Postion: AML
WP: Not Needed

Name: Younes Kaboul
Age: 21
Club: Tottenham
Value: $9,500,000
Postion: DC, DM (natural)
WP: Not Needed

Name: Hatem Ben Arfa
Age: 20
Club: Olympique Lyonnais
Value: $8,250,000
Postion: AMLC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Pierre Ducasse
Age: 20
Club: Girondins Bordeaux
Value: $6,000,000
Postion: DM
WP: Not Needed

Name: Serge Gakpe
Age: 20
Club: AS Monaco FC
Value: $6,000,000
Postion: AMRC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Jamie O'Hara
Age: 20
Club: Tottenham
Value: £1.3mil
Position: MLC
WP: Not needed

Name: Alejandro Alfaro
Age: 20
Club: Sevilla Atletico
Value: $7,750,000
Postion: AMRC, FC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Sunny
Age: 19
Club: Valencia
Value: $2,700,000
Postion: DM
WP: Not Needed

Name: Cesc Fabregas
Age: 19
Club: Arsenal
Value: Priceless
Position: CM
WP Not needed.

Name: Javi Martinez
Age: 19
Club: Athletic
Value: $10,500,000
Postion: MC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Neri Cardozo
Age: 21
Club: Boca
Value: $4,400,000
Postion: AMRL
WP: Needed

Name: Renato Augusto
Age: 19
Club: Flamengo
Value: $7,500,000
Postion: AMRLC
WP: Needed

Name: Maximiliano Moralez
Age: 20
Club: FC Moscow
Value: $7,000,000
Postion: AMRLC
WP: Needed

Name: Sebastian Leto
Age: 21
Club: Liverpool
Value: $4,600,000
Postion: AML
WP: Not Needed

Name: Guilherme
Age: 18
Club: Cruzeiro
Value: $5,500,000
Postion: AM/FC (winger imo)
WP: Needed

Name: Roberto
Age: 19
Club: Atletico Paranaense
Value: $3,100,000
Postion: DM
WP: Needed

Name: Paul Anderson
Age: 19
Club: Liverpool (@ Swansea on loan)
Value: $5,250,000
Postion: AMR
WP: Not Needed

Name: Giles Barnes
Age: 19
Club: Derby
Value: $5,500,000
Postion: AMRC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Fabrice Muamba
Age: 19
Club: Birmingham
Value: $6,500,000
Postion: DM
WP: Not Needed



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FM 2008 : Good Defenders

Try to keep posts in this format if you want share :

Name:
Age:
Club:
Value:
Defensive Position:
Work permit needed/not needed:

Name: Rio Ferndinand
Age: 28
Club: Manchester United
Value: $32,000,000
Defensive Position: DC
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed


Name: Wes Brown
Age: 27
Club: Manchester United
Value: $14,500,000
Defensive Position: DRC
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed


Name: Nemanja Vidic
Age: 25
Club: Manchester United
Value: $16,750,000
Defensive Position: DC
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed


Name: Mikael Silvestre
Age: 29
Club: Manchester United
Value: $9,250,000
Defensive Position: DLC, WBL
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed

Name: Jamie Carragher
Age: 29
Club: Liverpool
Value: $16,000,000
Defensive Position: DRLC
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed

Name: Daniel Alves
Age: 24
Club: Sevilla
Value: $30,000,000
Defensive Position: D/WB/MR
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed

Name: Armand Traore
Age: 17
Club: Arsenal
Value: £750,000
Defensive Position: D/WB L
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed

Name: Nicky Shorey
Age: 26
Club: Reading
Value: £4.5m
Defensive Position: D/WBL
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed

Name: Sergey Ignashevich
Age: 27
Club: CSKA Moscow
Value: £0
Defensive Position: DRC
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed

Name: Matias Cahais
Age: 19
Club: Boca Juniors
Value: £50,000
Defensive Position: DLC
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed

Name: Ezequiel Garay
Age: 20
Club: Racing Santander
Value: £5.5 million, but will proberbly have to pay more
Defensive Position: Sweeper/DC
Work Permit: Not needed

My best scout puts him up there with the best as a definate purchase.

Name: David Luiz
Age: 20
Club: Benfica
Value: $2,200,000
Midfield postion: DC
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed

Name: Guilherme
Age: 19
Club: Vasco
Value: $4,900,000
Midfield postion: D/WBL
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed

Name: Lorenzo De Silvestri
Age: 19
Club: Lazio
Value: $6,500,000
Defensive Position: DR
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed

Name: Christian Zapata (wonderkid)
Age: 20
Club: Udinese
Value: $9,000,000
Postion: DC
WP: Needed

Name: Alessandro Tuia
Age: 17
Club: Lazio
Value: $1,300,000
Postion: DC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Peter Clarke
Age: 25
Club: Southend
Value: £325k (but takes £450k to buy)
WP: Not needed

Sean St Ledger
Age: 22
Club: Preston
Value: £300k (but takes £650k to buy)
WP: Not needed

Name: Steven Thicot
Age: 20
Club: FC Nantes
Value: $1,000,000
Postion: SW, DC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Cherubin
Age: 20
Club: Reggina
Value: $200,000
Postion: DC
WP: Not Needed

Name: David
Age: 20
Club: Palmeiras
Value: $5,500,000
Postion: DC
WP: Needed

Name: Carlinhos
Age: 20
Club: Santos
Value: $3,800,000
Postion: D/WBL
WP: Needed

Name: Billy Jones
Age: 20
Club: Preston
Value: $950,000
Postion: DRLC, MC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Anton Frdinand
Age: 21
Club: West Ham
Value: $8,500,000
Postion: DC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Steven Taylor
Age: 21
Club: Newcastle
Value: $9,750,000
Postion: DC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Leigh Mills
Age: 19
Club: Tottenham
Value: $675,000
Postion: C
WP: Not Needed

Name: Gerard Pique
Age: 20
Club: Manchester United
Value: $9,500,000
Postion: DC (natural), DM
WP: Not Needed

Name: Jose Goncalves
Age: 22
Club: Rosenborg
Value: $6,250,000
Position: DLC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Karim El-Mourabet
Age: 20
Club: FC Nantes
Value: $950,000
Position: DC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Domenico Criscito
Age: 20
Club: Juventus
Value: $8,750,000
Position: DLC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Hector Moreno
Age: 19
Club: Pumas
Value:£1million
Defensive Position:CB
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed

Name: Thomas Vermaelen
Age: 21
Club: Ajax
Value: 4.5 mio €
Position: DLC
WP: Nope

Name: Kolo Toure
Age: 29
Club: Arsenal
Value: £15,000,000
Postion: DC
WP: Not Needed

Name: Pablo
Age: 26ish
Club: Atletico
Value: £7m to buy
Defensive Position: CB
Work permit needed/not needed: Not needed

Name: Petri Pasanen
Age: 24ish
Club: Weder Bremen
Value: £4m to buy
Defensive Position: DRC
Work permit needed/not needed: Not needed.

Name: Andrea Barzagli
Age: 26
Clup: Palermo
Value: they'll accept around £12m
Defensive position: DC
Work permit needed/not needed: not needed

Age: 24 (i think)
Club: Palermo
Value: ?? (costs 6-7M)
Defensive Position: DRC (natural fullback)
Work permit needed/not needed:Not needed

Name : Luisao
Age : not sure, mid 20's i tink
Club : benfica
Value : can get him for between 5mil - 8mil
Position : towering centre back
WP : not needed

Name: Miranda
Pos: D C
Age: 22 years old
Club: Sao Paulo
Nat: Brazilian - Work Permit needed

Value: £2.9m
Cost: £4.2m



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Official FM 08 Good Goalkeepers Part 1

if you want share with us please like this

in this format:

Name:
Age:
Club:
Value:
Work permit needed/not needed:

Name:Carlos Kameni
Age:23
Club:Espanyol
Value:8 million release clause
Work permit needed/not needed: dunno

Name: Francisco Guillermo Ochoa
Age: 23
Club: Villarreal or America (Mex) Not sure.
Value: 4-7 million GPB.
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed, should get it on Appeal.

Name: Oscar Ustari
Age: 21
Club: Getafe
Value: $8,000,000
Postion: GK
WP: Needed

Name: Lukasz Fabianski
Age: 21
Club: Arsenal
Position: GK
WP: Not needed

Name: Felipe
Age: 19
Club: FC Kobenhavn
Value: $6,750,000
Postion: GK
WP: Needed

Name: Scott Carson
Age: 22
Club: Liverpool (@ Aston Villa on loan)
Value: $6,750,000
Postion: GK
WP: Not Needed

Name: Marcelo Grohe
Age: 20
Club: Leverkusen
Value: $5,750,000
Postion: GK
WP: Needed

Name: Antonio Adan
Age: 20
Club: Castilla
Value: $1,400,000
Position: GK
WP: Not Needed

Name: Hugo Lloris
Age: 20
Club: OGC Nice
Value: $5,750,000
Position: GK
WP: Not Needed

Name: Diego Cavalieri
Age: 24(?)
Club: Palmeiras
Value:
Work permit needed/not needed: Not needed (Italian 2nd nationality)

Name: Volkan Babacan
Age: 19
Club: Fenerbahce
Value: 160.000 Euro
Work permit needed/not needed: Needed

Antonio Mirante
24
sampdoria
no work permit needed

Name: Eduardo
Age: 25
Club: Braga (on loan at Vit. Setubal)
Value: €475k (can be bought at €575k)
Work permit needed/not needed: Not Needed - Portugese

Reminds me of Quim at Benfica!

Name: Lehhman
Age : 37 or something.
Club : Arsenal
Value : Few Mill
Not Needed

Name: Akinfeev
Age: 19 (i think)
Club: CSK Moscow
Value: Valued at 4m, can buy for around 10-15
Work permit needed/not needed: No

Name: Tim Wiese
Age: 25 (?)
Club: Werder Bremen
Value: Worth about 3.5- I got him for 10
Work permit needed/not needed: No

Name: Artur Boruc
Age: 28/29
Club: Celtic
Value: Valued at 2.9mil, Celtic want 10.25
Work Permit- Not needed

Name: Hugo Lloris
Age: 20
Club: OGC Nice
Value: Euro 3.2 million
Work permit not needed
AC Milan scouts in my game say he would be a good signing and a bid of at least euro 15.5 million

Name: Marco Amelia
Age: 25
Club: Livorno
Value: Euro 5.5 million
Work permit not needed
AC Milan scouts in my game say he would be a good signing and a bid of at least euro 15.5 million

Name: Hilairo
Age: 32
Club: Free
Value: Free
Work permit not needed: Signed him for my Southampton side as is a very good 'keeper in the Championship. His wages are around £7k a week, but well worth it.

Name: Oier Olazabal
Age: 17
Club: Barcelona
Value: on youth contract, signed with 450k compensation
Work permit needed/not needed: not needed.

Name: Miguel Angel Fraga
Age 19
Club: no idea at just signed for Chelsea
Value: 750k
Work permit not needed i think

Name: Hélton
Age: 29
Club: F.C Porto
Value: £7-10m
Work permit needed/not needed: Not neeed

Name: Mikko Vilmunen
Age: 25
Club: Drogheda
Value: 26k (I got him for 50k)
Work permit needed/not needed: Not needed.

Name: Joao Carlos
Age: 18
Club: Atletico Paranaense
Value: £22k
Work Permit: Yes (main problem is this- difficult to get at first)

Name: Preston Edwards
Age: 18
Club: Millwall
Value: 10k can buy for as little as 65k
Work permit needed/not needed: Not needed

Name:Kamil Contofalsky
Age:29
Club:Zenit Peterburg
Value:1.4m
Work permit needed/not needed:Not needed

Name: Kenneth Stenild
Age:20
Club:Aaj (Denmark)
Value:20K
Work permit needed/not needed: -

Name:Ben Foster
Age:23
Club:Man Utd
Value:3.4 Million
Work permit not needed.

Name: Lehtovaara
Age: 19
Club: Tufun (fin)
Value: 6k no permit

Name: Dean Bouzanis
Age: 16
Club: Liverpool
Value: very very cheap
WP: Not Needed





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