Manager: Alex (Surrey)
Twitter name: @alexbass75
Since: 2011
Last season: 6th
Trophy cabinet: Olisadebe Euro 2012 winner
Sympathies: Charlton Athletic
Darts music: The Gladiators TV theme
Outlook (on 22 August 2013): Rarely noted for pizzazz, the Dynamo manager went about the auction in the calm, mediated fashion that saw him win the Emmanuel Olisadebe 2012 Euros, although he’s never been able to transfer that success to the domestic game. Coming 14th in his debut season, and finishing 6th in May, the Dynamo boss will be hoping this side can finally bring league glory.
Before slipping away from last weekend’s auction, the manager assembled an adequate side and left £14.5m in the pot to become the third most affluent for October’s transfer window, a useful asset when it comes to replacing Darren still-can’t-get-a-game-despite-changing-clubs-because-surely-Berbatov-will-start Bent.
I’m a professional tweeter now Rio Ferdinand aside, the rest of the side are likely to pick up appearance points throughout the campaign without setting the world on fire. Will it be enough?
Probably not.
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| Boruc, A | SOT | £9.5m |
| Zabaleta, P | MCY | £15m |
| Pieters, E | STO | £5m |
| Cissokho, A | LIV | £0.5m |
| Evans, J | MUN | £2.5m |
| Ince, T | CRY | £2.5m |
| Noone, C | CAR | £0.5m |
| Lampard, F | CHE | £5m |
| Ben Arfa, H | NEW | £3.5m |
| Bent, D | AVL | £10m |
| Hooper, G | NOR | £10m |
| £64m |
First transfer window – 5 October 2013
Starting budget: £24.5m, remaining budget: £24m, net loss: £0.5m
(Hyperlink denotes to which club player was sold)
| Out | In | ||||||
| Pos | Player | Team | Sold | Pos | Player | Team | Value |
| MID | Koren | HUL | Free | MID | Sinclair, S | WBA | £0.5m |
| STR | Kone | EVE | £0.5m | STR | Odemwingie, P | CAR | £0.5m |
Second transfer window – 7 February 2014
| Out | In | ||||||
| Position | Player | Team | Sold | Position | Player | Team | Paid |
| DEF | Rat, R | WHU | Free | DEF | Cissokho, A | LIV | £0.5m |
| DEF | Ferdinand, R | MUN | Free | DEF | Evans, J | MUN | £2.5m |
| MID | Walcott, T | ARS | Free | MID | Ince, T | CRY | £2.5m |
| MID | Sinclair, S | WBA | Free | MID | Noone, C | CAR | £0.5m |
| STR | Odemwingie, P | STO | £5m | STR | Hooper, G | NOR | £10m |
