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| Dubravka, M | NEW | £ 0.50 |
| Azpilicueta, C | CHE | £ 0.50 |
| Mendy, B | MCY | £ 4.00 |
| Bertrand, R | SOT | £ 2.00 |
| Dawson, C | WAT | £ 0.50 |
| Iwobi, A | EVE | £ 0.50 |
| Maddison, J | LEI | £ 15.00 |
| Pepe, N | ARS | £ 21.00 |
| Moura | TOT | £ 10.00 |
| Haller, S | WHM | £ 0.50 |
| Maupay, N | BTN | £ 0.50 |
| £ 68.50 |
Manager: Ben S (Leeds)
Twitter name: @BenCSilver
Since: 2011
Home ground: Bellend Road
Training facility: The Train Shed
Trophy cabinet: empty
Form
2011/12 – 2nd
2012/13 – 7th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 4th
2015/16 – 14th
2016/17 – 17th
2017/18 – 4th
Sympathies: Leeds
Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen
Starting budget: £27m
Spend: £
Player sales:
Remaining budget:
| Begovic, A | BOU | £1.00 |
| van Aanholt, P | CRY | £5.00 |
| Morrison, S | CAR | £6.00 |
| Papastathopoulos, S | ARS | £5.00 |
| Duffy, S | BTN | £0.50 |
| Sanchez, A | MUN | £30.00 |
| Sigurdsson, G | EVE | £8.00 |
| Fernandinho | MCY | £0.50 |
| Tielemans, Y (TW2) | LEI | £0.50 |
| Grant, K (TW2) | HUD | £0.50 |
| Joselu (TW1) | NEW | £11.00 |
| £68.00 |
Starting budget: £28m
Spend: £11.5m
Player sales: £0.5m (Bonatini to Mo Me The Mane)
Remaining budget: £17m
| Begovic, A | BOU | £1.00 |
| van Aanholt, P | CRY | £5.00 |
| Morrison, S | CAR | £6.00 |
| Papastathopoulos, S | ARS | £5.00 |
| Duffy, S | BTN | £0.50 |
| Sanchez, A | MUN | £30.00 |
| Sigurdsson, G | EVE | £8.00 |
| Fernandinho | MCY | £0.50 |
| Lanzini, M (TW1) | WHM | £0.50 |
| Morata, A | CHE | £25.00 |
| Joselu (TW1) | NEW | £11.00 |
| £92.50 |
| Begovic, A | BOU | £1.00 |
| van Aanholt, P | CRY | £5.00 |
| Morrison, S | CAR | £6.00 |
| Papastathopoulos, S | ARS | £5.00 |
| Duffy, S | BTN | £0.50 |
| Sanchez, A | MUN | £30.00 |
| Sigurdsson, G | EVE | £8.00 |
| Fernandinho | MCY | £0.50 |
| Fabinho | LIV | £0.50 |
| Morata, A | CHE | £25.00 |
| Bonatini, L | WLV | £0.50 |
| £82.00 |
| Akinfeev, I | RUS | £ 2.00 |
| Pepe | POR | £ 7.00 |
| Silva, T | BRA | £ 10.00 |
| Vestergaard, J | DEN | £ 0.50 |
| Mane, S | SEN | £ 16.00 |
| Perisic, I | CRO | £ 15.00 |
| Sigurdsson, G | ICE | £ 8.00 |
| Grosicki, K | POL | £ 1.00 |
| Al-Sahlawi, M | SAU | £ 13.00 |
| Heung-min, S | SKO | £ 13.00 |
| Giroud, O | FRA | £ 13.00 |
| £ 98.50 |
Manager: Ben S (Leeds)
Twitter name: @BenCSilver
Since: 2011
Home ground: Bellend Road
Training facility: The Train Shed
Trophy cabinet: empty
Form
2011/12 – 2nd
2012/13 – 7th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 4th
2015/16 – 14th
2016/17 – 17th
Sympathies: Leeds
Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen
What the chalkstripes in Kenna HQ speculations department are saying: Came to the Kenna with great fanfare but despite showing early promise has struggled to compete at this level for some time – 40/1
Player sales: Virgil van Dijk to Judean Peoples’ Front for £9m
| Pickford, J | EVE | £4.00 |
| Bellerin, H | ARS | £8.00 |
| Smith, T | HUD | £0.50 |
| Duffy, S (TW2) | BTN | £0.50 |
| de Bruyne, K | MCY | £32.00 |
| Moura, L (TW2) | TOT | £15.00 |
| Antonio, M | WHM | £3.00 |
| Choupo-Moting, E (TW1) | STO | £10.00 |
| Firmino, R | LIV | £28.00 |
| Martial, A | MUN | £8.00 |
| Gray, A (TW1) | WAT | £0.50 |
| £99.5m |
Player sales: Troy Deeney to Young Boys for £8m
| Pickford, J | EVE | £4.00 |
| Bellerin, H | ARS | £8.00 |
| van Dijk, V | LIV | £3.00 |
| Smith, T | HUD | £0.50 |
| de Bruyne, K | MCY | £32.00 |
| Moses, V | CHE | £4.00 |
| Antonio, M | WHM | £3.00 |
| Choupo-Moting, E (TW1) | STO | £10.00 |
| Firmino, R | LIV | £28.00 |
| Martial, A | MUN | £8.00 |
| Gray, A (TW1) | WAT | £0.50 |
| £101m |
| Pickford, J | EVE | £4.00 |
| Bellerin, H | ARS | £8.00 |
| van Dijk, V | SOT | £3.00 |
| Smith, T | HUD | £0.50 |
| de Bruyne, K | MCY | £32.00 |
| Moses, V | CHE | £4.00 |
| Antonio, M | WHM | £3.00 |
| Dembele, M | TOT | £1.00 |
| Firmino, R | LIV | £28.00 |
| Martial, A | MUN | £8.00 |
| Deeney, T | WAT | £2.00 |
| £93.50 |
Manager: Ben S (Leeds)
Twitter name: @BenCSilver
Since: 2011
Home ground: Bellend Road
Training facility: The Train Shed
Trophy cabinet: empty
Kenna Index rating: 0.294 – 3rd
2011/12 – 2nd
2012/13 – 7th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 4th
2015/16 – 14th
Sympathies: Leeds
Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen
| Valdes, V | MID | £4.00 |
| Mustafi | DEF | £5.00 |
| Shawcross, R | STO | £0.50 |
| Lovren, D | LIV | £0.50 |
| Willian | CHE | £13.00 |
| Ayew, A | WHM | £12.00 |
| Mkhitaryan, H | MUN | £21.00 |
| Lamela, E | TOT | £10.00 |
| Borini, F (sold TW1) | SUN | £2.00 |
| Long, S (sold TW1) | SOT | £9.00 |
| Wilson, C | BOU | £15.00 |
| £92.00 |
In
Matthew Lowton – Burnley defender – £0.5m
Marc Albrighton – Leicester City midfielder – £4m
Out
Fabio Borini – Sunderland striker – free
Shane Long – Southampton striker – sold for £0.5m to Cowley Casuals
Formation: 4-5-1
Remaining budget: £9m
In
Marco Gabbiadini – Southampton striker – £15m
Out
Marc Albrighton – Leicester City striker – free
Formation: 4-5-1
Remaining budget: £4m
Manager: Ben S
Nationality: Le Rosbif
International honours: none
Formation: 4-5-1
| Akinfeev, I | RUS | £5m |
| Srna, D | CRO | £7m |
| Darmian, M | ITA | £11m |
| Ramos, S | ESP | £16m |
| Guerreiro, R | POT | £0.5m |
| Arnautovic, M | AUT | £12m |
| Pogba, P | FRA | £23m |
| Mertens, D | BEL | £12m |
| Draxler, J | GER | £7m |
| Xhaka, G | SUI | £0.5m |
| Ward, J | NIR | £0.5m |
| £94.5m |
Manager: Ben S (Leeds)
Twitter name: @BenCSilver
Since: 2011
Home ground: Belland Road
Training facility: The Train Shed
Trophy cabinet: empty
Kenna Index rating: 0.294 – 3rd
2011/12 – 2nd
2012/13 – 7th
2013/14 – 12th
2014/15 – 4th
Sympathies: Leeds
Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen
Season preview in one sentence (on 13 September): Rosicky, Carroll, Phil Jones: one expects this is the last time the manager misses the auction.
| Butland, J | STO | £6m |
| Ward, J | CRY | £4m |
| Francis, S | BOU | £1m |
| Nyom, A (TW1) | WAT | £0.5m |
| Simpson, D (TW2) | LEI | £?m |
| Khazri, W (TW2) | SUN | £?m |
| Doumbla, S (TW2) | NEW | £?m |
| Ward-Prowse, J | SOT | £0.5m |
| Dembele, M (TW2) | TOT | £?m |
| Niasse, O (TW2) | EVE | £?m |
| Paloschi, A (TW2) | SWA | £?m |
| £?m |
In
Nyom, A – Watford defender – £0.5m
Morrison, J – West Brom midfielder – £8m
Dyer, N – Leicester midfielder – £0.5m
Heung-Min, S – Tottenham striker – £14m
Out
Fuchs, C – Leicester defender – free
Can, E – Liverpool midfielder – free
Rosicky, T – Arsenal midfielder – free
Remy, L – Chelsea striker – free
Remaining budget: £3m
In
Simpson, D – Leicester defender –
Khazri, W – Sunderland midfielder –
Doumbla, S – Newcastle midfielder –
Dembele, M – Tottenham midfielder –
Niasse, O – Everton striker –
Paloschi, A – Swansea striker –
Out
Jones, P – Manchester United defender – free
Morrison, J – West Brom midfielder – free
Dyer, N – Leicester midfielder – free
De Bruyne, K – Manchester City midfielder – free
Carroll, A – West Ham striker – free
Heung-Min, S – Tottenham striker – free
Remaining budget: £?m
Manager: Ben S (Yorkshire)
Twitter name: @BenCSilver
Since: 2011
Last season: 12th
Trophy cabinet: empty (best finish – runner up in 2011/12)
Sympathies: Leeds
Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen
Season preview in one sentence: Still struggling to follow up an impressive debut three years ago, emerges from the auction with some agricultural defending, hotchpotch midfield options and Ivorians up front: lottery.
| Heaton, T | BUR | £ 0.50 |
| Shawcross, R | STO | £ 2.00 |
| Moreno, A (TW1) | LIV | £ 13.00 |
| Cresswell, A (TW2) | WHU | £ 8.00 |
| Gibbs, K | ARS | £ 2.00 |
| Colback, J (TW2) | NEW | £ 6.00 |
| Silva, D | MCY | £ 25.00 |
| Livermore, J (TW1) | HUL | £ 0.50 |
| Mane, S (TW1) | SOT | £ 0.50 |
| Defoe, J (TW2) | SUN | £ 15.00 |
| Naismith, S (TW1) | EVE | £ 5.00 |
| £ 81.50m |
In
Moreno, A – defender, LIV – £13m
Livermore, J – midfielder, HUL – £0.50m
Mane, S – midfielder, SOT – £0.50
Naismith, S – striker, EVE – £5m
Out
Stones, J – defender, EVE – £0m
de Jong, S – midfielder, NEW – £0m
Nzonzi, S – midfielder, STO – £0m
Drogba, D – striker, CHE – £0m
Remaining budget: 9.5m
In
Cresswell, A – defender, WHU – £8m
Colback, J – midfielder, NEW – £6m
Defoe, J – striker, SUN – £15m
Out
Vertonghen, J – defender, TOT – £10m
Herrera, A – midfielder, MUN – £0m
Bony, W – striker, MCY – £23m
Remaining budget: £23.5m
Manager: Ben S
Nationality: English
International honours: none
| Vorm, M – NED – GK | £10.00 |
| Ramos, S – ESP – DEF | £20.00 |
| Kompany, V – BEL – DEF | £15.00 |
| Garay, E – ARG – DEF | £11.00 |
| Rodriguez, R – SUI – DEF | £0.50 |
| Griezmann, A – FRA – MID | £19.00 |
| Khedira, S – GER – MID | £1.00 |
| Moutinho, J – POR – MID | £0.50 |
| Samedov, A – RUS – MID | £0.50 |
| Suarez, L – URU – STR | £15.00 |
| Gervinho – CIV – STR | £0.50 |
| £93.00 |
Manager: Ben S (Yorkshire)
Twitter name: @BenCSilver
Since: 2011
Last season: 7th
Trophy cabinet: empty (best finish – runner up in 2011/12)
Sympathies: Leeds
Darts music: Bicycle Race – Queen
Outlook (on 21 August 2013): As reports of managers’ exploits filtered back to Kenna HQ in the days following last weekend’s auction there was one tale of particular note. Whether the incumbent mayor’s most innovative and popular scheme of public transport was designed to get Londoners home after 15 hours on licensed premises is an ethical discussion rather than a footballing one, but what remains clear is that a manager capable of such haphazard decision making in the face of revelry is likely to build a team incompatible with mounting a genuine title challenge.
The Lokomotiv boss will be keen to get back to the heights of his plucky debut campaign two years ago. Last season’s 7th-placed finish was far from the promise of his runners-up medal the previous May, and the manager has bought a team that can score points, although inclined to grind out them out rather than win them with flair. The victorious Dynamo Temple of 2008/09 proved that an unspectacular side can win the Kenna, but that was in the days of just 12 managers rather than 23 hunting for the spoils.
Marquee signing Wilfred Bony has already found the net just as Gabby Agbonlahor appears to have found the form that earned him three national call ups – incidentally during which time he was part of the winning Dynamo Temple team mentioned above.
In midfield, Johnson and Fellaini look to be starters for the season, unlike forfeit player Josh McEachran. The recognised authorities on the matter have already questioned the value Victor Wanyama can bring. At the back it’s steady as she goes, with only Younis Kaboul – formerly sidelined with injury – failing to score less than 90 points last season.
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(B) denotes forfeit player awarded under the Titus Bramble ruling
| Mignolet, S | LIV | £11m |
| Riether, S | FUL | £18m |
| Cameron, G | STO | £6m |
| Fonte, J | SOT | £2m |
| Rafael | MUN | £11m |
| McGeady, A | EVE | £2.5m |
| Johnson, A | SUN | £4.5m |
| Nocerino, A | WHU | £0.5m |
| Matic, N | CHE | £0.5m |
| Agbonlahor, G | AVL | £12m |
| Bony, W | SWA | £25m |
| £93m |
Starting budget: £10m, remaining budget: £6.5m, net loss: £3.5m
| Out | In | ||||||
| Pos | Player | Team | Sold | Pos | Player | Team | Paid |
| DEF | Evans, J | MUN | Free | DEF | Fonte, J | SOT | £2m |
| DEF | Kaboul, Y | TOT | Free | DEF | Yanga-Mbiwa, M | NEW | £0.5m |
| MID | McEachran, J (TB) | CHE | Free | MID | Amalfitano, M | WBA | £0.5m |
| MID | Wanyama, V | SOT | Free | MID | Brady, R | HUL | £0.5m |
| Out | In | ||||||
| Pos | Player | Team | Sold | Pos | Player | Team | Paid |
| DEF | Yanga-Mbiwa, M | NEW | Free | DEF | Rafael | MUN | £11m |
| MID | Amalfitano, M | WBA | Free | MID | McGeady, A | EVE | £2.5m |
| MID | Brady, R | HUL | £5m | MID | Nocerino, A | WHU | £0.5m |
| MID | Fellaini, M | MUN | £0.5m | MID | Matic, N | CHE | £0.5m |
