Sheed: Dubai Faithful Soldiers. DFS

[Rasheed Sharq]

Kits for the season - Credit goes to Poffeman.
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Team Mascot
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Dante of Juve Don't Cry

Bank Balance
149 Million Pounds

Team Stadia
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Stadie Delle Alpi

Team Coach
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Marcello Lippi

Team Roster
Goalkeepers:

Santiago Canizares
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Antonios Nikopolidis
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Defenders:

Fabio Grosso
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Anthony Van den Borre
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Jonathan Zebina
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Massimo Oddo
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Valerien Ismael
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Frank Baumann
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Diego Lugano
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Midfielders:

Francisco Javier Yeste
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Denilson
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Stelios Giannakopoulos
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Stefano Fiore
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Manuele Blasi
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Massimo Ambrosini
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Torsten Frings
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Ali Karimi
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Forwards:

Adrian Mutu - Captain
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Georgios Samaras
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Sanli Tuncay
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Mateja Kezman
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Nicolas Anelka
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[Highway Penguin]

Looks good bro. Good luck with the season. :)

[Rasheed Sharq]

Thanks Vic. It should be finished real soon. ;).

[Rasheed Sharq]

Deals Made for mid-season window

Giannicheda and 13 million in for Gravesen
Lisbon Lions has offered Italian and experienced defensive midfielder Giuliano Giannicheda (Juventus) and a bonus 13 million pounds for the services of Danish International (Real Madrid) Thomas Gravesen. DFS wishes the very best for Thomas Gravesen as soon as he leaves the gates of Delle Alpi. As for Gianni, DFS board are extremely delighted in bringing one favourite back home.

Abbiati in for Cudicini
Lisbon Lions have also traded Christian Abbiati (Juventus) to DFS for Carlo Cudicini (Chelsea) in a straight swap. This is to the delight of their fans as Abbiati has settled in very well in Turin, and he hopes he can stay longer.

Solari in for 7m half-season loan
Former Real Madrid and Inter Milan man Santiago Solari joins DFS on a half-season loan deal in order to improve the team's chances of promotion to the top flight. Galaxy FC gave DFS a good chance of negotiating and it took less than an hour to finalize the details. The Argentinian versatile midfielder who can play Left-Back and Left-Midfield should fit into the squad with no problems. He also cost the club 7 million.

Pauleta agrees to a transfer to DFS
Portuguese Legend Pedro Pauleta will join DFS come mid-season transfew window for a starting place in the line-up. Pauleta has an impressive goal-scoring record, and the former PSG and Chacarita FC man will look to discover his top form in Dubai. He is expected to play alongside Julio Cruz. This deal is rumoured to be around 25 million.

Baumann slides in Dubai in exchange for French Centre-Back
It has been announced on the club's website that German International and Bremen Captain Frank Baumann (Werder Bremen) will leave his current club to join the DFS come mid-season. However a player from the Arabian side will also have to travel to the Lisbon Lions as part of the exchange. Gael Givet is the man and we wish him all the luck he can get at his future new club.

Inter warrior Marco goes out for passage of Valerien Ismael
Today, another deal with the Lisbon Lions has been made. The board are happy to announce the departure of Marco Materazzi who was booed during training because he was looking to leave the club. And he has succedeed, Marco will pack his belongings and leave for the Lisbon Lions. In good return, DFS FC managed to secure the services of French and strong man Valerien Ismael (Bayern Munich). DFS also paid 15 million to cement the deal. It is expected that Ismael will already have a starting place in the team, he is also a personal favourite of Juve Manager Marcello Lippi.

Ze Roberto and Nicolas Anelka checks in for striker duo
Yet another deal has been made with the Lisbon Lions. Versatile winger Ze Roberto and hitman Nicolas Anelka has been traded for the DFS strikers Claudio Pizzaro and Angelos Charisteas. DFS also gave 35m to the Lisbon Lions to complete the deal. This is part of a deal that will give DFS a chance to stretch their squad for a hopefully good run in the league.

Four for six and 35 million
A deal with Alizee Lyonnais FC was made that involved 10 players. Brazilian duo of Julio Baptista and Roberto Carlos, paired with Jens Nowotny and Kakhaber Kaladze will move to Alizee Lyonnais FC in the mid-season for the services of Gael Givet, Jeremy Berthod, Traianos Dellas, Giourkas Seitaridis, Angelos Charisteas, Claudio Pizzaro and 35 million bonus. DFS FC looks to strenghten their squad players and will hope that these new faces will add emphasis on the pitch.

Three for three deal just made
Asgard Utd has just signed former DFS FC players Ludovic Giuly, Pedro Pauleta and Steven Pienaar for wingers Denilson, Stelios and hitman Mateja Kezman. 20 million also goes to Asgard Utd as part of this deal. This should boost the teams chances and although influential Giuly will leave they have a good replacement in Stelios.

Zebina and 10 million in for defensive double
It has been announced officially that Jonathan Zebina (Juventus) will be joining DFS FC along with a bonus of 10 million and in the opposite way, Juliano Belletti (Barcelona) and Traianos Dellas (AEK Athens) to London Lions. This is thought to be a good deal for DFS FC as they were looking for a good right back and fan favourite Zebina has come back to Delle Alpi

30 million for Stefano Fiore

25 million for Torsten Frings

Julio Cruz sold for 20 million

Juan Carlos Valeron sold for 22 million

Ze Roberto plus 50 million for Yeste and Mutu

Christian Vieri sold for 15 million

Bought Oddo for 2m permanently

Sold Yeste for Solari and 1m

Sold Tuncay for 8m

Traded Frings away for Boa Morte

Ambrosini, Anelka, Baumann and 6m for Bresciano, Johnson and Mellberg

Sold Zebina and Stelios for 10m

Bought O'Shea for 4m

Funds is 58m.

[Rasheed Sharq]

Finalization Details

Players coming In:
Giuliano Giannicheda
Christian Abbiati
Santiago Solari (Loan Half Season)
Frank Baumann
Valerien Ismael
Massimo Ambrosini
Jeremy Berthod
Giourkas Seitaridis
Nicolas Anelka
Denilson
Stelios Giannakopoulos
Mateja Kezman
Jonathan Zebina
Stefano Fiore
Torsten Frings
Francisco Javier Yeste
Adrian Mutu
Vincenzo Iaquinta

Players going out:
Thomas Gravesen
Carlo Cudicini
Gael Givet
Marco Materazzi
Gilberto Silva
Jens Nowotny
Roberto Carlos
Julio Baptista
Kakhaber Kaladze
Angelos Charisteas
Claudio Pizzaro
Pedro Pauleta
Ludovic Giuly
Steven Pienaar
Traianos Dellas
Juliano Belletti
Julio Ricardo Cruz
Ze Roberto
Juan Carlos Valeron
Christian Vieri

Cash coming In:
10 million - martin_cranie
48 million - charlie9
35 million - nikos24
10 million - The G
22 million - Phatmann2003

Cash going out:
7 million - Figo10
25 million - Nedy
15 million - charlie9
35 million - charlie9
20 million - martin_cranie
25 million - Rangers_Fureva
30 million - The G
50 million - Yossi
30 million - Muad'Dib


Bank Balance: 71 million

[Rasheed Sharq]

DFS Squad Rotation After Game 9

GK-
Cudicini - 0X000XX00
Lehmann- X0XXX00XX

DEF-
Belletti- XXX000XX0
Nowotny- XXXXX00XX
R.Carlos- XXXXX0XXX
Kaladze- 0X000XXXX
Materazzi - 000X0X000
Eboue- 000XXX00X
Worns- X0X0XXX00

MID-
Renato- 000XXX000
Gilberto - 0X0000XXX
Valeron- 000X000XX
Karimi- XXXXX0XXX
Giuly- XXXXX0XXX
Pienaar- XXX000000
Gravesen - 0X0X0X0X0
Nasri- 00000X000
Altintop- 000000X00

FWD-
Baptista- X0X0XXX00
Vieri - X0XXXX00X
Tomasson- 0XX000000
R.Cruz- 0000XXXXX

[Rasheed Sharq]

Season Schedule for DFS FC

DFS FC 1-1 Asgard Utd - WCL
DFS FC 1-3 Clockwork Orange - League Game 6
DFS FC 1-1 Asgard Utd - Division Cup
DFS FC 2-2 DJ Elite FC - League Game 7
DFS FC 0-2 Newton Health Football Club - WCL

[Rasheed Sharq]

Free Agents In

Federico Balzaretti
Goran Gavrancic
Simon Vukcevic
Manuele Blasi
Paolo Cannavaro
Claudio Pizzaro
Shunsuke Nakamura