I think I've finally completed my master league overhaul of Liverpool. It took me three seasons. And it wasn't easy.
I've now got:
GK: Courtois, Mignolet, C.Lampe.
CD: Sakho, Varane, Rugani, Ilori.
RB: Clyne, Elmonovski (youth player to replace reliable Flanagan who is now a first teamer for Southampton).
LB: Gaya, Moreno.
DM: Kondogbia (to replace Casemiro who was good but not dynamic enough), E.Can (One of my favourite players in real life).
CM: Pogba, Henderson.
AM: Götze (I purchased for only $18M), Coutinho (an excellent dribbler). Götze rips defences apart with his passing while coutinho just runs with the ball.
RWF: Lucas Moura (dribbling God with 93 dribbling and 95 explosiveness), Markovic (a lowly 83 but surprisingly good, easy to dribble with, fast and always makes the run to the back post for easy tap ins)
LWF: C.Ronaldo (a complete luxury purchase at the start of my third season and at age 32 arguably not a prudent purchase) and Jordan Ibe.
CF: Origi (84 rated and still improving!), Benteke, Ings (so underrated; fast and accurate finishing).
I had so much money I ended up purchasing a cheap maestro LWF to boost Ronaldo's training and keep the decline at bay. And I got itchy fingers and ended up loaning in LWF grand master Mertens to add even more training boost. On retrospect I should have just loaned Mertens so I'm now hoping I can sell that maestro LWF in January.
But C.Ronaldo has a fantastic impact on the team. Origi's training is heavily boosted (38% training boost) and Moura who has already peaked at age 25 recently increased his rating from 93 to 94. Also I'm getting the income bonus. But most noticeably, my bogey scripted teams feel shockingly very easy to play against now. In the last two seasons I struggled massively against Chelsea and Man Utd due to heavy scripting. But in the charity shield I trounced Chelsea 3-0 easy with this new team. Haven't played Man Utd yet. But so far it seems it really helps having a superstar on the other side of the flank. Lucas Moura has more space and the midfield guys have more space to play. I'm not sure if this is psychological but even if it is, Ronaldo had fantastic movement and I'm always two passes away from a quick counter and a 1v1 vs. The opposition keeper.