MANAGER STORY
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Avispa Fukuoka finally returned to the J1 League in 2021! The club is ambitious and hired the young and upcoming Japanese manager: Joodi Kanppu. Kanppu is close friends with Hidetoshi Nakata and together they got their manager license in Italy. From this experience Kanppu has a developed a passion for the Catenaccio tactic. Kanppu will try to adapt this iconic strategy in a modern style and he'll try to conquer the world!


RULES
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#1 Each season I am obligated to replace at least 2 starting players to keep refreshing the squad. This can be done by selling / demoting / loaning out a player.

#2 Players above a certain OVR combined with a certain age, have to be sold at the beginning of the season. See the following rules:
⏩ Older than 32:
- No 80+ players have to be sold.
⏩ Between 26 and 31 years old:
- All 80+ players have to be sold.
⏩ Under 25 years old:
- All 75+ players have to be sold.

#3 I am not allowed to buy more than 3 starting players per season.

#4 I am not allowed to buy starting players from:
>> 1st Division teams in England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.
>> Top teams from smaller leagues like Ajax, Porto, Benfica, Sporting, Salzburg, Spartak Moscow, Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo Kiev, etc.
>> Fukuoka's rivals: Oita Trinita and Sagan Tosu.
>> Current J1 League champion.
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There is one exemption:
>> I can buy Japanese players that are older than 27 years old and under 80 OVR, regardless of what club they play at.


TRANSFERS
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Transfer in:
WINTER
- M. Hasebe (CB) for €1.350.000 from Frankfurt
- Y. Wakatsuki (ST) for €300.000 from Shonan Bellmare
- Y. Matsumura (RM) on a 1-year loan with an option to buy from Kashima Antlers
SUMMER
- Jeong Tae Wook (CB) for €3.750.000 from Daegu FC

Transfers out:
WINTER
- M. Yuzawa (RB) sold to Al Fayha
- T. Yamanoi (GK) sold to Gangwon
SUMMER
- H. Jogo (ST) sold to Altay
- S. Tanabe (RM) sold to Sydney FC
- Juanma (ST) sold to Gaziantep
- R. Sugiyama (GK) sold to Göteborg
- Douglas Grolli (CB) sold to Huesca
- Y. Yamagishi (ST) sold to Hull City

SHORTLIST
https://sofifa.com/shortlist/148932

DIFFICULTY
Ultimate / competitive mode OFF / difficulty based on player ON


RATINGS ARE UPDATED AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2021