Dammit, after the first season milan have poached Xabi Alonso off me :f***: :f***: apparently he had a £20m release fee on his contract :kader: :kader:

Im now short of a WORLD CLASS DMC, i have Gerrard at MC and i dont want to move him there, however much i like Hamann and Biscan i want someone better, i have £52m to spend, can ANYONE suggest some of the best DM's in their opinions :p dont just postboost by saying.. Keane or Viera, i want to know WHY you think they are the best

thanks for the help

TROD.

Ledley King (don't let the "strong center back" description fool you)
Just needs some work on passing and dribbling, but he's a great DMC. Plus his work rate and team work are really high, as are almost all his mental and physical stats. A couple of season of mid training, and he should be awesome.

And you can use him as a DC if you need to as well.

There are LOADS of DM's who are really good. I would suggest Julio Baptista and Assuncau definately, as I have bought them and they are fantastic. They've got good attributes as well. Keane sometimes doesn't have his contract protcted and his value isn't that much so he would be a bargain. I would definately go for those three as I've had them all and they play quite well.

yeah i was looking at ledley king, Ruud, how would i go about really improving the passing side of his game.. ive always been one to use pretty general overall training, how do i actually really improve that part?

TROD.

oh and ruud check your PM's

TROD.

How about you check yours :crazyboy: I answered hours ago :p

*cough* Mascherano! *cough*

he's young and is a quality DMC - replace Keano for me at united

Oh... the training:
pig in the middle, overloading defensive and attacking, and technique influence passing the most.

k, would training him as a midfielder help at all

TROD.

Yeah, definitely. But he needs defensive training also, or his tackling/marking will drop. So Overload Def seems a good option to add to a general mid training schedule.

You know how I look at training, though, don't you? :crazyboy:

nein, enlighten me :p

TROD.

Set very well tested schedule at start of stint at club
Set players to schedules
Refine tactics (H)

Van Bommel, although he is more attacking.

Have a look at Bodmer too. (I think he's from Lille) World class player.

Look at Benoît Pedretti (Marseille), he's a good DM

ok im gonna sign King, paying totally over the odds for him :p but i have to say ive fallen in love with his attributes, i love how physically strong he is, i.e. Viera.

TROD.

Why not steal Pirlo off them? :)

try fernando meira i got him for only 2.8 million euros:) and you can use him as a centre-back too:D

Assuncao. His long shots go in most of the time.

manuele blasi if 9million is good enough for you:p

I'm guessing Tom is signing King, and maybe Mascherano, Guarín, or Maresca. :)

I'd not go with Maresca, though. As old as King, and not up to his standards.

yeah me and Ruud were talking about this for a while :p

just to update, i finally bought King for the hefty sum of £23m, yet he does seem to look good, all of the other players seem to have crucial stats missing in the right places :(

TROD.

update, King after 10 games has an average rating of 7.90, damn good player

TROD.

Pitty he plays for spurs:(

not anymore :D

20 games - average rating of 7.85 - conceding far less goals with him in the team

TROD.

I might try him. Looks like he is doing well for you, TROD.

Plays great for my HSV team as DC (Y) Definitely recommend him.

I got him on a free (H)