I chose Derby County this time.
Played my first season and made it to the first place.
Players that I kept, are Huddleston, Keogh, Anya, Vydra, Wisdom and Davies.
Sold a few of them and kept others on the bench.
Then I bought Ntcham for the midfield and Che Adams and Aarons for the wings. Real fast players.
Specially Rojas is small, fast and agile...like the cheap version of Messi

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What I like is that you have players, you want to push...that you feel connected to...more than others.
Felt that in my last ML 2017 as well.
There I had Inaki Williams as a striker and I wanted him on PES 2018 as well but no chance.
Chance to buy him is 0 %. Well okay, he´s playing for Athletic Bilbao .... why would he wanna play for Derby County?
Makes sense....so far so good.
I remembered Abel Hernandez from last year. Tried to get him but no chance either. Only way was to get him on loan for a year. In between all that negotiating I had to play a few games and realized that Vydra really stands out...always aware....would be a good joker.
Same goes for Anya (LB) and Davies (CB).
So I got Hernandez on loan for a year and tried to find a solution. An alternative to Inaki Williams who´s impossible to have. And then I see Mbappe.....chance to buy is almost 100%.
That´s a downer...Mbappe would agree to play for Derby County....a team from SkyBet League....
Didn´t buy him as I couldn´t afford him anyway....but come on KONAMI.
Played this first season and Hernandez was the best striker...really got connected to him. To him and to Huddlestone. Really good midfielder, always present and has a good shot.
Had my fun moments even there were games which I probably wasn´t meant to win. AI is strange sometimes.
I won the league and got into premier league. I thought maybe now, Inaki Williams would be more interested joining my team but still no chance.
Another funny things is.....winning the skybet league made me get around 35 Million €.
So my budget jumped to nearly 50 Million.
Well I need another striker....and even I knew I shouldn´t do it....I bought Mbappe.
Tried forcing myself to keep realism but couldn´t help it.
Well, made my first game with him and what can I say....that game was awesome.
ML is not the same as it used to be until PES 2011 where you really had to struggle with your finances, where you had to pay your staff etc etc.
But it´s still fun. Players get injured which forces you to act.