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Up the Us Promoted to the football league in 1950, Colchester United have spent all but two seasons in the bottom two divisions, bouncing between the third and fourth tiers on a regular basis. Howe...
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Transfer Coup at U’s
Colchester United have pulled off a coup with the signature of Mexican international Marcel Ruiz on a free transfer.
The Midfielder (23) was not picked up by anybody in the transfer window, having decided to relocate to the UK for family reasons. The player has one Mexican cap at senior level, having played a small number of games in the under 20s and under 22s for his country.
Ruiz has signed a 2-year deal, which gives the club the chance to get a transfer fee, should he attract interest from higher divisions, now he will be playing in this country.
“It’s a deal that suits us both,” said manager Danny Cowley. “We get a fully-developed, quality player for at least two years, subject to whether or not he attracts interest later, and Marcel gets the shop window he was looking for.”
“I am really pleased to be here, and grateful to Colchester for giving me this opportunity. I am here to help them move up the leagues and will give my 100% at all times.”, said Ruiz. "I can see that this club is progressing, being near the top of the league and the first objective is to get promotion to the next level."
Ruiz is expected to slot immediately into the first team starting lineup.
@CO88LER5 wrote:Ruiz is expected to slot immediately into the first team starting lineup.
Well, why shouldn't he? 75 OVR, I think, compared to the 61-62 average in the rest of the squad.
Him and Labrovic are both far too good for League Two football, so you're building a squad for a rapid rise.
Mate, I'm finding it hard to see the scorelines in your screenshots from the Match Stats. The scoreline is in the upper right corner, but it's hard to see what it says. Just a heads up.
@JustinCase0110Okay; thanks.
I think it's because I shrank them. I'll change it now.@JustinCase0110
That's going to be it for such transfers, and I expect them to move on at the end of the season, after which the squad will have the appropriate OVRs.
The money I get for them will help develop the side in due course, but even then it will mainly be in terms of improving the scouting network, not making outgrageous transfer purchases, which would simply not be something that a club like Colchester United could do.
All my scouting otherwise is aimed at the 'right' levels in terms of OVR, etc.
The history of Leagues 1 and 2 in the UK is that the predominant transfer activity is free players; usually signed for 1 or two seasons, because the clubs cannot make the financial commitment for long-term contracts, in case the signing doesn't work out. So in that respect, these two fit that mould. Obviously, they are higher OVR than you would expect at this level, but these two (and some others I didn't take from the freebies list) always seem to be left "on the shelf" after the windows have closed in all the careers I have done so far in EAFC24 and I therefore thought the story of 'desperate to find any club' story would fit.
These were just opportunist at this point, bearing in mind the state of the club and the objectives I was set, and definitely done only because of the potential to get a decent fee next summer.
That's part of the problem with this game; sometimes the objectives simply don't match the club we are managing; I wish they did.
