Two stars are shown the door at The Anchor

The title is a tad misleading, but at the same time it’s completely correct. Since the signing of Jorge Martinez, I’d been forced to play Dessena wide right with Dani Alves at right back to accommodate all of the world class players at my disposal. This resulted in both Matteo Longobardi and Giovani Capitani sitting on the bench – not an ideal situation by any stretch of the imagination. The signing of Martinez had also stretched the club financially and with improvements needed elsewhere in the coming weeks, I couldn’t afford for that to continue.

I therefore made the decision to sell Daniel Dessena. Although he’d been very good in his season and a half at Beaulieu FC, he’d not been out of this world. Dan Cashmore, owner of former Beaulieu FC players Gourcuff, Baptista and Radoi, made an offer I couldn’t refuse of 1.2m cash (500k upfront and 800k spread over 8 weeks) and world class defensive midfielder Stelvio (AF 650k MV 925k). Within an hour I’d found a buyer for Stelvio at £750k for a quick sale and the coffers at Beaulieu FC were swelled by some £2m, with Capitani taking up his previous role at right flank.

The competitions are progressing well and there will be a quite huge update come end of season on all that has happened in what could be either a year of heartbreak or a watershed season for Beaulieu FC.