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- G2019 - 2022-11-05
It is with a bittersweet feelings that I announce the retirement of Connor Azpilicueta. It's been such a great ride with this player, and I've had a ton of fun! I wanted to walk through his career a bit without drawing this out TOO much.
-Started career as a CB (would play there for two seasons)
-Drafted by Inter London (thanks @frazzle14!)
-Inter London's first ever captain
-Azpi states that he intends to position swap to striker
-Free agent frenzy has Azpi nearly sign with Catalunya, friendship with @[omniscious] begins
-@thevoicelesscreatortakes over as manager, offers Azpi the BAG, making him the highest paid player in the league with a $7M per season max contract
-TVC's immense build help and guidance builds Azpi into a formidable striker, one of the best in the league
-Inter London wins their first ever league title!
-Seeing a management opening in Cairo City and loving the league (as well as being a glutton for punishment in obtaining sim league jobs), G2019 considers applies for the management position when he is told they have no applicants
-G2019 gets the manager position in Cairo, Azpilicueta is traded to Cairo in a blockbuster trade, but one that allows friend and club legend Franco Torres to stay with the club
-Cairo City goes from the bottom of the league to avoiding relegation in back to back seasons and making some very respectable cup runs
-Azpilicueta is named to the Team of the Season for S3 and S4
-Azpi nearly wins the Golden Boot, falling one goal short of Owen Forty-Four
-Azpi maximizes flexibility, often lining up at one of the attacking midfield positions and expanding his game beyond just scoring
-G2019 sees another management position open with a large rebuilding project for Sydney City...finds there are again no candidates
-G2019 gets the Sydney manager position
-Azpilicueta is traded to Sydney
-Sydney plays well at the beginning of the season and is able to bring in a great young core to move forward with
And that brings us to today. With Azpi's window not matching that of the team, I feel like a recreate will better help the team moving forward, so here we are. Recreate incoming!
I'd be remiss to not shoutout a ton of folks in this post, but the tagging system on this site sucks so not gonna tag, just gonna shout
This is certainly not an all-inclusive list, so I apologize if you aren't named Rash
Canadice
Jess
R1ce
Dwight
BFine
Marco
Trella
SADIO
Laser (fuck you for the PorQue smokescreen tho
)TVC
Omni
OD
Janko
Frazzle
HEOB
Hannah
RM
Deadly
Vaselli
Nate
ProjectSaint
Lobster
Zodiac
Newff
Cole
I'd like to think goalkeepers are sleeping a bit better this evening knowing Dave is no longer here to threaten their goal.
#8 all-time in League Goals
#19 all-time in League Assists
#3 all-time in Cup Goals
#11 all-time in Cup Assists
Love you all!
- RashfordU - 2022-11-05
Fantastic Career!
and looking forward to seeing what the new player can do!
- thevoicelesscreator - 2022-11-05
I'm so sad!! Can't wait to see what comes next for you though!
- r1c3bowl22 - 2022-11-05
Congrats on the solid career my dude, good luck with the next one!
- fútboliscool - 2022-11-05
<3 \_\_\_
- captjanko - 2022-11-16
Unsure how I missed this!
Congrats on an incredible career! Grateful for all you contributed to Inter London and thankful for all that you do for the league!
- ColeMrtz - 2022-11-16
Excited for what comes next, RIP Azpilcueta