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Benour Gomez is greeted by John Vranken as one would only welcome a brother, a reunion of great joy and relief. Yet these two had never met. Ever.

In the past 22 days Vranken has been in frequent contact with Gomez discussing the future of the club and upon finally meeting face to face he realises this risk will be worth it. In Maastricht the board of Maastrichtse Voetbal Vereniging (MVV) is determined to bring some silverware back to the proud south and they believe Gomez is the man to do it.

The relief in Benny Gomez's face was one of a realisation that finally his role in the greater plan could begin. You see Gomez was a career coach with Once Caldas in Colombia, he had no ambition to be a manager - a team player - he described himself. It's amazing how things can change so quickly.

Not many people know this but Gomez is also a devoted freedom fighter (although he would never use such a term), a believer in human rights and the individual freedom that a globalised society can only cause to degrade. An activist student in Paris during the early 1970's the seed was planted and now he was to utilise his footballing talent and his visionary guidance to systematically dismantle the EU right under there noses.

Last year a few interesting things happened which would redirect Gomez's ambitions. Once Caldas famously claimed the Copa Libertadores - Gomez a major player - the tactitioner behind the glory. Out of the blue a phone call from an old friend from Paris, there was activity. They had found a sponsor - a successful ukrainian magnate loving in exile in Greece - and it was time for the planting.

In the spring of 1956 Benour Gomez was born to Miriam Gomez and Gerard Olivier in Saint Nazaire, France. His father he never knew and at the age of 12 'Benny' took his mothers name and set about making a life in Paris. Returning to his mothers homeland in 1986 Gomez set about making a career out of his real love - football - as a young trainer with Once Caldas he knew instantly this club would be his life.

Benny Gomez lay slumped on the tattered leather lounge in his apartment, able to relax for the first time since arriving in Maastricht via Brussels and Liege. The press conferences and meeting the board finally behind him. Tomorrow he would meet the players. Tomorrow would be the beginning of a beautiful thing. He knew success at MVV was just the seed, but what better way to begin.

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Game specs - FM2005 v5.0.5 with data

-Leagues-

France
Germany (key target)
Greece
Holland
Scotland
Spain (hidden agenda: Portugal)

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To claim the Dutch votes i will have to claim at least one trophy in the first three seasons and then complete one of the feats listed below within five seasons.

* two (top flight) league titles
* three FA and/or League Cups (or equivalent)
* the Double (league title + FA Cup)
* one (top flight) league title plus 2 FA and/or League Cups (or equivalent)

Raptor

Good luck, bad city

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good luck

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Benny Gomez may have been on a high when he ventured over to the MVV Maastricht training ground, however things went bad quite rapidly. The facilities are adequate and the squad is reasonably talented, but he was dismayed by the clubs lack of ambition - the club which he needed to be successful with - with a transfer budget of a meagre 60k (euros) this could all go very bad very quickly. Rob Delahaye introduced himself as the assistant manager and offered to show Gomez around the facilities, De Geusselt - a ten thousand capacity all-seater stadium - he was always going to have to start small but this was looking tough.

The squad had a few shining lights, summer signings Ouichou, Leonardo and Supusepa are quality - Leonardo a stand out - and youth team graduate Wintjens looks a star in the making. But there are too many below average players most of which were signed by the previous management.

Over the following weeks Gomez set about attempting to strengthening the squad with some signings and some disciplined training. Molhoek joined from RKC and was followed by season-long loans El Ahmadi (FC Twente) and Verhoek (ADO Den Haag). Frustration ensued as numerous signings were approved only for the players to spoil the party, refusing to come to a place like Maastricht to play football. It looked like this would be all the additions for Gomez's MVV at this time.


<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Transfers In| Date | Person | From | Fee | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 10.8.2004 | Molhoek, Rogier | RKC | €20K | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 31.8.2004 | El Ahmadi, Karim | FC Twente | Loan | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 31.8.2004 | Verhoek, Wesley | ADO Den Haag | Loan | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| </pre>


<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Transfers Out| Date | Person | To | Fee | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 8.8.2004 | Kienle, Marc | Yurdumspor | Free | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| </pre>

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MVV First Team Squad - Season 2004/05


<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">| Name | Position | Nat | Age | Value (Euros) | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Serge van den Ban | GK | NED | 24 | €85K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Danny Wintjens | GK | NED | 21 | €300K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Alexandre Bryssinck | SW/D RC | BEL | 23 | €150K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Fabian Peppinck | D RL | NED | 26 | €170K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Michel Kruijer | D RC | NED | 27 | €60K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Sjoerd Winkens | D LC | NED | 21 | €40K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Maurice Verberne | D C | NED | 33 | €55K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Gökhan Balci | D/DM RC | NED | 20 | €40K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Damien Miceli | D/DM L | BEL | 20 | €16K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Angelo Martha | D/DM C | ANT | 22 | €28K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Raphael Supusepa | D/M L | NED | 26 | €210K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Quincy van Ommeren | DM L | NED | 30 | €35K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Karim El Ahmadi | M R | NED | 19 | €375K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Tom van Bergen | M L | NED | 23 | €50K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Rogier Molhoek | M C | NED | 23 | €70K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Joas Siahaya | M C | NED | 19 | €45K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Drazen Brncic | M C | BEL | 33 | €50K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Ibad Muhamudu | AM RL | MAR | 22 | €130K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Wesley Verhoek | AM RL | NED | 18 | €650K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Lorenzo Wouter | AM L | NED | 19 | €30K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Houssain Ouhsaine Ouichou | AM/F LC | MAR | 24 | €475K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Leonardo | F RC | BRA | 28 | €525K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Kristof Aelbrecht | S C | BEL | 23 | €210K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Fabio Caracciolo | S C | BEL | 20 | €160K | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| </pre>

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Pre-season 2004

As the last signs of summer vanish Benny Gomez and MVV set out on a series of friendly matches against lower level Dutch and German clubs - resulting in four draws and a win before the final friendly at home to Eredivisie (Premier Division) club Willem II. MVV 2 Willem II 0

Pre-season is completed with a strong victory in front of 363 passionate MVV supporters. Nonetheless a good morale boosting win prior to the onset of the season and Gomez was just beginning to settle his squad. The Moroccan Ouichou is a clear standout and keeper Wintjens will keep the defence.

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MVV Fixtures 14.8.04 to 2.10.04 (Matches are division 1 fixtures unless otherwise stated)

A Beursbengels (Dutch Cup 1st Round) 3-0

A Veendam 0-2

H Excelsior 2-0

A Haarlem 2-1

H Heracles 3-1

A Sparta 2-2

H Telstar 1-0

A Zvolle 1-1

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Gomez stirred from his rest to the muffled banging and voices at the apartment door. Shaking his head he couldn't quite understand the past 24 hours, a mountain of a man stands over him speaking calmly to his comrade in harsh broken dutch. The smaller man appears to be wiring up a computer in Gomez's lounge room - an hour passes - the heavy hands Gomez an envelope, smiles, shaking his hand warmly and leaves. The tech calls Gomez over and demonstrates how he can access his new email account.

"Please check this regularly" he pleads. Then leaves.