I have Hellas Verona in the Champions League after finishing 2nd to Juve in my second full season.
So, I went out and bought Jimenez from Ternana for 14200 budget points, which wiped out my summer transfer campaign. However, due to the fact that my budget level is now on level 5, I gain 500 budget points per week, so I should have around 12000 budget points by the time January rolls around.
My first match in season 3 is against Juve for the Supercoppa, because Verona took down Inter in the Coppa Italia finals via penalty kicks 14-13 (no joke). The biggest team that has offered me a contract so far is Benfica.