How much do you buy and sell?

Just wondering if other people buy and sell as much as me, I am top of the list for both buying and selling, where are you?

In season 2012

I bought 32 players so far...

I sold 28 players so far...

and released 34 and counting

I'm in 2015, so far bought 55, sold 69, released 72, had a fairly rapid rise so had to up the standard and also lose players to bigger clubs

Um, what list? :confused:

2017

38 Players bougt. (449 Million)

56 Players sold. (228 Millin)

5 Playrs released.

Um, what list? :confused:

World -> Managers you can filter to show which managers have bought the most players etc.

2017

38 Players bougt. (449 Million)

56 Players sold. (228 Millin)

5 Playrs released.

How can you have only released 5 players, what about all the dross that comes through the youth system

Rather a lot. But I buy more than I sell.

I used to love making transfers but I've found that:

1) Your team takes ages to gel if you make loads of transfers.

2) It makes the game slightly less realistic.

Now days I just stick to sensible transfers with the occasional blowout if needed (and if I have the money).

Um, what list? :confused:

SCIAG there is a manager list in the game which tells you how many players managers have signed etc and the top value etc

Never used to buy and sell many because it used to be nigh-on impossible.

On FM09 things have changed for the better, and Man City are currently the proud owners of my entire reserves/dead wood.

I tend to buy & sell players very often, so I'll go with 1st.

I also buy and sell players verry often especially when managing Redditch in the LL. Because you only give players one year contracts and if you get promoted, then you automatically needd a completely new squad.

I usually look to aquire a spine of good young local regens, with top facilities you can get 2-3 continental quality youngsters every year! On top of that I buy experience for any problem positions. I think I usually buy in 3-5 players a season to cover those who want to leave or don't make the grade, but once I have 'my team' set I usually go ten years with them ..

i think this is one reason FM can be to easy, you can sell half your team to get profit and then but in alot of cheap under 21's or free transfer's or even buy players and sell them for a profit at later stage..

IRL you would never buy and see as much as alot of peopel do in FM, it makes building a quality team far easy and quickly also

Just checked my stats on my FM08 game with Man City.

I have bought 60 players for 290 million over 6 years which put me 6th in the list with the person leading with 88 signings.

I have sold 42 players for 128 million which puts me equal top with Simon Davey ahving him sold 42 players for 5.75 million.

The reason why I buy so many players is because I like to nuture my youth and I bring in lots of youth signings.

march 2013

63 brought

35 sold

50 released

£384 Million on players brought

£152 Million players sold

in my 8th season now bought 60 players for 146 million and sold 40 players for 78 million and released 57 players. not bad for sayin im derby lol. and ive won everything for the last 2 seasons

January 2016

Bought: 58 (£190M)

Sold: 45 (£82M)

Where do I see released players?

I buy and sell a ridiculous amount.

I'm in 2017 and these are my stats:

Bought 117 (£984m)

Sold 102 (£810m)

Released 101

August 2013 (I've been manager since the end of June 2012)

Bought: 36 (£0), 22nd on list in order of number bought

Sold: 4 (£60k), probably around 40% of the way down the list. I release far more than I sell, partly because nobody would consider buying the guys that I want to sell, such is the life of an LLM manager

Strangely I am second in both with 43 bought (£259m) and 43 sold (£189m). (Few games into Season 5 with my Arsenal save)

I do lots of transfers(in and out) during the first three season and in most games at that point there is only 3 or 4 names names left from original squad but after that it slows down. I tend to show more patience towarrds players which I bought myself.

I'm top of the players bought with 69 in total over 4 years for a total £66m. Second in players sold with 54 for £43.5m, but I have 5-6 players I'm still trying to offload along with 35 released.

I wouldn't consider myself disloyal as the game does. I'm buying in youngsters to develop and selling on the ones that don't make the grade. If a player develops nicely then I'll fight tooth and nail to keep them at the club, but I can't get sentimental over potentially great players who just never reach their true potential at my club.

I like to keep the same group of players as it helps with morale and I don't have to wait ten games at the beginning of the season for players to blend.

All different if I get promotion though.

2013 bought 112 value 224 million euros

sold 107 value 338 million euros

released 29

September 2021.

Ranked third in Players bought: 133 for £438m.

Ranked second in Players sold: 49 for £225m.

Mark Hughes who is still at Man City is first in both.

Brought 8 players

Sold 3

Released 2

spent £0

recieved £0

First in terms of volume.

Third in terms of money, behind Wenger and Mourinho.

I buy way more than I sell and usually release lots of players

2021, all with Union Berlin

665 bought for 500 million euros

227 sold for 687 million euros

In my current game I'm in 2012 and brought 169 and sold/released 159. In this years summer transfer window I brought in 22 players and 3 during the window. Now I have a settled side and they are now gelling il probs only bring in 3-4 each window now whilst getting rid of dead wood.

6th for players bought, not even in the top 100 for players sold. Released 66 players in 8 seasons.

1st for players bought. In 2012, bought 55 and am 15 ahead of Tony Mowbray - Hull manager.

2016/17

195 bought (£217m) top of list

99 sold (£286m) top of list

126 released!

having managed Celta B, Southend, Portsmouth and Aston Villa

2016/17

195 bought (£217m) top of list

99 sold (£286m) top of list

126 released!

having managed Celta B, Southend, Portsmouth and Aston Villa

October 2014

Players Bought - 56 - £3.8m First in list

Players Sold - 35 - £10m 8th in list

Players Released - 62

July 2017

Ashford Town

Players Bought - 90 (£45,000,000)

Players Sold - 3 :o (£170,000)

Players Released - 103

Bit of a weird game. Added the current manager in 2014 at Ashford (who had been taken over by a Polish tycoon). Promoted 4 years in a row, from BSS to Championship, so far, and with unlimited money I just keep it my aim to have a good squad and a happy squad, so any players I don't want just get their contracts terminated as I'm not fussed financially. Not that much of a challenge, but fun nonetheless.

My first team squad is usually stable, but I have an unbreakable habit of scooping up loads of youths every year, then releasing loads that don't make the grade plus my academy kids.

2010

61 bought ($60k)

40 sold ($1.3 mil)

18 released

Too many players, but it is working... 2 seasons & 2 promotions.

I just checked managers rankings for players bought...

#1 - 61 (me)

#2 - 32

2013/2014 season.

Bought 38 £386m

Sold 45 £524m

I don't have the game handy to get the stats, but I do a lot of wheeling and dealing. If I see a good bargain on a free transfer I just can't turn it down. In the past couple of seasons as Bolton I've picked up Nigel De Jong, Jemaine Pennant, Leroy Lita, Adel Taarabt, Freddie Ljungberg, Sercan Yildirim (thought he can't get a WP) and Thomas Gravesen on Bosmans. I've also gotten good deals on Henrique, Juan Manuel Mata, Javi Garcia, Miguel Lopes, and Luigi Bruins. As a result I've definitely been able to steadily improve the squad, keeping the core of the team more or less the same while rotating out (and makng huge profits on) the squad players.

Plus, I've poached a lot of very promising young players, though I'm not sure if they'll get enough playing time to work out for me.

Can't find that top-list from game so it's hard to say.

I got a regen RB off of Real Madrid 2 seasons ago at the age of 19 for £5M.

Now he is turning 22 this year, and is worth £27.5M !!!

Im a buy-for-profit genius.

I got a regen RB off of Real Madrid 2 seasons ago at the age of 19 for £5M.

Now he is turning 22 this year, and is worth £27.5M !!!

Im a buy-for-profit genius.

That's nothing, I bought a CB regen for 475k aged 16, now 21 worth £32million.

2018

Players Bought - 122 (€110m)

Players Sold - 85 (€140m)

Players Released - 73

Rising through the leagues I bought and sold a lot but now that Reutlingen are established in Europe I am able to stick to players longer.

I don't buy many players. It's better to have a squad who have gelled rather than chopping and changing it all the time, plus you get attached to players that way and shed a tear when they retire