Finding Regens

Hi guys,

I see threads on here about how everyone have managed to find incredible 18/19 year old regens after the first season. Whats the best way to look for these as I can barely find any!

Thanks

Scouting is the best way, but some people use this way:

Go to the search and put age max 17, and arrange by value, which should in theory give you the best regens but from big nations (i.e. France, Germany etc), but will misss out on gems from lesser nations (i.e. African nations)

max age 18 but think where the acadamys are.

you want to search:

germany bundesliga

spain liga BBVA

france ligue 1

england premier league

england championship (middlesborough especially)

Note that the randomness of new player generation makes it possible that there are very few wonderkids within your scouting range who'd want to play for you.

Call me crazy, but from time to time I go looking through all the national teams, specially the youth teams

Go through the youth squads of national teams, and especially look for young players for the age group (for example a 16-year old in the the under-21s, or a 19-year old in the senior squad). I just found a gem of a player this way.

Scout constantly as well. I had a good scout find me a Portugese 17-year old playing for Setabul on non-contract terms, his report said he had the ability to become a leading Premier League striker. 8k in compensation later, and he's mine. I tend to spend quite a lot of time stipulating what I want/don't want from my scouts as well:

Position IS NOT: MR, ML, AMR, AML (I don't play any wide players)

Nationality: EU National (will change this when I become an established team)

Ability: at least 4 star

OR

Potential: at least 4 1/2 star

This normally results in some frustrating periods where my scouts won't find anything for weeks, but when they do I don't have to sort the wheat from the chaff so to speak; all the reports are for good players.

I'd also recommend searching some specific academies every year (depending on the reputation of the team you're managing)

These are some of the ones that have served me well on a regular basis. Try to spend some time going around the leagues you have loaded looking for clubs with Very good or State of the Art youth facilities, these are the ones you want to keep an eye on.