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Press Conferences are really lacking and should be completely overhauled and rewritten. Why are they asking me about another manager putting a player I don't know and I don't care for on the transfer list? Who asks such a question in real life? Or how can the press know that i changed a players role from Inverted Winger to Inside Forward and ask me some borderline insulting stuff about "throwing enough mud at the wall until it sticks"? Then we have minor issues like the one in this picture. Press conference is on thursday, we play on friday. Why does he think we play today? Another thing that bothers me about press conferences is the presentation. I might be harsh here, but for me it is soulless. An empty room with graphics straight out from 1998. Just throw in our manager on one of the seats, place some press men and women randomly into the room and let them raise their hand if they ask a question. Or anything to fill that part with a litlle bit of life. The same can be said about the broadcast interviews. Just put our Avatar there and a guy with a microphone. The screen on the upper left also makes no sense. Why is it showing a generic ingame news screen?

Carlo Ancelotti should leave Real at the end of the season as he will become the new Brazil manager.

Here is a screen of Kimmich's new contract. de Ligt is also somewhat strange. He now gets 58k more than in 2023 but lost all his bonuses for winning competitions which effectively is a wage reduction. 2023: 2025:

I'll second that. Very concerning that the AI completely fails to develop young players. Saw another Ticket here regarding squad rotation that might me related to this issue. Hopefully this gets fixed for the full release. Some examples from a two season sim:

I believe the Saudi power needs to be toned down heavily. The money they spend is completely over the top. Every new Star Player gets 50 million or more Even mediocre players like Friedl get similar wages like Mendy or Milinkovic-Savic.

Shouldn't Kim's wage be increased? 5,3 Million seems way too low and needs to be doubled. Every source basically says that he gets around 12 million Euros gross per year. https://www.transfermarkt.de/bericht-fc-bayern-mit-napolis-kim-einig-ndash-wurde-gehalt-bei-transfer-mehr-als-verdoppeln/view/news/423947 https://fcbinside.de/2023/06/29/neue-details-enthuellt-ist-min-jae-kim-teurer-als-bisher-gedacht/ Another thing: Can the values for max wages slightly be increased in Germany? For example seeing Kimmich extend his contract in 2025 and now getting less than before is a little bit immersion breaking.

I don't know if this is an error in the database or another problem, but Imanol Alguacils history is somehow messed up. The game believes he was not the manager of Sociedad for the past 6 years and he has 0 Career Milestones for his time at Sociedad (left the team in June 2024).

I really like the things that happen on the pitch, but I am seriously concerned about the AI Squad Building, especially regarding young players. Here are five examples after two simulated seasons (Full Detail): And that is only the tip of the iceberg. There are many more players that get barely any playtime including Bynoe-Gittens (3 games in 2 seasons), Güler (1 game), Hall (3 games), Chukwuemeka (3 games), Barcola (1 game). Some players played for one season and where dropped a year later. Palmer made 15 games in 23/24 and 3 in 24/25, Matar Sarr 15 and 2, Garnacho 23 and 6. A very strange case is Udogie who made 27 league appearances in 23/24 and was loaned to a Championship team in 24/25. I hope this will get fixed for the final version. Manager movements seem to be a little crazy. Pep got sacked and that started some massive manager movements. Pochettino resigned and went to City, Inzaghi than resigned and went to Chelsea, that made Klopp resign at Liverpool and he went to Inter, than Enrique went to Liverpool, Tuchel to PSG and Rose to Bayern.

Shouldn't Walke be set as Youth GK Coach for RB Leipzig instead of RB Salzburg? https://www.transfermarkt.de/alexander-walke/profil/trainer/117419

I'm on your side on this. Better to give them a random PA than an unrealisitc fixed PA. And I'm not complaining at all. It was just a snarky comment on "Most, if not all 19 and 20 year olds should still have a minus potential" In fact, the database and the rating of players has come a long way compared to like 10 years ago and is top notch these days. I rarely have to do any adjustments to a handful of players myself.

Fortunately most of the players in this age have a random potential. There are only like a handful of 19 year olds with a high fixed PA. But to be perfectly honest: if Harvey Elliot and Yeremy Pino have a high fixed PA, Bellingham should have one too