Picking a Feeder Club?

[Luizinho]

I want to have a feeder club so I loan my young player to, so I have asked the board and have approved the request and said if I want to pick a club. So I accepted.

So what team should I pick, what should I consider?

I'm Saint Etienne, I'm champions of the French League and in the CL.

[Ackter]

Pick someone from the league below you, check their manager and make sure he has good youth handling attributes and make sure the training/youth facilities are of good quality.

[mkjellander]

I believe the training facilities are the important one, as I don't think I've ever seen a feeder club move a loanee to the youth squad. Ideally you want a club that will do well at its level too, so your player gets successful playing time. The perfect scenario would probably be a club that consistently placed in the top third or better, and yet doesn't promote into a league too good for the players you want to send there. Hard to get that specific of course =)

[jimmyt86]

I've never had any luck with selecting my own so when my board asked me if I wanted to I said no they could...let's hope they get someone good!!

[Kalem Lyco]

Whenever I say I would like to get involved I can never do anything.... I get a list of about 4 clubs and I choose the one I like :/

[pigfacemonkeyman]

You can prompt your board into offering you the club of your choice by befriending the manager of that club.



This is FM10 but I don't see why it shouldn't work on FM11/12. In the above example I didn't even ask for Shrewsbury specifically, it was offered to me in a list of four possibilities, but as you can see the friendship made it happen. (notice the game's deliberate mistake! I am the manager of Crewe.)

Be sure to do your research thoroughly, and don't choose a club that already has a Parent club, then make friends with the manager before asking your board for a feeder club. When prompted ask for any type of feeder.