German youth transfer fees

When trying to buy good young German players I get quoted ridiculously high transfer fees. For example a 17 year old midfield (clearly talented) the club won't negotiate for until 54 million is offered - even when the player wants to leave. I understand the club clearly doesn't want to sell but he is currently valued at 600k and 10-15 million even for a talented youngster surely must be more realistic, not sure what other people thing (start of the game even meyer has a minimum fee release clause of 13.5 ish million)

Don't you remember when a pair of German clubs smashed the World transfer record on a player that only became eligible to play that year?

In the game such transfer fees are the club telling you to back off, but I think it does go a bit over the top with youth players. It's a balance thing though.

That's precisely the point. It is OTT, because they want you to back off. They don't want to sell.

the games not being unrealistic. they dont want to sell right now. keep an eye on him and make an offer in the future

There is indeed a case in Germany, where a club set the transer for a young player at 50 million Euro.

Player's name is Donis Avdijaj at Schalke. Needless to say, the decision did not help his development. If you get such a high price tag at such a young age, there's a high chance it does something to you. In this case: Avdijaj is stagnating and does not seem to fulfill his potential at the moment.

I usually dont bother with german talent since they hardly want to move outside of germany anyways. I had a keeper (17 y.o from schalke) i desperately wanted and finally got an offer of 38 mil accepted (just for testing) and he didnt want to move to my club (man utd 3 times champions in a row).

Its hard to steal german talent even without the transfer fees.