Scouting and Player Report Stars: How are the player Star Ratings decided?

Star ratings are vitally important as an indicator for which players to sign or select for your team. There are a number of things taken into account for star ratings, which would go to explain why some big clubs cannot find ‘Five Star’ players, or why smaller clubs can have a ‘Five Star’ player who aren’t the best players in the game.

Star Ratings are dependent on the following:

- The reputation of the club

- The reputation of the league/competition the team is playing in

- The ability of the players already in your current squad

- The ability of your scout/coach in being able to read Current and Potential Ability

- The ability of the player