connorm9355 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 This suggestion is based on something I saw in the transfer news that Inter Milan are specifically seeking permanent and loan moves for players needing first-team football or major league exposure with just half a season to go until the World Cup, such as Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge, Borussia Dortmund's Andre Schürrle, and Jiangsu Suning's Ramires. It strikes me that, first of all, it wouldn't be too difficult to replicate the real-world concerns of players going into a World Cup season, and especially going into the January window of that year. So, I should imagine that it would be possible to increase the likelihood of the "wants to leave for first-team football" thing, or to add, for example, a "wants to play more regularly to earn an international call-up" or "wants to leave to earn a World Cup call-up" in a major championship year, especially for those players recently dropped. Also, in the summer, similar to the "too many players in my position" thing, a player could approach a manager with a concern or seeking a promise about game time in such a year. Might there also be some way to incorporate this tendency to seek loan moves for out of favour players - even those without concerns, unhappiness or transfer requests - into a club's transfer strategy, as seems to be the case at Inter Milan? As is often the case with bigger clubs interesting your players, it could be that clubs offering a loan move and regular football in a World Cup year would cause the player unrest. For me, this would seem an ideal addition to the frequent - and often otherwise useless - news articles about international selection. Something along the lines of: "Out of favour [player] has not been picked by [international manager] since [date], and will surely be concerned that he may now miss out on the World Cup unless he can force his way into [club manager]'s plans for [current club]. [Interested club] have been linked with a loan move in recent times and could offer [player] the chance to play his way back into [international manager]'s plans with just [months] to go until the World Cup in [country]." A long post for quite a minor detail, but I think it'd be a measure that would help to replicate the real-world pressures of a World Cup year, and add to the hype and build-up surrounding a World Cup year, rather than it just occurring at the end of the season as though it's an unspectacular event. All improvements and suggestions welcome! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewhirst Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Great idea. I love it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remez Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 The minor things make the flavor ... good idea! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordieboy52 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 As an addition to this, added interest in players and inflated prices due to major tournaments is something that is seen in real life. Sissoko to Spurs is a fine example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiago_wakabayashi Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 This is getting more real mainly some transfer to in and out from Brazil, for example, players used World Cup as one of reasons to move of club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Neil Brock Posted December 31, 2018 Administrators Share Posted December 31, 2018 Reviewed so locked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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