Question about affiliate clubs that play in unloaded leagues.

[Outsider23]

Basically, do they function as normal?

I want to maximize the effectiveness of my recruitment which means scouring all the countries in the world, not just those with leagues loaded. In particular I am interested in youth recruitment and scouting knowledge affiliates, but I am worried that they simply will not function since, normally, these clubs don't seem to have a full youth intake. Will the simulation compensate or should I stick to affiliates in leagues that are loaded?

 

[Hovis Dexter]

Good question. I don't know the definitive answer but I work on the assumption that I'll have more success if the affiliate club is in a loaded league.

[Bigpole]

My experience is that the clubs are trying to have roughly the same amount of players every year. So if loaded database has 500 players from Albania - in 2021, 2022, 2023 and so on the game will try to keep 500 players to have similar database years later. So try to have affiliates in countries with good youth nation rating and decent amount of players already loaded.