Suddenly all the clubs jump at my goals

[Conardo]

I don't understand anymore. As soon as I make a contract offer to a scouted player, he is suddenly contacted by other clubs as well. There was nothing before...

 

How is your experience here?

[rp1966]

This was happening quite a lot in FM22 and I've seen some people playing lower league complaining that they're approaching free agents who haven't had interest for months and suddenly they've got a bunch of teams competing to sign them.  Feels like a deliberate mechanism to make AI teams seem a bit more competitive in the transfer market by using your approaches as targets for other teams.

 

[Hovis Dexter]

I agree ... it's a total pain but as a workaround try removing the player from your shortlist as soon as you've offered him a contract.

[phnompenhandy]

It's been that way for many many years!

[Conardo]

vor 9 Minuten schrieb Hovis Dexter:

I agree ... it's a total pain but as a workaround try removing the player from your shortlist as soon as you've offered him a contract.

That actually seems to work! Thanks very much

[GIMN]

I always prefer to find a way to rationalise this behaviour.

You approach the player.  The player's agent uses that as leverage to get other clubs interested.  Other teams have to make a snap decision because the player is already undergoing contract negotiations, therefore teams all bid suddenly.

[Conardo]

vor 15 Minuten schrieb GIMN:

I always prefer to find a way to rationalise this behaviour.

You approach the player.  The player's agent uses that as leverage to get other clubs interested.  Other teams have to make a snap decision because the player is already undergoing contract negotiations, therefore teams all bid suddenly.

But why with the players I want... Oo ^^

 

In Germany we say: Sich etwas schön reden

(talk yourself into something nice)

Edited November 15, 2022 by Conardo

[GIMN]

28 minutes ago, Conardo said:

In Germany we say: Sich etwas schön reden

(talk yourself into something nice)

That's a good phrase; I like it.  I'm not sure if there is an English idiom for the same.  There needs to be.

[HUNT3R]

I do the same, tbf. I have a lot of players that I follow. I follow their progression, their transfer status and the likely wage and transfer demands. It might be someone that I really want, but (as an example) he's a little too expensive in my opinion.

It could be the end of a transfer window and I see that someone has made a bid and had it accepted. It's still above what I'd like to pay, but I have to make a choice - get him now or potentially stop following him because he isn't going to be a target in the short to medium term.

[Conardo]

Maybe anorher solution: Add him in the squadplanner?

Edited November 15, 2022 by Conardo

[el_manayer]

It has been happening since years, and even if you can try to justify it in some cases, it just happens too often.

Edited November 16, 2022 by el_manayer