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Thats what I'm unsure on, his player screen shows he is HG but on the team screen etc he doesnt show as HG

Not sure if this belongs in here or GD but I was looking to start a save with Barca and focus on La Masia products, either current youth players or previous ones who have moved on such as Dani Olmo. When searching for HG players he doesn't appear even though in his profile, he shows as being HG at Barcelona, when I sign him he doesn't count as HG. Almost sure on FM23 and previous, he was HG with Barca. Any advice or clarification on this?

I have managed to get the 3-2-5 attacking shape with the RB inverting (albeit with a LCB rather than a LB) but unfortunately cant get Trent anywhere close to his passing numbers IRL. As you can see, this was a heavily rotated team but you can see Ramsay's positioning alongside Henderson, typically Trent beside Fabinho with wide wingers, the two 8's in the half spaces either side of the CF. I have recruited quite heavily, bringing in Todibo & Gvardiol to replace Matip & Tsimikas in defence, Caicedo & Bellingham in midfield as well Mac Allister and also Alex Balde who was available for £14m and while I dont play with an attacking LB, was too good to turn down and has been Salah's backup on the RW. Have used Bajcetic as Trent's backup usually. Usually would play with AMR/L but Southampton wing backs were causing trouble so dropped Doak and Balde back a touch. Anyone any ideas on getting Trent even more involved, feel free to advise. I have him set as IWB support, more direct passing and take more risks. In fairness, a lot of times he plays the pre assist and so doesnt get credited with anything in FM.

Yea fair enough regarding Salah and the contract situation, however what I've done with the older players when restricted to 1/2 years max is add in an optional additional year or a year extension after 5 league appearances, although I did lose van Dijk on a free but he'd regressed badly physically and was 4th choice at best. In January of 2025 I brought in Harry Kane for £45m and £5m after 50 goals and Levi Colwill for £76m and sold Curtis Jones to Dortmund for £20m. We won the PL and CL, Kane scoring 2 goals in a 3-2 win over Man United in the final. Summer 2025, I brought in a couple of 18 year old regens just as I am happy with the squad however lost van Dijk as mentioned, Fabinho to Real Madrid for £50m and Thiago left for Barcelona for £5m. Tyler Morton joined Wolves for £42.5m after a highly successful loan spell last season. Squad now looks like this: Alisson / Kelleher Trent / Fresneda Silva / Gomez Gvardiol / Konate Robertson / Colwill Jude / Kone Caicedo / Bacjetic / Henderson Salah / Olise Kane / Elliot Diaz / Jota / Doak Nunez / Roque Only possible addition will be a backup / rotational LB with Colwill moving to backup LCB, Konate to backup RCB and Gomez third choice RB & RCB but theres a shortage of decent LB's that are actually available.

I personally wouldn't dream of selling Salah, start of season 4 and still rated 5* current ability. First season wasnt great as he picked up a couple niggles and had to come off early in a few games but seasons 2 and 3 he's rarely been injured and only rested by choice ahead of big PL and CL games.

Just started season 3. Season 1- Transfer wise, I brought in James Justin on loan in January for defensive cover (did not make it permanent) and Michael Olise for his £50 million release clause to predominantly backup Salah on the RW but have retrained him so he can also can play at RCM as a Mezzela. I won the Champions League, beating PSG in the final and finished a point behind Man City in the league. Cups were poor as we were crippled with injuries so it was youngsters playing in them to save the first teamers for league and Champions League. Season 2 was a big one for transfers and a bit of an overhaul to the squad, brought in Bellingham (£100, £25m up front & £75m over 3 instalments) Gvardiol (£70m, £20m up front, £50m over 2 installmets) Luke Thomas (£12m) Caicedo (£87m, £32m up front & £55m over 3 installmets) then a couple youngsters that'll become HG in 3 years Ivan Fresneda (£23.5m) Ashley Phillips (£12m) and Vitor Roque (£32m). To fund this we sold Keita to Real Madrid for £58m, Tsimikas to PSG for £39.5m, Firmino to Benfica for £35m, Matip to Barcelona for £19m, Ox to Southampton for £16m. We won the league, beating City by 4 points, but got beat in Champions League semi final by Atletico Madrid. Cups were slightly better, getting put out in the semi final of both. Season 3, we brought in Manu Kone for midfield depth for £22m, Antonio Silva for £48m due to Virgil advising in December 2023 that he'd be considering his options at the end of his contract in June 2025 (he wouldn't discuss a new contract prior to this so hoping he changes his mind, as yet there's been no interest in him) but I do now have Gvardiol, Konate, Silva, Gomez with Ashley Phillips developing very nicely too. Jota and Gakpo both requested transfers late in the window so had transfers agreed for both, brought in Smith-Rowe on loan to cover these and both fell through although Gakpo did end up going out on loan as well as Bacjetic and Doak who did feature sparingly over the first two seasons and have developed well but not quite first team ready yet. Squad looks like this: GK (SK/s) Alisson / Kelleher / Davies RB (WB/s) Trent / Fresneda (Gomez can cover here, Ramsay and Bradley both out on loan) RCB (CD/d) Konate / Silva / Gomez LCB (BPD/c) Gvardiol / van Dijk / Phillips (have started to phase van Dijk out since he's likely leaving, it probably wont convince him to change his mind but may as well develop those that will be here long term) LB (FB/a) Robertson / Thomas (Similar to Gomez at RB, Gvardiol covers here) DM (DM/s) Fabinho / Caicedo / Henderson (will potentially sell Fabinho or Thaigo to make room for Bacjetic next season, depending on whether I want as a 6 or LCM as my DLP rotating with Elliot) RCM (B2B/s) Bellingham / Kone LCM (DLP/s) Elliot / Thiago RW (IF/a) Salah / Olise LW (IW/a) Diaz / Jota / Smith-Rowe (probably sell Jota to make room for Doak next season) ST (AF/a) Nunez / Roque

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