Thanks for the answer! Great to hear for the Italian and U18 B issue. The 6 letter names thing isn't that big of a deal anyway. About the u21, indeed, they do play games, and the previous games do appear in the players' stats, just not on the team's calendar. It's a bit annoying but not a huge deal, as long as they play.
PS: I tried to recruit you in game but your avatar preferred to join Wil as head of recruitment