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I don't think England is hard-coded as I have gotten the new intake day of January 3 with a variance of 2 to work.

Ohhh then that should the logged as a bug. By the way, how did you get to 2044 really fast?

Was this from a FM23 save? I remember SI saying that the Manger timeline would be a bit bugged if you import a save from FM23.

I think when you first set up the game, it picks up the default language of your PC.

I think the reputation of the league you're in has the most significant effect on the valuation of your players.

The high physicals are most likely due to his maximum natural fitness of 20.

I found something interesting when looking through the database in the pre game editor. When looking through the nations you mentioned that have fast youth development (Mexico, Costa Rica and Norway), I had a look at the value of the youth importance for every club in their nation and I found something interesting. In Mexico about 91.5% of their clubs have a youth importance of at least 10. In Norway about 44% of their clubs have a youth importance of at least 10; in Costa Rica, about 60% of the clubs there have a youth importance of at least 10. Comparing that with top nations like France and England there is probably a significant difference. In England only about 16% of the clubs in the country have a youth importance of about 10; while for France, about 13% of the clubs in the nation have a youth importance of at least 10. Could this be added to one of the many factors why youth development is slow in some countries and fast in some other ones?

Thank you. When you made your changes, how much did you increase the values. Did you put them at the maximum value or you just increased it by a certain percentage?

How many leagues did you load in your test?

If you want better quality players in your created team, it's best that you add them manually. The players generated at the start of any game will always have a 130 PA cap. That's why the quality is not great.

Type: Laptop Model: DELL G5 15 5587 CPU Model: Intel Core i7 8750H CPU Base Frequency: 2.20 GHz CPU Turbo Frequency: 4.10 GHz RAM: 24GB (Laptop originally came with 8GB) RAM Clockspeed: 2400Mhz & 2667Mhz GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Graphics Level in 3D: High Storage Type: SSD Benchmark 1: 1 min 21 sec (Faster than FM22) Benchmark 2: 4 min 4 sec (More than 3 minutes faster than FM22) Benchmark 3: 12 min 14 sec (More than 8 mins faster than FM22) Benchmark 4: xx min xx sec

You can poach newgens. If you're a club in the EU you can sign newgens aged 16 and above from other newgen clubs. If any newgen is aged 16 and is a free player you can also sign them up.

I can only give info on the Arsenal players. I don't really know a lot about the rest. Fabregas: Fabregas left Barcelona and he was essentially a free transfer and was available for anyone to pick up. In FM23 no matter the age of the player, it is possible to sign them on a free transfer. For example if you are in Man city, it is possible in game to sign a 15-16 Brazilian if they aren't affiliated to any club. Martinelli : Martinelli was signed by Arsenal when he was 18. He turned 18 a month before he signed for Arsenal. Arsenal scouts picked up on him 3-4 months before he signed for Arsenal.

The change in player development from FM22 could be a reason for this. Before FM22 players more or less met their potential on or before the age of 23. That's why in previous games (before FM22), you could see newgens as the key players of some top clubs after 3-5 years. FM22 changed the way development works to stop a majority of the players in the game meeting their potential by the age of 23. This in turn allowed players to be able to develop well into their late 20s. Although, from the experiments and simulations run (in FM22 and FM23), a bit of balancing is required. The international managers pick players based on ability first then reputation. I really don't think anything has changed in international management for the last couple of years in FM; the only thing that changed was the development of players.

Just did a quick simulation to find out how long it takes before the in-progress list starts reduces and the scouts start giving recommendations or near matches. It takes about a month and a half before you start seeing a bit of progress on your ongoing focus.