Anyway, I think "poaching" an entire youth intake from a bunch of teams is so counterproductive and it's cheating IMO, but I don't think that FM as a sandbox game should disallow it.
Just don't use the exploit and that's that.
The rules are different for each league.
Some leagues allow signing 16 y/o players(like the Bundesliga) and some don't. I think the Premier League is one of those leagues that won't allow a foreign player under 18 y/o.
He scored 23 goals in all competitions in 16 games. Last year Ronaldo scored 24 in 38 games.
If his form is going to drop drastically, he is still probably going to score 40+ goals this season.
Ronaldo is my favorite players of all time but at his current form and age there is no way he could score 59 goals in all competitions. His Real Madrid days are gone and they are not coming back.
If anything the game is too easy.
Last night I just finished my first season at United and I won the league, Both cups and the Europa League and I used one tactic which I made from scratch the entire season. Lost 1 game all season(away at City) and Ronaldo went to score 59 goals in all competitions 10/10 for difficulty level and realism.
The highlight for me was a game against Crystal Palace which I won 6-0. I was leading 2-0 and Casemiro was sent off in the 37 minute and I managed to score 4 more goals after that. Absolute joke.
Just right now I finished my first season at United(The League, I still got 2 cup matches to play), check this out:
Mow look at Haaland:
That's crazy OP.
I am playing as Man Utd and I got this scout report about Jose Gaya:
He got good pros like Consistency, enjoys big matches, etc. and his most glaring issue is his heading ability which is not a big deal for a full back and he is in my price range.
So I open his profile and it says something else now:
1. Why the low score(D)? He is clearly better than all my DLs.
2. Why the contradictions?
I uploaded a save file. Is there anything else you need from me to upload?
Imagine if Coca-Cola made a disgusting drink and expect the consumers to add some vanilla extract and sugar to it to make it better. I would lose my mind.
Maybe they can do it like Frostpunk. On high difficulty you collect resources and research tech slowly and people get sick often.
So for Football Manager scouting can take longer for human players, make injuries more often and the oppositions can get a consistency boost for example.
I was kind of discouraged to do that last year as most of the people in my original thread told me it's my fault for playing with Manchester United.
What's the point of criticism if it falls on deaf ears? This thread just shows nothing is changed.
I don't mind uploading my saves or posting a few screenshots.
Yes.
Lol Just kidding. I thought you meant searching players by name and such. Like, I know what Jamal Musiala can do so it's fine just to search his name, scout him(or don't) and buy him.