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Anybody know if it is possible this year to apply transfer policies like Chivas and Athletic have? I know, that the Athletic Club policy with only players from one region will not be possible, in another country through the editor, as regional nationalities are unique for the basque club - as far as I know and understand. But what about making a policy more like Chivas, with only national players? I would love to make an edit for a club, to only be able to sign national players. I know you can set your scouts to only scout such players, and force yourself to do it in that way. But would be an interesting thing to make it in editor. Btw - I have not checked, since like a year ago, if Chivas still got this policy. But I guess they have.

Introduction: I’ve been playing football manager since 2014 version and long-time following this forum. I finally decided to dip my feet in writing a series following my first long-term save in FM 2019. I plan to start a somewhat open discussion of Dynamo Kiev club and my tactics. I intend to post regular updates on my squad and results as well as welcome feedback on how to improve my tactics and training. You can follow the story at the site to which I contribute: https://dictatethegame.com/ I decided to start this save while still in beta for two main reasons. The tactic I intend to try out is not one relying on breaking the current game engine to overachieve but rather on tried and true concepts that would hopefully be applicable to any version of the game. So no 3 strikers nor strikerless tactics. Secondly, I intend to do it with a club that is not from the top 5 leagues. I noticed in the last couple of FMs that the attribute changes between beta and the first patch could be drastic in players in Premiership, Bundesliga or the other “big” leagues. For obvious reason those leagues are more thoroughly scouted. For that reason I reserve those kinds of big saves for later in the year, once I tested out my tactic with a less known side. This year I chose Dynamo Kiev. What attracted me to this club can also be viewed as the 3 Pillars of my 5 Year Plan: 1) Youth Development, 2) Domestic and Continental Success and 3) Implementing Hard Pressing Tactical System inspired by Valeriy Lobanovsky I hail from Ukraine myself so naturally I always followed clubs from this nation. My all-time favourite player growing up was Andriy Shevchenko. One of my earliest footballing memories was watching Dynamo Kiev’s systematic dismantling of Barcelona’s defense in Nov 1998 Champion’s league. Sheva scored 3 goals in that match. Dynamo went on to beat Barcelona 7 to 0 in aggregate. He was part of an elite class, all nurtured at same time by the club. Players such as Oleh Luzhny (later won the Premier League with Arsenal), Serhiy Rebrov (totaling 75 appearances for Ukraine) are just a few examples of the “Dynamo effect” – taking local youngsters and molding them into superstars through hard work and intense fitness conditioning. So to reflect this objective will be to develop a class of homegrown players over the first 5 intakes and then to integrate them into my first team over the following 5 seasons. So by 2028-2029 to have only youth academy products in the 22 player squad. On my way there I’m hoping to also have a positive effect on Ukraine’s National Team and become the foremost farm team for the National Team squads. Success in 1998 Champion’s League marked the revival of the club’s fortunes in late 90s when the manager Valeriy Lobanovsky took over for the second time. In total, he spent 3 decades with the club and its best years were undeniably with him. Becoming the fixture in Champions League and winning numerous domestic trophies were all part of this success. Lobanovsky relied on his signature hard pressing, direct style of play (what some might think of as Geggenpressing today). After dominating Ukrainian League from late 90s to early 2000s, Dynamo has had a bit of a decline due to the meteoric rise of its main rival Shakhtar Donetsk in late 2000s. In the last decade, Shakhtar has won 7 domestic titles in comparison to Dynamo’s 3. This is something that I intend to change, aiming for getting at least 4 titles in 5 seasons. Also Dynamo has not won a major continental trophy since 1985 (UEFA Cup Winner’s Cup) which I also intend to change by winning at least one continental trophy during my first 5 seasons with the club My final objective is developing a Lobanovsky style Pressing Tactic that is built around the player’s hard work, relentless physicality, stamina and disciplined selfless teamwork. By hitting my domestic and continental goals on time, I will know whether this tactical goal was achieved. As you might guess the mold of my ideal player will also be defined by this system (but more on this in future posts) Next: A little context on the Lobanovsky system

Hi So i started a save with Salford city, I won the league in the first season, ive had a decent summer transfer window and now its the start of the league two season. But now there is a major problem, the League two rules say that you have to have one player trained at the club for three years before they turn 21. I have none, and there are not any at the club. So I looked through all the players and found there isn't a single player in my save that is classed as homegrown at salford What do i do?

Just looking at my squad registration and wondered what the attached highlighted means. I haven't got 10 future transfers going out. Only have a couple out on loan.

Hi, I am in the season 2024-2025 as manager of fc united. I have had a payer on loan from manchester united for 2 years and purchased him outright in the 3rd year. As he has been in the country for 3 years before 21 (21 now). However he is actually Serbian (United purchased him 1 year before I loaned him. Now I am in the post brexit rules scenario where the squad is allowed a maximum of 17 foreign players and a minimum of 8 players trained in england for 3 years. However when I add the player into the squad both the foreign count and english count goes up by 1. Surely it should be 1 or the other or would the player need an english passport? Thanks

Hi Everyone. I'm currently having a tough time with the editor and was wondering if some of you veterans could help me. I'm attempting to create a custom team with a bunch of fictional players and no matter what I do, I just can't seem to get the engine to recognise any of them as home-grown, except those that are under the age of 21. I've pretty much made them all the same way, initially giving them 2000 days at my club, between the ages of 15 and 21. When that didn't work, I upped the number of days to 11,111, figuring that ought to ensure they had all been trained at my English club. But they still don't come out as home grown. Here are a few screenshots for one of my players. He's 25, born in England and has only ever played for my club. His main page, showing his basic information. His club contract. Days at Club/In Nation. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated as I'm absolutely tearing my hair out over this.

Currently in my third season at Liverpool and just generally need help building a more English/British squad. I play a 3-4-3 possession based style. Had alot of success so there's some I just don't want to sell marked with *. Gk - Donna (Danny Ward bk) Rwb - Clyne* (TAA) Ball playing centerbacks - Matip, Gomez, Keane, Can* Lwb - Benat, Robertson Central midfield - Alli* Henderson*, Naby Keita, Wijnaldum* Attacking Midfield - Coutinho* Salah* Asensio* Siguurdson Chamberlain Strikers- Lacazette, Firimino, Origi Bought this summer: Donna, Robertson, Sold this summer: van Dijk(£60m), Karius(£30), Markovic(£9m) Open to selling Firimino as he hasn't been there great. Mainly looking for a center back due to being forced to Sell van Dijk who was amazing for me. This is generally to get more home grown players in but also with a view to taking the England job in a few years so would many of them to be Liverpool players as possible.

In this game save I will try and win the Club World Cup with FC Vaduz (a club from Liechtenstein that plays in the Switzerland leagues) using only youth players. I will also try to win the International World Cup with Liechtenstein.

i bought Donnaruma in my first season and I wanted to know how long is left for him to count as a homegrown player. It's my third season but he was loaned out in the first one so he spent two years at the club till now. Is there a way to know how many days he spent at the the club or how many days are left for him to be considered as homegrown?