What is the best time to sell a "Wonderkid" ?

[donnghia]

I mean, if you have a 4,5-5 Star Potential Wonderkid, but his CA is only 2,5 -3 star...

and some bigger clubs offer 30-40 Million Euro for him at 19 years old... Should you sell him immidiately? or should you keep, train him 2-3 more years and then sell for Double the price? 

[Flinsenberger]

From my point of view it depends a lot on a variety of factors.

• Is he currently a useful player for you?
• What are the trainers saying about his improvement? Probably a lot when he is still 5* potential. 5* means he will get better than most players in your squad and be a star player above your current level.
• Is he actually improving? 
• Does he get play time and doing a good job, getting good ratings, scoring goals and assists? Getting good training grades?
• Are you happy with his skills and distribution, or are his skills off in areas important for your game plan (e.g. not enough physicals, low teamwork and vision for a player that needs to pass, etc.)
• Is he consistent and not prone to injuries?
• Does he have a good personality?
• Do you need the money? If not, why sell him?

I usuallly wouldn't sell him, because 19 is early and he will improve until 22 or 23. Unless i am just not happy with him, for whatever reasons. Furthermore 30-40 million isn't really much (depending on your level). He could add 15-20 CA. but prefer to give him game time. If he is just number three or four on his position, this might prove hard. But 2.5*-3* is a decent squad player. 

Usually i sell young players when the end of their improvement is near and I am not happy with them. When they are 2.5*, i prefer to loan them out in case I can't play them.

Edited June 17, 2021 by Flinsenberger

[kentonizking]

2 hours ago, Flinsenberger said:

From my point of view it depends a lot on a variety of factors.

• Is he currently a useful player for you?
• What are the trainers saying about his improvement? Probably a lot when he is still 5* potential. 5* means he will get better than most players in your squad and be a star player above your current level.
• Is he actually improving? 
• Does he get play time and doing a good job, getting good ratings, scoring goals and assists? Getting good training grades?
• Are you happy with his skills and distribution, or are his skills off in areas important for your game plan (e.g. not enough physicals, low teamwork and vision for a player that needs to pass, etc.)
• Is he consistent and not prone to injuries?
• Does he have a good personality?
• Do you need the money? If not, why sell him?

I usuallly wouldn't sell him, because 19 is early and he will improve until 22 or 23. Unless i am just not happy with him, for whatever reasons. Furthermore 30-40 million isn't really much (depending on your level). He could add 15-20 CA. but prefer to give him game time. If he is just number three or four on his position, this might prove hard. But 2.5*-3* is a decent squad player. 

Usually i sell young players when the end of their improvement is near and I am not happy with them. When they are 2.5*, i prefer to loan them out in case I can't play them.

Great Post.

 

Run through those points, you'll have your answer

[FrazT]

Over the years if I have managed to get a wonderkid, I would usually wait till he has established himself in the first team, shown some improvement and is coming to the end of his contract.  This will be around 22-23 and will get the big clubs interested and you can get some big money for them

[Andros]

For me, the selling point is when their wage demands get too high.  even for a big club, I cant force myself to give 200,000 euros a week on salary.  I would never sell a future star at 19 unless they were demanding it or I had mismanaged the finances somehow.  Even if I had mismanaged the finances, i would try to find another way to make money. 

 

I don't enjoy contract negotiation time!  I tend to lose half my Liverpool team!