ottey_swe Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 When you have agreed a pre-contract with a player who has 6 months left on his contract, you get an option to buy him in the january window. More often than not at a higher value than he's listed for if he's transfer listed, but I digress.. Should there also be an option to sell one of your players who's agreed a pre-contract with another club? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammayel666 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 There is in FM21! Haven't upgraded to FM22 yet I've definitely sold a few players that way - maybe it will only appear if the buying club has an open transfer window at the time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterKano Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 21/01/2022 at 14:55, ottey_swe said: When you have agreed a pre-contract with a player who has 6 months left on his contract, you get an option to buy him in the january window. More often than not at a higher value than he's listed for if he's transfer listed, but I digress.. Should there also be an option to sell one of your players who's agreed a pre-contract with another club? Why would a team commit to paying a fee in January when they've already agree'd a pre-contract when a players contract has expired? Economically it makes no sense when all you have to do is wait out the 6 months to get someone for free, also it makes no economic sense for a player because he gets a higher signing on bonus as well as higher wages because agents negotiate them for the player (And themselves) by using zero transfer fee as an excuse. I've heard of teams agreeing mutual termination in January (Arsenal do it all the time recently) then a player agreeing next day with another club, which seems sketchy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottey_swe Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, MasterKano said: Why would a team commit to paying a fee in January when they've already agree'd a pre-contract when a players contract has expired? Economically it makes no sense when all you have to do is wait out the 6 months to get someone for free, also it makes no economic sense for a player because he gets a higher signing on bonus as well as higher wages because agents negotiate them for the player (And themselves) by using zero transfer fee as an excuse. I've heard of teams agreeing mutual termination in January (Arsenal do it all the time recently) then a player agreeing next day with another club, which seems sketchy. Simple. You might need the player immediately. 17 hours ago, sammayel666 said: There is in FM21! Haven't upgraded to FM22 yet I've definitely sold a few players that way - maybe it will only appear if the buying club has an open transfer window at the time? Oh, I didn't realize that. Never noticed it in FM21. Edited January 23, 2022 by ottey_swe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterKano Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, ottey_swe said: Simple. You might need the player immediately. Oh, I didn't realize that. Never noticed it in FM21. No player would agree to that though considering a team would get the fee he'd get for signing after January, Simple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maaka Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 12 hours ago, MasterKano said: No player would agree to that though considering a team would get the fee he'd get for signing after January, Simple. Happens "quite" often. Player and new club agree on a contract starting in the summer, then, if new club needs player right away, they sometimes negotiate with old club about a fee for letting the player go right away, if they agree, player transfers immidiately. The player's contract has already been agreed on, so it won't be affected (other than adding a few months to the length). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottey_swe Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 On 23/01/2022 at 17:56, MasterKano said: No player would agree to that though considering a team would get the fee he'd get for signing after January, Simple. The AI team could of course deny the opportunity to buy him in january. There should at least be the option to try to sell him to the AI club. As of now, that option doesn't exist. Only the option to buy from an AI club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Michael Sant Posted March 26, 2022 SI Staff Share Posted March 26, 2022 As far as I'm aware you can do this already in game. If you have any save games where you think it should have happened but didn't, we would first welcome a bug report so we can investigate further. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Kyle Brown Posted July 28, 2022 Administrators Share Posted July 28, 2022 Closing off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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