btaylor

I was coming to raise this also. Seems like a total wall. I am no expert on rules in real life in UK but are we saying that it’s no longer allowed (in real life) for a top PL club to offer a pre contract to a player from abroad? So even if club accept they can’t join until 18 or have to loan out for work permit reasons, no bid can be made? Just seems like if a top PL team came knocking for a 16 year old youth player, they’d at least want to hear what they’d offer or the vision they have for their development before making decision. Appreciate its being looked into.

I also have to say that I think this wall that seems to have been thrown up to stop clubs (in England at least) from buying newgens is odd. I get you might want to raise the threshold as to which youth players would accept. For example it’s unlikely that a Bayern, PSG, Barca, Madrid, Dortmund etc Newgens at that age would leave to come to a PL club (even if can’t leave for 2 seasons officially. I’d even say you could argue that some youth would prioritise a quicker route to first team football. I’m playing as Man Utd and like many have described i can’t sign a single Newgen. They won’t even talk to me. So for example I could understand it if they requested lots of money or a promise of first team football when they sign but they don’t even do that and I think that’s where this goes too far. I found one talent playing for Toulouse. He didn’t want to negotiate at all. At the very least a better reason should be given. Found another newgen playing for Derby County. Not interested either. I think both extremes (none want to sign & buying 15-20 newgens a season) are unrealistic. Won’t lie making it this hard to sign Newgens, does take the gloss off the fun a bit. Mhabe it’s because I’m United and it’s some weird Brexit nonsense but i find it hard to believe if United came knocking at 90% of clubs in the game for their best uncontracted youngsters, these kids wouldn’t at least let you offer them a contract / vision for their development. It might also play into character type, but I’ve now tried over 50 newgens over last 2 months (game time) and zero are interested. To me it does feel like a bug, but if I’m missing something, please help me understand.