Sorry for the late reply, this does not appear for me.
Your DoF isn't in charge of the matches your B Manager is.
Have you tried removing your custom skin?
Hello, your first post is slightly subjective but we wouldn't consider it a bug. Your DoF is trying to steal a march and get the player in early. £400k is relative peanuts for a club like Chelsea if it's a player they want.
Your second and third post are not bugs. The rules in England mean you can't approach another English clubs player until a month from the end of their contract and if they're U21 and out of contract you will have to pay a compensation fee anyway so what the AI is doing here is completely logical.
Hello, we've not been able to reproduce this internally.
It's most likely this is just a coincidence.
But you can upload your save file to us, we can take a closer look.
Hello, the wording here is slightly misleading as it should read "up to 55-men". There is clarification later on in the article that says "The squad must have at least 23 players". If you were to add 1 more player to the squad then they would be able to submit it.
We can look to improve the clarity of the opening sentence.
Unfortunately if your save file has corrupted and you've tried all the suggested steps linked below, then there is nothing more we can do to bring it back I'm afraid.
https://support.sega.com/hc/en-gb/articles/19429026666769-What-should-I-do-if-my-save-game-no-longer-loads-in-Football-Manager
Hello @wazzaflow10
To answer your first point, you won't find players like Salah or Haaland because they would not be interested in joining Chelsea.
For your second question, the AI doesn't use recruitment focuses.