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I had mentioned this on the German data discussion. Think the issue here is that Jude Bellingham is still on a variable PA whereas the names you mentioned all have fixed PAs. Worth noting Bellingham has more first team football under his belt (152 club apps + 17 England caps) than Dewsbury-Hall, Hudson-Odoi, Gallagher and Smith-Rowe have. I don't think the devs tend to give players under the age of 20 a fixed PA, but I'd argue that Bellingham would probably warrant it. Through sheer amount of games logged and the fact he's already so mature & developed as it is, captained Dortmund this season and Terzić said in the presser this week he was the most mature teenager he'd ever come across.

A few things noted with Leeds on this years FM: Joe Gelhardt's weight is still listed as 83kg, which is what he was when he first joined us from Wigan. I remember him saying in an interview last year he had lost quite a bit of weight in his first year playing under Bielsa. Even now he's a bit older I'd still only put it around 75kg. Conversely for Pascal Struijk would probably say he needs to be slightly heavier, he's definitely bulked up a bit since in the last couple of seasons. Brendan Aaaronson is only listed as squad player, but has started every game for us and been one of our best players so far this season. Seems like some of his stats could do with a bump, particularly his stamina and mental attributes, as well as switching squad status to first team regular.

This isn't an issue, more just a question. Is Andreas Schjelderup the real deal ? Seems like he will potentially be one of the best young players when the game is released. But can't say I've ever watched FC Nordsjælland play

Yes understand that, what I'm saying is that I don't think they're really deserving of that in this year's game. There are other players in the RM Castilla side who have shown far more promise like Álvaro Rodríguez & Iker Bravo and should have higher PA than those two

Bruno Iglesias & Takuhiro Nakai both struggle to make it into the Real Madrid Castilla atm. Not sure what either has done in the past 12 months to keep their high PA from last year's FM.

I think that Liam Delap maybe has slightly too high a PA. I get that he was banging them in for the U23s in PL2 last season, but not exactly the highest of standards. He's struggled so far for Stoke City in the Championship, firmly the second choice strike option behind Tyrese Campbell atm.

I thought the whole point of variable PA was to account for not really knowing how young talent was going to turn out. Bellingham has a serious amount of elite-level first team football under his belt, more than practically anyone his age. You guys had Pedri on last years edition as a fixed PA for these exact reasons, and he was a year younger than Bellingham is now. Just a thought.

Why does Jude Bellingham still have a variable PA ? I get that he's only 19, but he's incredibly mature for his age, and has 3 full seasons of professional first team football under his belt. Surely that should warrant moving on to a Fixed PA.