Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I just had my prized prospect who shot up through my system as a 16 year old and played on my first team as a 17 year old, get poached by Norwich for 25M.
When I got promoted to League One, I resigned my star 17 year old winger with an automatic release clause of 25M thinking the computer wouldn't risk going that high for an unproven 18year old prospect. As the preseason got started I kept getting offers for him for 2 million, then 4 million, slowly creeping up to 14 million, then 20 million I started getting worried. Then two teams came up and offered his 25 million release clause price and off he went to the premiere league.
The 25 Million will help, but I'm wondering what are some of your strategies to holding onto your young stars? Should I have put it at 50 million? Should I just come to terms with the fact that the higher division teams will always come for my good players?
Any tips or stories about what you have experienced would be much appreciated. Here is what my prospect looked like:
Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I just had my prized prospect who shot up through my system as a 16 year old and played on my first team as a 17 year old, get poached by Norwich for 25M. When I got promoted to League One, I resigned my star 17 year old winger with an automatic release clause of 25M thinking the computer wouldn't risk going that high for an unproven 18year old prospect. As the preseason got started I kept getting offers for him for 2 million, then 4 million, slowly creeping up to 14 million, then 20 million I started getting worried. Then two teams came up and offered his 25 million release clause price and off he went to the premiere league. The 25 Million will help, but I'm wondering what are some of your strategies to holding onto your young stars? Should I have put it at 50 million? Should I just come to terms with the fact that the higher division teams will always come for my good players? Any tips or stories about what you have experienced would be much appreciated. Here is what my prospect looked like:
