The transfer market

Buying, selling, loaning, negotiating and scouting : how the market works from end to end.

Purchases

The market offers players from human clubs, bot clubs and free agents without a club. Filter by position group, position, age, price, rating or name, then make an offer : fee, wage and contract length.

A bot club, or a free agent, answers straight away : offer accepted, counter-offer or refusal, in 3 rounds at most. A manager decides for themselves. Check your budget and the room in your squad ; the watch list keeps the players you have spotted.

The market day by day

The market is fed every day : bot clubs list and buy players, players at the end of their contract are published there, and free agents are created for the positions that are short.

A listing's price follows the player's rating, age and potential, adjusted by how scarce the position is on the market. An unsold listing from a bot club or a free agent is removed after 56 days.

In football, the market aims for 10,000 listings ; a squad has 35 players at most.

In rugby, the market aims for 3,000 listings, including loans offered by bot clubs ; a squad has 42 players at most.

Sales

List a player for sale at the price of your choice, or for loan, then answer the offers from other managers. A quick sale hands them over immediately to a bot club, at 70% of their value.

Bot clubs also buy managers' listings, at the asking price, if it does not exceed 130% of the player's value. Your listing stays online until the sale or until you withdraw it ; the history keeps your sales.

In football, a club must keep at least 16 players to sell or loan out.

In rugby, a club must keep at least 28 players to sell.

Loans

A loan lets you take in a player without buying them, or let one of yours play elsewhere. The player returns to their club at the end of the loan ; the tracker lists your current loans.

💡 Loan out your young players so they get playing time, and borrow to cover an injury.

In football, you borrow from the country's bot clubs in nearby divisions, or from managers who loan out a player : a fee of 8% of their value per season, half the wage paid by the borrower, a purchase option at 115% of the value, a loan of one or two seasons. The lending club can recall its player.

In rugby, loans go through the market's loan listings, offered by bot clubs for one season or by other managers.

Scouting

The search finds players by position, maximum age and minimum potential, on the market as well as in other clubs, with ready-made searches. Follow a player to keep a report with their estimated rating and potential.

The accuracy of the estimates depends on your analyst and your facilities : the better equipped you are, the fewer mistakes you make. Talents by position show the best prospects aged 23 or under.

In football, accuracy depends on the analyst and the technology centre.

In rugby, accuracy depends on the video analyst and the video room.

Negotiations

Negotiations gather your sent and received offers : in progress, countered, accepted or refused. Accept a counter-offer, cancel an offer or answer those of other managers.

A negotiation has 3 rounds at most. A completed transfer moves the player with a new contract and closes the other negotiations on that player.

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