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Football Manager - When is it best to sell players?
Football Manager when is it best to sell players
When playing football manager, there will be times when you will need to move players on from the team you are managing, this can be for a number of reasons. You just need to make sure that when you sell players it is for the right reasons and that it is good for your club.
Recently in the news it has been documented that Raheem Sterling was not happy at playing for Liverpool, this was to engineer a transfer to Manchester City. The transfer is set to be £49m, which of course is lots of money, but Liverpool are losing out on wonderkid Sterling, who is still only 20 years old.
Manchester City will be buying the player for his potential and even at the age of 20 he can make an impact on the City squad straight away, which of course with the price tag is what will be expected of him.
There can be a number of reasons to sell a player from your team, below we will list some of the key instances when this might need to happen.
Contract expiry - as a manager, you might decide not to renew a players contract, it is a very good idea to remove deadwood from your team and move on any player you do not want to have in your squad.
Age - there comes a time when players will need to leave your club due to their age, the performance of the players might start to suffer if age is catching up with them. Drogba for Chelsea in his last season, at the age of 37 was a shadow of his prime playing days.
Transfer offers - there will be times when you will receive an offer for a player that is too good to turn down, every player will have his value and if you do receive an offer for a player that is very good, then you might decide to move them on.
When playing FM 2015, there will be times where you will need to make changes to your squad. A number of contracts might be about to expire, a few players might be coming to the end of the career or you might have received an offer for one of your players that you cant turn down. Its important to know when to sell players and the correct time to sell them. Having played football manager since the 97/98 version, I have had a bit of practice in doing this. So below I will provide all the tips I can give you, I will not put them in order, I will just keep adding to this list as I think of new tips and tricks.
Prepare to remove the dead wood from your team, there will be 2 transfer windows each season, the summer window and the January transfer window. You need to prepare in advance for each of these. The way I do this, once the summer transfer window has shut, I get to the beginning of December and then review who has been playing in my team. If there are any young players who are not getting enough game time, then I will loan these players out. Any older players who are not playing, I will look to transfer these players to other clubs. After the January transfer window is shut, it will be time to review player contracts. You need to ensure any players you want to keep are put on longer contracts. Any players you dont want to keep, but do want to keep until the end of the season, just keep playing them but start looking for new players to replace them.
It can be a good idea to let your staff deal with selling players, try offer players out at their value. You can reduce the value you are looking for, but if no clubs are biting, try not sell them for nothing, unless you really need to. Do always try and hold out for a transfer fee.
Try and learn the best time to sell players. My top tip would be, if you are a smaller club, look to get players into your first team 23 years and younger. I find if you play these players for a few seasons in lots of games, their value will increase, so long as they have time left on their contract. Its a good idea to try and offer out any higher valued player at the end of the season, see if you can get a good transfer fee for them. You will then be able to reinvest this money into your squad.
Consider selling if clubs are interested in a player. When a club is interested in one of your players, do have a think if its a good time to sell them. You can sometimes command a high transfer fee if a player is wanted by a club and they are at your club on a longer contract.
