🔄 Transfers
Bidding and negotiation
How bids progress, counter-offers, deadlines, and reading what the AI actually wants.
A transfer in ManageFC runs on two numbers: the fee the selling club wants and the salary you name for the player. Both go into the same proposal — the club's answer turns on the fee, and the salary is what he joins on once the clubs agree. A bid is a judgement about the player's value — a scout report is the cheapest way to sharpen it.
Fee negotiation
You submit a bid. The AI club weighs it against the player's market value: at or above its bar — roughly 90% of market value by default — it accepts; just below it counters; well below it rejects outright. The bar moves with the player's personality: a loyal player makes his club harder to buy from, an ambitious one makes it easier. A counter is a straight cash figure near market value, not a package of clauses — there are no add-ons, sell-on percentages or swap deals in the engine.
Reading the AI
- An immediate accept usually means you paid near the top of the range — next time open lower.
- A counter is a straight cash figure, 92–96% of market value in the default case. What matters is where your next bid lands against the club's bar, not how close it is to your first offer.
- A counter far above your offer means you are far below the bar. Close most of the gap in one step or walk away — small increments tend to land in the same place.
- A flat reject with no counter is a hard no, and it sours the relationship on the record. Don't spam — repeated rejected bids pile up bad blood with the club and the player.
Player terms
The terms are on the table before the club answers: the salary you name in the proposal is what the player joins on — leave it blank and he keeps his current wage. No separate agent round follows in the current build: there is no signing bonus, no goal, appearance or clean-sheet clause, nothing left to negotiate once the clubs agree on the fee.
Deadlines
The transfer window is a single game-wide switch — open or closed — not a per-country calendar, and there is no deadline-day premium in the engine: a bid is judged by the same market-value thresholds whenever you make it. Check the window status before sinking time into a negotiation — offers cannot be accepted while it is closed.