Transfers in Euro Leagues - Ouuuuutrageous Prices!

[Arbo J Doughty]

Wondering if anyone else has run into this. My season in the Czech Chance Liga is winding down...we're in the top six teams vying for an automatic quarterfinal slot. My best defensemen and Assistant Capt 1 went down and is out for a month at least, and my other defenders are spotty and inconsistent. My parent team has been sending me poorly performing players that I just don't dress. I've been searching other Euro teams for transfers and I get messages that my competitors are getting some nice players from other clubs for around $30-45K, even within my own league. However, for every comparable player that other teams are getting as transfers, teams who's players I'm interested are asking me for three to four times that amount. As small market team, there's no way we can afford that. Is this a glitch? Just doesn't make any sense that my team is being extorted (hah!)... why am I being asked to pay such outrageous prices, or that my offer to match their price is rejected? Any ideas? Thanks.

[Lazion]

European second tier leagues are still lacking a lot of realism. IRL some teams rely heavily on player loans, they should get tons of loaned players from top U20 leagues and from pro leagues but loans aren't in the FHM just yet.

I'd say that your best bet when playing as small market team is to search lower level leagues for young players, usually you should find some cheap ones in 2. hokejova liga or even in other European semi-pro/amateur leagues.
During free agency it's best to look for players that turned overaged in U20 leagues as they usually accept very low salaries.

What comes to player transfers, add some extra dollars in transfer so request is 100% accepted and also try to negotiate transfers with the same or lower level leagues because high tier leagues asks hefty amount of dollars even for fringe players.

[Arbo J Doughty]

Originally Posted by Lazion

European second tier leagues are still lacking a lot of realism. IRL some teams rely heavily on player loans, they should get tons of loaned players from top U20 leagues and from pro leagues but loans aren't in the FHM just yet.

I'd say that your best bet when playing as small market team is to search lower level leagues for young players, usually you should find some cheap ones in 2. hokejova liga or even in other European semi-pro/amateur leagues.
During free agency it's best to look for players that turned overaged in U20 leagues as they usually accept very low salaries.

What comes to player transfers, add some extra dollars in transfer so request is 100% accepted and also try to negotiate transfers with the same or lower level leagues because high tier leagues asks hefty amount of dollars even for fringe players.

Thanks. In doing some research, I noticed that very thing about which you elaborated upon. I was hoping to find a somewhat older or more seasoned player as my team has some great prospects, a few of whom are playing quite well considering they are late teens. But going down the stretch towards the playoffs, my third and fourth lines are faltering (based on defensive grade, +/-, and advanced stats. Is that realistic? To my knowledge, it is to some extent but I was hoping a few would rise to the occasion even being that young.

Attached is a transfer that my team's nemesis acquired in a transfer from another team in the league that isn't gong to make the playoffs. You can see he's a good player and they were able to obtain him for $34,500! I can't touch a player like that for under a $100k, even when searching lower leagues who would have Czech players (e.g., Polish, Slovak). I even came upon a few angry or unhappy Czech players figuring those teams would be open to a transfer, but the asking price was again six figures.

[Arbo J Doughty]

Originally Posted by Lazion

European second tier leagues are still lacking a lot of realism. IRL some teams rely heavily on player loans, they should get tons of loaned players from top U20 leagues and from pro leagues but loans aren't in the FHM just yet.

I'd say that your best bet when playing as small market team is to search lower level leagues for young players, usually you should find some cheap ones in 2. hokejova liga or even in other European semi-pro/amateur leagues.
During free agency it's best to look for players that turned overaged in U20 leagues as they usually accept very low salaries.

What comes to player transfers, add some extra dollars in transfer so request is 100% accepted and also try to negotiate transfers with the same or lower level leagues because high tier leagues asks hefty amount of dollars even for fringe players.

Here's another example of a transfer that gets rejected even if I offer more than the asking price. Now, I'm frustrated why this isn't working.

[Lazion]

Originally Posted by Arbo J Doughty

Attached is a transfer that my team's nemesis acquired in a transfer from another team in the league that isn't gong to make the playoffs. You can see he's a good player and they were able to obtain him for $34,500! I can't touch a player like that for under a $100k, even when searching lower leagues who would have Czech players (e.g., Polish, Slovak). I even came upon a few angry or unhappy Czech players figuring those teams would be open to a transfer, but the asking price was again six figures.

Hmm, I think that there's a bug of how AI values their fringe players transfer values.. Slovakian league's bottom players shouldn't cost +$100k but instead of somewhere between 10k and 50k.
Polish league in the other hand shouldn't not even go close to $100k even for their top guys.

Originally Posted by Arbo J Doughty

Here's another example of a transfer that gets rejected even if I offer more than the asking price. Now, I'm frustrated why this isn't working.

Can you still send transfer offer in action menu?

[croatian]

These transfer numbers are not realistic when compared to players you are offering for. For example, in their first KHL season, Medvescak wanted to bring back their goalie from EBEL days, Robert Kristan, who played for Pardubice then. Pardubice wanted 150.000 euros for him, and we are talking about goalie who was one of the best in EBEL and led Slovenia to victory over Slovakia at Olympics.

[Arbo J Doughty]

Originally Posted by Lazion

Hmm, I think that there's a bug of how AI values their fringe players transfer values.. Slovakian league's bottom players shouldn't cost +$100k but instead of somewhere between 10k and 50k.
Polish league in the other hand shouldn't not even go close to $100k even for their top guys.



Can you still send transfer offer in action menu?

Here are few more of out-of-whack demands for Czech player transfers from Polish Liga and Slovak Tiposport Liga. Have to post in two separate posts.

[Arbo J Doughty]

Originally Posted by Arbo J Doughty

Here are few more of out-of-whack demands for Czech player transfers from Polish Liga and Slovak Tiposport Liga. Have to post in two separate posts.

Note 6 figure request... yikes!

[Lazion]

Those numbers seems to be about right.
They are both top dogs in their respective leagues, more so as their ratings are a bit outdated and mirroring more of their prime.

[Arbo J Doughty]

Originally Posted by Lazion

Those numbers seems to be about right.
They are both top dogs in their respective leagues, more so as their ratings are a bit outdated and mirroring more of their prime.

It still doesn't make sense that a team in my own league (and one that I can't manage to beat) could acquire a player in his prime from another team in my league for $38,500. That 25 y.o. player is also having a fairly strong season. I can't touch a similar player and strike a deal with other teams in my league, even when some of these players on those teams are due to be free agents at the end of this season (2020). My offers are rejected similar to the examples I posted previously. There are four days left until the transfer deadline and I'd like to fill that hole. Players in this league seem to move around a lot on one and 2-year deals, so I'm trying to be mindful to extend contracts to a few key players before season's end. Anyway, just seems like there's a bias in the way the AI allows the team I control to acquire transfers versus how the other teams I don't and who can seemingly stack their roster. I also still haven't been able to acquire a transfer of players from any league, even when I offer more. Offer is still rejected. Something's buggy.

[Arbo J Doughty]

Further, I can't make any transfers. I've tried again this evening....offering almost double just to see what would happen...and nothing happened but "we want x for Mr. Y...." Somethings buggy that I can't make any transfers.

[Alessandro]

Well, perhaps they simply don't want to sell the player?

[Arbo J Doughty]

Originally Posted by Alessandro

Well, perhaps they simply don't want to sell the player?

I'd think that too....but this happens with every transfer attempt no matter what league I attempt to negotiate a transfer. And typically, I've seen a message to that affect that the team wasn't interested in trading...though I've never seen this for transfers. Could be a low priority bug issue in the game, don't know. But when I'm playing in challenge mode, and trying to build my reputation, I need one or two key players due to mostly injuries, a few underperforms on my 3rd and 4th line. I released a veteran (31) I had obtained through free agency, but in 20 plus games produced next to nothing in goals and assistants, but he did take some penalties late in two games that seemingly cost a victory or overtime opportunity.

[Alessandro]

I would agree that if a team doesn't want to sell a player, then it should be phrased better by the game