Nico66

Thanks for that. Yes it’s very interesting, I didn’t know much about him either. In fact I was going to sell him until I saw that he is now making headway with Salzburg. Looks like he might be finally fulfilling his potential in the Bundesliga, only not the German one lol!! Cheers.

Here is an obscure one for you guys. What do you think for Reinhold Yabo? 82 rated midfielder and getting lots of minutes for RB Salzburg. Do you think he can rise at all at his next review? I am thinking maybe +2 to 84 myself but I’m not sure as I don’t know an awful lot about the Austrian Bundeslige. Thanks for any help.

No, your chairman will automatically renew the players contract once it gets close to expiry. Alternatively you can offer the player a new contract extension yourself by selecting the player, clicking on 'Actions' and then choose 'Offer New Contract'.

I would also add concerns for players who spend eternity on the transfer list too.

Yes, Walker-Peters won't feature too much I think but even if he stays on the bench and just plays a couple of cup games it should be enough to deserve a rise. Re: Alexander-Arnold, I agree. Talented player and a good future prospect. Should buy in any case.

Nah, China was done a couple of weeks ago. These were just some positional changes left over I think.

Whatever metrics they use to determine the rating caps for other leagues (i.e. FIFA ranking, average rating, etc) they should just apply to China right? Most domestic players have a rating that would indicate that the Chinese Super League is, at a push, the equivalent to the English Championship. If Augusto was playing for Brentford would he be getting a rise to 90? I seriously doubt it. Of course, Augusto is probably ripping the league apart as is Hulk. But as the saying goes.... it's easy to soar like an eagle when you are flying with a bunch of turkeys. Not a good review in my opinion.

So,,, Hulk gets to keep his 91 and Augusto even gets a bump to 90.... Meanwhile, back in the Russian Premier League players like Promes are capped at 89 and in the EPL solid payers like Steve Cook can't even get a rise from 87. Quite unbelievable..

Lol! A record deal too !! You have to hand it to Daniel Levy, probably one of the most savviest chairman in football at the moment. Completely skinned Man City on this one.

It is not a bug. It states in the help section that a GK rated 88 and above requires 90% game time to prevent concerns. You say that you gave Donnarumma 63% game time. Need I go on...?

Thanks for the reply, that was really why I was asking. Hope he gets a chance as he looks to be a good player.

What do you guys think about Niklas Sule? I watched him in the Confederations Cup and he looked pretty assured. Do you think he will be a starter in the Bayern team next season? Thanks.

Usually it comes straight after the Russian review but not this time. You are right though. Actually Metalist Kharkiv no longer exists as a football club, it wound up & got removed from the Ukrainian league last year I think.

Thank you for your well constructed, enlightened and informative contribution. Even though 89 is the cap for the RPL I thought that Promes might get a +1 to reflect that he has been one of the leagues best players for a couple of seasons now. Especially as Dzagoev is also rated 90 and when Smolov got his rise I was even more convinced it might happen but clearly not. I don't think we can call this the rating travesty of the season though lol!

I agree but I doubt if Kutepov's +2 had any influence from Golovin's rating. If it did then capping a player's rating to justify another player's (incorrect) rating is not the way to go in my opinion. I am not really that surprised that Kutepov only got a +2. He tailed off towards the end of the season and, as I said earlier, he is not that great and has already been overtaken by newcomer Georgi Dzhikia in both the National Team and Spartak's team.