My Biggest Transfer Mistake (and How to Fix It)

[@Roscododger]

I feel attacked. One time in a save, I went in and spent my entire budget on Ajax wonderkids and didn't realise they wouldn't arrive for another 2 years.

[@alexwatkins1931]

Don’t worry we’ve all been there… always so tempting lmaooo

[@MichaelJones456]

@@alexwatkins1931 it’s like when your parents tell you not to open your Christmas presents early

[@gregorgerzson1767]

And when they finally come, you dont need any of them... -.-

[@Josh-cm9jw]

I’ve not been this early since I signed a 15-year-old from France who couldn’t join for another three years

[@dkdkdkdkdkdk22]

How did he turn out

[@dkdkdkdkdkdk22]

I signed a Belgian 15 yr old striker from club brugge for a mil and he was world class by the time he joined me

[@Josh-cm9jw]

@@dkdkdkdkdkdk22 I sold him to a Championship team a couple of years after he signed 😂

[@alfredo5895]

I did this with moukoko and he came for 24m and arrived with a value of over 50m, STONKS

[@dkdkdkdkdkdk22]

@@alfredo5895 but isn't moukoko a free agent by the end of 2022

[@Vaark]

This man is BEYOND entertaining, honestly.

[@Maurinuus]

I lost it at Chiniesta 😂

[@stonecold6521]

My biggest mistake is signing all the worlds best youth players every season. Always end up with a surplus of unhappy CM's.

[@pytergomes6321]

Hahahah i am prety shure if i continue this path i will end up with an u21

[@benjaminmujagic1489]

My oldest player is 25 my average age is 21

[@lebronjohnson6735]

FOMO is real bro.

[@adhamtohamy9263]

I have like 6 or 7 world class midfielders in my Barca save. I drop one for literally a single game he gets mad and gives me a transfer request

[@mrfreeland123]

Pogba and Fernandes kept moaning about the amount of playing time ,I thought It was cos I was playing them to much so rested them lol

[@arneddieexperience2241]

This whole video feels like an attack on my historical transfer activity. I've done that 'buy multiple players for the same position' thing SO many times.

[@MarkYaManFM]

this is what i do and i have never run into this problem... if you have a 25 man squad in most leagues - that's 2 players in every position for your default formation plus 3 others for added versatility, adapting and developing - once you have this set up in your head it makes the transfer window so much more accessible and you don't run into disasters like this

[@janbo8331]

That's my approach as well. But it doesn't mean I won't spend 50 hours per a week of transfer window walking around in circles and smoking hideous amounts of cigarettes trying to decide which two players to have in what positions, who to sell, who to buy etc.. I go to a grocery store and buy all the wrong things because instead of milk and coffee I'm thinking about a Japanese midfielder and a Russian left-back.

[@GoblinFootball13]

@@janbo8331 I laughed so loud 🤣

[@bangaverage7366]

Yeah indeed. I myself usually make a spreadsheet to help me out.

[@tajj7]

Yeh similar, if I reach like Champions league level I want two teams basically, one main one and one almost as good with an emphasis on younger players who are basically being prepared to take over from the main players. You then know where your first 11 needs improving or where you need more depth (where you don't necessarily need the best player right now) and then make those your transfer targets. I also have in mind players like 2-3 years plus down the line so like if I have a star player who is like 28-29, I know I need to get his replacement into the squad in the next 2/3 years ready to bed in before the other guy starts declining and I might watch and scout a player for years waiting for him to get unhappy or wants a new contract or contract runs out etc. Then when I am at really big clubs I basically do a Chelsea, I get loads of cheaper younger players in, mentor them or tutor them, get them some loans and they either exceed expectations and push into my team or I sell them for a profit down the line.

[@Writeous0ne]

i use a 21 man squad and my 2nd goalie is always in the reserves lol

[@breconcameron732]

I always feel like I make a lot of signings but then I realised my starting XI has hardly changed and I actually just spent most of that time scouting players

[@anthonyp8209]

Now he even has staff for his B Team!

[@spsawyer22]

Every year I usually only need 1 or 2 replacements/upgrades but end up buying 7 or 8. I just get excited about prospects heh

[@ggoof9597]

I'm still at the notepad phase and after seeing this video i think i will remain in that phase LOL. Such a handy tool to glance at your squad and see stuff you've probably have forgotten already.

[@cvetomirgeorgiev9106]

Honestly, that day when 10 premier league end of contract deals come into my non-league English side is absolutely beautiful.

[@ThreeRunHomer]

Signing hundreds of players for no reason. You’re the Chelsea of Portugal!

[@Mold-E]

I've may have given up on fm21, but I'll never give up on you Zealand

[@AtraErus11]

Is there a reason you haven't enjoyed fm21? I was thinking of picking it up on sale at some point now I've won the champs league with Harrogate on 20

[@dkdkdkdkdkdk22]

@@AtraErus11 no its a very good game

[@Taeerom]

@@AtraErus11 After breaking that promise to myself with fm20, I regret not sticking to always buying every other verson of FM. Going from 17 to 19 was great. When I went from 09 to 11, it was great. Going from 19 to 20 was so extremely dissapointing. I should have just stuck with 19 for a few more months, and when I was ready to play more fm after a break, fm21 would be availble. I very much look forward to fm22, since I am not going to walk into the trap of replacing fm20 with 21. Especially not this late in the cycle. The squads will be outdated regardless, so downloading a database for the new transfer activity will be the solution for wither game. Or go to a retro db in case you're bored with the current situation. The thing is, there are only so many changes they can do with a new season of fm, going from one to the next will feel like the same game. But if you skeep a season, you get more a feel of a different game. A lot of the "new" features I really enjoyed about fm19 was introduced in 18. But fm18 looks and feels a lot like fm17 in most aspects. But combining all the changes of 18 and 19, and I got an actual new experience when switching games.

[@AtraErus11]

@@Taeerom that actually makes a lot of sense. I may as well stick to getting only the even number games. Thank you

[@RexOedipus.]

@@AtraErus11 dont mate. Wait for fm22. FM is always 1 version of new shit then fine tuning the next

[@amarnathkulkarni5836]

Transfer market is the most fun part of FM, 🤩 Unless your team scores a goal in injury time to win the game😂

[@Ed-et5zu]

This video was brilliant. I fell into this problem end of last season, ending up with 30+ players on loan and everyone unhappy at being left out of the squad. Went too far the other way this season and I'm not seeing real progress in the squad. This was ace.

[@Snarg83]

It's a nice feeling when you're a veteran FM player (since CM 3) and see a guide video that mentions stuff you've been doing for such a long time.

[@anthonycameron]

Newb

[@christopherteer4764]

This happens to me so often, especially given that my favourite part of the game is transfer activity and scouting..

[@akkermanrik]

Those intro's are so fun, we need a compilation of only intro's of Zealand.

[@edwinmaravi1751]

Dude, Jairo concha is a great player! Still young but with great potential. I'm from Peru and really loving that Ur using him :)

[@thegaz-man]

I need an Ollie Dixon-Zealand collab in my life

[@averagebears4352]

Love the channel Zealand! Despite playing for many years and usually doing pretty well, there is always something new to learn and a different perspective with which to view things. Thanks for the content!

[@benjamincausley5866]

I love the new sketches to start, so funny

[@Phontoz]

Historically CM is very easy position to overpopulate along with attackers... left footed defenders and wingers on the other hand start getting offers as soon as they does anything right. Yeah and a keeper that is both good on "paper" and trustwhorty in a thight spot can be tricky to get a hold of

[@daanoor6628]

This is me literally every transfer window: bringing in a lot of players and then fixing it again and again haha

[@Woppoz]

I sign a lot of (mainly young) players at the end of contract that do not immediately go into the first team. I put them in the youth teams or loan them out and then either they become good enough or they don't, in which case I just sell them on for cash. It's especially fun to buy a boatload of highly rated youngsters in a network save, I ultimately got all my mates coming to me asking to buy some of them for a massive profit. Never mind the fact that I had about 100 players out on loan. It's like a nice business model, but you have to make sure you don't crowd the first team/starting line up.

[@truechaosmulala3831]

So Chelsea?

[@Woppoz]

​@@truechaosmulala3831 I think that summarizes it perfectly :')

[@Eibarwoman]

Mine is more AZ Alkmaar, acquire talent cheap and turn for massive profit producing wonderkids once in a while. Fewer loans, fewer players on contract.

[@peterwaite8653]

Thanks for all the great content Z!

[@dhummel47]

I think a reason for buying too many players for a certain position is a mix between shopping addiction (who does not want to have a new player sometimes just because he is new?) and simple impatience. If your squad has a lot of potential, then why do you need to make plenty of new signings? You could just keep your team as it is for one more season and because your players develope, you will have a much better team at the end of the season. In particular when your team is already good enough to qualify for international competitions, you barely find players that are cheap and can actually help you right away. Just sell your worst 4-5 players and replace those with young talents, is often enough to keep getting better. In most of my saves in which I won the league title the first time, I had a very calm summer transfer window so that my team cohesion was pretty good from the beginning, leading to not dropping some points in the first few games.

[@toxicfm3316]

Hi Zeeland! I am a huge fan of your videos! I just started to run a channel on FM a couple of days ago. I hope someday I can be as good as you :-)

[@samuelevans8384]

“Maybe I can give him some goalkeeping tips” hahahahhah yessss

[@phteven9610]

Yeah I feel you, I felt the burn when I signed too many world class CB's cause why not and none of them were happy with the playtime cause I tried to rotate like PRIME GUARDIOLA thinking that would work. Lads, it doesn't. It fucks your team cohesion and manager support. Keep the squad thin and quality !

[@anthonycameron]

This is a fun and useful video which I took a lot of things from (I've filled my squad with midfielders I felt each time were adding a lot to my Southend squad but then they arrived and they're all the same). But it's really 'how to avoid making this mistake' as opposed to 'how to fix it'

[@JamesKennedy33]

We love you Zee!.. Best thing about the vids on demand over Twitch is no appearances of Blender Stacy. F**k kale. Also, I swear you snuck an Ayal mention in there (Edit: Yep! 2:05 😂)

[@yorkie6013]

my biggest mistake was watching this video and getting far too many spoilers on the Dragon twitch uploads on here that im still catching up on.

[@all-father4873]

I have made myself only sign 1 big signing for first team each season (if needed.... or promote) And only 3 youth players. I also have a spring clean every 2 seasons. Discipline is the key 💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@jacobgivens7906]

His neighbors must love these intros 😂😂😂😂

[@Themadness42]

This man knows we all do this. I signed 5 mcs in one transfer window more times than I've signed none XD.

[@paolobrighelli1094]

Your intros are so cringe and I bloody love it!

[@Chrizzmeistah]

I agree with this video, but this kind of stuff is also my biggest moneymaker. Buying a bunch of wonderkids that have release clauses, loan them out, sell 2 seasons later for a huge profit. They never play for my team.

[@FranzFridl]

Chelsea

[@zevanoyaumalvasti3928]

I do this on my Hertha's save and after 5 seasons I've £900 millions transfer budget

[@angelotavares6700]

Time for a 4-1-2-1-2 Diamond formation!

[@deeznoots6241]

lol I have the opposite problem, always way too cautious, missed out on an amazing world-class signing once because the game didn’t tell me that another club was already putting in a bid for him and I wanted to finish scouting first

[@brokensythe]

Always add players who can improve your first eleven or have wonderkid potential to your shortlist

[@amultamang2497]

I missed out one Columbian due to work permit. Atletico M. Picked him up and slapped a 44mil release clause. 😂😂

[@frizzle2107]

Yo this intro made me laugh so hard😂

[@Mightylew171]

This couldn't have been better timing for my 3rd season

[@lokicats]

I can't agree, the are too many amazing wonderkids!

[@faizmukti117]

Another entertaining intro 😆

[@MrBeefy1987]

I’ve got some German cdm coming 2 me from Bayern. He’s 15 just now so gota wait 3 years. He looks unbelievably good tho lol.

[@f.f5771]

This happened to me with my strikers in my Berlin save

[@Mr_jz_12]

not including the 29 returning from loan.............. ok chelsea.

[@brandonlawrence8077]

Story of my life especially when I get any type of money I go crazy in the transfer market fuck up my budget sell my deadwood for profit piss off every player then dominate during season and everyone forgives me.

[@danielbowers8124]

In my teams I always try have 2 players in each specific position. So 2 RB, 2RCB, 2LCB ect this gives me a 22 man squad and I’ll then add a couple of older players that are out of contract soon and some young youth team players to make it up to 25/26 players. Anyone signed outside that squad goes on loan or comes into the squad and whoever they’ve replaced is sold or sent out on loan. Find it always gives the younger players enough chances to develop, keeps the squad happy and more importantly I don’t waste transfer money so it’s there if I really need it or a must have player becomes available. The players I loan out I give them 2 full seasons to show they’re good enough to challenge anyone in the 22 before moving them on if they aren’t good enough

[@masterwesty]

I’ve overpopulated my wingers so I tried to loan some out, the ones I was willing to loan out refused so this season I messed up and loaned out too many defenders to make a 25 man squad.

[@gregorgerzson1767]

And its even worse when you play in Italy and you find those south-american wonderkids...

[@mav3298]

Whenever you get so many player in a single window you royally mess up any team chemistry you have been developing!

[@JLABTV]

I did this with goalkeepers on FM 19 with Watford. I had to rotate two excellent goalkeepers for what we were at the time because I forgot to cancel one of their deals. It was a good time, even if it didn't help the team playing with two different starting keepers all season long.

[@MrClayJohn]

I had this at university. We had 2 good goalkeepers in our squad, so we played them 45 minutes each. Wouldn't recommend in FM 😂

[@obicanlik1649]

Sometimes I filter out the players that are not at the club (loans) to have better overview of my squad. Then I forget that those filtered players exist and I sign another players, who I dont need, because I already had good options on the squad.

[@saidoujammeh1575]

Xineasta Next thing you know he's going to be bald and string passes from 87 yards out

[@Jayvees]

Yep sign wisely or your team will be moody like a storm. Transfers is really a challenging one though.

[@Vilestorm224]

Im still trying to get rid of dead weight after moving up from VNLS with Ebbsfleet, 4th season in the prem and i still have some players who are just bad for challenging for the top, but i cant sell them. Every registration i get like 5 players unhappy but they soon should be all gone.

[@jacobites23]

I have 5 first team standers CAM's so had to change my formation i now play 3 Cam's and put all my wingers out on loan.

[@benelliott6861]

Is there an upcoming video on how to get teams to actually bid respectable offers for your prized most players? Pretty please 🙏🏻 Kind of sick of offers being received for star players that match their value when they have 4 years left on their contracts! Oh and said offers are also made up of about 5 various (some unlikely) outcomes all being met 😂🥴 the disrespect!

[@RB-xr6mi]

In Europe wages are always referred to as p/w, it’s quite Americanised to do is as p/a

[@jb0609]

not really. Per week is UK only. The rest of Europe use per month.

[@Jur1_00]

For me they way to combat this is to have s solid wage structure and stick to it so there is no way I'm going to sign a hot prospect on the wage of a first team player no matter how good he is. If I do this, I'll have to bump up his squad status and play him

[@champions5576]

What is the other section in the finances and how to lower it? I’m in the national league and my team spends more on other than anything else

[@mrpember1023]

Great intro 😂

[@TempestDK]

My biggest problem is that I want the "new hotness" but I also want to keep my players that have been great for the last few seasons. I get too attached to them. So now in my third season, I have 5 players on trial that I want. But Many of them are overpopulating certain positions, and I am worried about my 20 player registration limit. Several are under 22 years old (no reg. needed), but som will turn 22 during the season. Basically I want it all, and I can't have it :D ....I don't even like putting people in my U23 squad.

[@EsseaMusic]

Totally guilty of this, I struggle with the idea of a limited squad, how many backups is the right number?

[@nickcollins5702]

When do you cancel scout assignments? If it's under 40/100 after one week? What is the biggest score jump you've seen in an assignment?

[@kthanksbyeman2]

Question for Zealand, I've always opted for symmetrical formations, which just feels right, but I've noticed a number of your formations are asymmetrical. Is it ok to use asymmetrical formations without further thought if it suits the squad?

[@jacktodd9389]

top tier shirt

[@Writeous0ne]

sold someone for 100k but how much did it cost in wages and contract?

[@RizaBochiza]

You do it all in your head? I make multiple tables and spreadsheets for every position and every signing. Maybe I take things too far..

[@jamesblake80]

Not gonna lie I feel like this is a video to showcase Zealands bad football manager habits

[@germainasante9044]

Don’t worry about me. I’m just sat here with 5 cm’s for my Chester save who are all good enough for the national league and yet I brought in a 16yr old for actual money

[@Matthewgriffiths18]

I did this once I saw this 17 year old winger from the Czech Republic on a free I scouted him until like 70% thinking that the guy was class ended up paying him like 4k a week to sign for me(manager of wrexham in league 2) because other clubs wanted him and he didn't even look that good when I signed him I was like ,I made a mistake 🤣 not done that since I always 100% scout

[@frederick8754]

can you upload your interface of the shortlist?

[@jamiekay7750]

What does Zealand mean by fully scouting someone? I just get scout report see they are 4 star gold and 1 star white and sign them should I not do that?

[@ZealandonYT]

there's a percent scouted somewhere on the report, when it's 100% they're fully scouted

[@MTM9191]

Why do you use P/A as applied to P/W? I’ve always used weekly wage

[@philthornton1382]

A lot of American sports salaries are discussed as annual figures ie MLB NFL contracts

[@edwinlam4679]

When Zealand uploads at 5am EST

[@Deacon4105]

Have you ever made a signing what you’ve forgotten about and when he arrives at the club and he’s a actual beast! This happened to me it was a Colombian striker 18 years old and then I checked how much I brought him for and it was 19 million! I must of been drunk it’s all okay tho cus he’s just scored 15 in 17 caps this season

[@harveyla1235]

How do you look at players potentiol

[@arsvi123]

Wait, I thought you said to loan players rather than have them play in B team?

[@Razzmacgazz69420]

Nothing better than signing a Scottish wonderkid in Serie A then only to realize i've used up all my non-EU slots...

[@MickyWelsh290]

What regen facepack do you use Zealand??

[@olliew3223]

His own: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp7Hep6em9KMbNk

[@rowanhulst7474]

im addicted to signing players, signed so many players that i turned sassuolo into a 400mill a season spent on signings team

[@adhamtohamy9263]

Lol instalments are broken btw. You can have 50 or 60 mil and spend 200-300m

[@rowanhulst7474]

@@adhamtohamy9263 yeahh i know man, once bought a regen for 30 million which mainly consisted out of installments

[@adhamtohamy9263]

@@rowanhulst7474 I bought de ligt from Juve for 95m on like 5 years in instalments. cus you can't actually get broke. Board just summons sponsors or investments

[@rowanhulst7474]

@@adhamtohamy9263 lmaoo

[@Joxe124]

where can i find your 4312 taktik?

[@dudewhateverish]

You mean I don't need 12 wingers?

[@aln22sccp]

Zealand, how long ago did you wake up 5 minutes ago?

[@jd-dy1fv]

‘Duopoly of Portugal?’ Tut tut he isn’t even aware Sporting just won it

[@GoblinFootball13]

In this save Sporting is strangely shite 😅

[@cshaffrey3438]

@@GoblinFootball13 well tbf they haven't won for over a decade

[@F-Tier_Physique]

Just be like city and play with 6 midfielders/wingers at once, gg ez.

[@falagarius]

Wow Switzerland is 8th in competition reputation in your save!

[@Veaseify]

It will be Young Boys doing well in Europe. If they can hang on to their best players they turn into a powerhouse. In real life they just won the Swiss league by 27 points so it isn't far fetched.

[@falagarius]

@@Veaseify But also in real life the Swiss Super League is very very low in the coefficient. Lowest point since many years. The days of guaranteed Champions League group stage spots are long gone.

[@Veaseify]

@@falagarius Switzerland are 19th at the moment, 12 points behind Russia in 8th. Zealand is 6 years into his save so if say, Basle and Young Boys had a few decent runs in Europe it could happen.

[@falagarius]

@@Veaseify It could, but it won't. :P

[@Veaseify]

@@falagarius Not in real life, but the Swiss researchers in FM have probably massively overpowered some of their players....

[@Remianen]

I don't understand the problem. I sign players from South America that won't actually show up for 2-3 years (and I won't have a non-EU slot for them until 2-3 years after they arrive). This is exactly the strategy that the titans of football use (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man Utd, Man City, Juventus, Inter, etc). Plus, I have zero loyalty to players who aren't loyal to me. As soon as one of those titans starts sniffing around my (first team) players, if the player indicates the desire to go, I get the best price possible.....and then move one of those young players I have stockpiled into their spot. A lot of times, if you play those young players a bit, you'll find bigger clubs willing to throw money at you for them. I'm talking mainly about Spain and Italy because I don't play England with their inflated player values (and politically isolated status). But damn if English clubs don't come in for my players, offering WAY too much money.

[@tahapatel3422]

You mean I don't need 8 strikers well I have signed all anyway

[@lockas4874]

Am I trippin' or the intro is from the Avengers soundtrack?

[@kilianvanhaelen3682]

0:40 KEKW

[@vissist]

Zealands chat just sold him DoctorBenjys formation

[@BusinessGooseIncorporated]

*laughs in Amateur Contracts*

[@PESandNHL]

I never knew how much of a devil Zealand is. Never watched any of his streams but signing like 30 players a year. Dude ... nevertheless i would recommend Uruguay for scouting. Found some great players at Penarol in my latest save.

[@leafgreene6014]

Those are rookie numbers! Not even 100 players on loan smh

[@Derek-qu8qi]

Why does Zealand look like he’s just woke up in all his videos?

[@hmmm-p1g]

Gotta film the video before you start playing

[@GoblinFootball13]

Because he's just woken up

[@Shannon_Lynch]

Something's wrong with this video, the little skits at the start are usually funny, but when I turned on the video this time it wasn't. should I refresh the page and see if I can get a gag that's actually funny?

[@darkology]

did you just wake up?

[@cklambo]

I poach youth players from rivals just for fun