Transfers, Renewals and Loans: Choosing Your Next Destination

What to look at in an offer

Depending on your results and reputation, offers also come from overseas leagues, and each offer shows its evaluation factors and playing-time conditions. A contract length does not guarantee playing time, so even if you move to a bigger club, your records can stall if you lose the fight for a starting spot.

The estimated finish on an offer is a reference figure calculated from club strength, not the current standings. After moving to another club, entry to continental competition in your first season is decided by this estimated finish and each league’s qualification slots. If you stay, the actual finish from last season is used instead. If you want to play in continental competition, choose with this difference in mind.

Renewing and staying long

When one year remains on your contract, the club can offer an early extension. You do not have to extend: you can stay on your current terms or move to another club. From age 41 you only get one-year contracts, and renewal depends on how you played last season.

Staying at one club for a long time means more than records. A retired number requires at least 6 seasons at one regular professional club plus meeting the contribution requirement, and the One-club man and Long service achievements are also judged by seasons spent at a single club. If you have a goal for after retirement, factor it in when you choose a transfer.

When you are not getting playing time: loans

If a professional aged 26 or younger is not a starter and has few appearances or goal contributions, or fails two or more events in a season, a playing-time talk can open during the season. If you ask for a loan, a one-season loan offer from a club in a league of the same tier or lower is attached after the season ends.

While you are on loan, your salary and contract stay with your parent club. When the loan ends you return to your parent club, or, if you played 15 or more matches with a rating of 6.8 or higher, you can receive a permanent transfer offer from the loan club. Coming back after playing well raises manager trust. Note, though, that a loan season counts as a season at a different club for the One-club man and Long service checks.

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