FD 27 Direct Your Football Club FD 27 Transfers Hub
You buy the names. The coach decides who starts.
This hub is the market side of FD 27: Direct Your Football Club. You are not building a custom tactic around a wonderkid. You are deciding whether a fee and a wage belong on this club’s books for the length of a contract. Version 0.1 already contains the tension that matters: a star and an unbalanced squad, or an even group that survives injuries.
Read the transfer market for windows, incoming bids and the counter-offer screen. Read scouting reports because staff lines were expanded into thousands of situational sentences — they are no longer filler. Read wages and contracts before you fall in love with a name from a division above yours.
The sporting director you hired changes which targets look realistic. That is why staff hire order sits next to this hub. A barren shortlist is often a person problem, not a database problem. How to hire staff and how to negotiate transfers are the prose versions of the same loop.
Lower-division markets were broken in early demo builds because player quality blocked offers. That path was corrected before v0.1. Relegation now auto-cuts the wage bill to the new reality so clubs do not fold on the way down. Those two facts change how brave you can be in League One. They do not make a superstar cheap.
Wage resistance dropped: most players will at least talk. Difficulty stayed where it belongs. If someone is clearly better than your squad average, the number still matches the level. You get the conversation, not a discount.
Use how to manage finances before you sign. Use club vision so January does not become a random shopping trip. If the map feels small, that is two countries and six divisions talking. The roadmap is when other markets arrive. Until then, the English and Spanish lists are the whole classroom.
Owners who skip this hub and live in the transfer list are the ones who meet February with a star, no bench, and a shirt deal they signed on day one. Do the reading in this order: reports, wages, then names.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for the boardroom questions owners actually search.
Can I sign outside the window?
Not in current v0.1 rules. Out-of-window signings were patched shut. Plan inside the window.
Why will nobody offer for my League Two players?
Early builds made lower-division markets too dry. That was corrected. If it still feels dead, check patch notes.
Do I pick the Best XI?
No. The coach does. You fund the squad the Best XI is chosen from. See how to play.