There isn't a single development plan preset that allows you to train Free-Kicks, on previous editions of Career Mode this wasn't the case; please fix this bug we should be able to train free-kicks.
The only way the Free-Kick stat gets boosted is via the "Balanced" option, it shouldn't be like this.
EA_Aljo Is there any word on this? Spent dozens of seasons grinding methods to get a free kick taker and none work. It’s June and there still seems to not be acknowledgement from EA that this is even an issue. I buy the game pretty much solely to play manager career and this is genuinely a stain on the game mode at the moment.
They are not going to fix this, if they would, then it would have been done at the beginning of the launch. The simple fact is that EA does not give an **** about the people playing the game. It is always where the money is and it's not in career mode for them. Almost 30 years and they are still the same.
