Manager Career Mode fc27

Dear EA SPORTS FC Career Mode Team,

First, thank you for continuing to invest in Career Mode. Every year, the improvements show that you're listening to the community. However, there are four areas that I believe would dramatically improve immersion.

1. Remove the financial ceiling AI clubs face.

After a few seasons, Career Mode starts to feel unrealistic. Once you build a world-class team, AI clubs can no longer afford your best players. Instead of making ambitious offers, they repeatedly include player exchanges because they've hit an artificial financial limit.

Football doesn't work that way.

If Real Madrid, Manchester City, Liverpool, or Bayern desperately want a generational player, they should be able to:

- Sell players to raise funds.

- Spread payments over multiple years.

- Break transfer records.

- Compete with other clubs in bidding wars.

Watching AI clubs rebuild their squads and make bold transfers would make every save feel alive for 10–15 seasons instead of becoming predictable after a few years.

2. Give managers the ability to communicate with players.

Players can already complain about:

- Not getting enough playing time.

- Their wages.

- Their role in the squad.

But as the manager, we can't respond in meaningful ways.

Why can't I call a player into my office and say:

- "Your performances haven't been good enough."

- "Work harder in training and your opportunity will come."

- "I'm resting you because of fixture congestion."

- "You've earned your place—keep it up."

- "If things don't improve, I'll have to consider selling you."

Real football management is built on communication. Managers motivate players, challenge them, praise them, and set expectations. Adding interactive conversations with consequences for morale, form, and development would make Career Mode feel far more authentic.

3. Let managers set their own asking price.

AI clubs already have the ability to set an asking price for their players, but managers don't.

If I value my player at £220 million, I should be able to set that asking price and let interested clubs decide whether they want to negotiate, match it, or walk away. Managers know the value of their own players better than anyone else, especially when they're club legends or among the best in the world.

Giving us control over asking prices would make transfers feel much more realistic and strategic.

4. Add buy-back clauses and more contract flexibility.

Modern football is full of buy-back clauses, sell-on clauses, release clauses, and performance-based agreements.

Adding buy-back clauses would allow clubs to sell young players for development while keeping the option to bring them back in the future. It would also make squad planning much deeper and closer to how real football clubs operate.

Career Mode is already a fantastic mode. These additions would take it from a football game to a true football management experience.

Please keep listening to the community. Many of us have been playing Career Mode for years, and we want it to become the greatest football management experience available.

Thank you.