Career Mode Problems

I would like to report an issue with the player-interest system in Career Mode, particularly when trying to sign players who are currently playing very little at bigger clubs.

I really like the new transfer system in FC 27, especially the different stages of negotiations and the new player-interest indicator. However, I feel that player interest is currently too rigid and does not react enough to the actual conditions of a transfer.

For example, I can try to sign a player from Napoli, Milan or another big club who is clearly not an important starter at his current club. At my club, such as Torino, I can offer him an important squad role, significantly more playing time, an appropriate salary and a long-term contract.

Despite all of this, the player’s interest can remain “Very Low”.

What is even more frustrating is that sometimes the selling club accepts the transfer, the player accepts the financial conditions of the contract, but the transfer still fails because the player’s initial interest was too low.

I understand that a player should sometimes prefer to remain at a bigger club. That is realistic. A player from Napoli should not automatically want to join Torino just because Torino can offer him more playing time.

However, I think the player’s interest should be dynamic throughout the negotiation.

For example:

• Initial interest: Very Low
• Player is currently a substitute at his club
• New club offers an Important/Crucial squad role
• New club offers significantly more playing time
• Salary is improved
• Contract length is attractive
• The player would become an important part of the project

In this situation, the interest should have the possibility of changing from Very Low → Low → Medium → High, depending on the conditions of the negotiation.

It would also be interesting if different factors had different weights. Club prestige could still be very important, but playing time, squad role, salary, European football, league reputation and the player’s career stage should be able to compensate for a lower club prestige when appropriate.

This would create much more realistic transfer stories.

For example, a young 80 OVR player who barely plays for Napoli could realistically decide that becoming a starter at Torino is better for his career. Another player in the exact same situation could still reject Torino because he prefers to fight for his place at Napoli.

That difference is what I would like to see.

At the moment, however, it often feels as though “Very Low” interest is almost a permanent barrier rather than the starting point of a negotiation.

This also seems connected to another issue I have noticed in Career Mode: AI transfer behaviour can become repetitive across different saves. In multiple Career Mode saves, I have seen the same transfers happen in the first transfer window, such as Dybala and Banza moving to Napoli, Maignan leaving Milan and Terracciano becoming the replacement, and Alaba moving to Roma.

I cannot say whether these transfers are predetermined or simply the result of the AI repeatedly reaching the same conclusions, but seeing the same transfers happen across different saves makes the football world feel less dynamic.

This is particularly noticeable because EA presented FC 27’s new transfer system as a more dynamic system based on club philosophy, manager style, player interest, squad needs, financial behaviour and other factors.

I would therefore suggest:

1. Make player interest dynamic during negotiations.
2. Allow playing time and squad role to significantly increase a player’s interest.
3. Make the current player’s playing time at his club a stronger factor.
4. Allow salary, contract length and European football to influence interest dynamically.
5. Make “Very Low” interest a starting position rather than an almost permanent rejection.
6. Increase the variety of AI transfer decisions between different Career Mode saves.
7. Make AI clubs consider squad depth more carefully before buying players.
8. Make the AI transfer market less deterministic so that the same clubs do not repeatedly make the same transfers in every new save.

I think these changes would make the new transfer system much more enjoyable without making transfers unrealistically easy.

The goal should not be to make every player willing to join every club. The goal should be to make the player’s decision feel like an actual negotiation, where the manager has a realistic opportunity to convince the player with the right project, role and contract.

I would really appreciate it if the Career Mode team could look into this.