I have the same issue but on Ps5 in an online CFM with a friend. Mine starts with 6/5 too but he does not have 6/5 active negotiations. His shows 0/5 and works correctly. I retired my owner and took over the coach of the team. This did not fix it. The imaginary negotiations must be either linked to the gamer profile or the franchise, instead of the created character. This really hurts my team's ability to bid on the best players in free agency.
Update: we are now 2 seasons later. My last off season I was still at 6/5 active negotiations in free agency week one, without having actually made a single bid. This offseason in 2028, it says I have 9/5 in free agency week 1. I have not made a single bid yet and it's showing 9/5 active negotiations. This really needs to be patched. It's absolutely killing my franchise. I have 105 million in cap and can't even make bids on any of the top free agents.
I am on PS4, offline, and have the same problem after 3 seasons. WK1 has me at 21/5 active negotiations, and whem I eval offers it goes to 0/5 until I actually make an offer, then it's back. I can eval and make another offer, amd then it's back again. It is extremely frustrating to have a ton of cap room, roster spots to fill, and basically be able to only make 5 offers for the first 2 weeks.
