Players duplicate during Club Transfers
Bug Report: Players duplicate during Edit Teams → Club Transfers after Title Update 1.6.0
Game: EA SPORTS FC 26
Mode/Menu: Main Menu → Edit Teams → Club Transfers
Platform: PC
Game Version: Title Update 1.6.0 / after 1.6.0, 1.6.1
Squads: Current downloaded squads / custom squads affected
Summary:
Since Title Update 1.6.0, players are duplicated when using Edit Teams → Club Transfers. The player is added to the new club but is not removed from the original club. As a result, the same player exists in both clubs at the same time.
Example:
I tried to transfer Nicolas Jackson from FC Bayern München to Chelsea FC via Edit Teams → Club Transfers. After the transfer, Nicolas Jackson appears at Chelsea, but he also remains in the FC Bayern squad. This makes the player duplicated and assigned to multiple clubs.
Important detail:
This issue does not only affect players showing an “XI” club label. In this case, Nicolas Jackson does not show “Bayern XI” or any “XI” label. Instead, the menu shows his national team association, but the player still duplicates when transferred.
Regression:
Before Title Update 1.6.0, this transfer worked correctly. The issue started after Update 1.6.0 or the squad update released around that time.
Steps to reproduce:
- Start EA SPORTS FC 26.
- Go to the main menu.
- Open Edit Teams.
- Open Club Transfers.
- Select Nicolas Jackson at FC Bayern München.
- Transfer him to Chelsea FC.
- Check both FC Bayern München and Chelsea FC squads.
Expected result:
Nicolas Jackson should be removed from FC Bayern München and moved to Chelsea FC.
Actual result:
Nicolas Jackson is added to Chelsea FC but remains in the FC Bayern München squad. The player is duplicated and assigned to both clubs.
Troubleshooting already attempted:
- Deleted/reset local squad files.
- Downloaded the latest squads again.
- Restarted the game.
- Tested the transfer as the first squad edit after resetting squads.
- Tried transferring through the target club instead of the source club.
None of these steps fixed the problem.
Impact:
This breaks custom squad editing and makes it impossible to create accurate updated squads. It can also affect Career Mode if a career is started with the duplicated player in the squad database.
Request:
Please investigate the Club Transfers / Edit Teams squad database logic introduced or affected by Title Update 1.6.0. The issue seems to be related to players with multiple internal squad references, such as club, national team, special squads, or live squad data. Please fix the transfer logic so that players are properly removed from their original club when moved to another club.