How do you know he is on your level?

If you do in fact see a 5* on a Team in your level, and he has played a few; and the manager is selling him,
it could be because:

He performed badly, the ratings/in game performance was unacceptable to that Manager

Or, he is a duck that gains 9sp in a match and again, performance not good enough to justify keeping him.

Or, he is injured and the Manager doesn't feel he is worth healing


The shirt as I said only tells you he *isn't* a gem if it is official kit. The sponsors will not.

The only clue I know of as to what level is selling him is the salary. and I don't even care about that - all I look at after I figure it's a gem are the attributes & footedness.

But I usually go for gems (level doesn't matter) or I buy from friends and know the history of the player.