I think it is because this season, for the first time, managers from other servers are able to bid for the same player. That's why this season there are so many managers bidding for any kind of player, sth very unusual in other seasons, except for very good, young players. As a consequence, you can add as friends only those Managers who are in your server; and of course, you will need a lot of Tokens and money to buy any player., even oldies. Now, bid wars are "mandatory". Congrats, Nordeus.