Quote Originally Posted by Antonio Gustavo Hernandez View Post
This happens also to me sometimes, some managers can bid even they have - budget. But I cannot bid whenever my budget does not meet the required. May they be bot teams? Have you examine their profiles? Because, I believe I came across once with one of them and it lasted between the 30th and 40th rounds.
Oh yes, they were human managers. I had to look at their details to get their current bank balances, and had a look at their squads while I was at it. They had players in their starting XI with numbers higher than 11. Bot teams will always have players with numbers 1-11 in their starting XI, any injured or suspended players will be replaced with eligible players when the match starts.

If you have positive balance when you put the initial bid in, then you will be able to complete the auction however much into the red it will put you. If you have negative money you will not be allowed to put the initial bid.