The new transfer market: How much do you spend per player?

So now everybody is getting used to the new transfer market I am curious as to how much tokens people pay per player. For a good picture of this tell:

A) What players you are aiming for? As in high 5 stars, low 4 stars with SA, young or old players, etc....
B) Which system you are using the most? Auctions, scout, negotiations or recommended
C) How much you are willing to pay for them?
D) How much you often end up paying for them?
E) How much tokens do you spend per season this way.


So here are my experiences:
A) I aim for young players. If you get a fast trainer (really hard to spot now) with a SA you can easily last 5-6 seasons with him so in the long run they are cheaper.
B) I never buy scouts but I do use the auctions, negotiations and recommended markets.
C) Recommended: I only use the 79 tokens option and only if he is 19 or 20 yrs old and is a player that I am really missing. I try to use negotiations the most now. No fighting for players with enormous amounts of tokens. Depending on age and SA I normally bid somewhere between 4-7 tokens. In auction I try to aim for 30 tokens.
D) Negotiations and recommended are set. The auction market is crazy though. When I spot a good player, especially in the first few days the bidding goes up to 40-70 tokens. So far I have ended up buying an 18 yr old AMR/AMC/AML with free kick SA for 40 tokens. After 40 tokens I quit bidding.
E) Last season I got 100 tokens extra for promoting to platinum but I ended up spending a total of somewhere around 170 tokens for players. This was on both teams with 1 recommended player. I was glad I needed only a few new players but I have never spend that amount of tokens per season.

The reason I start this thread is to see if players are spending much more tokens on players nowadays. If I buy 3 players by negotiations for 5 tokens per piece I will need 75 tokens for them roughly. I more fast trainer for 40-50 tokens or a recommended player and you will end up with 150 tokens per season.

You get about 20 tokens from weekly presents. 35 tokens for free and I am receiving 50 tokens from the association games. Netting me in 105 tokens per season. So I will drop 30-50 tokens easily per season. I saved up 600 tokens so I can last a while but my bank is shrinking. How about you guys?

I might as well answer the initial questions properly.

A) I go for youth with SAs and Multiple positions. Looking for the unicorns with desirable stats for their respective positions. I try to avoid obvious academy selloffs. For negotiation bids, I like looking for STs with obviously boosted attack stats, midfielders that have high passing, positioning and fitness, defenders with multiple positions with SAs and high stats corresponding to their sa.

B) I am using auction this season because I want to start training my new recruits as soon as possible to start shaping and defining their projected role on the team. I have wasted a lot of youth with unfocused development in the past and will likely continue doing so. L)

C) Up to 50T on auction, I would pay 100T for a recommended 19yr ST/AMC with either foot and FK SA. My price ranges vary according to skill level, age, and SA/positions. I would never pay more than 10T for a player over 24.

D) Highest I paid was for an 18yr old DC with PK SA this season. cost me 48T. I am expecting to see another positional scoring competition and having a DC that can take FKs/pens and score will be a huge boon to winning that.

E) My token usage fluctuates and is cyclical. Right now I am in a turnaround rebuild season so I am token poor (Spent around 100T) but have 8 18/19yr olds to show for it. I've gone seasons spending less that 10T. Typically I sell 3-5 players on negotiations and replace those players with free academy grads or cheap auction buys to resell later. Usually I only have 1-2 first team spots to fill. I tried to patch my team up last season after being away for work but a full rebuild was long overdue. It's been 7 seasons since I last tanked.

I guess this is gonna be an endless discussion but it's a good one and I like the way to wrote it, especially focusing on some key points.

A) What players you are aiming for? As in high 5 stars, low 4 stars with SA, young or old players, etc....
B) Which system you are using the most? Auctions, scout, negotiations or recommended
C) How much you are willing to pay for them?
D) How much you often end up paying for them?
E) How much tokens do you spend per season this way.

A - I guess it goes on manager budget and it's kinda a general rule especially now. Those who afford to play with 400, 500 tokens monthly would go more likely to Scout and Negotiation rather then transfer market as prices can be pretty much the same or in some cases even much higher. Those who play with daily tokens would prob. focus on regular players, not to old, not to young, medium quality reported to ongoing star. Recommended finally found it's place with this update for transfer market as you can find good gems there for a good price.
B - Scout (combined more or less with the rest of them)
C - I always had this thing that I should go till the last token if is needed, just for the name but now it's kinda chaotic and in general I try to avoid the transfer market.
D - As much as needed
E - Depends, can be 0 or can be few hundred.

Used to buy one Scout a season but that'll finish now that the video offers are gone.
I buy 18/19/20 yo high 4*/low 5* players. They'll all be close to 6* by the end of the season and I only bid two tokens max.
Picked up 7 already to go with the 5 good players I kept from last season and the rest are low free academy.

I should have added one more question to the survey. Do you spend more or less tokens now with the new transfer market?

So far I have spend a lot more. After carefully saving lots of tokens over the last 20-30 seasons these are the first two seasons I will end up with a negative amount of tokens. Of course I bought a recommended player and thus this is a big money drain but if I am paying 40-50 tokens for a 19 yr with a SA, why not pay 20-30 tokens more for a recommended player who will be high in quality for the next 4-5 seasons.

Nordeus introduced some new ways to get tokens (weekly prices and asso games) so tokens needed to undergo an inflation. If there was no extra spending on the tokens everybody would end up with a lot more tokens. For the first time I can feel the change of this with the new transfer market. That is where the biggest inflation is coming from.

Double post sorry.

You have to play smart, I am lvl 26 and bought 21 5* players( most of them are young and almost scout) for just 79T, just bid smart, the new sistem in my opinion is better. And it is crazy to spend 40+T on a player.

Negotiations are a great way now since you can get good players cheaper than the TM and make some manager happy, not to mention avoiding the headache.
Transfer market is still something you can't escape, I go for young 5 star players (usually the most expensive ones) Don't care for SA at all. I try to see the mentality of the people bidding, by being aggressive you can send some kind of message but it doesn't always work.
As far as scout players go I get at least one 69 token from time to time in an attacking position I need to fill. Defensive scouts are a waste of tokens they will last you max 3, season at least in my experience.

Dealing wih the new transfer market is similar to dealing with a stock-exchange place: you need to have a pretty good idea of what is the reasonable price for the player you are interested in and stick to it (I usually keep the option to add 1 or 2 above this price). And then, keep calm and be strong: if the price gets insane, just leave! Your honor is not at stake. But it's a funny game and that's why I love this new system a lot. I especially have fun against the impatient ones: those who add 2-10 tokens in one shot. With these, I think I take a psychologic advantage by adding 1 token at the very last second every time. They either leave or become crazy and add too many tokens. In both hands, it's a victory for me!

I like jacking the price up early to what I feel is about 80% of the players value just to discourage the punters from trying to snipe a bargain. I do agree that everyone should set limits in regards to how much players are worth. I usually go 18-19 35T +5 for each position/SA. 20-21 25T, 22-23 15T 24+ 10T 28+ 5T But i haven't bought an oldie in awhile.

A) What players you are aiming for? As in high 5 stars, low 4 stars with SA, young or old players, etc....
B) Which system you are using the most? Auctions, scout, negotiations or recommended
C) How much you are willing to pay for them?
D) How much you often end up paying for them?
E) How much tokens do you spend per season this way.

A) 18yo with SA (if possible) 55-85%
B) auctions mostly, last season bought one 79t player at day 1, used to do negotiations earlier, lately changed the principe to grow from 18yo with greens saved from the season before
C) 1T
D) sometimes 2-3T
E) 2-10
Bonus question: Spending less with the system, earning some tokens with some business as well

Btw young 95%+ players go for 20-40 tokens on my server mostly, didnt see more than 50, maybe 1-2 times

Interesting answers. Summary so far. I am used to 6 star teams. I always bought the young fast trainers for a few tokens by carefully watching the market and hoping to snipe the deal at the last second.

If I want to maintain the same standard I have to fight for the young players for a lot of tokens. There is no more sniping. So far I have been about 10-15 transfer battles and all ended way above 30 tokens (with one maximum of 70 tokens). I ended up getting only one player for my second team by buying a recommended player. For my first team I bought 2 defenders from around 30-35 tokens (19 and 20 yr old with living wall, not bad and both around 98%).

If you have little tokens it is better to aim for the low 5 stars or high 4 stars, maybe with a SA. I have seen some higher 5 stars go for a few tokens but mostly for players with only DL, DMR or ML for instance. So it is possible to get a good team for a few tokens, but I have to adjust my playing style with the new market.

I aim for young players with the highest market values, these players develop much faster than others.
I use all transfer tabs except scouts, they are too expensive.
For a player that I really need and is very good for development I can easily spend 20 tokens (minimum)
Every season I think I use a maximum of 120 tokens. ( 1 recommended player and some young expensive signings).

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Originally Posted by Killroy

The new transfer market: How much do you spend per player?

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As little as possible... :)

A) What players you are aiming for? As in high 5 stars, low 4 stars with SA, young or old players, etc....
Stars: Definitely high 5* going to 6*.
SA: Priority on the position i need. If so happen an SA player appears, it's a bonus
Age: 18 or 19 only
(must meet all these criteria before i buy)

B) Which system you are using the most? Auctions, scout, negotiations or recommended
Used to be only Auctions. But with the latest auction method, i'm mixing up with Nego and Recommendations.

C) How much you are willing to pay for them?
Depends on how much i need the player. If in desperate need, up to 40T. If more than that, i'd rather go for Negotiations

D) How much you often end up paying for them?
Less than 30T in the auction market.

E) How much tokens do you spend per season this way.
Not more than 100 (Excluding recommended players - which i buy every alternate seasons)

It does look like the new transfer market has cooled down a bit. I don't see the enormous bids from 50-70 tokens a lot anymore. I even managed to buy a 19 yr old DC/DR with a SA for only 17 tokens. That makes me happy :) Overall the near 6 star player will go away around 10-20 tokens still.

For my first team at level 28 I'll spend up to 20 tokens on auction. 30 for the right player at the right time through negotiations. Rarely I'll buy the most expensive recommended player if it's a position that I need. Never, ever, ever touch the rubbish from the scout list.
Just started a second team. First season. Auctions at level 1 are a nightmare. Forget everything you've ever learned about getting players. It's bedlam! Tokens almost gone, money gone, 11th place. It's more fun at level 1 than level 28.

If I would start a new team now, I would solely focus on near 4 star young players with SA who you can buy for one token mostly. With the new transfer market you will have to adjust your startup plan drastically. In a way it has become a new game which is interesting.

Highest I've paid for a player on auction in the new system is 25T. In desperation for a 18yo CB. He's in his 4th season with us now, and that's a big exception. For a player I really desire, I go as high as 5T. Usually though, I pay 1T for most players i.e entirely avoid bidding wars.

Rarely ever go above 1T for attackers as I discard them really fast if they fail to perform. Test them in several friendlies [only event that consumes my green packs as I do not use green packs in-season. With a squad of at least 2 players per position, there's no need to] Vs varying opposition to decide who's good or poor. Bought and discarded as many as 8 attackers who weren't up to par last season alone. Imagine if I'd bought them for 20T each..

It's a new tactic I only started employing last season though. Before then, I just signed anyone for as much T as I was willing to part with and prayed to God they came good.

The new auction system has been no different from the old for me, tbh. Neither spending more tokens nor less. Although, I'll admit I called it bull**** when it was first implemented. Think now that I, like everyone, was just being sentimental.

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Originally Posted by Mensa7

You have to play smart, I am lvl 26 and bought 21 5* players( most of them are young and almost scout) for just 79T, just bid smart, the new sistem in my opinion is better. And it is crazy to spend 40+T on a player.

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I swear you're me.

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Originally Posted by Temidayo_

The new auction system has been no different from the old for me, tbh. Neither spending more tokens nor less. Although, I'll admit I called it bull**** when it was first implemented. Think now that I, like everyone, was just being sentimental.

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I disagree, I could build a team from scratch for 20 T, yes it took a little bit of patience and time but it was worth it. Maybe different servers make us have these kind of different experiences, I wish I could say the same, but everyone in my server seems to be an ignorant of the game or a troll who artificially raises the price of players.

The auction system is rubbish. Imagine bidding wars of 20+ tokens still going on at this point in the season. Under the old system all I had to do was wake up early in the morning and bid for nordgens, I could get an 18y0 fast trainer with special ability for just 1 token now I require nothing less than 40 tokens to get such a player. The market seem to be filled with crazy managers who seem to have infinite tokens, maybe they are using a token hack.

I stopped using this useless feature 6 seasons ago. There are better ways to find good players

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Originally Posted by HoofDaddy

I might as well answer the initial questions properly.

A) I go for youth with SAs and Multiple positions. Looking for the unicorns with desirable stats for their respective positions. I try to avoid obvious academy selloffs. For negotiation bids, I like looking for STs with obviously boosted attack stats, midfielders that have high passing, positioning and fitness, defenders with multiple positions with SAs and high stats corresponding to their sa.

B) I am using auction this season because I want to start training my new recruits as soon as possible to start shaping and defining their projected role on the team. I have wasted a lot of youth with unfocused development in the past and will likely continue doing so. L)

C) Up to 50T on auction, I would pay 100T for a recommended 19yr ST/AMC with either foot and FK SA. My price ranges vary according to skill level, age, and SA/positions. I would never pay more than 10T for a player over 24.

D) Highest I paid was for an 18yr old DC with PK SA this season. cost me 48T. I am expecting to see another positional scoring competition and having a DC that can take FKs/pens and score will be a huge boon to winning that.

E) My token usage fluctuates and is cyclical. Right now I am in a turnaround rebuild season so I am token poor (Spent around 100T) but have 8 18/19yr olds to show for it. I've gone seasons spending less that 10T. Typically I sell 3-5 players on negotiations and replace those players with free academy grads or cheap auction buys to resell later. Usually I only have 1-2 first team spots to fill. I tried to patch my team up last season after being away for work but a full rebuild was long overdue. It's been 7 seasons since I last tanked.

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Pretty much see above .2 differences leap out I wouldnt pay anymore than 30 tokens for Auction player .I have paid 79 tokens for 19 year olds in reccomendations as they occupied a desired Position. I often pay the max in scouting but must be no older than 22 .I would if we could pay more for the rarest of Commodities a TOP striker.


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You mean, it was in the video? :3

I don't use the transfer market anymore. I think I bought 2 or 3 players in total for 2 teams there. I am using negotiations or recommendations only. Negotiations are somewhere in the line of 25-30 tokens and will always be a young player preferably with a SA. If I find a player like that on the transfer market, still be prepared to pay at least the same amount for it but mostly more.

My budget is built around the greens which I normally farm 15-20, sometimes 30 per day.
I m trying to spend big on a player that I consider is a fast trainer and will help me during many seasons, so the transfer bid is divided between seasons.
As for tokens, even if he is 4* star but costs a lot, that s a definetely buy for me.
I admitt I have done a mistake by paying 25 Tokens for a 18* y old player at lvl 1, but he managed to win me back to back leagues, 2 cups, 1 CL final and hopefully 1 CL win.
But I paid 8 T/ season and that seems fair.
No player is worth 30+ Tokens, maybe young strikers with one-to-one ability.
So each season I am trying to spend as less as possible, around 50-80 T per season.
In the last 3 seasons I don t think I spend more than I earned. :)

I did a google search and found this thread.
I was wondering how many tokens players were spending per season.
In another thread earlier today, someone mentioned he spends a max of 3 tokens per season to bring some fresh faces.
Ok, i guess that is possible once your team is stable. Thats still 1 token per player, is that still possible now?

Anyway i spend an average of anywhere between 30 to 40 tokens per season.
Managed to do it this season as well without negotiations. How about you?

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Originally Posted by EastsiderSG

I did a google search and found this thread.
I was wondering how many tokens players were spending per season.
In another thread earlier today, someone mentioned he spends a max of 3 tokens per season to bring some fresh faces.
Ok, i guess that is possible once your team is stable. Thats still 1 token per player, is that still possible now?

Anyway i spend an average of anywhere between 30 to 40 tokens per season.
Managed to do it this season as well without negotiations. How about you?

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Maybe 20 Token on average. Depends on how many players I need to replace. I try to aim for 70-80% 18-19 yo players and train them up, so usually I don't spend more than 5 Token on a single player.
But therefor I don't have the best bench as I only focus training on the starting 11 players.