Infinity tokens? How to bid?!

[Toxcatl]

I almost never use negotiations >_> Why do you like it? It's too expensive. To make a 5T offer, I have to pay 20T. For this money I can buy a player on the Market, and Academy players are significantly cheaper too.
I am ready to pay 79T for Recommended youngster, because they always perform really great. But Nego? Usually, no.

[KenoticFC]

I almost never use negotiations >_> Why do you like it? It's too expensive. To make a 5T offer, I have to pay 20T. For this money I can buy a player on the Market, and Academy players are significantly cheaper too.
I am ready to pay 79T for Recommended youngster, because they always perform really great. But Nego? Usually, no.

I can't really find a decent 18yo or 19 player for under 25T in the market to be honest (and that on a good day) and I usually finish my squad in the first days with the 1st week being the limit (To maximize the growth of my team). Negotiations are great way to sign 1 or 2 players to avoid the headache and in my case I've saved many Tokens and time. The TM can't really be avoided, but it can be minimized. Recommended players are great, but there is a lot of luck involved and the position suggested may not fill your needs (I got a GK rec. for the 4th time)plus 79 T aren't easy to throw away for somebody who is building a team from scratch. Academy players are great, at least the 4star one or 5 if you are lucky, but they do need some power training and happen only once in a season in early stages of the game.

The key is finding a balance, you have some core young players that will stick for you for many seasons, slowly rebuild the team around them, when the time comes you just keep them as reserves and so it becomes a habit. I only buy 2-3 essential new players a season and only spoil myself with a fast trainer if I want to.