Mmmm, perhaps I was asleep when they said it........
I still believe there a bid bots in this game whose main purpose is to screw you out of tokens. Because it's virtually impossible for me to get anyone in auction during the season.
token prize is the same in any country, at least i know in Vietnam and in France (where i live). before bidding take a look at other bidder squad you can see whether a token buyer or not
I've won 2 Eighteen year olds and 1 Nineteen year old in auctions so far this season, you just have to pick your time and at the beginning of the season you need to be prepared to pay more money & tokens to get them, it gets easier as the season goes on as managers offload the players they don't want.
To give an example of how mad it is at the beginning of the season, I sold a 27 year old MC this week on the TM, he was a 5 Star 36 rated player and his value was $2.4m, he sold for $8.7m which is more than I paid for the 2 Eighteen year olds combined this week.
I found the best time to bid without Vietnamese and Indonesians stealing is 8pm UK time.