Oh, ok, an academy player. Some things to tell :
- you overdoing on cutting the picture - I would like to see more details about the quality/ stars. Ok, he is 4* but what q ?
Near 3 or near 5* - probably near 5* because he cost 24T.
- as I told in this thread, http://forum.topeleven.com/top-eleve...ge-player.html, answering to Steppenwolf (a very experience player in training), I don't like to sign with academy players. Why ?
Maybe they are the faster trainers in the game (and I bet he could post some results of his player with +160 to +190) but they lack of quality (I mean stars, not in performance) for the Tokens you must pay. If you see this post, my player/example, is now 6* and soon if I want, he 'll be 7* and I bought him with 2T. Of course there are also the money you have to give because academy players don't want money. An academy player can gain +150 in practice while a nordgen can gain less, but he is very near to scout (6*) level.
- So, academy players need more time (meaning to be more active in the game and find the periods to train him) and boosters (green for getting back condition and red for healing him from an injury).
- There is a possibility that this player cannot have good results in training. From the other side, nordgen usually have a more steady pattern in training performance.
- Another thing is about managing your resources. This is more personaly, meaning that I lack of tokens but I have green packs and plenty of (game) money. Also, it's easier for me - I 'm talking about my country (Greece) and the time I woke up, to find good expensive nordgens with few people to bid in auctions.
- Another thing is the position of the player. It's easy to find a good nordgen MC but it's rear to find an AMR/MR or a AML/ML, so if I had an academy player with these positions, maybe I would sign with him.
- It's personal again, but I don't like to have DML or DMR in my team. With those positions, that means you must have also 3 defenders, so 5 people in defense and still vulnerable from the middle. DMC although is a very useful position.
- It's ok to have some players 4* but if you want to go for trophies you must have at least 5* and some 6* players.
- I had an academy player, a GK, one of the faster trainers in my team (ever), I spend green and red packs to get him 6*/7* player and the next season he started to have perm. performances of 5s. Finally, I sold him because I couldn't stand his rates even if my team had very good defense. So be careful, probably this player playing as DMC can have permanent rates of 6 or 7 only because DMC have rates as the MCs.
After all, I would sign only an academy player as AMR-MR, AML-ML or AMC/AMR-AML because those players are rare in TM.
That's my personal thinking but you can find your own path