What about ... youth players?

[Der_Ryan_M]

I rarely buy academy players. Maybe once every 15 seasons
It's useless.

Not in the right time
not in the right position
not in the right quality
not in the right price

I know what you mean, you can only use them if you are very lucky or try very hard to make them fit in your squad. That's why I think it needs an overhaul, maybe that you can select one of 3 talents for the paid player and one of 3 for the free player or something, like it was back in the national squad. It would still not be perfect but you could use them more often.