Can't see/bid
If you attempt to sell a player the same season you bought them then a lot of managers won't even be able to see the player, nevermind bid. This was put in to stop players being sold round in circles, gaining mini-CRs while never agering. When lising players of this type you always need to ask the minimum you will accept because there may only be 1 bidder.Best time to sell
Player sale times are staggered now to attempt to make it a fair market for people who aren't around to snipe at 00.00 X11 time. Still it does seem that more players are listed at this time and it's probably still the best time to list players to maximise profit. An hour each side can work well too, especially an hour after where your player can get bids from those who missed out on their first choice.Best price to list players
Listing players above the estimated value will sometimes yield benefits, especially for players with unusual SQ combinations, but often people just don't evaluate these players. People like bargains and in my experience the best strategy seems to be to list players around 75% of their estimate value. People see a slight bargain, several people are likely to evaluate and so you often get a bit of a bidding war. The advantage is the price is something sensible so no risk of getting a really horrible sale like you can if you list the player for the minimum value.Recommendations?
One thing I've noticed is I can list a player 3-4 times without a bite and then next time I get a bidding war - and it usually starts very soon after the player is listed. My guess is that several people get recommended the player and got their bids in early. A great example is this guy:
I listed him several times before without any interest. As it was half way through the season and he was on good form I decided 1 last try at a higher price - because he is guaranteed a bar next season barring disaster.
2 bids within 12 hours and significantly above his estimated value. For the record it's highly unlikely he would be an undereval, but he will be high in his band.
Now that you can remove a player off the transfer list a valid strategy might be to list a player each evening and if there are no bids by the following evening remove him and relist until the right people get a recommendation email.
Youngsters & Relisting
Sometimes you aren't really fissed if you sell a player or not. Under the age of 28 there is only a very minimal risk that players will refuse to leave your club. Therefore you can just list players for the maximum amount (usually 1.5x the estimated value) and not care if they don't sell, just relist them after and if somebody pays big then happy days.
Oldies & refusing to Leave
From 29 upwards there is always a risk players won't leave the club. One way I manage this in private leagues is offer players via direct xfer at maybe 70% of the estimated value. Somebody gets a bargain and at least I get some value for the player.
Another way to boost the chance is sell the player after a few games - they are more likely to leave if they have good match experience that season.
Mini-CR
If you sell a player mid-season he will get a mini-CR which can potentially cause him to lose or gain a bar - under or over eval. Selling a player late season without any games and with very low DV risks the player being overeval, anybody evaluating him will see this and you will likely get a poor price.
Selling a player with 10+ DV will give something into a mini-CR and the player could potentially be an undereval and you can often get better than expected prices for players like this.
The moral is it's always worth giving a player some games unless you sell them right at the start of the season, this includes players from the youth academy.
