Football Manager for Dummies - Guide

Scouting Assignments - Identifying optimal transfer targets

Identifying optimal transfer targets

Now that our new staff is in, let's quickly assign our Scouts. I suggest you don't overlook this part of the game, as it could make a huge difference to your success—discover and sign good players and their quality may bail you out at times when your tactic isn't optimal!

I suggest you take full control of your Scouting Assignments. For discovering optimal transfer targets, you want to be able to set the exact parameters your Scouts should look for, as well as increase your club's World Knowledge with keeping Scouts on Ongoing tasks, so they can gain maximum knowledge of previously unknown countries before moving to new ones.

If you're managing a lower league club, you may not have a lot of flexibility due to a limited number of Scouts or restricted scouting access, but for moderate or elite clubs I suggest assigning them to Ongoing tasks in different regions—if possible, you want to cover the whole world.

If you're managing an elite club with 20+ Scouts, you can afford to be extra surgical when it comes to increasing your club's World Knowledge. You can assign each Scout to one or two nations and gain knowledge of new countries very quickly.