I’m getting the impression from my career thread that people would like to know how I go about securing top talents and how I find them without FMRTE or whatever else there is.

So a quick guide as to one very effective method I use that not everybody may be aware of.

It’s all about the Transfer Rumours tab – those tabloids come in useful!

So this is the first step – bringing up the Transfer Rumour screen.

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Now I’m a high quality team, so I look to see who other high quality teams are interested in. If I was a lower team, I’d be looking at bargains; teams looking to snap someone up on a free transfer etc.

In this instance, Atletico Madrid are interested in a player I’ve never heard of. So I check him out.

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And voila! I’ve found a Wonderkid.

This isn’t a cheat or a underhanded way of transfer dealing. As the title says, Redknapp does it constantly; most recently with Eidur Gudjohnsen.

You can do this with foreign leagues that you aren’t managing in too. To do so, go to the league table, click the News tab, then click Transfer Rumours.

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Here I’ve looked in England. At the top, Jorge Rebola is targeted by Chelsea and is a top quality player. But the interesting one if you’re a lesser club is Wolves looking at Gustav Svensson on a free. These are the bargains you’ll look to nick in and snatch from Wolves to boost your squads quality if he’s good enough.

You may have known this, you may not – if you didn’t, this gives you a definite advantage in the transfer market.

Poaching Method Number Two!

Just amending this to add another method, which should be used exclusively during the transfer windows.

You can keep a track on who your rivals are interested in and hijack their deals if you feel the player is worth it.

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Go to the opposition team screen, then click “Transfers”. It will show all active negotiations.

You can check the failed negotiations if you wish, but the urgent ones are the ones with “Contract” – indicated they are in advanced discussion and the fee has been accepted.

Check the player – if you want to, you can make a bid, knowing the exact price it will take.

There’s an even more underhanded way to use this function.

Say you spot a player the opposition are trying to buy, but you can’t afford him.

Just make phantom £100m bids and then withdraw the contract when it is accepted. The opposition won’t match it.

This means you can stop an opposing side buying anyone for an entire transfer window if you wished!!!

Yes, I’m a sneaky, sneaky man ^^

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