The first thing to do is look at a players talent rating. The only players with any real value will be players with at least 3 and a half stars. The reason is talent determines the maximum position rating a player can achieve.

3.5 and 4 star talents can reach 4 and a half stars at a position, where as 4.5 and 5 star talents can reach 5 stars at a position. Most of higher division teams (if not all) will not use players with any less than 3.5 stars of talent.

The next thing that really determines value is the players physical stats, Speed and Strength. These help determine what sort of position the player can be used at effectively. Players with strength 18 or higher will be more effective playing on the offensive line than a player with high speed but low strength would.

Another thing that matters with a players physicals is if they are capped or not. Capped referring to whether the physical stat in question can be trained higher or not. (Not every player can reach 20 speed, some don't even reach 12 speed) If both of a players physicals cap quite low, then he isn't going to be effective playing many positions. The only viable positions left for him to play would be Quarterback (Providing he has high intelligence and consistency) or somewhere on the special teams.

Considering you are a new team, all of your players physicals should be uncapped. The only easy way to check if they are capped or not later on is by having a supporter account.

Players with high intelligence and consistency are also well sought after to be played at Quarterback, Middle Linebacker and Safety, though any player with a high consistency will be quite valuable to play other positions.
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The last real deciding factor is the players age. You could have a player with 5 stars of talent, 20 intelligence, 20 consistency and good physicals, but if hes 29 years old now, he's not going to be much use as he is too old to train effectively for the long term.


As a new team, the first thing i'd do is see what players have 4.5 or 5 stars of talent. If they are a decent age, then you should probably sell them. But be sure to post an Ad in the Ads section and let people know what talent they are.


Bit of a long read but I hope this helps

I forgot to add in my post, but it looks like Cameron touched on it a bit, when you place an advertisement for your players, be sure to include talent level for each player and spd/str caps if there are any. These are the only things potential buyers can't see when looking at players on the transfer market.

I do recommend being honest about the these things. Potential buyers do have scouts they can use to see talent, but are limited to 5 per week. More importantly, if you gain a reputation for miss-leading information in ads, other managers tend to stop buying from those managers altogether.

This is also useful information to know when you start buying players yourself. You are ultimately responsible for knowing or finding the talent of players. If you are lied to about talent and you spend a lot of money on a rubbish player, it's your fault (in the eyes of the devs). But owners who lie tend to get a name among the other managers fairly quickly and have a hard time selling afterwards.

mga77 wrote: Cool gives me a general idea what to look for still don´t have a clue to what the could be worth thou got 9 players under 27 3.5 stars + none of theme are capped in physicals anyone want to help me out with an educated guess as to what these guys might be worth / who might be worth selling,

If it was me, I'd sell the first three (4.5* and 5*) players you list. I'd probably put them at $50,000 or $100,000. The market is fickle sometimes. At times, you may have a hard time selling them at that price, other times, a bid war will erupt and you could end up getting 10 times that amount. The others, I'd put in positions they are best suited for and just play them there as part of my starting lineup.

mga77 wrote: another question is there any players that are so bad that I should just cut theme as the are simply a waste of wage I mean like 1 star talent or older players as they can´t improve (very much)

You have to have at least 18 players on your roster, so you can't cut everybody that's worthless. And in a way, all players have some worth to an extent. Essentially though, anybody 3* or less is considered rubbish by most managers. I'd keep everybody 4* or less in talent and play them. If you still have over 18 players and you want to focus on saving money, cut the lowest talents first. You can occasionally pick up a few 3.5* and 4* talent players on the transfer market by fishing (buying several at $1000 and hoping for the best).
As far as spending though, you should focus on your stadium first and foremost. Buy VIP seats, as much as you can, then Exec seats. Without stadium income, your team will not have room to improve.
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thanks for all the answers ended up transfer listing all of theme before I read all the answers but think I got the prices all most correct acording to the advice in the tread now all there is left to do is just to wait and see how much cash I will end up with and then figure out what I can afford to invest in

mga77 wrote: Cool gives me a general idea what to look for still don´t have a clue to what the could be worth thou got 9 players under 27 3.5 stars + none of theme are capped in physicals anyone want to help me out with an educated guess as to what these guys might be worth / who might be worth another question is there any players that are so bad that I should just cut theme as the are simply a waste of wage I mean like 1 star talent or older players as they can´t improve (very much)

Three young high talent players, you got very lucky.

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