Transfers

A transfer recruits a player who is already under contract at another club. It combines an agreement between the two clubs (with a fee) and a new contract for the player.

	Simple contract	Transfer
Targeted player	Free (no contract)	Under contract elsewhere
Fee	—	Yes, paid to the selling club
Who approves	Club + player	Selling club then player

How a transfer works

Everyone accepts

1. The buyer offers a fee to the selling club2. The seller accepts → a contract is then offered to the player3. The player signs the contract → transfer complete

The club refuses

1. The buyer offers a fee to the selling club2. The seller refuses → done. The player never sees a contract.

The player refuses

1. The buyer offers a fee to the selling club2. The seller accepts → a contract is offered to the player3. The player refuses → no transfer, contracts unchanged.

The offer is withdrawn

1. The buyer offers a fee to the selling club2. The buyer withdraws its offer → cancelled, nothing happens.

Not enough funds

1. The buyer offers a fee to the selling club2. The seller accepts → a contract is offered to the player3. The player says yes, but the buyer no longer has the funds → transfer cancelled

1. Buying club creates a Transfer offer: fee + terms of the new contract (bonus, salary, duration, clause). Status Awaiting the selling club.
2. Selling club (Transfers / Mercato — offers received tab): Accept the fee or Decline. By accepting, the offer moves to Awaiting the player. Note: the selling club does not see the player's personal terms ("confidential terms").
3. Player (My transfers): "[club] wants to recruit you — Both clubs have agreed (fee in coins)." → Accept the transfer or Stay. By accepting: the fee and the bonus are paid, the old contract becomes Transferred, the new contract becomes Active.

Nothing is debited before the player's final "yes"

As long as the player has not accepted, no coin moves — neither the fee, nor the bonus. The selling club only collects the fee at the moment the transfer goes through.

A concrete example

Let's say Mbappé plays for PSG and Real Madrid wants to recruit him. Real has 10,000 coins in its treasury.

1. Real makes an offer. Pérez (Real's captain) sends an offer:

   • Fee: 3,000 coins for PSG
   • New contract for Mbappé: signing bonus 500, salary 200/week, duration 52 weeks, release clause 8,000

   → Status Awaiting the selling club. PSG is notified.

2. PSG decides. Al-Khelaïfi (PSG's captain) sees "Real Madrid offers 3,000 coins" — and nothing else: Mbappé's salary and bonus stay hidden from him. He accepts the fee → status Awaiting the player. Mbappé is notified.

3. Mbappé decides. He sees all the terms (200/week, 500 bonus…). He accepts. Everything happens at once:

   • 3,000 Real → PSG (fee)
   • 500 Real → Mbappé (bonus)
   • Real's treasury goes from 10,000 to 6,500
   • Mbappé's old contract at PSG becomes Transferred
   • Mbappé leaves PSG's squad and joins Real's (as a player)
   • His new 52-week contract becomes Active

What if it doesn't go through?

• PSG declines the fee → offer Declined by the club. Mbappé never even saw the offer, no coin moved.
• Mbappé declines even though PSG said yes → offer Declined by the player. Despite PSG's agreement, nothing happens: the player has the final say.
• Real changes its mind → it Withdraws its offer (as long as it is pending).
• Real no longer has the funds at the moment of Mbappé's "yes" (it spent them in the meantime) → the transfer fails and everything is cancelled: Mbappé's contract intact, no coin debited.
• Barça had also made an offer on Mbappé: as soon as the transfer to Real goes through, Barça's offer becomes Cancelled (contract ended).

Withdrawing an offer

The buying club can Withdraw its offer while it is pending (status Withdrawn).

Transfer offer statuses

Status	Meaning
Awaiting the selling club	Offer sent
Awaiting the player	Seller accepted
Transfer completed	Player accepted
Declined by the club	Seller declined
Declined by the player	Player declined
Withdrawn	Buyer withdrew
Cancelled (contract ended)	The player's contract ended in the meantime

Get released to sign

If a player tries to sign/transfer while already having an active contract, the "Get released to sign" panel opens: "To sign with this club, you can only have one active contract. Get released first."

Options for each blocking contract:

• Pay the release clause (amount in coins) (if a clause exists), or
• Leave the team (terminates the contract).

Once free ("You are free. You can sign the contract.") → Sign with this club.

Cascading cancellation

When a contract ends (expiration, break, buyout…), the transfer offers pending on that player become Cancelled.