During every summer be sure to prudently look into what players' contracts have expired. Many times players who you wouldn't expect to go on free transfers in real life leave their clubs in FM.
I tend to employ a notion of general distrust when it comes to my scouts, and especially when it comes to players released on frees. In this case it's because when a player's contract expires your scouts recognize him has no longer having a value meaning if you use a search for players with expired contracts you will only be able to sort by position and abilities making it very likely that you'll overlook a good signing. I usually go and check the transfer page for each of major leagues and look at every player who has transferred to "Free".
*NOTE This screenshot comes from Jan. 2013
Here you can see the likes of van Nistelrooy, Antonio Lopez, Drethe and Hleb are all available on frees, something you likely wouldn't know unless you had either a) previously scouted them or b) spotted them in the raw list of every player in the world whose contract had expired.
I tend to employ a notion of general distrust when it comes to my scouts, and especially when it comes to players released on frees. In this case it's because when a player's contract expires your scouts recognize him has no longer having a value meaning if you use a search for players with expired contracts you will only be able to sort by position and abilities making it very likely that you'll overlook a good signing. I usually go and check the transfer page for each of major leagues and look at every player who has transferred to "Free".
Here you can see the likes of van Nistelrooy, Antonio Lopez, Drethe and Hleb are all available on frees, something you likely wouldn't know unless you had either a) previously scouted them or b) spotted them in the raw list of every player in the world whose contract had expired.
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