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04 ยท Scouting and transfers
The right player, inside your budget
Every player in your save is ranked for the roles in your own tactic, with a price check and a verdict. The transfer plan finds your weakest spots and gives you a Plan A, B and C for each one.
Find players: everyone in your save, sorted by score, with a verdict and a reason on every row.
Find players
Search the way you would say it
Type what you want in plain words. FM Gaffer turns it into filters and shows you what it understood. One tap chips cover the usual searches: BUY only, young, in my budget, or a contract that ends within 12 months.
right backA position
Plain position words become the game's own position. "Right back" means DR, "holding midfielder" means DM.
youngAn age line
"Young" means 21 or younger. Type "under 25" and it uses your number instead.
cheapA sort order
"Cheap" sorts the list by the game's value, lowest first. Add "fee under 5M" for a hard limit.
Ranked for your tactic
Every player, judged for the job you need
Link your FM27 tactic once and FM Gaffer reads its formation and roles. Across the top of the list you see your shape, position by position, with the role each one plays.
Every row shows his score with his place in the job, a value score, a verdict and the one reason behind it. The game's value and his yearly wage sit at the end.
- BUY
- CHECK PRICE
- WATCH
- AVOID
A player with no price in the save gets WATCH at most. The row says why, so you can look the price up in the game.
Transfer plan
Plan A, B and C for every weak spot
The plan lists every position in your eleven where a signing would help, with the gain for each, and keeps the budget you have left in view.
For each position it names the player in the shirt and three targets. Every target has to pass two tests:
- He scores higher than your player in that job
- He has played at least as many minutes as your player
So a target with a good score from a handful of games never pushes out a regular. The Sell to fund tab lists players you could sell to pay for it.
Moneyball filters
Moneyball filters, set up for you
Pick a role, a level and how strict. That is all. FM Gaffer checks every player in your save against the stats that role is judged on, and the numbers come from your own save, so they always fit your game.
Players who pass
His score for the role is in the top share you picked, and he beats the middle player at his level on every stat the role is judged on.
Miss one rule
The near misses: players one rule short of passing.
The rules
Every rule names the role, for example "top 10% of Ball-Playing Centre-Backs at Elite level", with the real number it works out to.
Squad review
Your squad, on your own formation
FM Gaffer follows the tactic you saved in FM27 and puts your eleven on its pitch. Every player gets a verdict for his place in that shape.
- KEEPEarns his place in your formation.
- FRINGE PLAYEROn the edge of your squad: below the average or unranked.
- LOANYoung, two players ahead of him, too few minutes: send him out.
- SELLNo place worth keeping in your formation.
The top of the page counts what needs a decision: positions to fix, sell candidates, contracts to decide and players paid above their level.
Try it on your own save
Find your next signing in your own save.
Everything open for 3 days, free. Then EUR 9.99 until 31 December 2026, EUR 19.99 after.