Scouting in Football Manager 2018 Football Manager 2019 Guide and Tips
Last update: 20 November 2018
Scouting allows you to track offers available on the transfer market and select those that can help strengthen your club. Using Scouting, you can be sure that only valuable players will come to your club and they will have the right traits. Club Scouts are able to do all the hard work for you and dig the transfer market by searching for players according to a set of criteria and provide you with detailed reports. What's more, Scouts are able to collect information about selected matches, or the rival against whom you will be playing the next game.
Hiring Scouts
When you hire a Scout, you should first check their knowledge and such attributes as: assessment of the player's skills and assessment of the player's potential rating. On the other hand, Scout with a well-developed attribute of tactical knowledge will be great at preparing reports on the teams you'll have to play against.
Assigning tasks
After hiring Scouts, you can assign them specific tasks. Among the many available options you can choose the player you are interested in, choose a specific position, age and traits. You'll have to wait a bit before the Scouts show some result, but at least you'll be sure that your associates are doing everything to provide you with the best possible reports.
Searching for players
The Scouting network gives you many opportunities to search for players in a vast database of famous players. All you have to do is set the appropriate options and traits and wait for the results. Thanks to such a procedure, you can quickly and easily find specific players with specific characteristics that would suit your team's play style.