Selling players: At What Form?

[Celeval]

Hey, all -

I have a 19 y/o trainee (keeper) who just popped to Excellent this week. I had been planning on selling him here and grabbing a good 17 y/o as a new trainee for the start of next season; but he also fell to wretched form... which I expect will seriously depress his value.

What form should a player be at to sell? Should I get him up to inad or passable form before selling, or does it need to be that high to get a decent price?

Here's the guy, for those interested:

Antonio Sánchez
291 000 US$, 19 years, wretched form
Has disastrous experience and poor leadership abilities

Stamina:	wretched	Keeper:	excellent
Playmaking:	disastrous	Passing:	disastrous
Winger:	disastrous	Defending:	disastrous
Scoring:	disastrous	Set Pieces:	passable

[damnMikeBrown]

No way I'd sell an excellent. You're just getting to the good pay-offs. I'd keep him until Outstanding+, then sell him, but my team stinks, so what do I know.

[Celeval]

Well... trouble is, my coach just dropped leadership and I need a new one desperately. Plus short on funds. So I figured I'd sell off this guy - if I could get 400k for him (which seems to be near the going rate for 19/20 y/o excellents) I could go into debt for a passable/passable coach.

Is this a workable plan, or should I suffer through horrible team spirit until this guy pops to a 20 y/o formidable (or outstanding?) and pick up the coach then? I have no hope of promoting this season, and should finish third or fourth in V.112.

[RPI-Fan]

Most definitely suffer through the relatively weak TS. If you can't promote anyways, there's no reason to worry too much about TS.

[KevinNU7]

Originally Posted by RPI-Fan

Most definitely suffer through the relatively weak TS. If you can't promote anyways, there's no reason to worry too much about TS.

ditto

[damnMikeBrown]

I'll echo the above sentiments. If you're not going to promote, maximise what you can get with the time invested in this guy. That means waiting until Outstanding+. Hell, even if you were in line for promotion, I'd still advocate the same course of action and just sucking it up for a season with a guy that has low ldrshp.

If you're thinking blowing out your bank account on a passable/passable, I'd strongly suggest you buy a guy with solid exp/inad-solid leadership now. That way, this time next season, you have a coach for much less than you would pay for externally recruiting a passable/passable.

[Celeval]

Originally Posted by damnMikeBrown

If you're thinking blowing out your bank account on a passable/passable, I'd strongly suggest you buy a guy with solid exp/inad-solid leadership now. That way, this time next season, you have a coach for much less than you would pay for externally recruiting a passable/passable.

Thanks for the advice, guys. :-)