It's a shame we can't release a player just because he's about to retire. I don't see the point of this feature. Can anyone enlighten me?

Hello Pavelinov,

A player in his last year of playing cannot be released. The only way to avoid being 'stuck' is to part with the player before the first day of his final season.

Radio: Bonjour Pavelinov,

Un joueur dans sa dernière année de jeu ne peut être libéré. La seule manière de ne pas se retrouver "bloqué" est de s'en séparer avant le premier jour de sa dernière saison.

it is also possible to transform it into staff

Radio: Bonjour Pavelinov,

Un joueur dans sa dernière année de jeu ne peut être libéré. La seule manière de ne pas se retrouver "bloqué" est de s'en séparer avant le premier jour de sa dernière saison.

He understood that.

He's just asking what's the point of blocking players in their final year. And rightly so.

Damien2911: Il a compris ça.

Il demande juste quel est intérêt de bloquer les joueurs en dernière année. À raison.

To avoid pigeonholing newcomers who don't look at these kinds of details.

Sun's: Pour éviter de pigeonner les nouveaux qui regardent pas ce genre de détails.

The reasoning is sound 😅

no, not wobbly!

in auot 2007, I thought I was at the start of the season thinking it would last 1 year (like IRL) and I bought 4 players and 3 days later, they were retiring with the money.

Back then, when you bought VF, you had nothing, zero euros in the bank! Not like today. You really had to come up with a good plan for managing progression and motivation.

Thanks for the explanations.
The last one seems logical.
Enjoy the game.