Football Manager 2017: Everything You Need To Know
8. Better Transfer Interactions
FM 2017 will now feature Pre-Contract Conversations for players who might not be all that interested in signing for you initially or those who you want to steal away from other interested clubs.
This is basically where you can tap them up (or their agents), making promises and assurances of what you will do for them - playing them in their preferred role, improving the team further or promising big pay rises - it's up to you to them deliver on them.
Clubs can also now include clauses in deals to delay selling a player until they've found a replacement: always a smart move if you're the seller. And if a deal goes to the wire, you will be advised that a loan to buy deal might be the best way to beat the end of the window.
The game will also include transfer sagas that are more authentically extended, sometimes playing out for the entire window. And there's a new transfer window panel to keep track of everything.