Download I made a shortlist of FM26 staff who focus on youth recruitment so you don't have to

[Earl Sweatshirt]

I saw a post on social media about using a Sporting Director approach to handle youth recruitment, instead of manually hunting wonderkids yourself, so I went into the FM26 editor and created a shortlist of staff who actually have the tendencies to:

• Sign lots of youth players
• Spend money on youth signings
• Sign U22 / U24 players
• Buy young players to sell for profit

Basically the kind of DoF / Technical Director / HoYD / Assistant Manager profiles who naturally build a conveyor belt of talent.

The idea is simple:

1. Load the shortlist
2. Hire one of them
3. Give them responsibility to initiate U18 / U21 signings
4. Review the bids they submit and make the final decision yourself
5. Leave them to buy and sell youth players while you manage the senior squad

You still control the club. They just do the scouting and first offers for any potential wonderkids

Download the shortlist below.

Save it to \Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 26\shortlists (although you may need to create the 'shortlists' folder) and then load it as a Staff Shortlist in game.

Video guide here:

 

[Saltyseadog]

I downloaded the file, followed the instructions and it is showing but every time I try to load it in FM26 it tells me it cannot open this file. I even tried the option to add the files to an existing staff shortlist and thought that worked but the files weren't added so unsure what to try next. Running Windows 11 Pro & FM26 via Steam.