Player star ratings?

[cakey]

I am a bit confused to how the star ratings actually work so could someone who knows please explain?
Reason being I'm looking for an attacking midfielder and I have found jadson, all his stats for the attacking midfielder I want are great, high dribbling passing creativity technique flair first touch, but when I have got a scout report on him he has a Lower star rating than some of my players in centre midfiels, but he has better stats for the role I want him to play than the players who have got a better rating than him, is the star rating all that important when buying a player?

 

[TheBetterHalf]

Don't look too much at the ratings as I think you are looking at their overall rating and not just for that role . Naturally, it could be that in this case, your players are actually better suited for the role when taking Decision, Determination, Pressure, Work rate into account.

 

[Scotty98TR]

Doesn't particularly answer your question but just wanted to mention a quick note on the star ratings:
They are based on players already at your club, so if you are managing a League 2 side and see a regen with 5 star potential, that DOES NOT mean he is going to become a world-class player. Seen quite alot of people who have done this :/

 

[woolly]

Don't worry about the star rating as Scotty says they are based on what you already have. Even then just because a player has a lower rating than most of your team does not make him a bad player. If you buy him to do a certain job and his attributes are sutid to the position it should not be a problem. One of the best goal scorers I had for my Man U save only had 3 stars but because he was a prolfic scorer he manages to keep a regular place in the team even with Rooney etal in the squad indeed he has kept Rooney out of the team.