Promising Youth being Poached

[Snorks]

Only in my second season, in VConference, and have just lost two of my most promising players to Scunthorpe Utd.

Both were 16 yrs old, both on youth contract, and both gone for the paltry amount of 8K !

How can I stop my best youngsters from being poached?

 

[mersk]

Sign them on full contracts instead of youth contracts.

 

[Snorks]

Sign them on full contracts instead of youth contracts.

I can't. We are part-time, so I can give them youth contracts, or 'non-contract' senior. I thought that as a $5 a week youth player they were contracted to the club and other clubs couldn't approach them without going through me.

It seems oter clubs can approach these players directly, offering them a contract without talking to me first.

 

[mersk]

Yeah, that's why you can approach newgens on the intake day, because they're on youth contracts. If you can't sign them on full contracts, I'm afraid there's not much you can do about it.