Did I miss something? I did a couple of bids in mediumticker and the negotiation screen tells me there are 4 turns left. I thought 3 was the maximum?

When teams are relegated from the bottom division they transfer list all their players. In that particular case there is an additional 3-turns wait for the transaction to conclude. This is to give everyone the chance to look at those players before deciding which ones to bid for.

Thanks. I forgot the existance of this rule. :-)

Well it’s brand new, first time it happens on MediumTicker and it only happened last season in FastTicker. Prior to that all inactive players were released for free in the following season, now only the ones that are not sold this way will be released for free next season.

So turn 1 of the new season the transfer market will essentially be loaded with players, rather than the free transfer market?

This actually happens on turn 130, as soon as the last league match is over. By then we already know which teams will become inactive and all their players will be transfer listed. Those not sold before season end will be removed from the transfer list and released for free at some point in the following season.

Ahhhh, cool. Thanks!