Dream Team’s new transfer process explained: New strategies, greater flexibility and more
DREAM TEAM is back for the 2023/24 season and better than ever!
Transfers are the most important element of the game once the action gets underway as they allow you to make changes to your XI as the drama unfolds.
Football is inherently unpredictable and every season features breakout stars, expensive flops, and everything in between.
If one of your players fails to live up to expectations, simply use a transfer to substitute them for a replacement in better form.
This season, we’ve revolutionised the transfer system so whether you’re a new manager or an experienced gaffer, pay attention.
In 2022/23, there will be TWO transfers available to you per Gameweek.
If you choose not to make any transfers, which will often be a logical strategy, then one of the transfers will carry over, giving you three the following Gameweek.
If you decide to only use one of your two transfers then you’ll have two transfers available again the following Gameweek.
To clarify, using zero transfers in a Gameweek is the only way to ensure one carries over.
You have the option to carry over transfers until you have four in the bank but that’s the maximum.
No matter how many times you carry over, the most transfers you’ll ever have available at one time is four.
And remember, if you use a transfer at any time, you’ll have two available the following Gameweek because using zero is the only way to ensure a carry over - this can't be stressed enough.
For example, if you have three or four transfers in the bank and you only use one, you’ll have two available to you the following Gameweek.
All players will be locked out one hour before the first fixture of the Gameweek so make sure you confirm your transfers before the deadline.
Once lockout commences, any transfers made will go through the following Gameweek, regardless of whether or not the players have featured for their respective teams in that Gameweek.
For example, say the first fixture of the Gameweek is Everton v Brighton at 12:30pm on the Saturday - all players will be locked out from 11:30am and any transfers submitted after that deadline won’t go through until the following Gameweek.
You will be able to reverse any transfers made while lockout is in effect.
This means that if you transfer Alexis Mac Allister (£4m) into your team on Monday morning based on an impressive showing from at the weekend, you’ll be able to reverse the transfer if news breaks that the Liverpool midfielder is injured.
In this scenario, reversing the transfer essentially means you get it back and so you’ll still have two available to you for the Gameweek.
When making transfers you will have to work within your budgetary constraints - you won’t be able to swap Callum Wilson (£4.5m) for Erling Haaland (£8.5m) unless you make other transfers that free up the necessary extra cash.
But remember, once variable pricing commences the total value of your team may increase beyond the initial £50million budget - that’s okay, in fact it’s a good thing!
If you’re able to work the Dream Team stock market to your advantage - buying in-form players while they’re cheap and selling out-of-sorts assets before their price plummets - then you’ll have more cash at your disposal to make improvements.
Finally, please be aware that is no limit to the number of transfers you can make before Gameweek 1 gets underway one hour before Burnley v Man City kicks off on August 11th.
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