retired_crazybonejr

Is that UK, or just the FA though? I was under the assumption it's just England.

retired_dvrsecuritylab

I'm not sure of the specific rules, but I wrote to Connah's Quay Nomads about their link with Manchester United, and they mentioned things like pre-season friendlies and coaching links, but also said that the link was pretty tenuous (i.e. no first option/loan agreements). The closest thing to being a 'feeder' club would be them giving Man Utd the nod about any promising youngsters (which to me implies a scouting link).

This means than Man U would be informed about promising players, but would still have to compete against any other clubs for those players, if it came to that and therefore not a feeder/parent situation.

I've been researching the real-life clubs for a series of guides and have yet to find any instances of full on 'first option' type feeder/parent situations between British clubs, so I assume that the home FAs all operate under similar guidelines.

It is clear, however, that clubs within the UK do set up links between each other, but of a much more tenuous nature than the feeder/parent relationship as modelled in the game.

retired_duncan

I'm currently with Lemona in the Spanish underbelly and have a feeder relationship with Athletic of the Spanish top flight. I have nfi whether this is realistic or not, but so far all I've got out of it is a friendly.

retired_yolanda

I think it's ok in Spain. I could be wrong though.

The only country I know for sure that it's realistic is Portugal. Feeders aplenty