Without a doubt, the Loan Manager has become a very important part of the Football Manager 2020 setup. As a new role, it’s got a nice little spotlight in this year’s edition.
For many players who have played Football Manager for even a few short years, the introduction of new staff roles can seem quite refreshing. For newbies to the series or those who don’t delve into the staff side of things much, though, it can seem rather daunting. One new name that has been brought into the list of hirelings that you can have running your club with you is the Loan Manager.Without a doubt, the Loan Manager has become a very important part of the FM2020 setup. As a new role, it’s got a nice little spotlight in this year’s edition. A total revamp to the youth sector and the loan pages of your club has meant that keeping track of all of your talent has become much easier. However, the Loan Manager is one you might not have realised just how useful they can be.
As a ‘bigger’ club or even a club that relies on player trading, you might have a lot of players out on loan. To keep a track of them all, you need someone to help you out. You might even wish to have someone there who can help your players pick the best clubs for them to go to for their own development. That’s where our mate, the Loan Manager, comes in.
What does a Loan Manager do?
A Loan Manager is a good person to delegate all acceptance and refusal of loan offers to. For a start, they are often good at choosing clubs to accept/reject if you put them in charge as they’ll base in on various factors about the loaning club. This saves you having to sit and sift through every loan offer and check out managers, but it also means you don’t just accept every offer and hope for the best.
A major reason to pick up a Loan Manager, too, is they can show you what players are doing on loan and what players should probably be heading out on loan. They are great for helping you keep track of players who need a loan to progress, and also to help you show how your loanees are actually playing when they are out of the club.
They give you good progress back, and a better Loan Manager will always give you some great feedback about how a player is performing. They’ll show you things like their minutes played relative to how many were available, their average performance, and their general happiness at their loan club.
This is a great way for you to make sure that you can enjoy the experience of using loaning to help develop or even fatten up players for sale. Instead of trying to do it all on your own, though, the Loan Manager does a spectacular job of breaking it all down for you.
While you don’t need one, if you are even closely considering using loans for development or for sale then you should definitely hire one. With enough context given to you during the season, they can help you to work out who is developing and who isn’t.
For a manager who is concerned with making their team as good as can be, it’s another useful role. Make sure you get someone who is good at Judging Player Data, has good Man Management skills, and also has good Judgement on players both currently and their potential. With enough depth in these stats, any Loan Manager should be a very useful addition to your team.
