Contracts view

The Contracts view is a useful Squad View for starting a new FM27 save, showing players with shorter remaining contract periods and release clauses. It supports early contract talks, helps secure players' futures, and allows managers to assess wage spending and identify salaries that may exceed a pl

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The Contracts view is a default Squad View designed to help you review contract situations when beginning a new Football Manager 27 Mobile save. It highlights players with shorter periods remaining on their contracts and identifies players who have release clauses, giving you an early basis for contract planning, wage review and squad decisions.

Use this view as an initial contract audit rather than waiting for contract issues to become urgent. Review which players need attention, decide where early talks are appropriate, and compare each player’s salary with their importance to the squad.

How to Complete

The Contracts view is not a one-time challenge with a fixed solution. It is a squad-management tool that you use to organise contract decisions.

Follow this process:

1. Open the available Squad Views and select Contracts.
2. Review the players shown with shorter remaining contract periods.
3. Check which players have release clauses.
4. Decide which contracts require early talks.
5. Review wage spending across the squad.
6. Identify players whose salaries appear too high for their squad importance.
7. Consider whether those players should be offloaded.
8. Customise the view if the default columns do not provide enough information for your current review.

The view is particularly useful at the beginning of a new save because it provides an immediate overview of contract priorities and release clauses [src-84cde24e42]. This lets you address important situations early instead of discovering them only when a player’s contract is close to expiring.

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

1. Start with the contract overview

Select the Contracts view from the Squad Views available in your save. It is one of the default views alongside views for General Info, Selection Stats, Transfer Status and other contract information.

Begin by scanning the squad for players with shorter remaining contract periods. These players should form the first part of your review because their future at the club may need attention sooner than that of players with longer agreements.

2. Check release clauses

Next, identify the players who have release clauses. A release clause is an important part of deciding how secure a player’s position is at the club, so record which players may be affected by one during your wider squad planning.

The Contracts view brings contract length and release-clause information together, giving you a quick way to identify players who may require attention [src-84cde24e42]. Use this information to prioritise the conversations you want to have first.

3. Prioritise early contract talks

After identifying players with shorter contracts or release clauses, decide who should enter contract talks early. The view supports entering contract talks before the situation becomes more pressing, helping you work towards securing a player’s future at the club [src-84cde24e42].

Prioritise the players whose continued presence matters most to your plans. The view itself identifies contract situations; the decision about who to retain remains part of your squad-management assessment.

4. Review wage spending

Use the Contracts view to assess where the wage budget is being spent. Compare the salary commitments represented in the squad with each player’s importance to your team.

This review can reveal players whose salaries exceed their squad importance. In those cases, consider whether keeping the player represents good use of the wage budget or whether the player should be offloaded. The Contracts view is therefore useful for both retention decisions and wider wage control [src-84cde24e42].

5. Adjust the columns

If the default layout does not match your priorities, customise the Contracts view. Right-click the top of a column to open options for adding, moving or removing columns. You can tailor the view to the areas you want to focus on, such as contract timing, release clauses or wage assessment [src-84cde24e42].

Make these adjustments before carrying out a detailed review so that the information most relevant to your decisions is easier to compare.

Tips

• Use the Contracts view early in a new save to establish immediate awareness of contract priorities.
• Review shorter remaining contract periods before making longer-term squad decisions.
• Treat release clauses as a separate part of the contract review rather than focusing only on contract length.
• Enter talks early with players whose futures you want to secure.
• Check wage spending alongside squad importance, not in isolation.
• Consider offloading players when their salaries exceed their importance to the squad.
• Customise the columns when the default view does not reflect your current focus areas.
• Revisit the view when your squad priorities or wage-planning needs change.

Rewards

The Contracts view does not provide a stated in-game reward. Its benefit is improved information for squad management: you can identify shorter contracts, find release clauses, begin contract talks early, assess wage-budget spending and consider whether expensive players should be offloaded.

Community-Reported Details

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contract_remaining

Shows which players have shorter time remaining on their contracts.

release_clauses

Shows which players have release clauses.

contract_talks

Allows the manager to enter contract talks early.

wage_budget

Can be used to assess where the wage budget is being spent.

view_customization

The Contracts view can be customised in-game by inserting or removing columns. Right-clicking the top of a column provides options to add, move and remove columns so the view can be tailored to the manager's focus areas.

squad_view_context

The Contracts view is one of several default Squad Views in FM27, alongside views for General Info, Selection Stats, Transfer Status and Contract information.

salary_review

Use the Contracts view to identify players whose salaries exceed their squad importance and consider whether they should be offloaded.

Sources

• Maximising Your First Hours on FM27