FIFA 23's Career Mode Transfer Window Is Another Upgrade That Does Nothing

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The transfer window is one of football's greatest spectacles. This season was no different, with Barca crying poverty then signing several multi-million pound stars, many of whom were sniped from under Chelsea's noses. There was drama with Antony to Man Utd. There was drama with Cucurella to City, I mean staying at Brighton, I mean moving to Chelsea. Joao Pedro to Newcastle was announced by the most esteemed of unofficial channels (a fabled 'here we go' was signalled), then he signed an extension at Watford. Then Newcastle went out and signed Alexander Isak for a club record fee. Diego Costa rose from the dead to sign for Wolves. Liverpool fans spent the summer crying out for a midfielder, then had to make do with Arthur arriving from Juventus via air ambulance. And, in case you missed it, Erling Haaland signed for Man City. Despite all this, it was one of the more understated transfer windows in recent memory. FIFA's transfer window, conversely, stinks.

Career Mode is the main reason I play FIFA, which I know puts me in the minority, but I've been given many reasons to be hopeful in recent years. Over the past few games, we have had more reactive negotiations, meeting with Pep himself to convince him to loan out Liam Delap to our League 1 minnows. I've taken Marcus Rashford, Raheem Sterling, and Dua Lipa (aren't modders just the best?) out to dinner to convince them to sign for Borussia Dortmund. This year, we even see players completing their medical and posing with the shirt outside the ground, as well as sold players being sadly escorted from the ground for the final time. But as nice as a date with Dua Lipa is, these are all minor, aesthetic updates do not fix the fact that the windows themselves are bland and