Fixed problem where AI teams may spend money on a player coming out of contract after that player was offered to them for small fee. Fixed problem where non human clubs are reluctant to approach players for pre-contract. Fixed problem with last club for human manager not being set properly when he resigns. Fixed a problem with decision dates for Work permits in Iceland. Ensured remaining transfer budget is not rounded up on transfer offer screen. Fixed a bug where renewing a coach's contract would forget which training schedules he was set to. Fixed a problem where the non-EU limit for Italian teams was not being updated properly after the transfer of a non EU player. Ensured you can't make changes to transfer clauses (buy back price, etc) and then immediately accept when computer team bids. Stopped own players from requesting a new contract and then when trying to offer them a contract they refuse. Stopped the ability to offer player a new contract immediately after free transferring him. Stopped non_bosman countries from using Bosman 2 ruling.

Stopped news item saying player would leave on Bosman at end of current season when contract in fact expires end of the next season. Reduced chance of players making two moves in very short space of time. Stopped 'is hesitant to move whilst his current club continues to help him improve his game' reason appearing for a player's own club when rejecting a contract. Adjusted ideal/min/max squad size values for clubs in Czech Republic.

Tweaked wage budget updates to prevent them from being dragged down when a manager cuts the level himself (so long as the club is considered financially stable by the board). Ensured human manager contracts are extended when they expire. Ensured players are not interested in joining lower reputation clubs, when they are unhappy and want to move to a bigger club. Stopped player's being interested in joining disliked clubs.

Player's who are transfer listed are a lot less likely to join arch rival clubs. Assistant managers no longer renew contracts at the start of the game if human is on holiday and the assistant manager renew contracts option is not ticked. Contracts in Chile now end in December instead of January. Fixed problem with manager being re-signed by old club after having already resigned just a short while before. You do not need to start a new game, however for the best results it is suggested. Please note, this patch is save game compatible and contains all the fixes in 5.0.2.

Football manager 2005 patch 5.0.2