Athletic Club Basque Policy System

Athletic Club Basque Policy System

Bring the most unique and historic transfer policy in world football to your FC 26 Career Mode!

For over a century, Athletic Bilbao has operated under a strict unwritten rule: they only sign players who were born or trained in the Basque Country. Unfortunately, the vanilla FC 26 AI doesn't understand this tradition, leading to Athletic Bilbao making wildly unrealistic signings that break immersion.

This system completely rewrites how Athletic Bilbao behaves in the background of your Career Mode, fully automating their historic Basque-only transfer policy with dynamic, realistic, and highly intelligent AI squad management.

● The True Lezama Experience

The moment you load your Career Mode, the vanilla AI transfer engine is forcefully blocked from making incoming transfers for Athletic Bilbao. Instead, the club will exclusively recruit from a highly curated, custom database of 180+ real-life players of Basque origin.

● Intelligent Squad Management

Athletic Bilbao will silently monitor their own squad day-by-day. If a player is sold to another club, released, or retires, the automated manager instantly leaps into action to find the perfect Basque replacement for that exact position, ensuring their squad never degrades over a 15-year career.

● Smart OVR & POT Targeting

The system evaluates potential signings just like a real scouting department. When replacing a departed player, it ranks every available Basque candidate based on how closely their Overall Rating and Potential match the player who left, guaranteeing that Bilbao makes proportional, realistic signings without accidentally replacing a 60 OVR youth prospect with an 85 OVR superstar.

● The Basque Derby Rivalry

A player's loyalty matters. If the absolute best Basque replacement happens to play for Real Sociedad, they won't simply pack their bags and head to San Mamés. The system respects the historic rivalry, applying a dynamic 10% to 35% success penalty. If the player refuses to betray Real Sociedad, Bilbao's board will be forced to move down their shortlist to the next best option!

● The Fallback System

In the extreme scenario where the curated Basque player list becomes completely exhausted for a specific position, the system employs a realistic fallback mechanism. It will automatically query the global database for players holding Spanish or French nationality, ensuring the club always has emergency options to field a competitive squad.

● Bullet-Proof Architecture

The system is designed to be completely hands-off and indestructible. It features Lazy Initialization to instantly repair itself if loaded mid-save,