It's that time of the year again where I'm happy to announce we've released the January Transfer update for PC, Mac, Linux and Football Manager Touch on Android/iOS platforms. This means that upon starting a new game, the latest database will be available with updated squads, managers and everything else which happened before the January window closed.

Also included are a number of other fixes including, but not limited to those listed in the changelist post below. As always the update is save game compatible, so if you already have a save game going you can't bear to part with then you can continue without any problems.

If you don't immediately get the update on PC, please exit and restart Steam. Bear in mind as this update includes the updated database it will be larger than the previous updates so may take a bit longer to download.

For Tablet versions, please restart your device to pick up the update. Bear in mind the update may take some time to propagate to other servers in order to appear fully across the world.

If you have any feedback please take the time to raise it here: https://community.sigames.com/topic/381994-football-manager-touch-2017-feedback-thread/


So just to say on behalf of everyone at Sports Interactive thank you very much for buying and enjoying the latest version of the Football Manager Touch series. We very much hope you enjoy playing it as much as we do.

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FOOTBALL MANAGER TOUCH 2017 (PC/MAC/LINUX) — WINTER TRANSFER WINDOW UPDATE 17.3.0 CHANGELIST


DATABASE
- Official 17.3.0 Update Database added - including winter transfer window data


STABILITY & PERFORMANCE
- Fixed rare crash related to qualification play-offs for European competitions in May - Fixed rare crash when selecting home or away venue preference for Peruvian playoff
- Fixed rare crash during processing
- Fixed divergence warning appearing during a match
- Fixed lag in inbox


COMPETITIONS
- Fixed some players being incorrectly denied English work permit
- Fixed user not being credited with Uruguayan First Division win after winning both Opening and Closing stages
- Fixed incorrect teams being selected for Dutch Cup
- Fixed team not being entered for Portuguese Cup if they had been promoted the previous season
- Fixed Chinese Cup squad registration rules
- Fixed rare issue of first team going on Holiday too early in Holland
- Fixed Nordic nations not having correct time for second nationality in Iceland
- Fixed rare European playoff scheduling issue in certain leagues
- Fixed Slovakian Cup draw issue
- Fixed postponement of matches due to international call ups in France
- Fixed incorrect Belgian clubs qualifying for the Champions League
- Fixed incorrect nations qualifying for the 2019 Asian Cup


GAMEPLAY
- Fixed issue where Scouting Knowledge on players was gained too quickly
- Fixed loan deals in Scotland not being completed correctly when the Mandatory future fee clause was included in the deal
- Fixed issue in some Brexit scenarios where UK based players nearing the end of their contracts could not be signed on pre-contracts
- Fixed issue where players were given different star ratings on different pages for the same position
- Fixed World Footballer of the Year award
- Fixed 2nd/3rd places not showing for World Golden Ball award
- Allowed user to apply for international job they have previously rejected
- Fixed user incorrectly asked about failure to win a game after multiple woodwork hits in a 2-leg match
- Adjusted Northern Irish wage budgets
- Fixed issues with buying/expanding of stadiums
- Fixed Russian Premier League teams not being able to buy foreign players.
- Match Fitness and Condition now maxed out for Versus Mode and Fantasy Draft
competitions
- Fixed assistant manager not arranging friendlies at start of second season.
- Stopped assistant manager setting opposition instructions when user had told them not to.


USER INTERFACE
- Fixes for a number of kit clashes
- Fixed missing views on player search screen in Create-a-Club games.
- Fixed some loan and contract clauses not being removable.
- Fixed user being unable to drag players from the bench into their formation by their shirt icons
- Fixed Best Eleven screen not being present for user's team.
- Prevented Director of Football transfer suggestions disappearing.
- Prevented tooltips popping up when they shouldn't on Team Report Comparison screen.

Hi everybody,
We've just released a small update today, 17.1.2. This is mainly to address some stability issues and other issues raised since we released Football Manager Touch 2017. A full change list is included below.
As always the update is fully save game compatible*. Please see the below changelist for more information.
if you don't immediately get the update, please exit and restart Steam for the game to update.
We'd like to thank those of you reporting issues to us to help make Football Manager Touch 2017 even better. If you've raised an issue elsewhere and it's not included in this change list, we want to thank you for reporting these issues and as always we're working to address them as soon as we can.
As promised, see the changelist below:

FOOTBALL MANAGER TOUCH 17 - UPDATE 17.1.2
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STABILITY & PERFORMANCE
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- Fixed rare crashes during gameplay and shutdown
- Improved match stability on Tablet devices
- Fixed game launching to black screen on Windows w/ incomplete DirectX installation
- Fixed match graphical corruption on Macs w/ integrated Intel HD 3000/4000 chipsets
- Fixed occasional lag on entering player profile screen
 
USER INTERFACE
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- Fixed calendar displaying wrong month
- Fixed storage of custom views
- Fixed saving of 'Highlight key attribute for role' preference
- Fixed Role Ability and RDS not displaying correctly for international teams
 
GAMEPLAY
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- Fixed rare case of player not returning from loan
- *Fixed Norweigan teams not generating managers or real players [Requires new save game].
- Fixes for unlockables.
 
TRANSLATION
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- Fixed untranslated strings in social feed (all languages)

We've updated Football Manager Touch 2017 on Steam (17.0.2) which is now ready for download.

This update addresses crash issues reported by users in 17.0.1,

To get the update, simply quit and restart Steam and your game should update automatically.

Thanks.