How to get to 99s attributes to young players!
I am in the 2008 season. I had Cesc Fabregas at the beginning. Right now he has 99 in 7 areas (Freekick, shooting power, shooting accuracy, passing speed, passing accuracy, technique, offense) and 95s for most of the rest (except defense, balance in the mid 80, goalkeeping skill is 50... guess nothing I can do about it...hehehe...).
Now how can I do it?
I had Cesc took every freekick (even in your own area), every corner, every throw in. Ball touches Cesc feet at least 30 time a match, has at least 5 shots, dribble at least 5 times, passing at least 10 times succesfully, have 2-4 assists a game, score 1 goal every 3 matches. He won assist king 4 times (2 in league, 2 in cup). He was MVP for 3 times. If you want your player to develop the most, he should get at least 7 rating every time at the end of a match.
I start the game at 6 stars. But in the off season, I play all friendly games at 1 star (It is some sort of cheating, I know). At 1 star level, you should have no problem have any player score 5 goals or more, assits 5 times or more (Cesc had about 25-30 goals,30-35 assists in off season).And if you train him non stop (train him in all schedules (shooting, defend, fK, offense, long pass...), you end up having Cesc Fabregas like I describe above.
I play Winning Eleven 8 in PS2, but I don't know how to send image of Cesc to the web for you to see. It's amazing! (I will show you the image if you tell me how to)
I am developing Rachmane Barry right now. Get to two 99s after 1 season (no off season yet).
Another tip: don't chose player with long time to develope (such as Nedved, Maldini, Zidane...). It is too long to train them, and it seems impossible to get to 99s.
Select player with very short time to develop such as Cesc, Rachmane Barry, Vatez, Legear, Cardozo, Kaabi, Yamato (in the 2007 season)... and do like what I describe above.
Young players to avoid: Robinho (he's suck in the game), Suker, Mijatovic, Effenberg...basically classic players that have lousy attrib at the beginning and can still develop after 30 years of age.
Another tip: don't buy more than 2 young players at the same time because to fully develop, 1 young player needs to touch ball at least 20 times, score and assists a lot of goals, dribble a lot, take all FK,corners. If you have 2 young players at the same time, they get into each other ways. If you want to buy 2 young players, better buy 1 striker/or midfielder and 1 goalkeeper/or 1 defender. Don't buy 2 young strikers or 2 midfielders.