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  <item><title>Permanent, loan, free: football transfer types explained</title><link>https://kickhood.app/en/guides/transfer-types.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kickhood.app/en/guides/transfer-types.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>In a permanent transfer the buying club pays a fee to the selling club. On loan, a player turns out for another team for a set period. In a free transfer the contract has ended, so no fee passes between the clubs.</description></item>
  <item><title>What changes a footballer's market value?</title><link>https://kickhood.app/en/guides/footballer-market-value.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kickhood.app/en/guides/footballer-market-value.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Market value is an estimate of what a player might fetch on the transfer market. Ability, age, league, time left on the contract, form and interest push that estimate up or down. Value is not a price tag, because the fee paid is settled by negotiation.</description></item>
  <item><title>What does a football agent do?</title><link>https://kickhood.app/en/guides/what-does-a-football-agent-do.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kickhood.app/en/guides/what-does-a-football-agent-do.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>A football agent is the representative who speaks to clubs on a player's behalf and negotiates contract terms. Most of their income is a share of the deals they help to arrange. A good relationship with an agent rests on trust and openness.</description></item>
  <item><title>What is a footballer life simulator?</title><link>https://kickhood.app/en/guides/footballer-life-simulator.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kickhood.app/en/guides/footballer-life-simulator.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>In a footballer life simulator you guide a single player's life, not a whole club. The weight of the game sits in your decisions more than in your reflexes. Training, contracts, money and choices off the pitch shape where the career goes.</description></item>
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