The black stars were introduced in Football Manager 2016 to make the game a bit more challenging and difficult. If a player has black stars this means that there is an uncertainty regarding his current or potential ability. For example a young player coul

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Current and potential ability can be 0 to 200, where 200 is the absolute best (e.g. Messi). Most players have fixed / set ability values, but there are players whose ability (potential ability mostly) will fluctuate in every new save-game you start.