retired_tishsparr

I am playing as Sunderland and am 215,000 under my weekly wage budget. I put in an offer for Matias Fernandez and it gets accepted he wants 73,000 a week but i can only offer 58,000 a week even though i am nearly quater of a million under my wage budget, why is this?

retired_hmknight

At the lower levels, I've had very limited funds based on my overall debt load. The further into the red I was, the less funds I had available to offer for new contracts.

As my financial situation improved, I would slowly get more money available for new contracts.

When I was with a tight-wad board, I've also received less funds than a board who wants to win badly.

Does this reflect your current situation with Sunderland?

retired_tishsparr

At the moment we have 30 million in the bank and like i said are well under the wage budget. I have a transfer budget of 27 million and for some reason i cannot trade any of this for wage budget.

retired_Flashpoint

What squad status are you offering him? Higher wages available for higher squad status. Also every club has a 'wage structure', regardless of total available. For instance, the most Liverpool will play any player (at 'key player' status) is £125,000, even if I have half a million available.

retired_tishsparr

I offered him key player pity because this also stopped me from getting Riquelme. Guess i will have to wait to bring in real top quality players.

retired_jetefe

Sometimes the board will let you offer more for a player they seem to like.

I had this in the German Div 3 anyway.

A crap player that I didnt need, I could offer £3,000 a week.

A good player that I really wanted, £675!

So, there is room for a variable or two in there.

retired_taustin

Try to give him the max that you can. Offer him a fat signing on fee, big appearance fee, 25% pay rise every year, etc.

He will probably accept, and then in a couple seasons you can renegotiate with him before his salary gets out of hand.

retired_tishsparr

I offered him that but he would not accept it 25 percent yearly increase and a 2.9 million signing on fee but still no good. Like i said a few more seasons and maybe i will be able to get some bigger players. Had to settle for Simon Vukcevic and Lulinha in the end.

Pion

In this version and previous ones, I have occasionally "decided to have a laugh"....

I would take over a fairly affluent club and basically screw them. I would sell all the top players for naff all and then give the rubbish that is left behind top wack possible in contract negotiations.

Maybe FM08 thinks Fat Frddie is still in charge at Newcastle. I made 16 youth team player Campbell Bell club captain and the board allowed me to offer him a 5 year contract worth £125k a week, (to commence on his 17th birthday) with all bonuses wacked to the limit as well, even though he is crap. I was also able to offer the rest of the youth team similar contracts.....

retired_krookedpinkies

thats funny mark lol,
one time i got into chelsea sold all their top players or decent players, bang end of season they were in relegation fight ;-)