dean66683

ok so im chelsea (i hear the boo's) 5 years in good bank balance and ofloading sum players in the summer. i know i can sell l.baines for 20m, arsenal (1 of my main rivals) bids 15m in installments and abramovich accepts! then im selling mertsacker and again manu (title rival) bid 20m over 24months and 30% sell on and abramovich accepts! 1) why sell to title rivals when you could sell to foreign club, 2) they where in there peak and could have got more money and 3) why is the chairman accepting? we dont NEED the money that bad.

backpackant

The AI chairman probably doesn't rate them as "star" names, despite good stats.

I've played as Chelsea a couple of times - FM07 and FM08 and in both I found the chairman to be demanding in two areas: 1) success and 2) "star" name players.

I tried an experiment once in FM07 to keep Chelsea interesting (was awaiting 08) and kept all my signings under 21. Won league cup and the Prem, semis in Champ League, quarters in FA cup. Fans delighted, chairman happy with success, but still disappointed.

I kept my policy through the summer, selling the rest of my 22+year-olds and bought in some more classy players. Chairman bought some "high profile" players on my behalf - Belletti (before he was picked up IRL), Podolski, and a Portugese DM I can't remember... from a Russian club.

This personality foible of AI-Abramovich is pretty realistic, though. Rumour has it The Special One never wanted Shevchenco but was bought anyway.

Ant

Alpinemanager

Well with all these idiot chairman posts... I want to say about my roma chairman. I wanted some Inter regen, but due to club rivvalry and my dislike of theire manager it would cost 25m. He wanted high profile signings, i did only 1, and he bought this man for 8m. Nice for me

BobbaW

Buying is a different matter than selling though. I remember in one of the other incarnations that chairmen were bankrupting clubs by buying superstar strikers which weren't needed.

What we have now is the board selling too many players. And the argument that the board are running a business falls flat when one considers the cost of replacing the players that have been sold.

glamdring

Some chairmen just love interfering. You only need look at the Hearts fiasco over recent years.