runbei

I believe Leeds paid robbie fowlers and a few others as well. (ha ha)

retired_tramp

If the human manager's managing a team like Utd, I'd fully expect them to be winning the EPL and CL consistently.

buffdaddy110

While it is a realistic touch - as well as a reason to think more carefully about your purchases and wage offers - unfortunately the wages at some clubs in the game are ridiculously inflated.

West Ham's are about twice as much in FM as in real life - thus offloading some of the ageing players that you start with is doubly hard.

Middlesbro got relegated in my FM and two seasons later they still had players on over £40k/wk - and that's after the 25% pay cut.
They were refusing bids on these players too!

In fact it's common for the about-to-be-relegated AI teams to offer lucrative new deals to players whose contracts aren't even expiring.
These players usually snap up the new deals too - despite other clubs being interested in offering them continued top-flight football.

Yes this 'pay a % of the wages to leave' is a nice idea in theory, but FM's wages model needs improving first.