retired_nagidac

Is anyone else noticing teams making ridiculously large bids for players?

I saw 3 within a few days of each other:

R. Madrid bought Fabregas for £120M
Roma bought Micah Richards for £110M
Man U bought Walcott for £80M (maybe understandable considering they're in the same league)

retired_marcias

Can't say as I've noticed, but then my record signing after 2 seasons is £190 (yes, that's not a typo!) so I think I move in different circles to you

retired_nagidac

I only found out about these transfers because they were in the news, alas they weren't buying them from me.

retired_rotert

I think it's pretty random. Some users are reporting the opposite, with the AI buying players for their face value.

What year did these take place? Is the AI clever enough to take into account fluctuations in the value of money? Alan Shearer was a record at £15m a few years ago, but would a player of his ability (at that time) go for that little now?

retired_nagidac

Its now the 2011/12 season. I started the game with the 8.0.1 patch and have since patched it with 8.0.2.

I'm not sure if stock markets and fluctuations in gold prices are taken into account in the game are they?

retired_marcias

I'm pretty sure that £10 million in 2008 is the same value as £10 million in 2058 in game. Modelling of interest rates, inflation, stock markets and all that is way beyond the scope of the game!

retired_gabepapp

I tried to buy a player worth 1.4 million the club I was buying from wasn't even in the same country so no question of a rivalry between the teams, I bid 2million and it was rejected then I get a news item saying Fenerbache (not in same country as me or the selling team) has bid accepted for this player. So I went on the players transfer page to see what the bid is so I could match it and the bid was 1.4 million. WTF they were offering him a contract before I had a bid of 5 million accepted why did I have to pay so much more than the AI teams.

retired_dreamsosweet

The game doesn't need to model inflation, interest rates or stock market changes (you left one out, exchange rates) it just needs to add an increasing percentage onto the money value. It's easy to do but don't forget prices and values go down as well as up.

It would be nice if transfer values were altered over time, for example, in 2015 we could have a drop in values worldwide accompanied by a news item that explains why.

In any case, if anything, FM has reflected the opposite of what has actually happened in the transfer market. Players have become cheaper over the past 5 years not more expensive. There will always be an anomaly, (especially when Chelsea is involved) but in general terms we no longer see many £30m+ players.

clearls

Although not understandable considering he's poo