retired_JoAnne8965

One thing i've hated for so long in FM is that all the top players in the game are relatively unavailable unless you pay ~£100m.

As we are seeing at the moment irl, players such as Adebayor, Drogba, Lampard etc are getting touted around for between £25-35m. This needs to be realisticly represented in FM. There may be the odd players such as Kaka at £35-50m and Ronaldo untouchable.

My point is everyone, maybe Ronaldo apart, has their price... and most of them are not as exagerated as in FM.

Bofem

I think the exaggerated transfer fees are justified based on the current financial model in fm. If you limit the max transfer fee for a player to around 50-60 million, then you could end up being billionaire 7-8 years down the line :p

KryptonSean

I think you only gain a price once you reach a certain age. I can't see Fabregas, Ronaldo or Messi going for less than £70m, but in a few years time, maybe they could go for £40m, and then £35ish.

dejasade

these players have their values in real life due to the real life circumstances.
they feel that adebayor is unsettled. so this will result in a lower transfer price (potentially)

its the same in the game. if you can seriously unsettle a player then the club will cash in. but obviously if the team dont want to sell then they will only sell for crazy money. in game and real life.

i'm not saying that it needs to be balanced slightly more because it does.
i started a thread awhile back with the top transfers of each season in my game. you regularly had players changing hands for more than 35mill pounds each season.

tevez even went to arsenal for 36.5mill or so in the 2nd season.

retired_morren

i think youll find the lampard deal is rumoredto be about 7m, which imo is too much.

but yeah everyone does have thier price. money isnt everything though, a lot of players said thanks but no thanks to chelsea.

deantibbetts

Two years ago it would have been crazy money to buy Ronaldinho and now they are talking about £10m. Footballers and their clubs change like the wind, I don't think SI can preempt that players who are happy with a club and loyal will suddenly decide they want to go and become unsettled. Who would have thought that Gerard or Barry would have handed in their respective transfer requests when they did.

retired_rotert

FM prices are over-inflated but then so is the ability to make a fortune for your club. That clubs like Wycombe can become the richest club in the world within ten years and therefore able to afford the £50m + fees is far sillier IMO.

Balancing this within the game is difficult and I doubt it'll be perfected any time soon.

deantibbetts

On a previous save I took over Roma and had a plethora of stars on masive wages that I wanted rid of, in my first month I sold £170m worth of players and brought in £30m worth of replacements. Come January anyone I went for I was being quoted crazy money. Why? Because I could afford it. Just like real life where teams ask Chelsea for crazy money, but would perhaps be more realistic int heir valuation if only Balkburn were interested.

retired_lbils

Don't buy them then. There are always underrated players who are as good and cheaper. Just take more finding.

retired_sage

I totally agree that player prices are too much and tevez going for 36mill is too much. Just started a thread on this earlier today...

There is a reason why zidane is the most expensive player in the world(to this date) and buffon is the most expensive goalkeeper in the world(to this date) but in FM those values can be broken in the 2nd/3rd season no problem. I think players who want to leave the club should be able to leave and a price close to their valuation should be used. For example I wanted to get dani alves and he got unsettled and got mad for not being able to move. So he should be able to be sold for the price he wants... Cant he?

You see in real life players get unsettled and they want to leave....