Ridiculous Contracts

I think they intentionally made contracts in this game warped and nonsensical 

Look at this here I offered oblack 250K 4 years and important player perfectly in line with wages at my club he would be the 2nd highest player.

A madrid offer 215K on a 1 year deal and you get some cock and bull story about how he was impressed that they paid sooooooooo much compared to what they could afford and how my offer disappointed because he knows I can pay more!

dunno how he could know that when only the STAR player earns more than he would have

not many footballers take less to stay at a smaller club on a shorter contract it all doesnt make sense  but FM init

The QA team will take a look into this further but in general if you are showing you're a pushover when it comes to contracts players will continuously angle for better contracts. I'd argue that's quite realistic. If you know the manager is a soft touch who will greenlight a generous payrise every year, over any previous agreement you had - its logical to ask for it. 

As the manager in the game you do wield tremendous influence in this area, but it can require parting ways with a lot of your current players who wouldn't now negotiate back down to what you may consider to be reasonable levels. 

11 hours ago, Michael Sant said:

The QA team will take a look into this further but in general if you are showing you're a pushover when it comes to contracts players will continuously angle for better contracts. I'd argue that's quite realistic. If you know the manager is a soft touch who will greenlight a generous payrise every year, over any previous agreement you had - its logical to ask for it. 

As the manager in the game you do wield tremendous influence in this area, but it can require parting ways with a lot of your current players who wouldn't now negotiate back down to what you may consider to be reasonable levels. 

Are there any real life examples that this has happened?

In theory maybe but in my game i find players started asking for silly wage demands as soon as I had a surplus in my wage budget. This should be undisclosed information

13 hours ago, jere_d said:

i find players started asking for silly wage demands as soon as I had a surplus in my wage budget. This should be undisclosed information

If its happening as you describe then it would be something good for the QA team to investigate further as a potential bug. 

I feel its best to let the QA team take a look and make an assessment. 

On 12/03/2022 at 20:19, Michael Sant said:

The QA team will take a look into this further but in general if you are showing you're a pushover when it comes to contracts players will continuously angle for better contracts. I'd argue that's quite realistic. If you know the manager is a soft touch who will greenlight a generous payrise every year, over any previous agreement you had - its logical to ask for it. 

As the manager in the game you do wield tremendous influence in this area, but it can require parting ways with a lot of your current players who wouldn't now negotiate back down to what you may consider to be reasonable levels. 

That would make sense, if my players weren't asking for new contracts 6 months into a new save. I've barely negotiated any contracts. 6 months into a new save, and a player with 4 years left on his contract wants his wages quintupled. Also, I didn't give them the new contracts. I had team leader meeting where my team leaders wanted to know why I didn't offer them new contracts, I told them I wouldn't bow to player pressure, and they were all unhappy with that answer. Still they demand insane wage rises. What I have noticed from years of playing football manager, if you have one player earning £300k p/w, that is the new normal. I've managed teams where I can control the wage structure very well. But wage demands rise as you are able to attract better players. Then players who were getting paid less want the same contract. The system seems to me that once one player is earning a certain amount, that is what all players at your club will want. Dynamics and Player Power has been far too excessive for years.

Edited March 14, 2022 by Smoo

This guy rejected 240K and important player then accepted this 

 

 

On 12/03/2022 at 20:07, jere_d said:

I think they intentionally made contracts in this game warped and nonsensical 

Look at this here I offered oblack 250K 4 years and important player perfectly in line with wages at my club he would be the 2nd highest player.

A madrid offer 215K on a 1 year deal and you get some cock and bull story about how he was impressed that they paid sooooooooo much compared to what they could afford and how my offer disappointed because he knows I can pay more!

dunno how he could know that when only the STAR player earns more than he would have

not many footballers take less to stay at a smaller club on a shorter contract it all doesnt make sense  but FM init

 

Six months later he refuses to talk about signing on a free transfer stating how he's gonna wait till the summer

Then signs a contract extension for even less money!!!!

It's actually amazing how tilted contracts are to the AI