ZentSPB Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 With Eto'o widely reported to be the highest earning football player in the world, why does Ibrahimovic recieve a bigger wage in FM 2012 -- €190k vs €300k? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfgrigg Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 There's some disagreement about how much he's exactly earning. Basically a lot of places reported him as earning between €15m-€20m a season, but Anzhi themselves say that it's much less, so I think the Russian researcher had to guess. You can raise the issue here if you think that it is wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 One of the frustrating things about managing Anzhi is that, even though the club signed a player like Eto'o in real life, it's almost impossible to sign anyone else of that level. They just flat-out reject you. I agree they probably wouldn't choose a move to Russia in their absolute prime, but around the age of 30 it should be a little easier to sign Eto'o-level players than it actually is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest narekmelik Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Try starting with good Russian players that play abroad and are starting to age. Try bringing back Arshavin. Would that work? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Try starting with good Russian players that play abroad and are starting to age. Try bringing back Arshavin. Would that work? I tried exactly that. He'd rather play for Arsenal Reserves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dob1 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I managed to get Arshavin in the 3rd season for Anji, albeit I'd won the Europa League the year before and the league, and Arshavin's contract was up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm season four, which is my first with Anzhi. My reputation is continental thanks to success with Panathinaikos. Arshavin is 33 and out in the cold at Arsenal. You'd think Anzhi was made for him at this stage, but he won't consider it. I have signed a 38 year-old Clarence Seedorf, though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
endtime Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I think it was a bad decision that SI removed the option to offer a contract to players who say they are not interested. It used to be possible to sway them by throwing ridiculous amounts of money at them (much like Anzhi are doing now), but now they won't even listen to offers - and keep rotting in the reserves or on a free transfer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike7077 Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I think it was a bad decision that SI removed the option to offer a contract to players who say they are not interested. It used to be possible to sway them by throwing ridiculous amounts of money at them (much like Anzhi are doing now), but now they won't even listen to offers - and keep rotting in the reserves or on a free transfer. Well said. It also seems like the "Anzhi phenomenon", as I would call it, hasn't been fully recognised by the game. I'm not saying I should be able to sign whoever I like. But I just think it's too hard to sign players of Eto'o's level, even at an age when you'd expect them to be amenable to it, even though Eto'o proves it's possible in real life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymondafc Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I think it was a bad decision that SI removed the option to offer a contract to players who say they are not interested. It used to be possible to sway them by throwing ridiculous amounts of money at them (much like Anzhi are doing now), but now they won't even listen to offers - and keep rotting in the reserves or on a free transfer. I agree. You can imagine the conversation Eto'o had with his agent: Agent: Anzhi in Russia want to sign you. Eto'o: Who are Anzhi Makachakawakalaka? In Russia? Pfft.... Agent: They've offered £300k per week though Eto'o: Whats the Russian for "Yippee!!!"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZentSPB Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Well said. It also seems like the "Anzhi phenomenon", as I would call it, hasn't been fully recognised by the game. I'm not saying I should be able to sign whoever I like. But I just think it's too hard to sign players of Eto'o's level, even at an age when you'd expect them to be amenable to it, even though Eto'o proves it's possible in real life. Exactly my concern. Eto'o's dubiously low wage in the game is just another manifestation of the fact that FM is not taking Anzhi's aspirations seriously. I suppose it was the same with Man City at first. The inability to sign fading stars is a persistent issue, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
looknohands Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Exactly my concern. Eto'o's dubiously low wage in the game is just another manifestation of the fact that FM is not taking Anzhi's aspirations seriously. This may be a situation similar to when Beckham came to America on this supposedly massive contract worth dozens of millions per year; his actually salary is in the $6.5 million/year range, with the rest coming from image rights and the like. Perhaps Eto'o has a similar arrangement? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 indeed.... its nothing to do with SI misjudging or anything.. its down to no-one actually knowing what he's on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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