drseventy7 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Doesn't make any sense to me. Age: 34 How can he accept with salary that low? I would rather retire than to play for Toronto FC for 5.5k per week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNT3R Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 If you have a save from before the bid for Kompany is accepted, SI will be happy to take a look if you report it in the bugs forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dllu Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I would rather retire than to play for Toronto FC for 5.5k per week What do you do for a living? Run BP? I am an Arsenal fan and I would happily clean both Mourinho's and Abramovic's private toilets for 5.5 k per week... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Dave Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 What do you do for a living? Run BP?I am an Arsenal fan and I would happily clean both Mourinho's and Abramovic's private toilets for 5.5 k per week... Talk about missing the point. Would you after earning 200k p/w for 12 years? This same thing happened to me with Gareth Barry. Oddly, despite taking a 55k o/w pay cut he was happy to secure his family's financial future, presumably based on receiving a slightly longer contract, although it would have to be 6 year contract to equal what he would've earned at the School. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavenagh Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Talk about missing the point. Would you after earning 200k p/w for 12 years? After earning millions I'd be quite happy to take a job for a relative pittance if it gave me new experiences, cultures, took me to a new country where I could both learn and pass on my experience. I'd rather that than earn slightly fewer millions as an aging backup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshace Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Seems extreme, but I will say this, many professional footballers would give their right arm never mind a pay cut to prolong their playing career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNT3R Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Seems extreme, My feeling on this (and the reason I asked him to report it) is that he wants to go to the MLS to prolong his career but that he's not signing as the marquee player which is why the wage is so low. He should be willing to go, obviously, but only for a semi-decent wage and that means a marquee player... or whatever it is called. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Context is key once again. Would there have definitely been other offers on the table? Kompany in real life doesn't look the same rock that he did a few years back. Conceivable to think that he's regressed in this game to the point where one of the only offers on the table is a non-DP in the MLS. Usually reputation alone would carry someone like him to a DP slot, but it's not the most baffling thing I've seen. And like Welshace says, a lot of players - and I think Kompany would definitely be one - would extend their career whenever and wherever they can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar2010 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Agree with forameuss, it needs context before any sort of judgement can be made. We can see from the pic he is 34yo. Prior to that we don't know which clubs he has played for, what his wages were, did his contract come to an end, what other offers he had or how good he is perceived to still be. Users have been asking for years for veteran players to drop their wage demands to a reasonable level for a lower league rather than sit unemployed until FM retires them and now we have a situation where that has happened but its still been raised as an issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Dave Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 After earning millions I'd be quite happy to take a job for a relative pittance if it gave me new experiences, cultures, took me to a new country where I could both learn and pass on my experience. I'd rather that than earn slightly fewer millions as an aging backup. So as a millionaire, you'd clean Mourinho's toilet? Are you being life coached by Jeremy Usbourne? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWVG Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I don't think any club in Europe would get him for that wage, imo this is a bug. He should be a DP, or stay in a better league in Europe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Clayton-Robb Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Doesn't make any sense to me. Age: 34How can he accept with salary that low? I would rather retire than to play for Toronto FC for 5.5k per week There can be any number of reasons for this. Could you upload a save from just before he signs for Toronto if you have one please and we'll take a look. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavenagh Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 So as a millionaire, you'd clean Mourinho's toilet? Are you being life coached by Jeremy Usbourne? Not at all what I said. I referenced no toilet cleaning. But were I a millionaire janitor and was offered the opportunity to take a toilet cleaning job with more prestige, more interest and in a different part of the world, then I probably would. If I wanted to keep my career going rather than just retire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw072 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Similar things do happen in real life. I know it's a different level, but I remember when Darlington signed Bobby Petta from Celtic, and he was allegedly on £100 a week. He'd made his money so didn't really need the wages. He was just prolonging his career really! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Big names do go to MLS for reasons other than money, but they still tend to get paid pretty well: LINK I would also expect Kompany, being a Man City icon, to play for New York City if he ever went to MLS. Admittedly MLS must be a really difficult league for SI to get right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr1nie Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Didn't Nesta sign for Montreal for peanuts back in 2012? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Didn't Nesta sign for Montreal for peanuts back in 2012? From what I can see his reported salary was about $225K per year, which would definitely be "peanuts" for a player of his stature. He may have been getting a little more from allocation money, but he wasn't a Designated Player. That is extremely similar to the Kompany signing posted here, so I guess there is some precedent for such a move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWVG Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 But Nesta was 36. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar2010 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 But Nesta was 36. What difference does that make? Kompany in the OP's pic is 34yo so at a similar stage of his career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MECAP Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 you see just his salary, but he could have signed that one year contract with 1M sign fee plus low minimum release fee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1111 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Tranquillo Barnetta is on about £8k a week, Juninho £6k, Benoit Cheyrou £4k, Rob Earnshaw £2k, Reo-Coker £5k, Shaun Wright-Phillips £1k, even Pirlo 'only' £30k. http://www.mlsplayers.org/images/September%2015%202015%20Salary%20Information%20-%20Alphabetical.pdf Most of those players are lesser names than Kompany but by 34 who knows what has happened to him? All those players could earn much more staying in Europe but the pull of living in New York or Toronto can be big for someone who has already earned a lot during their career and FM seems to model that quite well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andychar Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Would it say if the other club is paying part of the wage? I've had in the past a big name going from say Chelsea to somebody like Sheffield Wednesday if I agree to pay 50k for a certain amount of months. Is that possibly the case here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxToBox Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 What are his attributes like? Perhaps injuries have taken their toll and he's not of great quality? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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