Wage Issue

[sven dlier]

I have this issue that I also had on previous FM's. My team promoted to the Bundesliga after back to back titles. Of course I don't have a lot of money for transfers  or wages.

But there's always a free agent you can use. When I contact a free agent, he asks, for example a salary of 31k/w. I can negotiate it down to approximately 22k/w.

But I'm short on money, so I can't afford those wages. I walk away from the talks. A week later the free agent signs for a French Ligue 2 team, for a 5k/w wage.

I would have want him for that wage. Is anybody else experiencing this? What is the thinking behind this? 

 

[HUNT3R]

It's a couple of years old, but this should help to explain some of the factors involved here:

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Yeah it's more a combination of factors, some of which have already been raised above. The amount of money the club has, the quality of living available in the area where the club is, the reputation of the club and the players at the club, the salary of other players at the club etc.

So in theory, say you had a rather poor player (let's say Gary Footballer) on fairly high wages, other players will look at them and think along the lines of "if Gary Footballer is worth that much, I'm worth way more" and potentially will ask for more. 

Always think of the type of contract you're offering a player in regards to your squad rather than that individual player. It's very easy to have wage expectations from players creep up if you start paying players more.

Also something else to bear in mind - generally players already under contract will take more risks in what they expect to be paid, especially those with a decent amount of time left on their deal. They're already relatively financially secure, so they are in a position where they can ask for more.

Players on a free, unless they're in high demand and have lots of interest, generally will accept less.  Although you may have to negotiate a bit, especially if the agent is demanding. In your instance above you may have found that Jennings would have accepted or even asked for a bit less once they were on a free, assuming there wasn't that much interest. However as soon as other clubs start sniffing around again they will use that to their advantage to make sure they get a good deal looking at both finances and potentially a higher squad status. 

It all sounds quite logical and fairly straight-forward to explain, but in terms of creating the code to work in this manner it's much more complex!