[[FM22-Derby County] Why manage the Rams? How are you getting on?]

On 30/11/2021 at 08:43, Stuniverse said:

Thanks for sharing, @Martial'. 

I’d be interested if anybody has any thoughts / suggestions on this.

As far as I’m aware there’s nothing you can do to speed up when the takeover will happen (it’s kind of random within each save, I think) so nothing I can offer really other than most people are reporting they’ve had their takeover by this point so yours is definitely late and, hopefully, you won’t have to wait much longer.

When did the transfer revenue retained get increased to 20%? From my experience, that’s usually a sign that finances are improving and is a precursor to the takeover announcement.

Good luck 🍀 I hope you get your takeover soon. The next time you press ‘Continue’ would be nice.

How are you doing overall? Where are Derby County in the Championship league table?

Thanks Stuniverse! The board decided to complete the takeover a couple of days after the january window closed, leaving me with an even smaller squad, especially since i decided to sell Kazim-Richards and Bobby Duncan. Thankfully Stretton seems to have found his shooting boots, with Curtis Davies (yes, corners), Lawrence and Ravel chipping in with a number of goals. If i recall correctly, the transfer revenue retained increased a couple of days after Morgan Whittaker was sold to Newcastle by Swansea, netting us around a million euros. I also sold some other clauses, trying to 'trigger' a better financial situation to at least be able to lift the embargo. 

I forgot to mention that i got a message that the owner was looking to restructure debt and sell the club at the start of the season, but it went quiet ever since. The new chairman, a newgen, seems to be easily convinced to grant nearly any request that i put forward, so things are looking up! The debt seems to be completely removed and things seem healthy. In the league i started amazingly, losing just a couple of games before the start of december. December and January  where awful, barely winning a single game. I am currently comfortably mid-table, if the form of the start of the season returns, i might be looking at a late play-off push. If we continue to struggle, it will be a long season but i do not think we will have to fear a relegation battle. It's going to be exciting to see if i am going to regret my decision to sell the backup strikers, or if we can make a late push against all odds. 

Looking forward to finally spend some of that money, so the list with players signed will come in handy! 

[[FM22-Derby County] Why manage the Rams? How are you getting on?]

Interesting to see the different journeys that everyone has taken Derby on! Key to any progress seems to be a takeover however. I am currently in mid january of the first season, i was hoping to finally sort the squad out since i disabled the summer transfer window. The problem is that i still haven't heard anything about a possible takeover, the club is still in administration. I can't spend any money on loans, staff or even free agents. The board have however increased the percentage of revenue from transfers to be reinvested to 20%. Also, i have recieved a lot of offers from clubs that the curator seems to have accepted, only for the bidding club to withdraw immediatly. Perhaps because these players have a one-year extension clause. I've only sold Roos, Jagielka en Baldock have left since i was not able to even get around the table with them. 

As it stands, i have half a million in transfer budget and 30k a week to spend, but no way to actually spend this. Is there any way to speed up the removal of the PFA embargo or a takeover? I'm not keen to wait around until my best players have been poached wihtout there being a way to strenghten the squad..