Free transfer and wage bill?

[Sutemi]

I'm playing with QPR. It's the season 2014/2015 and I'm having tremendous problems with finances: wages, to be more specific.

J?lio C?sar earns a staggering amount wages per week. My limit is a hint above one million and he takes 120k per week! When I took charge, the wage bill was critically over the limit and during the previous season the finances reached a boiling point. I released plenty of players whose contract had expired, but now I have a skeleton crew and serious imbalance in players. I don't even dare to say how many CBs I have. The wage bill is at its limits and I can't offer reasonable wages.

The question is that if I release players, thus paying them a handsome sum of money for just seeing them go, does that immediately translate into a lighter wage bill? Since transfers are deducted from the allocated transfer money and wage bill comprise wages, then where does the money go from if I pay a gazillion ? to C?sar for just leaving? His contract is rather long (not my fault) so we are talking about a ridiculous amount of money. Another option is to release some other unimportant player with just one year of contract. I will lose lots of money, but will it free the wages? How does the math pan out?

 

[TomCampbe11]

Perhaps you could offer them out on a free? Or for loan on 100% of their wages? If not, force them out and then when they're unhappy, offer them a mutual termination. They will still cost you, but roughly half as much.

Keep an eye on staff wages as well, a lot of people forget about this.

Also, if you think the board will be loyal to you, request a new contract but on a lot less wages? It makes it easier for them to sack you, but reduces costs even more.

Have you tried asking the board for more wages/transfer funds? I'm sure QPR have slightly rich owners still.

In the long run... try and get young players game time. Increase their values and then sell them until you're a little bit more comfortable.

Other than that... pray for new owners!

Other tips here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNGmTlhyTI

Hope this helps!

 

[Sutemi]

Perhaps you could offer them out on a free? Or for loan on 100% of their wages? If not, force them out and then when they're unhappy, offer them a mutual termination. They will still cost you, but roughly half as much.

Keep an eye on staff wages as well, a lot of people forget about this.

Also, if you think the board will be loyal to you, request a new contract but on a lot less wages? It makes it easier for them to sack you, but reduces costs even more.

Have you tried asking the board for more wages/transfer funds? I'm sure QPR have slightly rich owners still.

In the long run... try and get young players game time. Increase their values and then sell them until you're a little bit more comfortable.

Other than that... pray for new owners!

Other tips here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNGmTlhyTI

Hope this helps!

Thank you, great advice!

However, the original question still remains...
You have a wage limit x. It is up to its limit.
You cancel a contract on a mutual decision, which cost you y.
How do x and y correlate?

 

[TomCampbe11]

Thank you, great advice!

However, the original question still remains...
You have a wage limit x. It is up to its limit.
You cancel a contract on a mutual decision, which cost you y.
How do x and y correlate?

I think this comes out of your general balance, but don't quote me on that. Would it be worth creating a save quickly, just to try it? Perhaps release a youth player at Man City or something and see what balance changes? Then delete the save?

If you want to go down the mutual termination route, make the player as unhappy as possible. Put him in the reserves, give him no playing time, keep offering him to clubs, transfer list him, fine him for no reason (also saves you money). He may even ask you to terminate his contract himself! Just be aware of the effect it has on team morale. Just be a **** to him basically .

If he's a player that you wouldn't mind keeping, try offering him a new contract on a lower wage? Not getting a new contract that he wants may also annoy him too, which could be good.

 

[Sutemi]

I think this comes out of your general balance, but don't quote me on that. Would it be worth creating a save quickly, just to try it? Perhaps release a youth player at Man City or something and see what balance changes? Then delete the save?

If you want to go down the mutual termination route, make the player as unhappy as possible. Put him in the reserves, give him no playing time, keep offering him to clubs, transfer list him, fine him for no reason (also saves you money). He may even ask you to terminate his contract himself! Just be aware of the effect it has on team morale. Just be a **** to him basically .

If he's a player that you wouldn't mind keeping, try offering him a new contract on a lower wage? Not getting a new contract that he wants may also annoy him too, which could be good.

Creating saves to test this is a good idea. I could try lots of other things too while I'm at it. Why didn't I think of this? Thank you Tom! I will report my findings to this thread.

 

[Sherkey]

Staff wages and your wages will affect overall balance of club finances, and not your wage or transfer bill. So firing staff won't have an effect on your wages available.

Also, alienating players is a vicious circle. You risk upsetting the player, and also his friends in the team. And if your overall team morale is low, then your performances will decline, and you're pretty much screwed. On the brighter side, you can indeed offer mutual termination to your players more easily that way. Be warned though, if the Board see the player as valuable, or basically, if they feel the amount of money needed to pay to the player is high, then they'll cancel the mutual termination.

 

[Sutemi]

Staff wages and your wages will affect overall balance of club finances, and not your wage or transfer bill. So firing staff won't have an effect on your wages available.

You're right. I tested this yesterday by firing a player. Wage bill became lighter but the 2.1 million I spent to fire the player didn't have any obvious negative effect on my finances.

Also, alienating players is a vicious circle. You risk upsetting the player, and also his friends in the team. And if your overall team morale is low, then your performances will decline, and you're pretty much screwed. On the brighter side, you can indeed offer mutual termination to your players more easily that way. Be warned though, if the Board see the player as valuable, or basically, if they feel the amount of money needed to pay to the player is high, then they'll cancel the mutual termination.

I will keep this in mind. I'll try to keep a decent balance with this. In my game, I feel a bit nervous for upsetting Brian Murphy (QPR, Irish player) while my captain Dunne is an Irishman too... But Murphy is a 3rd choice 'keeper and I only have 3 centre backs...