'Pay as you play' deals

[stringer89]

Has anyone had any luck in signing players to these type of contracts? e.g. a small basic wage per week but a high appearance fee.

I was interested in signing Jonny Woodgate on a free but I didn't think he'd play to much injured or not. He wanted 30k a week, so I thought 10k a week with a ridiculous 50K appearance fee would entice him (partly out of interest if it would work, partly because I didn't expect him to play more than 10 games in the year. He dropped his wage demands to 18k a week with 50k appearance fee which I was tempted with but decided against because that would still of put him as one of my top earners.

Anyone use this or have any tips?

 

[BillStruthLoyal]

In any of the games I have had Woodgate stays injury free and has played over 30 games a season.

I've never really had any luck with low wages and high bonuses, it's usually the high bonuses which catch me out

 

[Raikan007]

I have come close to doing this on a few occassions with certain players.. more so with players that do not generally want to join me, I offer them a semi basic wage with high goal bonuses for strikers and app for players!

I have never done it as it will on average cost me about the same if not more than offering him what he wants...

what I do do is I offer the player a large signing on bonus on a 5yr contract which normally allows a 20-35% wage drop on most occasions which end up saving me a lot of money over the 5 years...

 

[Alex]

what I do do is I offer the player a large signing on bonus on a 5yr contract which normally allows a 20-35% wage drop on most occasions which end up saving me a lot of money over the 5 years...

Exactly what I do with wages as well.

 

[Bowen91]

I think this should be incorporated in FM12 because it seems to be becoming a bigger option to go for IRL.

 

[carl-mufc]

this might sound stupid of me but how do you set "pay as you play" deals. I have offered renewal deals and set the wage to £1 and apperance money to £35 grand. The players that are being offered are starting to get old now there 33 to around 35 and they reject it all the time even when there earning around £45 grand a week and willing to take a pay cut. Is this because he is on £45 grand a week and not wanting to drop to £35 grand?

Can anybody help me?

 

[Giggles]

Hm, interesting approaches from some people. If I was interested in signing someone like Woodgate or Hargreaves, I would only offer them a Year One Deal. That way, if they are injured all the time, I'm only stuck with them for a season and won't have to worry about off-loading them.

 

[TD23]

David De Gea gets a 80k appearance fee and a 200k clean sheet bonus along with his 170k wages for me :O

 

[Raikan007]

David De Gea gets a 80k appearance fee and a 200k clean sheet bonus along with his 170k wages for me :O

thats a bit insane...

80k x 40 appearances (thats average per season) = £3.2million
200k x 15 clean sheets (thats average per season) =£3 million
170k x 41 weeks (2 months off season, not sure if they get paid to be honest or how the weekely wage works) = £7.14 million

signing on bonus was probably around £4.5 million and agent fee was probably around £3.8 million on a 5 year deal = £15 million per year

 

[Camb0dia]

With the older players, don't you include the extra year clause if they play a certain amount of games, I did that with Vierra (more to keep him happy)

 

[TD23]

He only conceded 12 goals all season and both signing on fees were 6m which is my maximum. Meh, still got a 140m transfer budget to spend!

 

[TJD07]

thats a bit insane...

80k x 40 appearances (thats average per season) = £3.2million
200k x 15 clean sheets (thats average per season) =£3 million
170k x 41 weeks (2 months off season, not sure if they get paid to be honest or how the weekely wage works) = £7.14 million

signing on bonus was probably around £4.5 million and agent fee was probably around £3.8 million on a 5 year deal = £15 million per year

Friend of mine in a network game gave Aguero a contract that's worth around 500k a game including bonuses. Safe to say I laughed a little.