The Wages for signing player's is ridiculous

[dhurley]

basically i got Nottm Forest promoted, i went to sign Borini as he was transfer listed, he wanted 70k a week, and i refused, so he went to Dortmund and he was on 30k... it's stupid, the same happened with Connor Wickham

 

[alexdesouza]

Yeah the inflation sucks. As in if I'm a bigger club they want SO much more and that just isn't the case all the time. Also when I sell players (eg. Podolski on 100k p/w) and Schalke offer him 90k p/w he then asks me for 30k. Now not only is that b/s... but opposition players DON'T even ask! If I can't pay the wages they want which is almost always more than they are currently receiving I get dismissed.

Dhurley, make sure you check if the agent likes you as he might not like you either from previous clients. Also that you don't offer stupid roles (don't offer indispensable if he isn't... he'll naturally ask for more).

 

[Sherkey]

Well, it sucks big time, but sometimes, it makes sense. In your case, Dortmund is a way bigger club, so he'll gladly take a paycut in order to play there, as opposed to you, where he'll need large wages in order to even consider you. (AS Monaco FC IRL is an example)

But yeah, in general, Human controlled teams are discriminated upon regarding wages. Agent relationship with you matters a lot. Schurrle's agent was friendly with PSG, and I was United. Inspite of him having a preference to play in England, his agent wanted 170k $ p/w for him. I turned him down, whereas PSG got him for 70k p/w :\

 

[sammyt]

I'm not entirely sure that's the case, at least not 10% of the time as I managed to nab Fellaini who was asking for 110K per week before he was released on 15k per week about 2 months later which seemed an absolute bargain for my Belgian League side. (even if he is 34 he is still a 4 star CM)

 

[jack1077]

I have found that even if you are a big club with huge resources, it's more about establishing from your first negotiation that you won't overpay. Whatever they ask for I usually offer about 65% of it in the first negotiation then go from there.