Tips on making a Profit

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I know it can get frustrating sometimes but people will have a better opinion of you if can get your point across graciously.

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Very good list btw, i have found it hard to keep on top of finances, and have pasted the op on to my desktop, and i voted yes in the poll, keep up the good work

Yeah thanks. Just got a bit hot headed coz I proved him wrong but he kept on going on and on and on. But I get what you saying.
 
I'm inter at the mo and i just won the serie a, the europa league and the italian cup but at the end of that month I had made a 3million pound loss, help!!!!!

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im about 50million in the red

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just worked out why board bought the stadium cost 218mil

still need help because i am actully 70 mil in red
 
funny thing is that as i always stay well within wage budget my financial control is 100% on the profile thing
 
Lazaru5 has some good points. He's not trying to cause an argument, he's trying to improve the advice given on this thread. I don't think he's saying the whole thread is wrong, just a few bits where it may be considered bad advice. Don't come across so rude in your posts, it just makes your argument seem immature and childish. And you haven't proved him wrong, the original points still stand. It's up to users which advice they take.

As for releasing players, there are the usual pros and cons. It's useful to release them if you want to free up the wage budget to bring in new signings. However, the money is immediately taken off (and it is normally around the sum of their wages til their contract expires) and this could affect later budgets. It may be better to offer them for free, as you don't have to pay their wages off. However it is difficult to sell poorer players to clubs, even if it is for free. Keeping the players means you pay their wages over a year, but the wages count towards the total wage budget. So just keep these facts in mind when deciding whether or not to release a player.
 
I'm inter at the mo and i just won the serie a, the europa league and the italian cup but at the end of that month I had made a 3million pound loss, help!!!!!

---------- Post added at 04:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:39 PM ----------

im about 50million in the red

---------- Post added at 04:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:39 PM ----------

just worked out why board bought the stadium cost 218mil

still need help because i am actully 70 mil in red

Your gonna have to wait till the money you make cancels out the 218M you spent buying the stadium. Chances are this season you will make a loss mate.
 
yeah my wages are set at 3.9 million and i keep it around 2 million or less and still lose around 40 million a year.
 
yeah my wages are set at 3.9 million and i keep it around 2 million or less and still lose around 40 million a year.

Hmmm, post a screenie of things like your expenditure or turnover. If you'r a bigger club at the end of the season you'll get around £150M for things like TV rights, final position etc..
 
If you struggling try Nigel Clough's tactic which in my opinion is very good.

Where can I find this tactic?

Wouldn't mind giving it a go! Managing Donegal Celtic in the NI Premier Division, going quite well, finished 6th in the first season (was expected to go down, as any of you who know of DC will know!) and now sitting 4th, 2pts off second, unfortunately Linfield are runaway leaders! Been able to assemble a reasonable team through free transfers.

Major problems however when it comes to loaning players, Assistant is about as useful as FA, and after consulting all his sources is unable to recommend anyone...if you ask me I think he needs to change his sources! Anyone got any tips on that?
 
good guide bro! i thought selling players really tough. :S never got more than 20 million pound .
 
@ rafmarinello

I cant believe how arrogant you are! Can't you see that by keeping the player on the wage bill you still have a chance to sell the player.
Even if you sell them on a free contract to a club you won't have to pay him any compensation.
Even if his contract runs out and he leaves the club on a free it has only cost you his wage bill (including any bonus's if you play him etc)

By terminating his contract you are loosing the chance to sell him out. Granted with the current bug its hard to sell players but they (hopefully) will fix it allowing you to sell players.

I think a lot of the information you have given is good, all except this one.
Its called constructive criticism, I hope you understand that!
 
about releasing/selling players:
would it be financially smarter to release a fringe player or sell him for $0(if thats the price other teams would only pay for)? i've been reading different comments, so am unsure if and when i release a player, do i have to pay the amount of money he would have potentially earned if he fufilled his contract straight up?
 
There are pros and cons for both situations. If you can sell the player, then you won have to pay him any conpensation. But if you release him then you will probably have to pay them compensation (normally although I havent test) equivilant to what his wage would have been had his conract run its course.
 
about releasing/selling players:
would it be financially smarter to release a fringe player or sell him for $0(if thats the price other teams would only pay for)? i've been reading different comments, so am unsure if and when i release a player, do i have to pay the amount of money he would have potentially earned if he fufilled his contract straight up?

It would be smarter to sell him for £0 but due to the bug it's quite hard :(.


There are pros and cons for both situations. If you can sell the player, then you won have to pay him any conpensation. But if you release him then you will probably have to pay them compensation (normally although I havent test) equivilant to what his wage would have been had his conract run its course.

I have tested it and it is not what you would play the player.

@ rafmarinello

I cant believe how arrogant you are! Can't you see that by keeping the player on the wage bill you still have a chance to sell the player.
Even if you sell them on a free contract to a club you won't have to pay him any compensation.
Even if his contract runs out and he leaves the club on a free it has only cost you his wage bill (including any bonus's if you play him etc)

By terminating his contract you are loosing the chance to sell him out. Granted with the current bug its hard to sell players but they (hopefully) will fix it allowing you to sell players.

I think a lot of the information you have given is good, all except this one.
Its called constructive criticism, I hope you understand that!

I said fringe and reserves that you would use, and anyway's with the bug you can hardly sell, so maybe when the patch fixes it I might change it.
Also you said this
Even if his contract runs out and he leaves the club on a free it has only cost you his wage bill (including any bonus's if you play him etc
that all comes out of your balance and goes towards your finances.
Also I disagree that I'm arrogant I was saying you might aswell release these players and that you won't have to pay them what is left on their contract. That guy was just trolling and looking for a reaction and unfortutuantly I have him one.

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Where can I find this tactic?

Wouldn't mind giving it a go! Managing Donegal Celtic in the NI Premier Division, going quite well, finished 6th in the first season (was expected to go down, as any of you who know of DC will know!) and now sitting 4th, 2pts off second, unfortunately Linfield are runaway leaders! Been able to assemble a reasonable team through free transfers.

Major problems however when it comes to loaning players, Assistant is about as useful as FA, and after consulting all his sources is unable to recommend anyone...if you ask me I think he needs to change his sources! Anyone got any tips on that?

http://www.fm-base.co.uk/forum/f103/clough-4-2-3-1-emulation-tactic-t50335.html Here is the link for the tactic. I had some success with it but I am finding the goals galore one much better. ;)
 
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i don't know whether this will work for everyone or not but for i am earning money by doing this for last 2 seasons....
i just bye players in free transfer and sale them after one season........
 
i don't know whether this will work for everyone or not but for i am earning money by doing this for last 2 seasons....
i just bye players in free transfer and sale them after one season........

That could work, but it will be one to post in OP when the patch comes out as now ones to do with selling players are a bit hit and miss.
 
I am over my wage bill by 400% help?

Like I said in this current bugged situation release your fringe/reserve players. Release any unneeded staff. Reduce you players wages. Ask the board for money wage budget. Shift all your money from transfer budget to wage budget.
 
another tip(might be useful :p) if you are a big team,with huge transfer budget, try buying star players ( and i mean STAR) it will increase your incomes. most of you might know this already
 
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another tip(might be useful :p) if you are a big team,with huge transfer budget, try buying star players ( and i mean STAR) it will increase your incomes. most of you might know this already

I see what your saying but the thing is you spend at least £10M on a star player and then via shirt sales from them you only get around £1M so thanks for the help mate anyways ;)
 
My own tips

1 - Plan ahead
You can make a sucessfull squad without spending too much , before every season take in account the turnover you might make of sponsors and planned position on league / cup / champions cup and don't let your salaries be more than a 50 % or 75 % of it .
For example :
As bayern munchen I make about 35 million in sponsors , 15 - 25 millions from league positions and about 10 - 30 million off champions cup , that means I should have my salaries around the 40 - 60 million mark to make a consistent profit or , if thing go wrong , don't go in red numbers

2 - Youngsters Youngsters Youngsters

You can make a succesfull team just relying in your youngsters - Buy them when they're 14 - 19 year olds , they'll take crappy salaries till they're 25 - 28 , if they start to ask too much sell them and let the next guy in line take his spot - Don't only rely on your facilities , getting youngsters off other teams will save the day most times , Remember that buying and maintaining youngsters from minor leagues it's 3x times cheaper than getting those major league wonderkids that will ask you 1 million per year on their first constract .


3 - Keeping contracts under check

For the most part ambitious guys will ask you for their first big contract really soon and sometimes it might make your head ache a bit , the best way to combat this is to keep a low profile on salaries , for example , Ribery and Robben had a contract for 10 million per year and 7 million per year each , before their contract finished loyal guys like schwesteiger and alaba were asking me for 5 - 8 million a year contracts , after Ribery left I could sign schwensteiger for just 3'5 million a year .



4 - Balance

Following my tips always balance your team , I have been able to win the league and fell very short of winning the champions league with a first team under 20 million per year , but if you happen to fetch 3 or 4 wonderkids in similar years you might think of giving them the contract they want and win everything for 5 years straight , Your call .



Thank you for reading me and I hope it's been useful for anyone , Excuse my english as Im not a native speaker .
 
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