Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Manchester City - The Art of Buying.

 By Luke - Football Manager HUB and Luke's Stories of An FM Addict


Hi guys, welcome to the second part of my 'OTAF' blog: this time focusing on mega rich, Manchester City! Although, before I press on, I would encourage you to go back and have a look at what I did with Mallorca too!

In todays blog I'm going to be showing you around in-bound transfers...

The Six (Main) Rules


In the transfer market no matter who you are managing you must stick to certain 'rules': otherwise you will fall flat on your face (much like Sam Alladyche...) with record signings who spend most of their time with the physios and not the coaches!
  1. Avoid the use of contract clauses.
  2. When buying a player don't give the other club a high next transfer percentage.
  3. Pay all agents as little as possible.
  4. Unless the player is outstanding, don't buy him over the age of 30.
  5. Learn the leagues actual rules!
  6. Don't overpay, it's expensive!

Now let me explain (give examples of) why sticking to these rules are VITAL!

The reason you must avoid contract clauses is because what is a cheap deal during year one: in year two is stupidly expensive!

So you've just bought yourself a nice shinny new player for £500k! After a year he's worth £10 million and you sell him but he's old club have a '25% of next sale', wave good by £2.5 million of it...

Agents are like parasites on FM, why give them more money then they need?

You've just signed a 30 year old playmaker who is just better then your 21 year old regen: after a year he'll be sitting in your reserves.

WOW, you've just signed Messi for Juventus but you've already signed 2 non-EU players for the window, he cant play!

Paying £4 million for Heskey isn't the right move, don't do it...

Setting Your Sights

When starting a save with Manchester City you are given £42.56 million, as your transfer budget, and £861k available to spend on wages but who do you spend it on?
Manchester City's squad depth

Manchester City, as you'd imagine, has a very deep and skillful squad: they're a top team! However there still are cracks in it, particularly in defence. In my opinion the centre of defence and the left of it needs to be sorted: so I made enquires for two players!

Eder Alvarez Balanta - Colombia's latest wonderkid?
Doria - He's 18!
Both Doria and Balanta are quick, strong and left footed: which means they are perfect to be trained up as left-back's but are also going to be superb in their position too! Put simply - They are must haves!

Sealing The Deal



So, it's decided: you know who you want but can you get them? Of course you can: contract negotiations are easy (most of the time)!

As I've previously said: you must keep all clauses down to a minimum, even ones that suit you! If you agree to wage boosting bonuses your 'cheap' deal will be costing you an arm and a leg in two/three years! However you also cant afford to put huge 'relegation wage drop' clauses either: if you do the player will insit on a higher wage (and more money in general).

No wage hikes for him!

Yep, no yearly wage rises!
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Be Like a Dragon, Not A Kitten...


The first round of negations is key: if you get it wrong it'll cost! When I'm negotiating with a player I take a large chunk of capital out of his contracts and he'll meet you somewhere in the middle: I've got someone down from £40k PW to £26k, so it's possible. As long as you keep calm you'll get your player, even if he withdraws at some point!

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That's me for now! Make sure to look out for my next blog...


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