The FM Art of Negotiating

[@daye8734]

*Valued at 71K* “We would like 67 million plus 40% on a percentage of the next sale”. Cool

[@jackoberto01]

@Brant Hall Well atleast that profit of next sale is useless This is quite common almost every player a club doesn't want to sell will be like this

[@joshjeran]

@Brant Hall Offer half of the reply offer + a couple of millions more and that usually does the trick

[@liviuemanuel82]

I really hate that part. and it's sooo unrealistic! In my country 1 mil is A LOT of money... but in this game i try to offer 2 mil for a player and "we would like 14 mil" WTF?!?!?!?! with 14 mil i buy the first 3 teams in the country !

[@TristanSchaaf]

@@egykilenckilenchet Unless it's your player. I had a (cheated) PA 200 striker of 18 years old, with a CA of 125. Even the big clubs wouldn't pay over 1M

[@liviuemanuel82]

@@JM-tj5qm not one milion. But not much either. Ex yhe second club based on result was sold with s few milions . I wanted to say 10 milions. Sorry

[@evanlou2881]

When offering your player a new contract, always change the contract start date to end of season to save money. Quick tip.

[@corpse6193]

Don't they get angry on that? I remember in FM18 they were really upset

[@evanlou2881]

@@corpse6193 Not really. Sometimes they just require higher wages than they would if you offered a new immediate contract. I'm sure you can sort that out while negotiating.

[@ultrainstinctshaggy8926]

@@ZealandonYT Not really related to this but . I found the next Christian Vieri and the next Jurgen Klinsmann but i only found out because i declared interest in them . Obviously I cant go around declaring interest every time i see a good player . Is there any wasy way to do this ?

[@gendicarla5429]

@@ultrainstinctshaggy8926 that's only media speculation and really doesn't mean much, think of it as the Spanish media calling everyone who is small and good at dribbling the next messi. A player is not any better or worse with or without the next etc label.

[@henz097]

Ah yes, the negotiator

[@tailofbud2399]

Pro tip: Use a £0 relegation release clause when in the top flight and strong enough for it not to be realistic, to drive down wage demands.

[@OuvinteAmigao]

how much do it lower the wage???

[@tailofbud2399]

Aiatola Komening Depends a lot on the player and league you’re in but I’ve been able to get good reductions for wages or sign ons in exchange for that. Just experiment and see what works

[@OuvinteAmigao]

@@tailofbud2399 - yea, sure, I will. Thanks

[@deeznoots6241]

Imagine if you do actually get relegated after putting all your players on £0 relegation release clauses lol, would be an instant death spiral

[@tailofbud2399]

@@deeznoots6241 Haha never happened yet

[@harryseaess7]

On contract renewals, especially with your top stars, on the first page you can select for their contract to start at the end of the season. Most players are normally happy with this and it means you've saved a decent chunk of money as you don't have to pay their new wage until the end of the season.

[@brendenquillen6093]

Zealand I absolutely love the videos. I started watching a few weeks ago to get away from how bad FIFA is and just wanted tips on how to get better youth players. Now I've watched every video on this channel and feel much better about taking on my West Ham save. ❤

[@georginho36]

chest reveal at 50k

[@OuvinteAmigao]

I vote against

[@lannek3240]

I would say another huge tip would be to hover over the little information icon next to the agents name when negotiating a contract. It will tell you what kind of agent he is and whether he looks for a good deal for him or for the client and if he’s patient or not. Good info to know when adjusting wages and bonuses

[@jackandyaron6186]

Useful tip: when negotiating a contract and its gets to orange, try to put your offer on 'non negotiable' and the player/agent will more likely accept your offer. Its not 100% but it does help a lot. Sorry for my shit english i hope you all understand

[@matthewwalker1214]

I've not seen the whole vid so I might be jumping the gun: If you offer a player better terms than they're expecting they will accept quicker than otherwise. So if there's a player with lots of interest but no offers, or you don't want to risk being swooped out of nowhere putting in an 'above initial demands' offer (but still below true market value) can actually be better than the Levy approach in the right situation. This is particularly true in the case of bosman players or wonder kids who typically have a low asking wage (e.g. Asking for 300, give them 1000 to get the deal fast).

[@Markid999]

One feature I find very useful when negotiating contracts with players from my club is clicking the "use current contract" button which will set everything to what it is at the moment so you can then kinda try to meet in the middle with your player and also make sure you are not increasing anything wildly. Also, keep in mind that if you're talking to an agent, they definitely care more about their fee than the player's loyalty bonus or sometimes even their wage, that's probably why he accepted Valentini's offer that easily haha

[@danjames2494]

Stoke City - “ahhh I see you want my 4* English HGN regen striker, that will be £180,000,000, 50% sell on fee, your first new born son and a handle full of Drachma from the year 1763..” Me - o_O

[@arciks11]

Sounds reasonable tbh.

[@thehorde4868]

😂😂😆😆

[@OCDean73]

20:29 cancelling previous lower offers for Stroud is fine but you also need to be aware of what he thinks. On his transfer page, it'll tell you who he prefers to join if any. Leaving him just the option to join Minsk will only work if he's open to the move or you go into the 'convince him to join' option (which is sketchy at best).

[@gonnaw1n]

My favourite FM guy...rewatching videos to brush up on spots. I did notice when you wanted to check out your captains current wage while negotiating his contract you went to his main page, you don't need to do this while on a new contract, there is a drop down at the top next to current contract next to promises and it will show what he is currently already on.

[@barnabycoleman6617]

Hey man, loving the videos! Any tips on preparing for a big game (e.g. cup final).

[@Jur1_00]

1. Make sure your starting 11 are well rested and match fit (you can go to the responsibility screen under matches and set first team players that aren't match fit to be automatically available for your reserves and U19 so you your rotation players are always match fit) 2. Try not to play players that don't enjoy big matches 3. Try to play players with good determination, bravery, workrate 4. If you know your tactic works don't change anything pre match even against stronger opposition 5. Watching the first 10-15min in full highlights or comprehensive to see the pattern of attack and defence of both your team and the AI and then make adjustments if necessary 6. Know that you could have done all of the above and still lose 7. Pray to the FM gods 8. I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU STILL LOSE THE GAME!! 😂😂

[@frederikbrandt424]

Darj Azorji Love the last 3 tips lmao

[@gendicarla5429]

@@Jur1_00 I have two more which I think are decent tips hopefully: 9.) in the training tab/schedule you can select big match preparation , this is really good if your starting 11 isn't the most determined or composed for big matches, otherwise it's not THAT necessary. 10.) if your team has been massively overachieving , use the press conferences to speak about not being complacent. If you are not on good terms with your squad, make sure you handle the conferences and just 'No Comment' any question

[@bmcc1231]

NEVER DO THE TEAMTALK BEFORE IT!

[@Jur1_00]

@@gendicarla5429 I've never tried the big match training but I'll try it out. Regarding the team talk, I usually tell them not to be complacent if I see the body language "complacent" after the last match. Other than that if it's a game I should be winning I put pressure on them to perform and if I'm a massive underdog I tell them to go in without pressure and I have faith in them

[@hanneswurstbrot6902]

don´t know if you mentioned it yet, but a "direct loan back" for a player decreases the price they want significantly. got Livakovic the goaly from dinamo zagreb for 3 million estimated price was 9-12 million.

[@antidotek7078]

A gk who is literally god btw, he saved my skin so much on my palace save

[@OCDean73]

19:22 setting a player as unavailable for loan doesn't stop clubs asking to take him on loan, it just reduces it a little. You have to also set it to 'reject all loan offers' for some stupid reason

[@V8Murder]

I have a random tip, if you make a counter offer and they aren't playing ball, look at the text top left, it's happened before that the agent says "things will go a lot smoother if you give my client such and such." Basically, they seem to sometimes prioritize one or two aspects of the contract and it can be easy to miss and overpay.

[@Thekowalonet]

I feel like u missed some things. Always, when you try to buy a player first offer should be 0$, when they counter just counter offer*0,498. Works 100%, but if they don't want to make a counter offer it means that they will only sell on 50-100% sell on fee, then offer like 60% and wait for counter offer if they still refuse to counter it means that they will probably only sell on sell on fee. Then you can try to unsettle the player. Also while loaning out you can make some extra $ by monthly fee. I've managed to get even up to 10 mln from loans, then after season you can sell that player for even more. When negotiating contracts you can offer rise after 1 international cup and you can save about 30% of diffrence between original wage and rise, but I would say that this one is an exploit.

[@simonspencer5159]

Great vid! One note though, when negotiating contracts the bonuses do come out of your wage budget, sort of. Depending on promised playing time and position a percentage of things like appearance fee, goal bonus and clean sheet bonus will be added to the wage budget cost of the player. So a Star Player forward with a wage of 10k per week, a goal bonus of 1k and an appearance fee of 2k would come with a wage budget cost of something like 12k per week. A squad player Defender with a wage of 10k per week, a goal bonus of 1k and an appearance fee of 2k on the other hand would come with a wage budget cost of only just over 10k per week.

[@simonspencer5159]

Notice when negotiating with Rodriguez (Starter, forward) he wanted 1.02Mpa plus 3.9k appearance fee and 2.5k goal bonus your payroll budget cost was 1.18Mpa, around 3k per week more than just his wage, this extra 3k comes from the expected outlay from appearance fees and goal bonus.

[@NUFCSuraj]

just a little amendment which is worth mentioning: the player contract clauses do come out of your wage budget in a way. You can see when offering the contract what the 'wage budget contribution' is. It changes slightly depending on how high the bonuses/clauses are. I only know this because I was doing a lower league save where I needed to make use of every penny in my budget. I worked out the basic salary in my head for my transfers but it backfired because I hadn't counted in the bonuses which can add potentially 1k a week extra onto the wage budget contribution (a small figure to most clubs but it's a big deal when you're dealing with players on like 1.5k a week)

[@TucBroder]

I was after Jonas Wind in my Ajax save. FCK wanted £195 mil... Yeah right. So I praised him in the media, declared my interest, intentionally bid way too low... And a year later, they agreed to let him go for £5 mil, 'cause I had unsettled him. It might have taken a year, but it was worth it.

[@masdi727]

Wtf how

[@ElGreco910]

I really enjoy your videos, they are well made/explained and i learned a lot thanks to them. All the best.

[@Richardson20111005]

lmao the intro music fits literally perfectly it reminds me of a medieval middle eastern market

[@goncalonunes411]

Finally a video about this topic!! Thank you very much!

[@halam899live8]

Great video today keep it up your doing amazing job 👊🏻👊🏻🎉🎉👊🏻

[@jonisilk]

I always remove unused sub fees, lock in promotion wage rise at a limit of 10 or 15%, no more than 10% yearly wages rise for younger players. When selling players (younger), 50% of profit on next transfer is locked in from the first negotiation. Over a 5 year period, I might have one year where I spend more on transfers than I make, but I'll generally only make a signing if I don't already have a kid coming through who I think could step-up, or I'm buying the finished article to move up that next level once I'm already in the top flight (otherwise it's free agents and experienced cast-offs from bigger clubs).

[@speleokeir]

I never allow wage rises of more than 5%.

[@gabrielsutton4837]

“I want the money now or I don’t want it at all” 😂

[@wmyates17]

Good relations with some agents also lead to them accepting favourable terms in contract negotiations. If it’s the first time I’m negotiating with a particular agent I tend to offer a favourable agent fee to get them on my side

[@bingolicious3391]

That opening gave me all sorts of feelings!

[@corpse6193]

12:40 some things - you should always shave off a bit from agent's fee and lock it. Here the agent should gladly accept 40K instead of 46.5K, probably you could take it a bit further (and often it will be more impactful that measly 6.5K). As long as you are not pushing it too far, this should not affect your relation with the agent negatively. When it comes to appearance fees and other bonuses, they are in a certain ratio to the base salary, based on the playing time and differing from league to league (though I'm not certain about the latter). I think it's a good practice to calculate these ratios and stick to them to have a better framework for the wage structure that you want to put in place. 15:40 You mostly don't want to sign youngsters to one-year deals, especially the ones with no reputation, like this guy (mostly guys that expect one-year deals have no reputation whatsoever). After going to your team, their reputation rises, and the next deal you will have to offer them may be significantly more costly. On top of that you have zero control over their future, which is never a nice thing. One weird thing you may come across is when you suggest a different playing time is that for some players this will mean demanding more money and for some this will mean taking less or forgoing (not demanding) some of the bonuses (like the 20-goal-a-season bonus for the striker if he is a regular starter instead of important player). I guess this is based on the reputation, the players with a high reputation won't want to ride the bench and will demand more money for that and the players with lower reputation will accept the fact that their new, bigger club sees them differently and modify their expectations accordingly.

[@frederikbrandt424]

I highly disagree with your agent stance. Usually I find it a good idea to pay the agent as much as possible because their demands usually give you a lot of leverage which makes it possible to lower the players salary more. Since the agent wants less the impact is usually bigger by giving the agent 100k more in total than giving the player 25k more per year, which will ultimately lead to wasting more money. Pay the agent and make him happy, his demands are peanuts compared to what the player wants, there are far more important things to lock in such as years or removing future sell on fees/release clauses.

[@corpse6193]

@@frederikbrandt424 As I stated, he will gladly accept it and it won't impact your relations. I'm not advocating for pushing it to the limit, but you can and you should trim it off a bit. Handing agent more money won't make him accept any offer you give to a player in the future, it mostly impacts his own demands. Everytime you engage in negotiations with an agent who likes you (and ones who I treat like I mentioned before do like me), they state, that because of the positive relation, they are willing to take less money for their services

[@frederikbrandt424]

Corpse I’m saying that I give the agent extra money so I then can cut a bit of the wages in that same negotiation, that’s how I’ve done it. Especially at a big club 500k extra is nothing compared to the salaries the players get. So rather than paying the agent 50k and the player 60k per week I give the agent 1m and the player 55k per week. It saves money in the long run.

[@jesuslarez1290]

I dont even own this game anymore and still watch this videos

[@tomazs8380]

i have a good tip to manage money more effectivly, at the cost of wage budget, i dont pay any tipe of bonus to my players, and usually even totally remove loyalty and signment prizes, and i try to compensate in the base wage, it costs a bit more on the wage budget, but you have much more control of the money money you are spending on your players :) just go to salary compromise on finances and see what each one is taking you, although bonus do not add up in that page, so it is harder

[@Zeerse_Chef]

Sometimes I've tried increasing the agent fee without any others, wondering if the agent's self-interest will make them influence the player signing but as I can tell, it makes no difference.

[@t1mg]

It depends on the agent I think. If they're more greedy then this will work better.

[@NUFCSuraj]

I did it with a player. The agent wanted like 250k and the player wanted around 90k a week. The max I could offer was 69k and I just upped the agent fee and loyalty bonus to 2.1m each. He ended up accepting at that wage without adding many more clauses. It's also helpful because the more you pay an agent, the more he likes you so it can give you a good relationship with them and make future demands with his clients cheaper.

[@samuellarsson101]

"The Art of a deal v.2" - Zealand Florida residence - Zealand You're bound to become a president

[@alanschu14]

"All of these other bonuses are not counted in your wage budget" I used to think this but I don't think it's true. If you adjust the bonuses, you'll see the "Payroll Budget Cost" change. It even takes into account the playing time agreement, so a Star Player will see greater impact in the payroll budget for appearance fee compared to unused sub fee. This is opposite for an impact sub or fringe player. I have found this useful for knowing how much I need to adjust the appearance fee bonus to make up for a reduction in the guaranteed contract for players that I maybe don't want to pay as much if they're not playing (often injury prone ones!). Of course, because the bonuses aren't guaranteed, they are less persuasive and I often need to "over spend." But the wage budget does seem to take the player game bonuses into account from my experience. I haven't noticed any shifts for things like milestone goals or end of season achievements however.

[@bulfmaster1913]

Ran into your channel and love it. The knowledge that you imparted on me has been incredible. Do I need to say that I did subscribe? Through all of the videos, one thing I have been looking for and have yet to find is some wisdom about Amateur clubs. I love taking a team from the lowest depths and seeing how far we can go. I don't know why but I feel a greater sense of accomplishment when we finally arrive to the highest tier than taking on a team already there. My question to you is do you see yourself ever creating a video on amateur clubs or maybe creating an amateur save? I would love to see this. Thanks for the awesome videos and great information. This game has quickly become my favorite now and your videos have helped immensely. Appreciate the time. Thanks!

[@Warujogaming]

i also set the 'contract start date' always at the end of the season so that i can save more money

[@brianarmstrong7318]

Another class video lad! Keep it up 👍🏾

[@chickenpotpieboy4108]

i sometimes forget when im signing someone that there are promises that have to be kept and then they end up wanting to leave after a month because k broke their trust

[@Corn_Beef_Boss]

And that's bs they want to leave so quick

[@Corn_Beef_Boss]

I use a cheat and just get them back happy

[@loweloyoutube1259]

As an aside, I'd say don't be too trigger happy with who you choose to Offer to Clubs! Some of your players aren't going to react well to being pimped out - you can persuade them to leave but it's hit or miss and might backfire if they decide to complain to the rest of the squad and implode the dressing room

[@frederikbrandt424]

It’s always possible to ship a player out of the club if you anger him enough. If there’s a player you sense won’t move clubs then simply put him in the reserves or youth team. If he’s a first team player then he’ll get so mad that he’ll accept pretty much any club that can afford him.

[@Priority76]

Are you taking the piss out of 'pick up artists'? I very much approve!

[@pranaytopgun047]

Can you make a video about how to play entertaining technical football ?

[@Brosphe]

For selling players, i always go with the percentage of next sale option rather than percentage of profit from next sale. Guess you won‘t get anything in return if the new club won‘t sell the player for profit

[@blackhorne]

Hi Zealand, got a question: How do you get to sell a player for the amount you want? Everytime I wanto to sell a player that I want and that is good, I never get to sell him not even for the value that he is valued for.... The offers are always shorter... Thanks

[@lordwaleane5397]

watch the other video. he sold 2.5mil value player for 82mil. he keeps offer, reject, add more money, offer again, reject, until the interested clubs didn't interested anymore. doesn't work on all players though.

[@KrisPaterson]

Can you make a video about how making loans work, with those percentages and stuff, I don't really get them? Thanks if you do!

[@TomVerhaegen]

Players also show what they think of their potential next club. So I get offers in for a player and I accept those offers but my player is like I want to go to team X. Now specially if that player your selling had a good contribution but he does not fit the standard anymore I do look at it and even be willing to accept a lower offer. I had this on my Nottingham Forrest save. I had a player played 2 good years for us but did not meet the standard anymore so I sold him. I had two offers, one from Blackburn and one from Bristol City. He told me he was very interested in going to Bristol City. They offered a half mil less then Blackburn but he had been a good servant to the team so accepted it. Another thing is I get a loan offer in I accept and two other teams do a loan offer for the same player. I accept the one I think is best but I stall the other two. In case the first deal fails you still have the other two to fall back on.

[@liamthomas7411]

Good informative videos, wondering if theres any faster way to increase fanbase on the game? Other than the obvious solution... win. Got promoted from the North Conference to League One but still only seem to get 30-100 people turning up for away games?

[@frederikbrandt424]

You have some great advice in this video but I will say that the optional future fees are very stupid to put in. It basically just scares away some clubs so you get fewer bidders and you have ZERO gain from putting it in. If he plays great and his value goes sky high then it’s much better to just sell him after his loan is over to the highest bidder.

[@quanghuybui881]

I play fm19 so i don't know will it works on FM20. You can actually trick the player's agent to make him respectful of you and get like the best deal ever right from the start. Find other players that the agent has ( really low value unknown players) buy them or approach to sign and accept the contract IMMEDIATELY( he will think working with you is easy and build up the relationship ) around 6-7 players like that and you will hit the maximum relationship. ( he is respectful of you or s.th) then offer the main target for contract, after you are done you can cancel all of the others 6-7 shitty decoy. The agent will hate you alright but the deal is already done and you lose nothing , you can even try to rebuild the relationship next time by doing the same thing but with like 13-14 players to make him from hate you to respect you . It can potentially save up like 50% all across the board.

[@frederikbrandt424]

I mean you kind of get screwed the next time you have to extend the players contract or the agent might have some other great players or get some newgens that you want. Never burn bridges, it’ll come back to haunt you.

[@quanghuybui881]

@@frederikbrandt424 That's the second part i'm telling you , before doing those kind of things you can repeat the procedure only this time you need to do more ( double to be precise because the agent is in the negative side ) , To sum things up you will always be his best friend for a small amount of time till the main target's contract been sealed. I tested carefully , it just take a little bit time though.

[@korki0117]

When you negotiate a contract you can lock the signing fee and agent fee all the way to zero and the won’t just reject your offer.Btw zeland when I make an offer to get a loan player the other team is never willing to negotiate the percentage of the player fee I have to pay , does tho generally happen to the game or am I doing something wrong?

[@MegaSting1981]

Oh that still works on FM? I can offer my players zero signing on fee when giving them new contracts? Last FM I played before 20 was 08 and it worked too on that lol.

[@TiAgo-FM]

Man I just found your Channel . Damn . You're funny . Keep on with good content 🙏

[@bogdancalin3097]

Ok but ríos was valued at 1.5M and you said he could go for 20M. How do you evaluate your players? I mean I know if the player is not playing or not playing well enough his value is going to go down, but what is the process you went through and that made you evaluate him at 20M?Im wondering how can I do that with my own players

[@OuvinteAmigao]

I try to sell my players for 10x their value... but it doesnt work for players worth 6M or above... :p My best selling was a 80M striker... but most player goes under 50M... :(

[@bogdancalin3097]

@@ZealandonYT I know that, but how do you set your own value for the players?

[@bogdancalin3097]

@@ZealandonYT as in how do you personally decide how much is a player worth

[@acornelectron1461]

Great slice Zealand, good work. What I would like to know is why wont my coaches take their last couple of courses to make them truely awesome?

[@alloutfootball1686]

Hie Zealand love your videos man keep up the good work. Just a suggestion can you make a video about preparing for a big away game.

[@viktorkrutsiuk507]

I always include 5% of future profit just to support the club that prepared that player for me :D )) some times even 10-20% for poor clubs from my own nation)

[@adityabhanja8957]

It hurts when you see your offer gets accepted immediately. It makes me wish if I could have lowered the cost a little further.

[@thomasayling222]

Do you have any tips for pulling off loan deals for players that are not listed for loan by their club, ie. fringe players/squad players that aren't getting the game time they want. Lots of players are reportedly 'very interested' in joining the club on loan but the club most of the time seems to automatically reject bids if the player is not a youth player. Is there anyway to convince clubs to loan you a player and is there anyway you can tell if the player would be allowed to go on loan before you make an offer?

[@MagicMarshy]

Hi, great vid. Question off topic.... how do you add pics of actual people onto newgens?

[@stevenbudaya2140]

He has a facepack for it, theres a few video talking about it in his channel

[@wildmanmountainjack3725]

Once you decide to sell a player, and they don't want to leave, do you do something different or are you unafraid that it might torpedo your morale?

[@2Corinth138]

Can you please make a video about your leagues set up?

[@Mohammad_.-]

I just started watching this .. but if you talk about loans .. I'll take it as i was the inspiration 4 dat part of d video 😎🙄😅😅

[@Mohammad_.-]

Ok that dude was on loan @ Wbw and you didn't do it*_*

[@OCDean73]

11:07 "His loyalty bonus is how much he gets for not leaving." Not strictly true, it's what he gets if YOU decide to sell him. If he's the one who demands the move, he gets nothing

[@t1mg]

If the contract expires do you still have to pay it

[@OCDean73]

@@t1mg No because the loyalty bonus is for the length of his contract and no more. e.g. a £5,200 loyalty bonus on exactly a one year deal (i.e. 52 weeks) will go down by £100 a week. If you sell him after 6 months, you'd have to pay him half i.e. £2,600. By the end of the contract there would be no loyalty bonus left to pay

[@lobal2]

Jesus christ thank you for this.

[@horsa4427]

Hey I'm really struggling trying to find fullbacks that can grow to be over 4 stars. A lot of your wonderkids I see are wingers and strikers, can you make a video about full backs? Thanks!

[@speleokeir]

Forget the star rating, it's largely meaningless. It mainly relates to how good he is compared to existing players in your team. For instance you may have a four or five star player then get promoted bring in some new players and see that his star rating has dropped even though his ability is the same or has even improved but because the standard of players in your team has improved he doesn't rate as highly as before. Look at his current stats and if he's under 23 his potential to improve. If you're having trouble finding a decent full back search for players with the sorts of stats you want and consider training him to become a fullback.

[@kd3music]

great tip about remove and exclude. I always forget about that. You could add info about targetting the offers e.g. I am sending my south american players for loan to spain to gain nationality in 2 years and only there

[@frederikbrandt424]

Exactly the same. I buy like 4-5 South Americans every year who I send on loan because there’s a max of 3 foreigners. After a couple years I either get them in the team or sell them on for profits. The only issue is I usually have to wait more than 2 years because the paperworks usually take 70 days which means I don’t have time to register them.

[@JJMNC]

Is the playing monthly fee and unused monthly fee paid to the club that has the player?

[@phothar93]

Please make a video about wage structure!

[@user-rx2rd8jo2e]

Just realised we have the same dof Eugene Krasnikov

[@DigiRulesTheWorld]

Great tips. I hate the appearance and unused sub fees and want to forever exclude them. Do you know if that's an option at all?

[@Kaiduss]

It is an option. Just remove and exclude the appearance bonus and then remove the unused sub fee (it can't function without the appearance bonus anyway so no need to exclude it). EDIT: Nvm, I don't think excluding forever is an option.

[@DigiRulesTheWorld]

@@Kaiduss Oh I meant to forever get rid of them. I hate them if they are already getting a salary. Just having to remove and exclude every single time gets old. I figured it's not possible but thought I'd ask

[@Jacko9]

How do you negotiate contract renewals when they are asking x4 the original? Happens with all my players. They're around 30k p/w now they are asking +100k p/w

[@OuvinteAmigao]

Any tip for increasing or decreasing the hierarchy level of a player?? Playtime aint helping it in my save... :/

[@MrCr1spy1]

More like the art of growing a beard 👌

[@Mannddy]

Bro u are awesome

[@bimz110194]

I can’t find the Lázaro Brazilian striker on my Watford save even though I have Brazilian league and flamingo in my save

[@gm2407]

probably generated player. i had one from France in one play through and not in another.

[@kyng_3]

I laughed so hard at the 50% example

[@sherazade82]

Yeah the offer to clubs sounds good but never works for me. I get zero interest all the time. Even if I offer the player for $0. It's ridiculous.

[@tweakjur]

Locking the wage contribution in loan offers feels limiting to me. I often get loan offers where clubs won't go over 20% of the wages, but happily agree to monthly fees of 20 times the wage total. Why take 100% wages if you can get much more than that on a monthly basis?

[@speleokeir]

I go for both. 100% wage AND a big monthly fee. If I'm not getting offers then I remove the lock on the monthly fee. Of course it also depends on what the wages are. For instance if it's a youth player his wages might be tiny so it's not a big deal, but if he's on high wages it is.

[@parsahy2934]

Oh my god thank you I am terrible in deals personally.

[@bloodshed_]

Great video! But you forgot the trick how to get a youngster to sign a smaller contract and less wage % increase! If you know the player wont feature in your first team, just tell him that he can have a lot of money if he plays x amount of first team games. If he gets closer to the first team, offer him a new contract instead. This is very useful if you have a lot of youngsters and trying to keep their upkeep down!

[@psychospin1]

As a Benfica supporter, I'm offended that you're offended

[@miguelpironet]

Hello, Can I request a challenge? When you have a solid team, hire a "10 or less rated player " for free, train him and play with him on your starting eleven to see for how much can you sell him! Good luck :)

[@Matinhoknsk]

great but what if my top player dont want to negotiate? He plays every game and he feels bad in the club, 15 months to end his contract.

[@BukbleyGames]

You live in Tampa, right? Is this upload super late or super early? Either way thanks for the info

[@Mombot_z]

Bukbley every Wednesday and Saturday the videos drop online around 4:00 am Florida time.

[@Dylan-ym2fc]

Anyone had any experience of the "improve coaching team" promise in a contract? Used it to get Haaland to sign a new deal and no matter what I do it doesn't satisfy him! Got the best coaches in the league in every department, session are all 4.5* minimum and I even asked him to recommend a coach and hired him. He still became unhappy at the end of the season and I sold him to United to prevent it effecting squad morale (and I hate strengthening United).

[@OuvinteAmigao]

let squad morale decrease a bit... it wont hurt ya ;) I always have problems with the "play in preferred position" promise... at the end, I just tell the player to shut up and stop whining... KKKKKkkkkk

[@jackcooke1401]

Can anyone give any advise?! So I'm trying too sell Yanga-Mbiwa in my Lyon save. 30 years old, last year of contract, 55k per week, 5th choice CB. I have control of all outgoing transfers, hes not on the unwanted list so it's not down to the board to sell him. I'm getting bids that match his value but they are being rejected by the board. Anyone know why?

[@OuvinteAmigao]

try to check his transfer status... and tell the director to do nothing when a bid comes...

[@WestAbbey]

The thing is that i find hard as FUNK this year is getting free players . They all vant 30K or 45K a month while they have 2stars or 3 stars. Yeah im a club that has 50K in salary budget a year. But i cant find good players.

[@ScottMansfield]

LOL, dafuk is up with that intro :)

[@faizmukti117]

i want javairo dilrosun in my second season w/ milan. when i suggest offer they want crazy money for him like >100million euro. even after i unssettle him and what not, the price wont go down. eventually i just gave up and sign transfer listed chiesa for 50 million instead. the season after, dilrosun is offerd at 16 million euro i'm like wtf???

[@tamukachoto3294]

Dude you're funny as hell...

[@DaveTingerz]

When negotiating a contract renewal for a player who you know you want to be at the club long term, change the contract start date to the end of the season. This does two things: 1) It means that you'll get another 6 months - 12 months as an option to offer when negotiating the length of contract 2) It delays any pay rise (So salary expenses) until the end of the season. If you're a small club, this can be the deciding factor on whether you have the funds to make that crucial purchase in January, or whether that money is swallowed by the contract renewal and you have to wait until the sumer window to buy I have never, ever, had a player reject delaying the start of their contract

[@frederikbrandt424]

While it’s a good idea in some cases you have to keep in mind that the players will demand a higher salary, sometimes significantly higher, if you use that trick. If you have a great director of football then it can sometimes save you a lot of money by simply letting him negotiate. He can sometimes get players to sign for a lot cheaper that it’s possible for the human player to do.

[@quemelmalte2564]

is there a way to change a regens face ? I have a lot of Colombians with East Asian faces and it's kinda annoying. Thanks for the vid Zealand!

[@FinalFlashDX]

song on intro?

[@rejectwokeness1314]

Those kids who I have developed into world class players and won 5 UCL over 10 seasons are asking me for 400+k a week though they appear in less than 50% of my games. Even Erling Haaland isn't getting this much despite winning 3 Ballon D'ors

[@martinslvsten428]

I got a really good newgen after first season. Good enough to someday win the premier league. I had just promoted to league two in england. Watford came around to buy him. Got 3 mil dollars for him. Which isnt that much. However... I also got a buy back option for the same amount and a 50% of next sale clause. So in a couple of years when he is better and im better than watford i can buy him back for half the price i got for him. Some might call it a cheat. I call it bad AI.

[@cloudnite373]

Ed woodward should view this video

[@alexsalazar5161]

Vid starts at 2:25

[@frieza2235]

what time does zealand stream

[@Mombot_z]

Frieza 223 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday start time around 11:00 am EST. This week he will also be streaming Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday starting around 2:00pm EST for a FM 2020 streamer showdown.

[@06-shreetdave21]

"Treat the club as a stepping stone" "how dare you" lol dude it is beneficial for the club if the player does so cuz you can take a youngster and grow him to a full fledged player and sell and make big bucks. And won't make a fuss about you trying to sell him off later.

[@JM-pm3ob]

This is like the one area of FM that I’m naturally good at - I got Johannes Geis and Birger Meling at Crystal Palace for £750K and £975K respectively, now they’re both worth £20M after two and a half years.

[@lladerat]

For what you called 'art of negotiating' you kinda forgot two big points of negotiating (shaking my head here bro), when you renew contracts you never go 'immediate' ,always go 'the end of season', they are literally stealing money from you and you accept it, let the old contract expire first, also look at how friendly the agent is towards you, if he likes you you can get a much better deal than if he wouldn't. You can go into your relationship tab and see what agents like you the most, see what players they have and you might as well find another good player from his list...

[@faeyzaadrian]

This doesn’t work for me. I tried this out with Ainsley Maitland Niles in an Arsenal career mode. He is worth 17,5 Million. He has been on a very good form with 17 assists, 37 key passes, 95% passing succession with 25 appearances. I get an offer for around 15 million and upped the asking price to 22 million. The next offer i get is 20. I upped it to 30 million but the highest i get is 25 million. I lowered it to 27 and no offers.