Transfers

Why is it when I sell players, in my finance section I do not get the full money out it. For example I am managing Crystal Palace who started with no money. I sold Matt Lawerance for £20K but I only recieved approx. £18K. What happened to rest of the £2K? There was no additional fees or anything like that just staight £20K transfer.

The board of directors don't always give you all the money to spend. Like on my Liverpool save i sold Lucas for 11m but only got 8m added to my transfer budget.

Tell me about it, just got Bournemouth promoted to the Premiership and was given 29 mill and the board gave me a transfer budget of 11 mill and I also received large transfer fee's for 2 players. I have a tight board and have to work on a shoestring budget! ;-)

I'm not sure but I think transfer fees are taxable so the money could be taken by the government. It might explain it.

So is there any chance of getting the full transfer fee because in previous football manager games I remember getting full transfer fees. Also does it depend on the board that you have at a club?

I'm not sure but I think transfer fees are taxable so the money could be taken by the government. It might explain it.

Why would the government take some money out?

It depends on your bank balance. Also, if the club is a limited company or not.

The better your balance, and whether you have a sugar daddy or not, will depend on your % of income. One thing I like about FM09 is that this will vary from season to season, month to month. One year I only had 30% of any transfer revenue, the next - because I did well and received a lot of TV money etc - I got 95% of income.

It's way more realistic than getting 100% across the board.

Why would the government take some money out?

Because governments tax everything else and i'm sure i read somewhere that transfers are taxed. On the expenditure page of your finances screen there is a heading for Tax.

It is all down to the chairman really, his personality decides how much money you get back from sales, and it is also down to the club's financial state. If you are 10 million in the red and sell a player for 15 million, do you expect the chairman to give you all of it back, instead of securing the clubs financial state?

Because governments tax everything else and i'm sure i read somewhere that transfers are taxed. On the expenditure page of your finances screen there is a heading for Tax.

Im not sure if this is actually implemented into the game.

I was never so good with Business but where can I find in the finance section in the game that some of the money has been taking away from the transfer I made

Im not sure if this is actually implemented into the game.

Me neither but it was just an opinion or an idea to why full transfer money wasn't coming in. I may be wrong and probably will be.

There is a percentage of the recieved transfer fee that is added to your transfer budget. You can look it up in the budget menu.

The percentage varies between the seasons, depending on your balance and the tier you are playing in, I think.

So if I sold a player for lets say £2million pounds straight without any add ons and the board decided that 80% of transfers will taken off I will then recieve £1.6million.

So if I sold a player for lets say £2million pounds straight without any add ons and the board decided that 80% of transfers will taken off I will then recieve £1.6million.

Indeed. Certain board attributes are a factor, but current club finances is also a factor and it can differ from signing to signing.

Small clubs/clubs in debt won't get the full transfer put back into their budget as a percentage of it will be kept to make sure the club doesn't go bankrupt. It does still go into your balance though so your not getting conned out of the money.