Have you ever had a surprising takeover?

So I'm in the 2nd season of a new career game. The only vacant job was at Rushden and Diamonds in the Blue Square Premier, so I naturally took it. The chairman was happy, the club was mid-table quality, and I had a fair wage budget and a 20k transfer budget. In the first season I was dancing around the play-offs, but ended up falling down to 13th due to a losing streak a the end of the season. This season I'm equal 2nd, just two points behind the championship. I was happy with how things were going...

Then suddenly, I was even happier:

To be honest, I think I'd be hard pressed to spend $37m in the blue square. I definitely wont be unhappy if the club does get taken over though! Quite a nice Christmas present.

Has anyone else been gifted with a nice little unexpected take over like this? I'd love to hear some stories.

When I played with Westerlo(Belgium first league), there was a foreign investor who wanted to buy the club for €5m, and invest €45m in transfer budget

But the deal went off, and the club was sold to a poor Belgian guy who hadn't got any money for transfer..

I sure would have liked the 45m budget though

Another news item suggests that he will stop at nothing to make Rushden a Domestic and Continental force. A bit early to be talking about continental football when I haven't even managed league football.

I can see back to back promotion now.

Has your transfer budget changed already? I had a takeover and it took a while, but as the transfer window is approaching it might be quicker for you.

And don't worry about your balance, the chairman will always keep it at a certain level even though your given transfer and wage budget would usually caus eyour balance to bust if you spent it entirely.

Have fun I always dreamt of being at a LL club with a tycoon chairman

edit: double post

Has your transfer budget changed already? I had a takeover and it took a while, but as the transfer window is approaching it might be quicker for you.

And don't worry about your balance, the chairman will always keep it at a certain level even though your given transfer and wage budget would usually caus eyour balance to bust if you spent it entirely.

Have fun I always dreamt of being at a LL club with a tycoon chairman

I requested transfer funds, and they immediately gave me 5.5m to play with, as well as bumping up my wage budget. I was 3k/week over, now I'm 5k/week under.

I decided to throw caution to the wind and send offers in for a bunch of CCC standard players. I got rejected by a bunch, but managed to snag this U21 dutch defender worth 3.9m. I also picked up a North Ireland international 23 year old striker who claimed that he'd, "teach the Rushden fans about real football", that this move would "revitalize his career", and that I should "build the squad around him" . I've also thrown in an offer for a talented 17yr old defender at Manure for 1.3m. On top of that I'm trying to sign another player that I've had on loan all season from WBA.

If I don't manage to get promoted this season, I wan't to concede nothing next season!

Billericay had a takeover(I'm not managine them) and their value has skyrocketed to £50m. They've made it to league one but seem to be stuck there...

I'd love to be in your position. I don't want a Man City game, however I'd love a game where I'm in lower league football and someone randomly buys the club and invests loads of money. I've never actually had a takeover happen in 2009, can anything be done editor-wise to prod the game into making this happen?

I have with Alfreton

I am half way thro my 2nd season with Liverpool and have finally seen Tom Hicks bought out. It must easily have been the 4th or 5th attempt. Really hampered my plans for signings and feeder clubs etc!

All good now tho.

I'm holding out for something like this next season. With about 7 games left of my my third season, my Rushden are sitting 2nd in League 1 after back-to-back promotions via being champions in the blue square and league 2.

I'm only a point behind and i've the league leaders away in a couple of weeks. All this with no money since my first season.

I want a tycoon for the championship!

Gee, nice work Spart. You're doing a lot better than I am. Who needs a tycoon?!

I think the main contributing factor to me getting a tycoon, was the fact that I drove the club into severe debt after my first season and a half. I signed a lot of expensive players, and drained the coffers of the club. The chairman was losing too much cash for his liking so he put it up for sale. Luckily a tycoon was interested!

edit: Just nabbed promotion to League 2 by 3 points (although I had +6 goal difference on the runner up).

I wasn't controlling the team when it happened but Altrincham way down in Blue Square Premier had a tycoon takeover in one of my FM games.

Happened to me with Reading, he withdrew funding after 10 seasons though !

i dont think you can influence one. i know pre first patch there were tons and tons of takeover and fm toned it down a bit. i think if you edit the owners stats in data editor you can. theres a list of chairman options that says buisness interference patience and resources. but i dunno if you change these if it will force a transfer quicker

Just after FM09 was released, I remember most of us Newcastle fans were having lame takeovers by Derek Llambias. However, there was one member on here who had an investor and was given massive amounts to spend. I think it was literally hundreds of millions.

Just thought I'd share that. I'm still jealous.

I had a board takeover in my first season as Inter.

Didn't get a penny extra.

Pretty pointless really.

In one of my saves, League 2 Rochdale are listed in the top 20 richest clubs due to having a tycoon. It doesnt seem to have improved them much though.

Ive only ever had one take over , he was loaded, i was overly excited as Athletico Madrid manager .......before he sacked me on his first day at the office

After working my way up through a few clubs Inter offered me a job, after taking it it was obvious they had had a ridiculous takeover as they offered me £150m budget every single season.