Koki
31-01-2011, 23:17
First off, this is not a rant. I think it is a valid point. If you think I'm mistaken, feel free to correct me.
I have found that when AI clubs make a bid for one of your players, they usually bid the player's market value. Fair enough, why should they bid more if they don't know what you want for the player. Naturally you would want more for your player than his market value. So you have two options: Either reject the bid or get back to them with your demands. If you reject it, the AI club usually doesn't put in a new offer. If you send them your demands, they most likely withdraw their transfer bid. In either case your player will get unhappy. Why can't transfers to AI clubs work the same as transfers from AI clubs: I put in a first bid, bid gets rejected, I offer a higher fee, they start to negotiate and we meet somewhere in the middle. I think I recall that this was possible in FM09 or so.
I would be happy to sell if only I'd get a decent transfer fee. So how do YOU manage to get money out of transfers? Usually I don't get bids for my players if I set asking prices for them (which is a different problem...). There must be a way to get more than the 10 mil market value for 19-year-old wonderkids...
EDIT: I'll just add my second post to this OP, so that people understand what I mean:
I know that the AI sometimes offers you silly money but as I experienced it, these are always initial offers. I wish the AI would negotiate more. To me it seems that in 11.2, the AI makes an initial offer and I either accept it and the transfer goes through or I reject/negotiate and the transfer breaks down. They almost never come back with a new offer. Surely when you make a 10M bid for a 10M player you don't expect it to be accepted right away but are prepared to increase the offer to maybe 12M, even if the AI rejects your first offer you wouldn't just walk away. I wish the AI would act that way when buying players.
I have found that when AI clubs make a bid for one of your players, they usually bid the player's market value. Fair enough, why should they bid more if they don't know what you want for the player. Naturally you would want more for your player than his market value. So you have two options: Either reject the bid or get back to them with your demands. If you reject it, the AI club usually doesn't put in a new offer. If you send them your demands, they most likely withdraw their transfer bid. In either case your player will get unhappy. Why can't transfers to AI clubs work the same as transfers from AI clubs: I put in a first bid, bid gets rejected, I offer a higher fee, they start to negotiate and we meet somewhere in the middle. I think I recall that this was possible in FM09 or so.
I would be happy to sell if only I'd get a decent transfer fee. So how do YOU manage to get money out of transfers? Usually I don't get bids for my players if I set asking prices for them (which is a different problem...). There must be a way to get more than the 10 mil market value for 19-year-old wonderkids...
EDIT: I'll just add my second post to this OP, so that people understand what I mean:
I know that the AI sometimes offers you silly money but as I experienced it, these are always initial offers. I wish the AI would negotiate more. To me it seems that in 11.2, the AI makes an initial offer and I either accept it and the transfer goes through or I reject/negotiate and the transfer breaks down. They almost never come back with a new offer. Surely when you make a 10M bid for a 10M player you don't expect it to be accepted right away but are prepared to increase the offer to maybe 12M, even if the AI rejects your first offer you wouldn't just walk away. I wish the AI would act that way when buying players.