Return to add club values

[ismcob20]

I think, it could be a good idea, return to add the values of theclubs like in previous years. For me, and I think for more people, it was a goal and it was fun to increase our value and compare with others teams.

[StewartAHannah]

Pointless, the financial part of the game is completely broken - real world football is also broken. Take Barcelona for example usual accountancy practices would have them in administration as trading whilst insolvent as their President Laporta openly admitted to recently. They ownership structure/model is similar to the London Lloyds Insurance syndicate since they are owned by the fans club membership they should be liable as much as the club they hold shares in for the massive debt. Yet in the game there classed as Rich?? whilst in truth there absolutely utterly broke. Why would any Bank lend them a dime? A Spanish Bank, ah yes well... no in fact their backers are mostly US, who I think are looking to take over the club for NOTHING !!

Then take as another example the recent Newcastle takeover, how SI deal with this ownership scenario is going to be interesting since the group of owners are potentially worth more than all the other Premierships clubs combined, including ManCity etc.  

I have a lot of sympathy for SI, I might be highly critical of the game but I also appreciate and understand how potentially complicated and difficult programming the AI Club financials must be. You would have to be a qualified chartered accountant to understand and also probably specifically specialise in the Football business to appreciate their uniqueness as a Business. 

Should Newcastle be valued at their recent sale price of £305m or the combines value of all the Group of owners, who knows what their combined worth is? probably getting close to £300 Billion. or the value of ST James's other assets and the squad of players value/contracts/write down? then Old Trafford, worth ZILCH since it needs as much spending on it as its value stands today.

Yes I do understand the fun of seeing your beloved club rise in reputation and value whilst you become the world best manager with the world best squad. But if your club is owned by the Glaziers they will just put their hands in the till and take what is rightly theirs, it is their club after all. How do you work their value out when there is nothing left in the Bank the ground is falling apart and the squad is toothless.

 

SO how would you propose to value a club? Annual Income/Expenditure assets and liabilities and the characteristics of the respective owners?  Us Managers do not own the club only manage the team and budgets allocated. Owners have a right to sell "their" players for what ever price they choose and to who. When you attend an interview your given your budgets you cannot question the owners honesty and integrity there is no due diligence allowed you are hired just like any other member of staff. A clubs value is only applicable to the owners and potential buyers, and applicable only at that specific point in time. Relegation, league position, European Football, finding a superstar wonderkid. ManUTd potentially lost a fortune overnight when Sir Alex retired but how many managers are truly valued?  

 

 

Edited November 2, 2021 by StewartAHannah

[Luke Hume]

Thanks for taking the time to raise this here. All changes to our game are carefully thought out and have years of design and development, however we have documented this and is part of our internal database of features for consideration. Like all features raised to us, it could end up rejected, or could after extensive design and development become a part of a future FM.