PERCIVA11 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 This is so annoying! Spending so much money on one player who you believe will change your team and you'd be better of buying Robbie Fowler. I bought Mario Gomez for £26m!!!! I'm planning on selling him for £12m. £14m down the drain ahhhhhhhhhh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullback Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Van der Vaart, got him on the cheap but still sold him for less than i paid....he was cack! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saulty2805 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 This is one plus point of having no money to spend on players. I've never made a loss on a player, well, not that i can remeber, but if i have, it will have only been £2k ish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I spent nearly 3 million on Craig Beattie when I got promoted with Coventry, he only scored 4 goals the entire season. This season however he does have 11 goals in the Premier League with me which is good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy38 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I bought Huntelaar for £32m. He didn't score in the league in his first season I think, in his second season he was still missing one-on-ones but was scoring like 10 goals in 6 matches in the UEFA Cup before I finally sold him for something around £10m. Proof that perfect attributes don't make a perfect player. For a human team anyway. >_> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PERCIVA11 Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 I bought Huntelaar for £32m. He didn't score in the league in his first season I think, in his second season he was still missing one-on-ones but was scoring like 10 goals in 6 matches in the UEFA Cup before I finally sold him for something around £10m.Proof that perfect attributes don't make a perfect player. For a human team anyway. >_> I think it all went wrong from the start when you bought him for 32m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiovascular Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I never buy players without a decent scouts opinion. I normally make a profit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy38 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I think it all went wrong from the start when you bought him for 32m He had every attribute at above 15, his goalscoring history was very good and the scout also said on top of that that his personality fit well with my squad. AND he was about 27/28. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwills88 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 This is so annoying! Spending so much money on one player who you believe will change your team and you'd be better of buying Robbie Fowler.I bought Mario Gomez for £26m!!!! I'm planning on selling him for £12m. £14m down the drain ahhhhhhhhhh! Well not exactly what you were after but with Ternana (Serie B) in 2009/10 I signed a young winger called Marjan Popovic from Zeta on a Free. He performed brilliantly for a season and a half before moving to Genoa in Jan 2011 for £7.5m. I was not allowed to replaced him and was sacked at the end of the season with one game left to go. Oh, and he was sold to AC Milan exactly a year later for £33m. That's not it though. Again he stayed just a year making only two SUB appearances before moving in Jan 2013 to Paris Saint-Germain for £27m where he has returned to form. If the past is anything to go by he should be leaving by the time I get through this month tonight (Jan 2014).So yeah, not only did I lose my key player for a paltry sum, of which I saw nothing, leading to my sacking, I watched him change hands rapidly for a combined total of £60m while I returned to lower league management with Monza! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcurrant Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I bought robinho for 27m in my 2nd season and he was rubbish...don't even think he got 10 goals that season, but i managed to offload him for 26.5m to roma. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PERCIVA11 Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 Well not exactly what you were after but with Ternana (Serie B) in 2009/10 I signed a young winger called Marjan Popovic from Zeta on a Free. He performed brilliantly for a season and a half before moving to Genoa in Jan 2011 for £7.5m. I was not allowed to replaced him and was sacked at the end of the season with one game left to go. Oh, and he was sold to AC Milan exactly a year later for £33m. That's not it though. Again he stayed just a year making only two SUB appearances before moving in Jan 2013 to Paris Saint-Germain for £27m where he has returned to form. If the past is anything to go by he should be leaving by the time I get through this month tonight (Jan 2014).So yeah, not only did I lose my key player for a paltry sum, of which I saw nothing, leading to my sacking, I watched him change hands rapidly for a combined total of £60m while I returned to lower league management with Monza! Are you a favoured personal of his? Considering you were one of the reasons for getting him that far? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarrantinho Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I bought Balotelli to Barca for £12m - but 6 months later he comes to me saying he 'dislikes Bojan'. I politely informed him that nobody dislikes my free-scoring little Spanish gem, and deal with it. After about 5 performances of 5.5 or less I decided to sell him for a cut-price £5m. Miserable sod. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Robinho does a lot more for the team on FM09 then anyone sees, although he doesn't seem to get many goals or assists he's always been an asset to the clubs that I've seen him play for. The most I've lost on a player is £5k after buying one striker too many and him never playing for me, after 2 seasons of being on loan to my feeder club he got fed up and requested a move away so sold him for a loss. I was mortified. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjao Harding Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I just sold Robbie Keane fo 3.5M 2 1/2 seasons in so Liverpool lost money but I didnt! Signed 2 promising youngsters fr 12 m each and both look cack now, probably end up taking big losses on both! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwills88 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Are you a favoured personal of his? Considering you were one of the reasons for getting him that far?Funnily enough I'm not but Ternana are one of his favoured clubs despite him buggering off ASAP. Looking back with the team I had I should have easily finished 1st instead of 4th in his first season so it's no wonder really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donners Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Is there really any need to spend over about 5 million in the game? If you make smart free transfers and do enough work to spot young players, you should never need to pay big amounts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyMysterio Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Although I didn't make a loss one player that come to mind is Lomana LuaLua. He came for free played 28 games (15 starts, 13 sub) in the league (Championship) and scored... 1 goal! I promptly let his 1 year contract end and he left for FC Twente for free. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopitelewis Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 i bought agbonlahore for 15 million and he scored 0 goals in 20 games and 5 sb appearences then i sold him for 7 million to man city where in his first full season he scored 40 goals in all competitions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy38 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Is there really any need to spend over about 5 million in the game? Of course. World class players cost much more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kopitelewis Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 and i have messi in my squad who on his debut got injured for 5 months in my first season. now in my second season he has played 5 gams, scored 9 goals and is injured for 11 months. both were against man city......who have now put in a 18 million pound offer. cheeky bastards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiCkEyMcMuLLaN Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Mark noble sold for 9 and then sold on for 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donners Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Of course. World class players cost much more. Not if you are able to spot them before they make it on the big stage, they don't. It is entirely possible to be a top-performing side without ever spending big money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubos Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Not if you are able to spot them before they make it on the big stage, they don't. It is entirely possible to be a top-performing side without ever spending big money. If you're an ageing side like AC Milan, you don't have time to buy youngsters and wait for them to develop, you need players who can go right into the side. And thus you need players who are already good, since you're challenging for domestic and European honours. So I suppose you still have to spend quite a bit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donners Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Yeah, I suppose it works better starting with a lower league side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy38 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Not if you are able to spot them before they make it on the big stage, they don't. It is entirely possible to be a top-performing side without ever spending big money. But it's much easier to buy already great talent than risk depending entirely on developing players that might not turn out so great. Sometimes you need a space to fill or that world class player who'll improve the whole team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokes_83 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 God I could write a novel on this. Ninis: Paid 13m, about to sell for 5m. Carlos Eduardo: Paid 24m, average player on my club Alex Teixera: Paid 15m, average rating in 2 years is 6.8 Kacar: Paid 20m, could probably only sell for $13m right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shezza88 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 just brought bojan for £83 million.. hoping he doesnt flop... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashOverride Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Jeez thats alot. You can get him for a free at the end of the first season:D:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkim Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Ah, the joy of having a transfer budget of 0. Go LLM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHAVFC Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 just brought bojan for £83 million..hoping he doesnt flop... £83 Million, Jeez, That's a bit over the top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roffstar Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 i bought defoe fr 19 mill and sold him to madrid next season for 31 . 5 millbut but with 10 mill in 12 months installments so thats good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4457 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 We missing the point of the thread a little? It's about selling players at a loss. Haven't had to do so yet in 9.2 (LLM, little money to spend, mostly frees) but in 9.1 I did make a loss (I suppose you could call it that) on Maynor Figueroa at Wigan. His loan expired, I brought him back in on loan for a £300k loan fee — and he only played two more games that year. I figured he was useless for me and let him return to Honduras. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serdar Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 in FM07 I bought a young Finn Lauri D. Valle with half million from his Local team when he was 17. I sold him back with 5 million to Arsenal assuming he hit his peak and will not be any better when he was 19. The kid keep improving and I bought him back at 22 with 14 million because I could not leave with my mistake, and his replacement was not delivering. when I gave up that career he was something like 26 and worth about 10 million still and playing good. but eventually I lost almost 10 million and 2.5 years of his playing time for my bs strategy. btw currency is € in my games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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