Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen!
I played a lot in CM03/04, FM08/11/16/18/20/22 and frankly, I'm ashamed that I can't figure out myself the specific situation that happened the other day in my save. A few words about save - i am managing only semi pro teams, keeping all control in my hands directly and trying to bring them to next level. Currently - a small team Víkingur O. from Iceland. A part of my efforts is to maximize team dynamics/sharpness/player growth/extra finances so i tend to arrange frendlies a lot for youth/trials/sub players (76 last season).
So near beginning of a new season a much bigger professional club from sweden came with offer that you can see on 1st screenshot. Note: I didn't arrange this friendly, they offered it, i just accepted. Of course, I was very happy about the prospect of making a profit of 28K euros (1/2 of my budget at that time), so i gladly accepted it, rubbing sweaty palms. Note: 2nd screenshot shows balance 4 days before match.
After time passed we played this game and i've found out that my balance suffered huge loss (3rd screenshot). Note: It was a homematch for me. BUT Council posses stadium, my team is homeless. I tried to figure out what caused this loss, and since expenditure tab doesn't show much (item called "Other" in table) i canceled this friendly in shedule and choose an option to rearrange it on same date. What i've seen is that in this case FEE ~36k euros and INCOME is ~8k which makes overall -28k for my team. Makes sence, right?
So according to this situation i have questions, and wish someone smart can enlighten my mind.
1) Is it some sort of UI bug in FM22? As you can see in 1st screenshot - INCOME says +28K, i always thought that INCOME is smth that i can get +/- around that summ. But not a spendings.
2) If it is not a bug, how can i predict how friendly match will affect my balance? As can remember in FM20 (managed Lisburn Distillery, N.Ireland) i was offered friendlies by big clubs a few times (Celtic and Newcastle) and after this matches balance increased significantly (tickets + all of other stuff). And through 20+ seasons there i've never experienced such thing against more stronger teams, especially at homematches. Usually offer said just FEE +summ INCOME 0 for away match and i understood that opponent just give me cash for match with no tickets addings and no match losses (only money spent on travel).
3) I mostly focus on home friendlies. But what if i try away games? I mean most of them show FEE 1K INCOME 1K. Does this mean i am at zero? Or there might be more financial profit/losses? Mainly against lower league clubs of course.
Sorry for my english, haven't practiced a lot for a while.