Transfer Budgets
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Transfer budgets restrict the amount of money a club can spend each season and therefore gives money a value.
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[edit] What is a transfer budget?
A transfer budget is the money which a club's Chairman has allocated to their manager to spend on transfers during the course of a season.
[edit] How will this work in SM?
At the start of each season your Chairman will decide how much of the club's balance will be made available for you to use in the transfer market. They will not make 100% of the balance available and it will be a percentage of this balance. In almost every club the % of the club's balance will be between 95%-100% of their total balance. The transfer budget is not a separate amount but is a % of the budget. This means that if a club had £20 million and a transfer budget of £19 million then the club still has £20 million and NOT £39 million.
[edit] What is it based on?
The transfer budget is based purely on the club's balance, which in turn is based on how financially sound the club is, in other words the wage budget and gate receipts. There is still a large incentive to keep your club's finances healthy and make your club money as a club that does this will have a good transfer budget every season. A club that spends badly and plunges the club into debt will have a very small transfer budget the following season.
[edit] What will impact on my transfer budget?
No other financial transactions apart from Transfers will effect the transfer budget. For example wages are reduced off the club's balance but not off the transfer budget and similarly gate receipts are added onto the club's balance but not onto the transfer budget.
Therefore if a club had £10 million and a transfer budget of £9 million and the manager did not buy any players but was losing money throughout the season and the balance was reduced to £1 million, the club could still spend their full transfer budget of £9 million which would mean that the balance of the club would go into the red (-£8 million).
If the above club was making money throughout the season and after a while had a balance of £40 million from non-transfer related activity then the budget would not increase and a manager would still only be able to spend £9 million for the rest of the season. Obviously at the start of the next season their Chairman would give a far bigger transfer budget.
[edit] Transfers
When dealing with Transfers (either buying and/or selling players) this will directly effect your transfer budget during the course of the season.
[edit] Buying a player
When a club buys a player the full amount is taken off the transfer budget as well as the club's balance. If for example your club had a balance of £20 million and a transfer budget of £19 million and you bought a player for £10 million then your balance would stand at £10 million and the transfer budget at £9 million.
[edit] Selling a player
When a club sells a player the full amount is added to the transfer budget as well as to the club's balance. If for example your club had a balance of £20 million and a transfer budget of £19 million and you sold a player for £10 million then your balance would stand at £30 million and the transfer budget at £29 million.
[edit] So why are we introducing a transfer budget?
There are two main reasons we are introducing it.
- Firstly there is a need to give money some value back into some Game Worlds. Some clubs in some Game Worlds (mainly Gold Championships) have amassed fortunes of £100's of millions but are unable to spend any of it as no one will sell as no one wants or needs the money. With a transfer budget it will hopefully bring the amount of money in these Game Worlds back to what it originally was and stimulate the transfer market as well as stop other Game Worlds following suit.
- Secondly it will allow club's to spend their money better and more evenly throughout the season, and make the transfer market more active all the way through the season. Currently if a club has £5 million at the start of the season then often they try and spend it all as quickly as possible as they could be losing money by mid season and the £5 million could have disappeared and they will not be able to spend it. Also if managers know they have a certain amount to spend throughout the season which will not change due to non-transfer activity then they can plan there spending better.
[edit] Transfer budget ABC
This is a simple explanation of transfer budgets. Imagine your club as having two pots in Pot A and Pot B and Pot A is your Club's Balance and Pot B is your Transfer Budget:
- Pot A - This is your club's overall balance and the only time this will increase or decrease is when you generate income from season ticket sales, gate receipts, prize money, sponsorship and merchandise or pay out expenditure in the form of ground maintenance and wages.
- Pot B - This is a % of your Club's Balance and the only time this will increase or decrease is when you complete a transfer.
[edit] Top transfer budget questions
What is the transfer budget based on?
The transfer budget is based purely on the club's balance, which in turn is based on how financial sound the club is, in other words the wage budget and gate receipts.
What if I inherit a club that has spent their entire transfer budget?
If you inherit a club that has spent their entire transfer budget then this is just one of those things. The budget will be displayed before you take over any club and you can also increase your budget during the current season by selling players.
Will a club's transfer budget be reset if a new manager takes control?
The transfer budget is set at the start of every season and it does not change if a new manager takes over (as this would gives an unfair advantage to clubs that have multiple managers in a season).
What incentive is their for me to keep a healthy balance?
There is still a large incentive to keep your club's finances healthy and make money as a club that does this will have a good transfer budget every season. A club that spends badly and plunges the club into debt will have a very small transfer budget the following season.
If I am in debt will I receive a cash boost mid season?
Unfortunately giving a club who is in debt a 'cash boost' mid season won't solve any problems and will give an unfair advantage to that club and reward managers for spending recklessly.
When will my transfer budget change?
The transfer budget won't be changed until the transfer is done and dusted.
What if I make multiple transfer offers which are more than my transfer budget?
The transfer budget won't be changed until the deal is done and dusted, so if you have made deals more than your transfer budget will allow then some of the deals will collapse when they are processed.
Can I make a transfer offer which is more than my current transfer budget?
No.
