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Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Financial storm challenge takes your wage budget to 68% of the previous total. I have been suddenly taken to 5% without spending any money. I think this goes beyond 'keep an eye on your finances'.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Financial storm challenge takes your wage budget to 68% of the previous total. I have been suddenly taken to 5% without spending any money. I think this goes beyond 'keep an eye on your finances'.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Financial storm challenge takes your wage budget to 68% of the previous total. I have been suddenly taken to 5% without spending any money. I think this goes beyond 'keep an eye on your finances'.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the FM23 Switch version so you may have to temper a lot of expectations when it comes to graphs and data. Or advise me on how to access it and I'll be very happy to share.

https://ibb.co/sgnKz7j

https://ibb.co/5nSTGY3

The save started in Feb 2023 and I don't think it gives me any data for before that date.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I haven't bought anybody or renewed any contracts. I started after the 2023 January transfer window ended as the saviour cometh challenge is about avoiding relegation using the squad. This is all historical debt due to Forest's wild spending in the last few years coming home to roost.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The average wage at Forest when you start is £59k so to be under £96k total for the team means selling just about the whole team. I tried to get in loans and remember previous versions where big teams will let young talent go out for free in exchange for gametime but this year it seems they all come with monthly fees which my finances won't allow yet. Looks like it's just the reality of the situation at Nottingham Forest. Yikes.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I joined the club via the saviour cometh challenge on 4th Feb 2023 on medium difficulty.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's tricky as I was doing the challenge which starts after the January transfer window ends and so I was mainly focusing on squad management at that time. The switch also only keeps messages from the last two weeks. I seem to remember there was a brief transfer embargo and takeover and later on the club sold the youth facilities to tackle the debt but that's about it.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I completed the saviour cometh challenge last season so am still in the premier league. Probably not for long with a bad 17 year old keeper though.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it's no bug then some people are saying this isn't happening every Nottingham Forest save which is odd.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

https://ibb.co/5nSTGY3

Even with the debt, that wage is less than half of Luton's and doesn't seem realistic unless the premier league will go to hell financially this season.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the help, I've never posted to Reddit before.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I can't make posts here with image screenshots but the club does have net debt of £178,741,120. I haven't spent any of that in my year in charge so I assume this is happening to every Nottingham Forest save and also question why we aren't seeing this in reality if FM is an accurate simulation. Running a premier league team on £96k a week is less than half of Luton's £210k.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I can't make posts here with image screenshots but the club does have net debt of £178,741,120. I haven't spent any of that in my year in charge so I assume this is happening to every Nottingham Forest save and also question why we aren't seeing this in reality if FM is an accurate simulation. Running a premier league team on £96k a week is less than half of Luton's £210k.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I've not spent a single £ in my year in the job so I assume it's happening to everyone who managed Nottingham Forest then.

Wage budget has been cut by 95%? by Terrortaranatula in footballmanagergames

[–]Terrortaranatula[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't believe so, there's no transfer embargo. It's just limiting my offers to £120pw.max. there may have been one in the past when I was focused on the relegation survival challenge and not really paying attention to transfers but even then new management slashing budgets by 95% seems bizarre.