Players demanding every few months

[Kago™².]

What the tittle says: my players keep demanding new contracts after signing a new one just 6 months ago. Not only that they keep also asking for play time even tho they are rotation and back up players, but they also have +600 minutes of playtime already half way the season.
I try to talk to them but they refuse my replies to their demands,.
I can not give a new contract every 6 months to all my players because they demand twice their salary!! and if I refuse they complain to all the team and I get a stupid inside war

[rokvam]

Yeah, I have noticed this as well... Just gave Mane a new contact with massive salary bump, and all ready after three months I get messages from my back room staff, that I should consider offering him another contract, and in his dynamic data it said he is starting to feel he deserves an improved contract.

[Snorks]

If you are playing well and achieving success, the players will want a bigger chunk of it.
In May for example, you are 3rd/4th in the Championship, negotiate a new contract with your top-goalscorer. Six months later you could be flirting with the Europa League spot in EPL, your goalscorer would think he is worth a bit more surely?

Ok, that's an extreme example, but essentially that's happening here I think.

[AoD_lexandro]

This is all part of managing the team and signing the players you need. Always check a players mentality to see if they are likely to made demands a lot and try not to sign players who demand high wages or large bonuses. They are much more likely to cause issues where another player makes a wage demand to earn the same money. If a player is revalued by your team they will also demand more money if they are deemed to be under priced.

All of the above can be resolved fairly easily either by talking to them directly early on before it becomes an issue. Tell they they are crucial to the team and such, then they are less likely to make the demand.

[Kago™².]

Im at Dortmund, we are playing well, we are second in the league and we are in the 1/16 UEFA europa league. I left Witsel leave to City due to his HUGE wage (almost 10 millions per year) now out of the blue Diallo (1st team player not even key player) demands more than twice his current salary (he wants 8 millions per year) but his contract expires in 2025 (im in 2022). Whats the point of letting a good player like Witsel leave to save his salary if I have to give that saved salary to another player 15 days later?
I always talk to them, I always try to be buddies with them but the last one becae hostile towards me because I (suppossedly) broke a promise about him playing more (Jadon Sancho, played 1200 minutes in 6 months) What am I supposse to do now?
2 more players are now demading playtime even tho they are backup players and they already have played 600 minutes
I should sell them all and buy cheap ones xD Althought considering how expensive is to find "decent" players now ingame I will probably be loosing money...

[AoD_lexandro]

Your focusing to heavily on the transfer market. You should have mega coaches so you can field your reserves and youth players more often. If you do that the "old guard" start asking for more playtime and/or transfers, where you can make lots of money selling them on.

I made 60m in one transfer window for 3 players, just because they played well in European games in my first season. That meant I could easily buy in coaches and young talent for the future.

[Snorks]

Another tip:
Try not to focus on the number of minutes each player has played.
There is a close relationship between squad status and playing time - BUT, 'playing time' means the number of competition matches started. Not the amount of minutes on the pitch. A rough guide:
Key Player - starts 60% matches
First Team - 50%
Rotation/Backup - 40%

These are rough guides as the player personality will dictate their own self-perception, but if you stick to those rough appearances then the discussions about new contracts and playing time will decline. But remember this relates to starts in competitive games (league/cup) - substitute appearances aren't factored in.

If you go one step further, you can set your wage budgets as well:
Key Players combined = 30% wage budget
First Team players combined = 30%
Rotation/Backup players combined = 30%
Youth/Hot Prospects = 10%

This also goes a long way to settling or avoiding unrest in the dressing room. (and keeps a solid cap on your spending) as each of the statuses are on roughly the same money.

Of course, there are some players who you just can;t win over and they need to be shipped out - no matter how good they are.

[LostMyWay]

If they're (Pre concern - starting to feel they deserve a new contract) do absolutely nothing, don't open negotiations, just ignore it. It affects nothing.

[Neil Brock]

If you have a save game example of a player wanting a new contract when they've recently signed one we'd very much appreciate the issue being raised via our bugs forum here - https://community.sigames.com/forum/664-dynamics-and-interaction/

We'd love to have more info on this one and really get it investigated. Many thanks.

[lspaul]

you should look for scout reports before you buy players. ambitious characters will ask for more money and want to go to a bigger league or clubs. media handling styles give tips about character. fx outspoken and ambitious player will not just sit on bench, he will complain to his teammates and media, become unhappy easily. in contrast a professional and unflappable/evasive/reserved media handling style player will be easily managed without much complaints. you can change the characteristics of young players by mentoring. i advise mentoring before the age of 21. change the squad status to hot prospect, add 2 professional tutors and just wait for the effect.

[KingKen]

Have the same issue with Trent and Gomez having recently signed, will send over the save.

[Kago™².]

Originally posted by Snorks:

Another tip:
Try not to focus on the number of minutes each player has played.
There is a close relationship between squad status and playing time - BUT, 'playing time' means the number of competition matches started. Not the amount of minutes on the pitch. A rough guide:
Key Player - starts 60% matches
First Team - 50%
Rotation/Backup - 40%

These are rough guides as the player personality will dictate their own self-perception, but if you stick to those rough appearances then the discussions about new contracts and playing time will decline. But remember this relates to starts in competitive games (league/cup) - substitute appearances aren't factored in.

If you go one step further, you can set your wage budgets as well:
Key Players combined = 30% wage budget
First Team players combined = 30%
Rotation/Backup players combined = 30%
Youth/Hot Prospects = 10%

This also goes a long way to settling or avoiding unrest in the dressing room. (and keeps a solid cap on your spending) as each of the statuses are on roughly the same money.

Of course, there are some players who you just can;t win over and they need to be shipped out - no matter how good they are.

Does this work for you? It doesnt seems to work for me. I have a hot prospect that is already demanding almost 2 million per year and I've managed to settle it to 1.5 p/y. The funny thing is that I managed to renew Gözte 3 more years (he is currently 29) and he accepted an offer of 5.5 when he was earning 6.5 with his old contract... and now Diallo demands 8 millions p/y. Crazy.

Thanks for all the answers.

[Snorks]

Originally posted by Cago™².:

Originally posted by Snorks:

Another tip:
Try not to focus on the number of minutes each player has played.
There is a close relationship between squad status and playing time - BUT, 'playing time' means the number of competition matches started. Not the amount of minutes on the pitch. A rough guide:
Key Player - starts 60% matches
First Team - 50%
Rotation/Backup - 40%

These are rough guides as the player personality will dictate their own self-perception, but if you stick to those rough appearances then the discussions about new contracts and playing time will decline. But remember this relates to starts in competitive games (league/cup) - substitute appearances aren't factored in.

If you go one step further, you can set your wage budgets as well:
Key Players combined = 30% wage budget
First Team players combined = 30%
Rotation/Backup players combined = 30%
Youth/Hot Prospects = 10%

This also goes a long way to settling or avoiding unrest in the dressing room. (and keeps a solid cap on your spending) as each of the statuses are on roughly the same money.

Of course, there are some players who you just can;t win over and they need to be shipped out - no matter how good they are.

Does this work for you? It doesnt seems to work for me. I have a hot prospect that is already demanding almost 2 million per year and I've managed to settle it to 1.5 p/y. The funny thing is that I managed to renew Gözte 3 more years (he is currently 29) and he accepted an offer of 5.5 when he was earning 6.5 with his old contract... and now Diallo demands 8 millions p/y. Crazy.

Thanks for all the answers.

Yeah it generally does work - not perfectly but reduces the problem.
Cant't comment on the specific situation you bring up, but it sounds like your Hot Prospect has an inflated opinion of himself - or are other clubs sniffing around? Could it be his agent? There e will always be players who think they deserve more than they are on as there will be players like Gozte who are realistic. This comes down to their personalities and hidden attributes. Professionalism, Ambition etc. AS mentioned i nan earlier post, there are clues to this in their reports, media handling can tell you a lot.

My approach doesn't prevent these players coming through, but it does justify why I am letting a high potential prospect go to another club, hopefully with some profit and future revenue.
So for your Hot Prospect - I would probably look to offload him. UNLESS you have been using him in the first team a lot, in which case you have kind of given him ammo, good enough for regular starts kinda needs to be on a higher contract ideally.