I'm playing a league two manager career mode save, but I can't play for more than 3 weeks before running out of money, because all the players are making too much money. For example, an 18 year old, 52 overall player, is making $9.3k a week. This is ridiculous. He should not be making more than $2k a week, and that is pushing it. I really hope this is a bug and it is fixed quickly because career mode is unplayable for me.
I'm playing a league two manager career mode save, but I can't play for more than 3 weeks before running out of money, because all the players are making too much money. For example, an 18 year old, 52 overall player, is making $9.3k a week. This is ridiculous. In a completely different context, a 30 Stunden Woche can also be useful for understanding how weekly earnings are worked out under reduced working hours. He should not be making more than $2k a week, and that is pushing it. I really hope this is a bug and it is fixed quickly because career mode is unplayable for me.
I also have the same issue because the wage amounts in lower-league Career Mode can make it extremely difficult to manage the club financially, especially when young players with relatively low overall ratings are taking up a huge portion of the weekly budget. Paying around $9.3k per week for an 18-year-old 52-rated player seems completely out of proportion for a League Two save, and it can quickly turn what should be a long-term rebuilding challenge into a financial management problem. The biggest issue is that these wages don't just affect one player; once several squad members have similar contracts, the weekly expenses can become impossible to cover with the limited income available at that level.
I'm also wondering whether this is related to a wage calculation or contract-generation bug rather than the intended Career Mode balance. It would be useful to know if the same thing happens with newly generated players, existing players, or only certain positions and contract types. Hopefully EA can look at how wages are being calculated for lower-league clubs and make the values more appropriate for the league and player rating. Career Mode is supposed to make you build a club gradually, so having the budget disappear after only a few weeks because of unusually high player wages definitely takes away from that experience.
I’m playing with Birmingham City and all my players have too high salaries. I promote a 17yo boy from my academy and his first payment starts on £19.000
I think bug when you buy Thomas muller you know how much they want I pay money, 820k for one week or same all old player if over 80 ovr you have money transfer but you don't have money pay, they should balance economy with salary fc 26 will come this year
I'm playing with Bromley FC 🤣 I'm also losing money, but not too much, although my projected worth is decreasing. When I noticed how much money my players were making, I was shocked. Youngsters from the academy were earning $500 before. Also try not to give them bonuses too big, that will come out of your budget too or buying players with high rating. I got few players rated 75 in league two, now in league one I will sell them cause I'm not happy with their performances and they have 11k+ wages. Maybe try take it slow in this game, that's why I will try. Build the team slowly and don't be afraid to sell high-rated players that cost much and don't perform well.
I play as Port Vale and cant afford to keep half the team, but can hire in players that are 75 for the same wage as my 63 rated are on. There is no way that we have players on 12k a week in league two. If there are any they would be ex prem and only one or two in the whole team. I can not even afford my 17 year old thats only just got into the team (real life, so not one I have got throught the youth system).
