Finances and sponsors

Every club movement is written as an immutable ledger entry with season, week, kind and detail. The displayed balance summarises those rows. Spendable balance subtracts active transfer commitments so reserved money cannot fund a second action.

Up to age 20, the weekly wage follows the player’s final-potential curve. From age 21, the salary score is 70% final potential and 30% current positional quality. Age, personality, homegrown status, tenure and the live market index modify that base. The finance page exposes the components rather than printing an unexplained total.

• Age 15–18 receives 20% of the senior talent wage; age 19–20 receives 50%.
• Homegrown players receive a 10% discount.
• Players with under three game years at the club carry a 15% newcomer premium.
• Content/Loyal tendencies reduce and Ambitious/Turncoat tendencies raise the salary level; Extrovert and Reserved change expression.

Fun Factor does not put money straight into the club account. Think of it as one reason to buy a ticket: it changes how many people want to come, the stadium decides how many can enter, and only those admitted spectators produce gate income.

The home club counts more because most spectators came to follow it. The visitor still helps or hurts demand, but with only 40% of the home club’s weight. This is an attendance rule, not a home advantage inside the match engine.

Today’s crowd uses the reputation both clubs had before kickoff. The choices actually used today update the club’s Fun Factor only for later fixtures.

The club receives three offers per slot. Current Popularity is read when the offer set is created and combines with division, promotion and seeded luck to determine its total scale. Lump contracts guarantee more base; performance contracts move more value into bonuses. Their displayed expected weekly value is constructed to be comparable. Once selected, the copied contract terms stay fixed.