>Show Me The Money

As anybody who knows anything about football is aware, managers have no say in setting ticket prices, selling scarves or deciding how much salt to put on the chips in order to make fans thirsty so you can sell more drinks (as happens in more frivolous management games). Rest assured that CM5 will not be going down that road, and the finances will follow largely the same model as before.

You will be given a transfer budget, a wage budget and informed of expenditure, income, profit and so on. This will also effect the Board Expectation.

And for the first time we are introducing Manager Expectation. So, for example, if the board expect you to qualify for the Champions League, you could claim that you’re planning to win the league, as this may increase your job security. Likewise, you can talk yourself down in order to get a more realistic expectation from the board, and hopefully some more cash.