(08-27-2021, 04:57 PM)slifersd Wrote: I think people are making too big of a deal with the whole "greedy" label. Just because a player wants his fair market value does not make him "greedy". At the end of the day, we probably are all working. If you are presented two offers for your services, one is 30% higher than the other, how many of us would take the lower offer? I get it, it is still a lot of money for Kessie even if he accepts our offer (compared to what we make), but his career is also much shorter and his life style is much more expensive, so he needs a lot more money than we do. If Kessie is worth 8M but he wants 15M, then he is greedy; but if he is worth 8M and he wants 8M, that's just fair game. And frankly speaking, asking him to turn down 8M a year to accept our offer of...5.5M isn't really even that fair of an ask.
There is one thing you are not mentioning. That 8M he is getting offered elsewhere doesn't come in effect until next summer. And if he was to get sold this summer, that 8M would NOT be 8M and it's likely to be a lot lower....probably in line with our 5M or so that we are offering. So by your own logic, Kessie is really worth 5M per season, but he's asking for 8M. And he played the club all along. Nobody will pay him 8M if they also have to pay a transfer fee.
So he has to make a decision. Leave now, and probably make about 5-5.5M wherever he goes. Stay and sign a new contract at that same rate. OR stay at the current contract and go next year to make that 8M. BUT, he should no longer be a starter. As a matter of fact, I've made my opinion clear that he should be the last option. So now, he's screwing the club, but we'll screw him too because noone will give him that 8M after a year of inactivity. Hell...not even sure if they'll give him the 5.5M.
The club comes 1st. This is where we draw the line. Everyone should know what happens when they do this. Trust me, nobody else will try it.
And yes, he's greedy. The club that has been paying him millions and stood by his side when he was shit will make nothing on this. All because HE wants to make more.