(09-02-2021, 06:18 PM)slifersd Wrote: We have lost all leverage at this point already, so I am not sure what the point of negotiating is any more tbh. Either we meet their demands and sign him or he's signing somewhere else for cheap/free. Losing Hakan/Donna/Kessie/Roma for free in consecutive summers should be a fire-able offense for any management. People want to complain about having no money and yet we could be letting players who are worth probably 150M combined walk out the door for free because we wanted to save a couple million euros a year on salary. I might be an idiot but that's a horrendous trade off.
What do you suggest? A gun to the head and force them to do something they don't want to??
How are we supposed to give Kessie 8.5M per year, when the ownership says "No Way!". And how do you sell him? Do you then take that same gun, fly over the England and put it on Paratici's head and force him to pay a transfer fee for Kessie???
The players and agents have far too much power. It's double edged sword in terms of how to make it fair for both the clubs and the players. But lately, more and more it's the clubs that end up getting fuked. And we are not the only victims here. Some of the biggest and richest clubs out there go through the same thing. Unfortunately, the only thing you can do is renew contracts 2 years before they expire (which in most cases is absurd) or bench/freeze these players out. Otherwise use them for as long as you got them on the contract you got them, and move on.
Take Kessie again as example? Would anyone have renewed his contract 2 years ago even at his current wage?? He was absolute trash. Half the people wanted him gone. He has 1 good season and wants to triple his salary. We are willing to more then double it, and he's refusing. Nobody will pay for him, of course. So what do you do?
I get the management should take some blame...but some of the comments i'm reading are totally unfair towards them. It's the players and agents that are greedy as hell. In a pandemic where the club has recorded losses of 150M, they want triple the salary. For what? For 1 good season?