(09-05-2021, 03:21 PM)nefremo Wrote: I love how negotiations for contract renewals go on for months and months. Insane!
It should be very simple....€x amount is what the club offers, €y amount is what players asks for. See if gap can be bridged by offering more base salary or bonuses. See if player is open to escalatory clause in the contract, etc. In any case, it's a process that should take no more then a week or two. The club accounts are clear to management. The parameters and limits are well known to them (although not to players/agents). So there is no reason why a club should drag this for so long OR let it go on for so long from the player's side. My point is, if we have reached the (high) limit as a club, and the player has reached the (low) limit on his end AND we are nowhere near close.....negotiations should be over. No point in waiting for someone to change their mind because clearly they nobody is. You give a week to someone to make a decision. Give two weeks, i get it. But NOT months. Otherwise it just gives leverage to the player/agent and that really irritates me these days.

I get if we are trying to sign/buy a player. I understand how that can drag out for weeks, months even. But a contract renewal? Give me a break...

(09-05-2021, 07:41 PM)Inas Wrote: I agree.

I also would like to ask some of us that are quick to point out that management couldn't have initiated renewal of Kessie because he was bad the seasons before last. Now, what about Romagnoli? Was he also shit the last 2, 3 seasons? How come we didn't bother to renew him as well?

(09-05-2021, 08:33 PM)nefremo Wrote: Yes he was shit. He was average at best and then lost his starting place last year to Kjaer/Tomori. He's on a 3.5M a year net and wants a big raise too. How many back up CBs get that kind of money in Italy?

At the end of the day, we don't know if we "didn't bother" to renew him. But obviously we didn't bother to renew him at his demands (last time I read about that, salary demand was quoted at like 5+M). Again...how many back up CBs get 3.5M, let alone 5+.

I understand this whole "sign them up on a renewal so then you don't lose them for free and then sell next summer". But there is one fundamental problem......you are NEVER guaranteed the sale. Who knows what will happen in a year. Injuries, bad form, etc...YET, you HAVE TO pay the salary. In Romagnoli's case that's be close to 10M a year committed for the next 4 years. AND he's not even a starter. Let me throw it in as a reminder....Milan barely breaks 200M in revenue per year.

(09-05-2021, 08:33 PM)nefremo Wrote: But there is one fundamental problem......you are NEVER guaranteed the sale.

(09-05-2021, 08:33 PM)nefremo Wrote: Yes he was shit. He was average at best and then lost his starting place last year to Kjaer/Tomori. He's on a 3.5M a year net and wants a big raise too. How many back up CBs get that kind of money in Italy?

At the end of the day, we don't know if we "didn't bother" to renew him. But obviously we didn't bother to renew him at his demands (last time I read about that, salary demand was quoted at like 5+M). Again...how many back up CBs get 3.5M, let alone 5+.

I understand this whole "sign them up on a renewal so then you don't lose them for free and then sell next summer". But there is one fundamental problem......you are NEVER guaranteed the sale. Who knows what will happen in a year. Injuries, bad form, etc...YET, you HAVE TO pay the salary. In Romagnoli's case that's be close to 10M a year committed for the next 4 years. AND he's not even a starter. Let me throw it in as a reminder....Milan barely breaks 200M in revenue per year.

(09-05-2021, 07:31 PM)Zio Fester Wrote: According to La Repubblica, as cited by LaLazioSiamoNoi, Lazio have already secured the arrival of Romagnoli on a free transfer next summer. The Rossoneri captain is currently on the sidelines and won’t renew his contract with the club.

Likely to be 4 players lost for free...