Description of issue
It happens every first season you manage Liverpool. I'm not sure it's a bug but it certainly doesn't feel right. This isn't isolated neither.
Jacob Poytress, 0 u23 appearances. 0 first-team appearances. Wants emergency backup and is starting negotiations at £21k per week. From £775, he now wants £21k (this isn't isolated). He has no agent and doesn't want to talk about anything under £19k per week, which is still a ridiculous amount of money.
He then moans about not getting it. And the worse thing, you can't even tell him that he's simply asking for too much money. The interaction at this point I believe isn't great. The answer you want to give is never there. This player should understand he's asking for too much based on what others in his squad status are getting. I should be able to tell him I'm not offering that much because A) he hasn't played a single game for any of the LFC teams B) compared to others his squad status, he is asking for too much.
But instead, the options I have aren't what I actually want to say. Even in situations where you literally can't afford what they're asking for, the player should recognise you aren't in a financial position to offer. You don't have the option to say "I would love to give you a new contract but as you're aware, the clubs financial situation doesn't allow that right now but I promise your contract is a priority when the funds are available" or something along those lines. The player should recognise you aren't in a financial position to be offering contracts rather than be completely oblivious about it.
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