Keeping players happy

[jdubsnz]

Hi all,

Just looking for a bit of advice here - I often find player happiness situations contradictory.  As an example, In my current Arsenal save (first season) Hector Bellerin has 3 years left on his contract.  I offer to extend and he says he isn't interested due to the interest in him (major interest from Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern and Liverpool).  I think fair enough, try 3 times to extend and he gives the same response.

So I transfer list him a couple of days before the January transfer window and he is now very upset and concerned about his future at the club.  Doesn't make much sense - there should be an option in these situations that if he is refusing to commit his future to the club, then he runs the risk of being sold?

Interested to understand how others approach these sort of situations!

[Os]

He has 3 years left, nothing to worry about here.

I would have left well alone, either the big boys come in with their offers or they go away and no harm done.

You should never have transfer listed him as you would have ended up with massively lower offers for him.

[Grifty]

Once the window closes if there is no bids he'll say he's not interested in leaving anymore.