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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I mean, does it not make you wonder a bit? If we keep offering contracts to star players and they keep declining, doesn't that show some bad signs about the internal health of the club? How can we be confident in their strategy if the moves everyone seems to support most are made by being backed into it (e.g. star player not accepting contract offers) ?
I don't know how anyone can be confident we have a direction in these circumstances. It seems like the direction they keep trying is blocked by external forces and forcing us into the logical direction rather than intentionally moving towards it. Wouldn't intentionally building something on our own terms be superior?
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I think Rasmus Andersson at $7M and expiring at age 35 is a pretty good contract, and you keep him.
I totally get the view that you can't go 8 x huge dollars though.
You have to explore the price points and see if there's a discount to stay. That gives you a potentially higher asset at a discount price which is asset management.
But exploratory conversations when you know pretty much going in that you're a) not going to come to terms and b) are likely trading him doesn't go straight to the "See they wanted to keep him!!!!" pile.