Because you don't pull that ****. You're a big club... unless you want to be demoted to small club soton status
We need a replacement though? If we sell that is. I'm all for saying no, it's too late in the window.
Then we buy a replacement with the CASH that barca pay us. Do not make any of this even remotely easy for them.
He submitted it by email?? Have some fu<king balls and do it in person. Nearly as bad as Van Dijk publicly having a hissy fit.
If we want him at all CASH will always get a better deal from someone who's just had to part with £135m of it.