QUOTE (han2503 @ May 26 2021, 12:08 PM)
Once again, the only thing that makes me bitter about all this is not getting a transfer fee for him. Our finances would have looked great with that kind of boost. Same goes with Hakan now that it's looking likely that he'll also leave for free
Again with this renewal! Bro, let me ask you a question. Why do clubs renew the contracts of their players? Either because they want to continue the partnership, or because they sniff a concrete interest from some other club and hence if a player's contract is about to expire in the next few months, a renewal lets the club cash in.
Donnarumma had no offers from any club whatsoever, so obviously we wanted to renew because he was supposed to be our future leader. But how can you renew a contract when the other party asks exorbitant amounts that go completely against the club's policies? You may say we could have given him what he wanted and then shipped him off elsewhere. Again, he had no offers from other clubs, even more so if we were to give him 10-12M per season. No sane club in this rime of crisis would spend 30-40M for a GK plus give him 10-12M per season. At least all the big clubs have their goal pretty much covered. I can think of only PSG who may afford him, but Navas has been excellent for them so would there even be a point to go after Donnarumma.
Maldini's hands were tied. He did all he could, in the end there was nothing more to be done but bid farewell to the mercenary. So, let's stop whining that we let him go for free pretty please.