Whats the point of asking prices for transferred player? if the club dont accept them

Started a new save being unemployed get the job with Swansea with 31 games gone i do get them into the premiership and the club give me 18.5 million to spend (why that much i dont know when he club is 1 million i the red but that's another thread) and im looking at transferred players for example Jermaine Pennant, the club want 2.2 million from any other club and accept, but my bid they refuse and are asking 2.9 million WHY is so annoying

there are 3 other examples as well.

Clubs just looking for the best deal for themselves. Sometimes other teams bid the asking price, so the selling club has nothing to lose in starting a "bidding war" and increasing the price....id do the same if I wasnt desperate to sell the player!

If you knew that teams were interested in a player of yours and you felt that you could exploit them (because the team interested are newly promoted) then would you push the price up?

I know I would.

Point taken

Maybe a rivalry issue perhaps? or their coach doesn't like you or they don't wan t to sell to a team in same legue.

I've noticed that if a team accepts a bid for a player (say, 5 million), then someone else tries to bid the same amount for him, they'll ask for more to try to create a bidding war, and potentially get more money.