Do They Just Not Want To Sell a Rival Club?

[Heywood JaBlowme]

I'm at Inter, bidding for a player at Milan. Their asking price is $33M yet when I bid that price they want more. Their previous asking price was &26M, which I bid and was rejected. Why not just say they refuse to deal with my club?

 

 

[HUNT3R]

 

4 minutes ago, Heywood JaBlowme said:

Why not just say they refuse to deal with my club?

As you can see, they'd sell to a rival, but for more than the asking price. That's the rival 'tax', if you will.  

[Heywood JaBlowme]

That figures. Thanks. 

[Phillybear]

That's not how you do business in Italy. You're supposed to put in a loan offer with a mandatory buy option.

[BuryBlade]

I like this aspect of the game. As Midtjylland, I developed an unhealthy rivalry with Copenhagen (mainly in my head), whereby I would refuse any transfer/loan offers they made. There came the day I wanted one of their newgens. Valued at £1.3 million, they wanted £233 million. Well played AI, well played. 

[Prokopije]

It happens. CSKA Moscow (I'm Spartak) didn't wanted to sell me their player for 30M (didn't wanted to offer more) although they accepted 22,5 bids from various clubs outside of Russia. I checked player, thought maybe he have some "foreign clauses" - noupe. So must be don't want to sell to rival/clubs in same division thing.

[Heywood JaBlowme]

@Phillybear There is no loan option.

 

Every time I make a counter bid they come back with a higher fee. 
 

Bastards. 

[enigmatic]

Barcelona were willing to let Suarez leave to a non-rival club for nothing. Demanded (and got) money from Atletico when the player tried to force the transfer through.

I think the high fees sometimes asked in FM when a club really doesn't want to sell are often silly, but double the market value to a rival here sounds quite plausible. It's how they'd justify it to fans.