Illogical transfers due to wage demands based on club rep

[The Omen]

Find some transfers still odd. Had a keeper who was a major player for me, was happy, performing well and winning trophies for one of the top 3 rated clubs in the world.

He was on 200k a week and due a new contract. Kept asking for 450k a week, which was beyond what I could (and wanted to) offer. I went as high as 325k with 80k playing fee, 95k clean sheet bonus etc. At one point even offered him 15m signing on fee, but he kept rejecting. Eventually his contract ran down and he stayed on a week by week contract for a few weeks with no successful negotiation.

He has now joined a team lower in the divsion for 210k a week, with 41.5k playing bonus and 41.5k clean sheet bonus.

It makes no sense. It is like the game gets players to ask for more money due to the club they are negotiating with, but are prepared to accept lower terms at smaller clubs. I can understand part of the logic for why it works like this, but it just means illogical transfers like this happen.