After "Persuade to Leave" I just chose the first option (don't think it makes any difference as long as it doesn't convince him):
"Can we possibly negotiate it a little more" - jumps to fair price negotiations, changing the topic:
End result after a 100M price was accepted:
Now I can offer the player and don't make him angry:
And after the initial offer is sent, now he becomes very interested in being offered out: