And then imagine Werder produces another great player in 5 years. They will certainly negotiate with us, right?
None of the big teams does that. Milan could have bought Ronaldinho for much less if Ronaldinho used article 17, but a deal is a deal. If we buy a player who used the article 17 then no club will do business with us. We'll be isolated.
And it's not us who can use article 17. Diego is the one who can do it.
Ok, so if its him that would use it then what would it matter to us in the future? If he opts to want out of his club, if a player doesn't want to be there anymore why try and stop him? Its "business". Wasn't this Article put in place to give players rights?
This seems nonsense, lets say Manutd has a great player we want to buy and we wont because they poached two young Italians at a young age just to prove a point? Just like they have too look out for their interests, so should we. Running a club is like running a business, sometimes you gotta do whats best for the club, that's all I am saying.
If we are taking care of our players and get back to the way the club was before the scandal then players like Chiellini or Seba would never want to leave. And if one of our players wants to leave then let them, its their choice. Just like Ibra, he left for a fraction of the value of what he was worth but Inter were looking at their bigger picture, not ours or anyone elses so they snapped up Vieira and Ibra...Real Madrid took Cannavaro, Barcelona took Zambrotta/Thuram all lower than what they were valued but that didnt stop these clubs from offering the players their actual value but instead they knew they could get a bargain and thats exactly what they did to save the CLUBS money. That has not stopped Juve from wanted to sign their players. Its a business. You get the job done so your club its ahead of the rest, thats what running a business is.
At least that's my opinion, you guys are entitled to your views and I am not necessarily saying your wrong, at our clubs particular point we need to put our foot down and be strong on the market, I would hate to lose Diego because of our indecisiveness or inability to strike an agreement with a club that wants to milk us because they know they can take advantage of a clubs board like ours.