You are being naive if you want a seriously pissed off & unmotivated player who doesn't want you, rotting away at your club & lowering the team spirit.
Evidently you haven't seen the carnage caused by trying to keep someone against their will.
It's City policy. If a player wants to leave, we set a REALISTIC valuation & will do whatever it takes to facilitate that. I mean, we've just sold 4 x PL, 3 x CC, 1 x FA Cup, Ukrainian national team captain for £32m.
We've also just sold a 4 x PL, 3 x CC, 1 x FA Cup Brazil international forward for for £45
Again we've sold a 4 x PL, 3 x CC, 1 x FA Cup England international forward for £47.5m
And Brighton want £50m for a 0 trophy 2 cap Spanish international reserve? Get real dude! :-/
Bloom isn't seriously expecting us to pay that, & we're not seriously expecting Bloom to accept £30m, but City are realistic, serious business people & it's best you look at how we conduct our transfers & accept we have respectful principles.
If those principles aren't reciprocated, we're more than prepared to walk away leaving the profiteering club to pick up the pieces with a seriously pissed off & unmotivated player. That's when you'll realise the effect one angry player can have on your whole club.
Carry on with it fella, but don't say we didn't warn you, as we've walked away from way bigger deals than Cucurella.