Well yeah as I said I don't think it's worthwhile for you at £50m as the risk reward ratio lands on the wrong side.
£40m and 20% would have been a good compromise I think. You could have sold him for £100m in 3 years time and still banked £48m of the profit.
I don't necessarily disagree with your general point but we're within our rights to reduce our risk with it and fight for the deal which suits us best.
Especially as it's not like we're desperate to sell, we've got another player we can get £50m for and by all accounts we're happy for Dibling to stay and take a lower fee next year. If he's pivotal in us gaining us promotion then he's earned us more than we lose anyway.
Absolutely fine. You can ask what you want , he's your player.
However I don't agree with you about the balance of the deal as proposed by your club.
In fact I will go further and say that I don't think any club, even one with far better finances than us will look to do that deal.
Again that's fine if Southampton don't really want or need to sell.
On the other hand if , like every other club relegated from the PL, you need to cut costs and sell players I think you have massively overplayed your hand.
If I was leading the negotiations for Everton I'd just walk away.
I feel sorry for the lad. There is no other PL team able to afford him who will guarantee him game time .