Pay them 39bn, still in the customs union, still under their laws, and don't even have a trade deal agreed.
May and the Tories helping her have been the worst negotiators in the history of the human race, seriously, we have caved to them from the go and this is why we are where we are.
The EU do not want a no deal, we have a trade deficit of 90bn a year with them, they know this deal will never pass parliament, they are hoping for us to do a u-turn and stay in the EU, be that from another public vote or whatever.
The best thing to do now is tell them to prepare for a no deal brexit, and see if their position on no more negotiations changes, I will bet my right arm it will.