Closer to the end of the window teams start lowering the bar mate in filling needs - also the players themselves once the season starts can start being more amenable to moves once they realise they're not playing at all.
I listened to a rival teams podcast the other day, who made a valid point by saying that the issue with football, is theres a multitude of games that allow you to control a football club, negotiate for players etc. It gives an unrealistic expectation of how these negotiations happen.
At the risk of sounding like Gordon Gecko, I negotiate as part of my job now, and honestly a lot is about how much pressure you can exert, and who ends up breaking first.
As a buyer, you know what a deadline sellers start to collapse, and this is not a linear process either, this process happens very quickly.
You cant really replicate that psychology from those games.
As for us, as a seller, people will come in and negotiate some very poor deals. If we recoup 50% of wages for Gbamin, Allan, Gomes as a collective we will be doing well. It might be unduly pessimistic but even 50% on Gbamin/Gomes will likely be close to 100k pw. If we can get 200k pw off the wage bill for those 3, that may well pay for Coady, Gueye and Onana wages wise.