When contracts run down the transfer fee of players inevitably lose value, regardless of who the owner is. If its 30m next summer or £0 the year after, we'll take the 30.
What are the alternatives? Force through a sale now or in January, but if he doesn't want to go to one of the few clubs potentially willing to pay 50m+ for him at the moment, we can't sell, and of at did it would hurt us immeasurably on the field - quite possibly to a value much higher than the 20m difference on proposed transfer fees. Or we sign him to a new long term contract, but I'd be surprised if Biss did that without decent release clauses, and I gather from others comments elsewhere that we don't want to include those in contracts. (expect we'd consider changing our stance here, for the 'non-twit' reason)
Its total speculation on my part, obviously, but if I was in his position, and had my heart set on a move to Spain in a couple of years , I'd have to let my contract run down because I know those clubs can't afford the premier league market rate. Not unless I was a true world class star, and it's hard to get that recognition when you're not in the champions league or a major international side.
But I am just speculating because its fun to do so, and I'm getting my prediction down early. We will of course see what happens down the road. As per your post, feel free to bounce
