It could also mean from a negotiators point of view that they have been offered an amount which would suggest to the player they aren't really wanted.
If the club offers a much reduced salary package and the player decides to stay anyway it's happy days all round.
The gates won't get any bigger next season and if the highest paid players decide to go then we may have a chance to do what Bournemouth and Dale did and assemble a lower cost squad with more hunger to succeed keeping the books in the black at the same time....
Maybe?
Ok Glen, but why make an offer in the first place to players that are out of contract? It doesn't seem to me that Sammo was scared of making the tough decisions so far with Hinton and Guinan being placed on the transfer list.
If the manager didn't want the player, why not just tell him rather than making a reduced offer and seeing the player leave anyway?
Or have I got it all wrong and you mean that it is win-win for the club as they would either keep a player that is wanted on less money or the player leaves, freeing up valuable transfer/wages kitty?