No one knows what BVB board is thinking because we aren't them and don't have inside info so just assuming they are selling club and their strategy is to buy and sell players is just a claim and an assumption, to go on and blame them on asking that much for a player because you assume they buy to sell later is pretty weird overall.
Needless to say they did the same with the Dembele transfer to Barca and the player only left because he forced a move and even then, it costed Barca 100+40m. I don't see as an intention of a selling club if you ask me. More like they want to keep their players now more than before but again, no one knows what they think of about the team so blaming them for asking this much for a player they have is ridiculous.
The release clause of Haland deal was also something that was going to be put in his contract if he had signed for United and it was the reason we refused to sign him so he Raiola didn't do that specifically for BVB.
Over the many years by virtue of what they have done, not too farfetched to call BVB a 'high end' currently 'non desperate' selling club with really good pull on big talents still not prime for a biggest type move.
No real industry secret that hey poach some of the potentially best, offer playtime and fostering, play for 2-3 years and exploit the current inflated market. They are fine with mediocre results for a profit and fine with never truly winning much settling for 2nd. Some of what they buy also fail and move cheap or break even under the radar. They still sell at the end of the day vs retain, win and retire.
Raiola pretty much regards us as a stepping stone and a cashchest, fallen from glory and not a much better option than BVB for his clients as evident by his public demeanor vs us, he is pragmatic, shrewd, deconstructive, unsentimental and with total disregard for any history or heritage hopping in bed with him is always risky.
BVB know their accurate position in the hierarchy of things and disregard things like that and that kinda makes it a smart selling club even though admitting their weaknesses openly to the world serves no real purpose, so why should they admit the obvious and inflame what isn't broken. Any buyer will still always go: 'X in Dortmund almost perfect for us!! X can fill our gap!! X got failed by the team! But maybe with us X will become Ballon D'or! Worthy!! And so on'. They lease their players as a talent and sell them on >>still unproven<< on the biggest stage. It's been a part of their psychological schtick for a very long time.
Who truly knows their longer term plans but themselves?
Perhaps with enough of these blockbuster resales BVB can break their chains and evolve into an endgame club, but latest financial reports for them says no or delay on that. A pig with a lipstick is still a pig while we wait.
