So how do you make Frenkie to take a paycut or leave without causing hassle?
When you sue Frenkie for criminal contract I think drama is ready either way.
You don't think Laporta and CO tried everything else?
Probably last thing they could do
No, they won't go that far as to suing Frenkie. Like I said, they need to have concrete evidence that those 4 contracts were illegal and then present them to the 4 players and their entourage. Going to court doesn't help anybody.
The whole thing could have been handled internally. They can have those talks, with or without the question of legality of the previous contract signed, with him and make sure no information is leaked to the press. Like the likes of the Romeros and the Cat radios etc. And Laporta could have not talked about it in public (granted I am only aware of him talking about it once, saying something like "... We like Frenkie and he wants to stay, but to do so he has to lower his wages..."). This was totally unnecessary.
Making things public doesn't achieve anything. It worked in the case of Pique, but not with everybody. It makes the club look bad, that's what I don't want.