I'd rather give that cash to Gigio than buy a 50m GK at a 5m salary (since a keeper as good as Gigio doesn't exist and definitely not at that salary and transfer fee).
He will sign at 7.5m or even 8m and have a release clause in case we don't make the CL. Willing to bet on it.
Maldini is a patient man (almost too patient) and will wait until the end of his contract if needed. He won't budge to insane demands like 10m, Gigio will sign at a reasonable (for him) salary and we'll win the scudetto. If they had a deal already on the table then he would have signed it already and we would have heard about it. Why on earth would Gigio want to leave now anyway? We're about to win the scudetto, have a young team about to challenge the CL. He's in line to be captain if we sell Romagnoli and he's already one of the highest paid GKs in the world.
Why he would want to leave? Haven't they made it obvious? More money. That's why. Some people care about money more than about anything else.
And what if we give him the 10m? What happens when he starts asking for even more? Just give it to him? You think our other players will just sit idly by? No. This is bad for our salary structure.
You can get a very good gk for 30m+ and 3m+ salary. It makes infinitely more sense and causes a lot less problems down the line. And even from a commercial standpoint, it doesn't make sense to give the much money to keep a gk, no matter how good he is. He just doesn't have the commercial pull of a great attacking player. Not even close. He's not gonna sell nearly as many shirts, pull sponsors, increase viewership,...
It just doesn't make sense. If he continues asking these numbers, then it's time to let him go once and for all.
It sucks to lose a talented player, but if his salary demands hurt the team in the long run... Let him go