41 An Olive Branch

"I'm very sorry, but if those are your demands, then there is no point in negotiating," Filipe said with conviction, seemingly ready to throw the deal under the bus and move on.

Rico was so stunned at his decisiveness that he couldn't speak for a few seconds and only kept opening and shutting his mouth like a goldfish.

It was at this moment he realized, he had fu**ed up.

He had been so carried away with raising Jason's worth and negotiating a higher salary to get as much agent fees as possible while impressing Jason with his negotiating skills that he had not paid attention to the call of reason and he was now on the verge of losing it all.

"10000," Sergio Conceicao who had been silent all while Filipe was speaking suddenly spoke up,

"I'll go out on a limb and offer 10000 euros per week as a salary because I believe in his talent and hope he'd do a lot for the club,"