If you try to get the 99% player it is better to negotiate. Or wait a few days and accept some limitation in the first rounds. If you want a bargain buy the 80% player and consider well the specific capabilities for the position you want to use him. Suck it up it's the same for all. I believe this auctions comes down to a kind of normality in a few seasons when people recognise it is expensive how they deal now.

"There is only one truth in this business: The ball must be in the opponent's goal." (Otto Rehagel)