For me I would just pay them more in the first place to prevent them sending the counter offer to me, i think its the only workaround for now until they fix it
#Counter offers broken?
modern perch
woven citrus
It’s a known bug being worked on
gray swan
OK so in theory i didnt counteroffer and lost Antonelli
what i do is use database editor to correct when this happens to me
i has this with bearman but now it says that he has a 5 year contract with me but next season he is still signing for alpine