That's a lie, a false narrative.
Every new player fits into the new wage system. No one, except those with old Barto contracts, is on monster wages anymore.
Frenkie with his current Barto contract earns nearly double of Lewandowski, the actual 2 times Fifa Player of the Year and all the other new signings for that matter.
All Laporta and his board ask of Frenkie is to fit into the new finance system, as every other player does so far, nothing more. If that means "bend over" for you all, well then I can't help it.
I’ve never heard of a club offering a salary that the player agrees to and signs a contract on that basis and then turning round and demanding he accept less for the good of the club or any other reason.
This cannot be justified by saying “we don’t want to pay any of our players that much”.
“Hey guys, we’ve got a new wage structure that everyone has to fit into. If we agreed to pay you more, I’m sorry but you have to take less now. It’s just the new structure, yeah, sorry. Yeah, everyone has to just accept the pay we say, even if we have a contract to pay you more. Yeah, it’s the new structure. It’s great for the club. Yeah, you all have to do what we say, just forget about the contract. I know, but it’s the new structure you see, yeah, everyone has to fit into it. Yeah, you have to accept less than we are contracted to pay you. I know, it’s the new structure. Yeah, that’s the situation. What, the contract? No, just forget about that, the structure is the thing now. We pay you less now. It’s the structure see? You know, the new salary structure I was telling you about?”