Classic pro sports free agency conundrum - information asymmetry means that the current team will have more information than other teams - they put a premium inherently on that information to make decisions to retain and reduce risk where they can
I think most teams prioritize retaining players much higher than getting transfers. Teams will pay what it takes to keep a star, even if it means they have no money to get any good transfers, because the negative PR from losing a star player is so harmful to the program