Do you know how to avoid waking up in the middle of the night? I'll just borrow your own words:
If you want a certain amount, just put in the amount you are willing to sell for.
So if you want to buy a player for certain amount, just put in the amount you are willing to buy for and you don't have to set the alarm. RIght? Because if you get up in the middle of the night, that's only because you want to save money by buying the player under the price. Just like the owner who wants to sell the player above the price. They are all same to me.
Oh come on... You can put in a high price, but that does not guarantee you will get the player - somebody can outbid you in the last second. How good is your recipe for success now? Of course you can overbid, but that will get you in trouble for sure. Either because somebody accuses you of cheating, or because you are shooting yourself in the foot because you are burning money.
I am not surprised the game declines steadily if there are always good reasons NOT to change something - especially in such a case we are discussing here, its a minor issue but can cause huge dissatisfaction.
Größter Knecht aller Zeiten aka His Excellency aka President for Life aka Field Marshal Al Hadji aka Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas aka aka Conqueror of the Buzzerbeater Empire in Europe in General and Austria in Particular