People act like it's Pidcock's fault he has a big salary, the only person whos fault it is, is the person in charge of negotiations at Ineos. Mcquaid and Trinity new exactly what they had with him. The top British talent with huge potential in a number of different ways, and a team at the end of 2020 post Froome, Thomas getting older etc clearly desperate not to miss out on him, to the point where they ruined their budget because of it. Why wouldn't Trinty sports management try to get the best deal ever? I don't think they would expect the same salary from another team in the future.
Ineos didn't have to sign Tom. That is the point.
Then to throw their toys out the pram by not signing Gloag, at the time the next big talent, because he had the same agent. It's soooo petty, and I can't really believe how unprofessional it actually is, especially because they can only be annoyed with their own decisions. So this type of outcome (with the added Gloag/Sivakov situation) really wasn't a surprise in hindsight because they've already shown what type of people they are.