Career Mode - Contract Renewal Bug

The career mode is broken. I've lost a third of my squad through this bug.

I'm into my third season (around the time players look for renewals). As soon as a player asks for a new contract, it for some reason automatically puts them on the transfer list. Then, you negotiate a new contract. The game then doesn't recognise this has been done, and the players are still nagging for a new contract. When the chat dialogue comes in, any answer you give doesn't satisfy the player. There's no option that says "we've just renewed your contract at terms you agreed to, so wtf is your problem?"

The game doesn't allow you to address this either by being able to offer better terms, as you've "recently negotiated a new contract". Eventually, bids come in and you have no autonomy over them, as the "Assistant manager" is now handling the matter. My best players are being sold off for a fraction of what I could negotiate, if I even wanted to sell them in the first place, which in this case, I absolutely do not.

This isn't a case of the game being quick simmed either. I play every single match, including the youth tournaments.

It's more than broken. It's an aberration. It's deplorable that EA can even release a game without being properly tested. I am sick of publishers now releasing absolute crap, which they may, or may not, eventually patch.