This seems to be the sticking point on the contract negotiations - certainly NOT personal terms, or even length of contract as some mischieviously suggested on here.
Rafa wants complete control. Tom and george are saying 'no'. I can see both sides of the argument here - on the one hand Parry has proven himself an incompetent buffoon so many times, and there is now the sense he is working deliberately against the manager and pursuing his own targets, as with Robbie keane.
On the other hand NO manager should have complete control - we made that mistake under Houllier, when he started buying players such as Salif Diao on the say-so of Michel Platini.
The obvious soultion is to sack Parry and bring in someone Rafa can work with. But as a matter of principle and in the club's interests, I don't think he should be given untrammelled and unrestricted control over transfer policy, and as much as it pains me to say so, I'm with the Yanks..