Can we talk about the elephant in the room when it comes to purging this squad?

[Varun]

So then, we can't shift players, who would of thought? Everyone looking to loan with 'options to buy' that we know they won't activate.

Tidbits coming out about our ability to buy revolves around what we manage to generate from sales...

My bet is we get a host of low ball offers at the end of the window looking to exploit our need to offload surplus; if you were after any of our players on their exorbitant wages, why would you not wait it out knowing we'll have to blink first?

Of course. This is what happens when accountants "protect the value". No one in their right minds will pay a proper fee and then pay the full wages to our wasters so it's going to be a reduced fee or pay part of their wages. This damage is done so nothing that can be done about it

 

[OpenIntrovert]

Player power is everywhere, not just here. The club can always go with the iron fist and reoffer these players a lower wage contract due to their lack of playing time or terminate to prevent increasing costs. The problem happens to be of the club's financial mismanagement rather than player power.

Its also wrong to say that players will happily sit on the bench (unless you are approaching retirement and are only looking for money). Pogba was not happy with the lack of playing time not very long ago and you can say the same for some of the fringe players. Problem is not player power, problem is their contracts. Another issue could be the club's valuation of the player does not match the interested club's valuation. They should look for a small initial fee with manageable installments and adds-on instead of putting a large initial fee on the player.

 

[lsd]

It's a sobering thought that the next time we could win the league most of the squad will not be born yet

 

[sglowrider]

Ol' Magic Mike's backhanded comment: