Not sure about that.
We can be far more ruthless than we actually are. Casemiro’s case is a bit extreme because of his age and wages, but for someone like Sancho or Wan-Bissaka, for example - freeze him out, leave him out of tour, show him he’s not part of the future and is not going to feature going forward.
Now, obviously, reduces your leverage in the negotiations, but there aren’t any right now anyway.
I remember when Pep came to City, finished barely 4th, and on the day the season ended, they released like 7 players or something. Very contrasting to how we operate.
We just finished 8th, the worst season in our lifetimes and the only person involved in this that actually left is Varane and he was hardly one of the culprits. I don’t see any consequences to that. To start the season with this same group is very underwhelming, I must say.