I was more alluding to the fact that nobody has even close to enough money to pay a decent fee for our players. Its been happening for numerous summers now, exacerbated by the pandemic of course. Why do you think the likes of dalot etc. are still here? Martial? Nobody has the money to pay and/or most clubs know they can try to lowball us.
We'd be selling for a cut price, which in that case why not just keep them on for depth instead. Furthermore, most of these players (see: Lingard) don't want to make a move because it will also mean a big paycut on their end.
Really don't think it'll be that hard to sell most of those players. Remember we have different people on the recruitment department now who(hopefully) are more competent than their predecessors
AWB- Palace will happily take him back but yeah I do think it'll be tough to sell for a good fee. If the manager doesn't want him however we should just sell for a cut price fee zero point keeping a systematic misfit even for "depth"
Bailly- Almost joined AC Milan in January and has suitors in Spain and other Italian teams as well. Like AWB zero sense keeping him even for "depth" as he's always injured, unhappy at the club and a tactical misfit.
Axel- One year left on his deal and a low earner(20k a week) at 25 we can get a good fee for him since wages aren't an issue like others. Hasn't earned a new deal so sell
Jones- Like AWB will be tough to sell but he'd be at Bordeaux if he had bigger guarantees on game time. Personally think he either leaves for squat or sees out his deal which is the same thing
Henderson- Chelsea offered £50m in 2020. Newcastle have him as their top GK target. With their oil money we could very easily fetch at least £20m. They pay a 32yr old Trippier over £100k a week Henderson's wages won't be an issue there at all.