Guehi had only played in the Championship but he had been fairly impressive in the Championship. Manchester United would never, in the same circumstances, put a player on the market. Would always be a position of ‘he is not going on loan and will be involved with us next season’. Guehi wasn’t in a position that dissimilar to Axel after a season in the Championship, only our own position was very different to Chelsea’s. Since refusing to sell to Villa for £20m+, we have seen little to no value from our decision to keep Axel with us.
Pasalic who they sold to Atalanta has been there for a few years on loan and done well so that move makes sense. I think they probably get a little more credit than they deserve for generating money in the market. I give them credit for the youth players, but people seem to be conveniently forgetting that they paid for the others in the first place. They haven’t just banked £18m profit, these players cost them money. Batshuayi cost £35m. He’s been a bad investment for them regardless of if they get £22m for him. Pasalic cost them money. Bakayoko cost money. So if you look at it from another perspective, they have wasted a lot of money in the market too.