I'm not sure how you can think this.
We sell 2 players and you start spouting "directors getting nice and rich".
Unless you missed it, the owners are stupidly rich. £100m isn't that significant when you have many hundred millions.
In 11 years we sold only 3 players for big money:
Bolasie (we got the best of that deal too)
AWB - which as we have seen, we did well out of and what did we miss? Not a lot. United making a £35m loss....
Olise - which was a reasonable release clause was triggered.
That's it. In our entire PL journey since promotion, that is it.
We tend to buy good players and they spend their time with us, then leave and do what? Go where? Recent examples :
Milivoyevic- we had the best of him and then now, he is playing out his career.
McArthur- we definitely had the best of him
Jedinak- moved on at the right time and was never as good after
Murray - did he do that great after us? A striker he didn't get 10 goals a year?
That's not to add the ones that promised much but delivered little like Gayle. Championship at best.
I could go on but that would make it tl;dr.
Facts are we aren't a selling club and wetting your metaphorical pants over a couple leaving is frankly laughable but sadly all too often heard from those who don't understand the model.
We aren't a selling club. We have been a buying club for the now.
Now we are a club for the now & the future. This means we will sell on occasion.
Get used to it.
Also the last 2 seasons have been rinse and repeat.
Manager in situ, under performing, then look like getting into a relegation fight, gets sacked, new manager gets a good run on and optimism returns, next season it starts badly then it's back to the beginning.....
I believe OG will do well. He needs time & we are getting the players that suit his style. It's been one game.
Overreacting much?
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