1danewhitehouse
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Arguably Huddersfield kept their spine and best players. They had a fantastic unbeaten run behind them and kept Jordan Rhodes. The others as has been pointed out built teams that season.
Cristiano Ronaldo. Not sure that was the end of his contract. Some players just want out when a 'bigger' club comes sniffing.
Look at Arsenal - Sagna, Nasri, Adebayor, Clichy (bet they hate Man City). Van Persie, Fabregas.
Wenger didn't want to sell any of them. You can hardly say they're not a big club either Top 4 every season.
Ronaldo was made to stay for another year though after Real Madrid came in. Same as Suarez at Liverpool. They were held for one more season then sold on.
As for Arsenal, if they had sold Henry or Vieira when they were in demand, they would never have hit the heights they did. Wenger has done a great job keeping them up there but they've not won the league for about 13 years now I think.