mcbladeface
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None of it makes sense. If the prince is trying to sell a Premier league club for an inflated amount, why would a buyer invest in an asset stripped club destined for the championship? Any money received for players will be more than offset by a lower club selling price.
A huge chunk of our squad are out of contract in 12 months time so the value of the club plummets as does the likelihood anyone wants to buy us at his asking price. It's all very well having parachute money but it doesn't mean much if most of it would have to go on an expensive post-relegation rebuild. The argument goes that the prince wants to try to bring in some new young players who are cheap, stick them on decent length contracts and hope their youth and "potential" will add that value back into the club and justify his price tag. Unfortunately he either doesn't want to or can't actually afford to fund this himself so has decided to sell what's left of the family silver to fund it. The idea (again, presumably) is that more long term value can be added with a handful of cheapish young players that may go on to be decent than 2 currently good players at the tail end of their contracts.
It's not the worst plan on paper but is let down by the fact that we appear to be utterly inept in the transfer market. Be it selling cheaply before we have replacements, showing our hand to competitors at every given opportunity, seeming desperate when we don't need to, playing hardball needlessly or when we aren't in a position to and to top it off having an irritating accountant attempting pseudo-PR and blabbing about it all to anyone that so much as brushes past him.