Asthmatic Wolf
Just doesn't shut up
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From 2018-2022 (I would say 23 but some will say Coady was still key 2022) the only key player we sold was Jota, which coincided with the start of the decline.We've always been aware that our best players will leave at some point, that's part of the deal for getting them to come here (and we usually treat players very well if they treat us well...ignoring *******s like Nunes).
I actually think that's what got us going in the first place, the belief that we weren't a club that would put handcuffs on players.....why would they have come here at all in that case? It worked with Jota, worked with Neves, and it will work with Neto...we blotted our copybook with some of the later signings, who didn't want to come here in the first place.
What we need to see this summer is if the ambitions have actually changed, or whether we've just been paying the price for poor decisions and will get back on track this summer, now they we've paid our dues to stay within the rules. Actions will speak louder than words.
*All will be void if Fosun sell up, you'd think with a threadbare squad but a place in the Premier League guaranteed, we would be quite attractive to investors.
Whilst I agree it was the original plan for whatever reason it was not the case and for me, when wedded to the ambition declared by Fosun, led to the golden period in the PL.