Totally agree and we also need
All those who post this fail to realise you need a club to want your player, you need your player to want to leave and they won't be taking pay cuts to leave.
No C8nt wanted Goldson when he was a free transfer for the wage he wanted, they certainly aren't taking him now.
At least we have a lot of boys out of contrac
We do need a clear out, gaining champions league money would have accelerated that.
Like it or not I suspect there just won't be the money for as radical a change as I, and many would like. Add to this the likes of Goldson and Ben Davies to name but two, who are are paid way above there ability and will be difficult to move on, fee or not.
Going to have to need more than a few miracles worked in summer for us to be competitive next season.
Totally agree
The champs league money would have allowed us to revamp the squad
And even then it would need to have be done in phases
Last summers transfer window showed quantity over quality did not work
I have a real fear that our budget will be minimal and we need to sell to buy
We already have a commitment to buy diamonde - I nam happy with this as I think he is the type of signing we should be targetting
So that’s a reduction in our summer budget
I would love to sign sima and Cortes but reckon that’s £8-10m as an outlay and not sure we would have that available to spend this summer
As other have said we probably know who we would like to move on but we need someone else to want them
Ben Davies being an obvious one he doesn’t look like he has a future must have some sell on value but we need interest and as you say I think wages are a barrier to potential clubs a
Another problem is Celtic winning the league
It gives them a significant cash boost and opportunity to spend and extend the gap in playing staff quality between us and them
With the civil case looking like it might be concluded I expect that some of the cash they have stockpiled could become available if not all required for a settlement
I really hope the board have prepared for this and would love to think a possible funding option is waiting
Losing the league this year could be a real crossroads and I have a real fear we could be struggling to properly compete with them for a period of time -
Unless our scouts can work miracles - which is a huge ask as all clubs are trying to find these players