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If it's purely about wages and not transfer fees, then it's even easier to shift these players and we could have done it months ago.In general I think it's bad practice to develop a habit or reputation for having firesale prices for unwanted players, but if we were ever just gonna take the hit on the chin and move on, it should be this summer. We're at the beginning of a new project, and none of our deadwood are going to increase in value if we hang on to them - Dier, Lloris, Sanchez, and Perisic (if we want to move him) all in the final year of their contract, and Tanganga, PEH, Reguilon, and Ndombele all with two years left meaning presumably cheaper next summer. I understand it's not smart to regularly "just take what you can," but I think that's the smart move for us this summer even if it's quite a bit less than our valuations.
From the list of 10-12 players with question marks over them, DL should have lined up deals for all of them. Agree season long loans where you can't agree permanent deals. Then give Ange the authority to pull plugs after he's made the assessments he needs to. Are you telling me no one would have been interested in Reggie, GLC, PEH, Sanchez, Spence, Japh, Dier on loan deals?