As in I know I can't afford an Ashley young, I know I can't afford a Gareth Barry on loan, I know I won't have a great deal to play with in jan. And if I do, it has to be on a player with a sell-on value. Perfectly fair enough IMO for a variety of reasons. To build for the future every player we sign has to have the potential to improve from the level we buy him at. The sell on value even short term should be in our favour, long term with breaking through and establishign themselves as good prem players massively in our favour. Their wages shouldn't ever leave us in the situation where we have to wait fro them to leave in order to have funds available to cover other investments in the playing staff.
All of this shoudl be considered essential in our current situation.
What is our current situation though? For the last three years we have been selling off the high earners, yes we may have a couple of unwanted ones left. Surely the wage bill has been reduced a considerable amount to cope with the addition of one experienced quality player to aid the team moving forward?