Just to write again, as too many people are (very wrongly) thinking we'll have a deadwood clear-cut this summer:
We have a squad full of massively overpaid players, many of whom are still on multi-year deals. This is not an exhaustive list, but look at how long we're stuck with some of these:
2023 out of contract:
- Coleman, Rondon, Townsend, Davies, Allan, Mina, Doucouré
2024 out of contract:
- Richardson, Pickford, Alli, Gray, Gomes, Iwobi
2025 out of contract:
- Keane, Holgate, Branthwaite, DCL, Godfrey, Gordon
To sell a player, you need a club willing to buy him and the player himself willing to leave.
It will be impossible to sell the likes of Keane, Holgate, Iwobi, Gomes, Davies, etc, as nobody will pay them anywhere near what they're earning with us. They will not leave out of the goodness of their hearts and their love for Everton.
We are stuck with a vast majority of these wastes of space for many years yet, and it will severely hinder our options in the transfer market going forward.
We will be playing in the Championship paying Andre Gomes 80k a week to sit on the bench. 80k a week is approximately the wage of about 10 average players in the Championship added together.
We'll be paying Iwobi around about the same. That's a Championship squad's worth of wages on two players who won't play for us, but won't leave.
THAT'S what we've got to look forward to.