Joyce is one of Rafaels media buddies/sycophants so id take this with a poch of salt
It's nonsense. The summer was always going to be sell to buy beyond Gray/Townsend. They hoped to raise money in sales but there wasn't much money changing hands anywhere after 18 months of empty stadiums/pandemic uncertainty.
They were banking on PSG buying Kean for one thing.
Unlimited budget yet the number 1 managerial choice was Nuno who'd just been binned from Wolves.