I don't think it hugely matters whether we sell this accounting period or next. What matters is that we reduce costs and bring in a big fee at some point when we do sell. PL financial rules work over a cumulative 3 year total so it's obviously better to sell earlier, but not totally essential either.
We sold James, Bernard, Digne during FY22, all who are high earners. So as well as fees, we will have significant wage savings. We also let Kean go on the loan with an obligation (genuinely not sure how that's accounted for), but at the very least there will be a loan fee and wage savings there. We also let Bolasie, Walcott and King go last summer, so that means more wage savings.
The signings we made in January are likely to have been covered by the Digne sale.
I think it's fair to say that our financial position has improved during this financial year, even if we do not sell Richarlison until next month.