That’s the way to run your football team.
It shouldn’t be a disaster to sell DCL or Richarlison because we should have faith in the back room scouting to get it absolutely spot on.
Instead we’re all panicking because we’ve spent £500m and most of its been not productive at all.
Aye this is the issue, but also, you have to do your business in advance of those players leaving. Like, a year in advance or six months.
That's what, by and large, Leicester have done.
They are a weird case though, because their league win gave them a step up. But since then, if you look how they've done it, they've got a player in a position where they know that the following season they'll likely sell a star player.
So, Soyuncu they got in 2018, ahead of selling Maguire a year later. Soyuncu had a year to settle into England, play a bit, train a lot, then go into the team.
They knew they had Barnes coming through when they sold Mahrez. That being said, they may not have expected his development to rise so sharply but it did.
They have bought Soumare this summer and he will be a rotation option until, in all likelihood, Ndidi goes next year.
That probably allows them to keep Tielemans, and I wouldn't be surprised if they go get a bit of a playmaker type in January or next summer to phase in for either a Maddison or Tielemans sale, just in case.
They've also had the fortune of having Vardy, who is a reliable goalscorer that eases a lot of the burden. They have move for Daka this season though so if that works he'll likely be the player in a few years who phases out Vardy/replaces him.
