You're changing the statement. Not falling for that. You said "We had to sell jones. Or rather we had to sell anyone we could get millions for. Nothing about ability." . You know this as fact because ? Facts are: - we had a similar player in Egan, who appeared to have been preferred to Jones in the last couple of months of last season. - we had already signed a better player in Ajayi (although I agree his injury record is a valid concern) - Boro came in with a decent bid. The club accepted it. - Jones was happy to go there (read what he's quoted as saying). There were many moving parts in terms of money coming in and out. Jones was just part of that whole equation. I doubt anything was solely dependant on us "having to sell Jones". I assume the club deemed it good business, including that he was coming into his final year (although we did have an option of another year); I just think they thought they had, and could do better, and that £3m could be put to good use.
Jones, McLoughlin and Alzate were three of the players told to find new clubs during that international break last season lmao.
Feels like this is semantic. If we didn’t sell Jones we likely couldn’t have brought in someone like McBurnie is more the point. It’s been well reported we are at PSR limits and on a “one in one out” situation. It’s not totally out of the question to suggest at the time of selling Jones that was or wasn’t the case. Remember you like to deal in facts and not assumptions
