I think this is the model financially the club were trying to create. I suspect the plan was for Belloumi to set it alight last season and for some prem team to come knocking with a not unrealistic £20 million offer. Same with Mattazo who immediately looked much, much more than the (was it £2.5 million) money we paid for him. Rinse and repeat. That would have been the plan with Zambrano also. Unfortunately, the best laid plans etc...