I still don't get why so many think that they are planning to leave after they have got their money back, and on top of that leave us debt free with a good young squad that's increasing in value.
Because the club isn't really worth anything after this last Parachute Payment. With no solid infrastructure to sell to anyone we would have to rely on the value of the young players increasing which isn't a cert. There are way more attractive clubs out there than ours so making us debt free is really the only trump card they have.