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Quote from: DonkeyWan on Today at 06:02:42 PM
He's 30 this summer, so they sold him before his value bottomed out. In moneyball terms, it was the smart thing to do (particularly since the club had over paid for him in the first place). Had he been a 5-10 million buy, they might have kept him, but a £20m buy that would never get near recouping that? Selling him was the smart business thing to do, keeping him at the club for the one or two games a year where his presence might elevate through sheer mediocrity is a real luxury the club can't afford.
Again, I a stress it a lot, if you want to see why Everton are speeding toward the cliff edge, its because they have been holding onto players for too long. So as their asset has devalued they have been forced to sell young up and coming players to offset these losses, starting a downward spiral as fewer and fewer younger players come through to replace older and older players. Currently Everton have 10 players well over 30 in their first team squad, Liverpool have 3. Everton are an accident waiting to happen, Liverpool a young side needing time and playing experience (a la Arsenal).