Also as annoying as it is, I'm sure Watford wanted to keep Pedro, we know Boca wanted to retain Barco, Leeds wanted to keep Georgi, also Watson/Sunderland, Minteh/Newcastle etc. Nobody wants to sell their best players, but we do the same to those lower in the food chain financially
For goodness sake. "Asset stripping"? Talk about dramatic. Losing one player for £50m to Real Madrid isn't asset stripping. Losing Mbuemo (who's been there for 6 years) for a massive fee, and a manager (who's been there for 7 years) for a reported £8m also isn't asset stripping.
Is it a shame...