I think it's usual practise to tell players as soon as the season is over.
If you are releasing them, it gives them as long as possible to find a new employer for next season.
If you are offering them a new deal, it gives us a bit of time to negotiate a deal they will be happy to sign. If we...
So, we will have another manager who gets to put a list of targets in, and then sees who he gets, quite possibly NONE of the targets he has identified.
It looks like we believe we have had the wrong man, rather than the wrong approach.
See you all again here next year!!!