TBH I did think that Bale would come up. It's true their initial spend on Bale didn't work but they recovered most of that money and have sold numerous other players before that in pursuit of reinvesting to gain marginal improvement. Off the top of my head Keane, Berbatov, Carrick all sold at...
Not sure I agree with the basic premise. Other clubs notably Spurs have sold their best players and managed to replace them and strengthen their overall squad incrementally too. It's by no means fool proof of course!
The key to any sale of Dunk would be if it was in the best interests of the...