Stevie doesn't lay it on particularly heavily, but its fairly clear to see what he's saying:-
1) Selling Luis and recruiting loads of kids/3rd tier players wasn't going to work.
2)So much for FFP. We still aren't gonna match the "big teams" (big in terms of ambition, not history or number of fans).
3)Fenway made it clear, they only really wanna buy kids, and cheaper players.
(Stevie doesn't say, but lets face it, its purely for potential profit on resale).
4)Maybe it also says that he won't accept a pisstake offer on a new deal.
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My own observation is that if we sell Stevie, I don't think we'll have even a SINGLE highly experienced player on the bks. I expect Johnson gone soon. Sturridge isn't THAT experienced, nor is Lovren or Lallana or Henderson. Whoever thinks the remnants can lead a charge for major silverware without ANY experience must be deluding themselves.
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