To keep your top players, you have to invest heavily in other top players to compliment the ones you have, snd move to another level collectively. That’s when you start to win trophies. Thats when more top players want to join you.
There isn’t s club ‘ANYWHERE’ that has two or three top top players who can keep them, and play them with mediocre players season after season !
Serious investment in additional players is the answer to keeping the ones you have, but it has to happen quickly. Two or three seasons for top players without trophies is as much as you’ll get.
As soon as the clubs who compete on a regular basis in cup finals, and championships come calling, they will want to move.
We have clearly suffered from this scenario on too many occasions.
Will we ever learn ?
I think we are getting better, but not sure if we are acting fast enough to take the side from good to great before the top players get restless feet ?
Just my opinion of course.
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