In his defense, they were arguably the 2 best players we had in this decade, and besides it comes off looking like we didn't sell the others, is because we let go the likes of Pirlo, Tevez and Llorente for close to no money.
I think the point that broadly alludes to the fact that we will always be in this position if our philosophy does not change. You can't just ask your way out of juventus. We might as well stop handing players contracts, and start having verbal sit down sessions with them when signing them on or signing them away. The other reason this philosophy doesn't work is because your team just always lacks continuity every time someone leaves, in this case, two of our brightest and best, just waltzed out the door, despite our success. We need to let them go when we want, not when they want. Two seasons straight as a result, we are potentially looking at 10 new signings. Already at, 5 or 6. Two more mids, plus a striker still to come. May not affect our rhythmn in Serie a, for psychological reasons alone, but will definitely take time to hit our stride in Europe as a result of this.