Seems connected to reducing the wage bill and with Higuain refusing to leave we need to relieve our wage bill. In attack we have Ronaldo (31), Costa (6), Bernandeschi (4), Dybala (5.5), Mandzukic (3.5), Higuain (9), Pjaca (1.5), and Cuadrado (3.2). Most of these players, minus Pjaca, start at decently high wages and we just don't have the finances to pay out so much on our third and fourth options at some positions.