On one hand yes, but the other im not sure. We need to be much more savvy at getting rid of players at the right time, other teams do it. Is it good that we potentially play hardball with Ndiaye and keep a player that doesnt want to be here - im not sure.
Garner, Picks, Ndiaye, Branthwaite should all bring decent money, and we shouldnt be afraid to look to move them on if the price is right. Intelligent player trading is probably the only way we progress, we arent going to be able to spend 2 billion like City did to break into the upper bracket, so we need to be smart. I think we are a long way off being smart, but that has to be the aspiration.
I dont think what Newcastle have done is a positive and think they might struggle, but there situation is slightly different as they had loads of players that wanted out, but id have a lot more confidence in Villa as im not sure there is a better manager in the league than Emery