Apart from the Chinese, no one else will pay 10+ for Menez or Adriano. We bought Adriano for 8mil, and although yes his contract was ending in 6 months, he has since lost value for sure and is going to be another year older. If we can get 10-12 mil for him it'll be a premium. Anything more would be like winning the lottery, but again, that will only come from some crazy spending team in China. If there is no interest in China, I'm afraid at best we should be aiming to at least break even. But I wouldn't sell him to break even. He is a good asset to have.
Menez is in the same boat. He would be easily worth 15+mil had he been fit this season and had he shown even part of the ability he showed last year when he carried the team. Neither of those things are true at this moment so getting anything in the region of 10mil will be a bonus, considering that we got him for free anyway. Also, keeping in mind his attitude, most teams in Europe will be reluctant to go for him or pay a high price. Not saying that Chinese teams don't care about attitude, but lets face it, at the moment they are most interested in names and excitement. So our best shot is a team from China to show interest in Menez, because we'll struggle to make decent money on him from a European team.
Regardless of how much we can bring in from player sales, the most important part is how we actually spend what we make. If all we are going to do is change a coach and buy a new set of strikers AGAIN, than the hell with it all. It will be pointless if we make 30,45, or 60mil on player sales.
I hope that the heaviest investment (hoping there will be an investment again this summer) is made in the midfield. We have mediocre midfielders which results in mediocre performances and mediocre results. Yes it was refreshing to see the side beating Inter and Fiorentina, tie Roma away, go for a long period without losing.....but the lack of quality when we need to make that step up and string a winning run is obvious and it is so frustrating.
Menez is in the same boat. He would be easily worth 15+mil had he been fit this season and had he shown even part of the ability he showed last year when he carried the team. Neither of those things are true at this moment so getting anything in the region of 10mil will be a bonus, considering that we got him for free anyway. Also, keeping in mind his attitude, most teams in Europe will be reluctant to go for him or pay a high price. Not saying that Chinese teams don't care about attitude, but lets face it, at the moment they are most interested in names and excitement. So our best shot is a team from China to show interest in Menez, because we'll struggle to make decent money on him from a European team.
Regardless of how much we can bring in from player sales, the most important part is how we actually spend what we make. If all we are going to do is change a coach and buy a new set of strikers AGAIN, than the hell with it all. It will be pointless if we make 30,45, or 60mil on player sales.
I hope that the heaviest investment (hoping there will be an investment again this summer) is made in the midfield. We have mediocre midfielders which results in mediocre performances and mediocre results. Yes it was refreshing to see the side beating Inter and Fiorentina, tie Roma away, go for a long period without losing.....but the lack of quality when we need to make that step up and string a winning run is obvious and it is so frustrating.