Which in turn makes it a Sellers Market - to buy somebody, the other club (and the player) have to be willing to sell at a price that is in line with our strategy. As PB has said many times, it's not an easy process (unless you are dealing with Chelsea) TB has been anti doing business in January and there is a piece quoting that our FFP position puts us in an advantageous position for this Summer - I'm sure that was the plan all along rather than knee jerking in Jan.
Not necessarily. Clubs desperate to unload by 30 June 2024 to meet P&S rules by that accounts cut off, they need the agreed proceeds of sale of homegrown players in those accounts. We tried to exploit that desperation with D-H, Spuds with Gallagher.
January gone, this June should see an unusually high amount of early transfer activity. Chelsea, Leicester, Forest, Wolves, Villa, for example, will need a sale or two.