I get your point. But that is a silly business model. You sell the ones that aren't good enough- fine, no problem. But selling 18 year olds because they are not good enough YET is ridiculous. If you think they will be, you dont sell them.
No, we merely need to convince other clubs we think they will be
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
I think being willing to sell them kind of gives the game away.
We may think they are not good enough for us, but we need others to imagine we believe they are good enough for us so they'll pay fifty million quid each for them. Tricky.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."