The football observatory have looked at player trading over the last 10 years and we rank 33rd for transfer losses over that period.

Them down the road rank 45th for most profit aka asset stripping by the yanks if you speak to their fans.

Here's the article - https://football-observatory.com/WeeklyPost448.

What this shows to me is our club isn't run sensibly and sustainably and there's no strategy or a very poor one when it comes to player development either home grown or bought and improved.