Surely Makoun's wages are being paid by the club that's loaned him??
I also think Gabby might go, We've looked better without him in the team
I'd be fine with Ireland going. He's an 'easy on the eye' player in that everything looks good but there's no end product for us and he's on too much money to be just neat and tidy.
The problem with Gabby is that he is some what painted into a corner due to the size of his wage compared to what he actually has to offer the team in terms of ability. I personally wouldn't want to see him as a regular starter again as he offers so little in terms of goal threat and creation. He is useful for stretching defences at the end of games and is good at running towards the corner flag to waste some time, but other than that is shot.If he would take a wage cut to about half of what he is reportedly on now (£50,000pw) then I would keep him. If he is not interested in that then he can go to Sunderland.